On today's 'BradCast':  Noteworthy results from Tuesday's primary elections in Nebraska, Maryland and West Virginia. President Biden challenged Donald Trump to two early debates hosted by media outlets, citing numerous reasons for ditching the non-partisan Committee on Presidential Debates, including the group's outdated practices that schedule debates long after millions of Americans have already cast their ballots in early voting. In Trump's NYC criminal hush money-election interference trial, Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON, and former trial attorney KEITH BARBER of the progressive Daily Kos deliver insight and analysis on the most important week so far, with the riveting testimony of Trump's former 'fixer' Michael Cohen, the 'cult' of Donald Trump, and much more.

'BradCast' 5/15/2024 (Trump Trial Ketchup, with guests Heather Digby Parton, Keith Barber; 2024 primary election results)

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Encore: original airdate 5-21-2024. On today's 'BradCast':  The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is seeking warrants for the arrest of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's defense minister, and three Hamas leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. A U.K. court granted Julian Assange's appeal to fight extradition to the U.S.  In Donald Trump's 2016 election interference trial in New York, the defense rested without calling the disgraced former president to the stand. Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and 11 others were arraigned in an Arizona court for their roles in attempting to steal the 2020 election for Trump. VICTORIA CADOSTIN, researcher at non-profit organization DOCUMENTED, discusses her new report on 'Citizens for Sanity,' the shadowy extremist group that is behind vile, racist, trans-phobic disinformation ads in battleground states, and the extreme rightwing dark money groups that are bankrolling them.

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Encore: original airdate 5-23-2024. On today's 'BradCast': The gerrymandered Republican-controlled Ohio state legislature is blocking President Joe Biden from the 2024 Presidential ballot, forcing Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine to call a special session to apply a routine legislative fix. In a 6-3 ruling, the corrupt rightwing majority on the packed and stolen U.S. Supreme Court allowed a racial gerrymander in South Carolina to remain in place for the 2024 election. Far-right Justice Alito violated the judicial code of ethics by displaying political flags at his homes demonstrating support for Jan. 6 insurrectionists and Christian Nationalists. Senate Democrats have meekly requested that Alito recuse himself from Jan. 6 insurrection cases. Voting system vendor Smartmatic caught far-right NewsMax destroying evidence related to the company's defamation lawsuit against the propaganda outlet for broadcasting lies about the 2020 election. President Biden cancelled student loan debt for another 160,000 borrowers. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'

'BradCast' 5/30/2024: (Encore: Alito's an Insurrection Supporter. Now What?; OH GOP blocking Biden from ballot)

Encore: original airdate 5-16-2024. On today's 'BradCast':  The stolen-and-packed US Supreme Court issued two unusual rulings on Thursday. The rightwing supermajority upheld Louisiana's new, fairer US House district voting maps that add a second Black-majority voting district in the state, but the liberal justices dissented for critical reasons. In a 7-2 ruling, the Court rejected an effort by the sleazy payday lending industry to kill the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). CRAIG HOLMAN, veteran government ethics lobbyist at non-profit Public Citizen, explains the historic vote at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on a shocking proposed rule to gut what little remains of our campaign finance laws by allowing all campaign donors to evade campaign cash disclosure requirements. Holman explains who was behind the proposal that sought to deprive voters of critical election information, what happens next, and another proposal to regulate the surge of A.I.-generated deepfake audio and video of candidates in the run-up to the critical 2024 election. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

'BradCast' 5/29/2024 (Encore: Campaign finance expert Craig Holman on shocking new FEC disclosure rule)

Encore: original airdate 5-9-2024. On today's 'BradCast': Why we're taking sides for democracy in this year's election, and why all journalists should - - and why veteran reporter John Harwood says, 'Donald Trump's threat to democracy should be the biggest political story of 2024'. The Department of Homeland Security is ramping up its efforts to respond to election threats.  MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) failed spectacularly to remove the Republican House Speaker again, thanks to help from House Democrats. The cross-examination of adult film star Stormy Daniels in Trump's criminal hush money-election interference trial did not go well for Team Trump. President Biden finally cut off delivery of offensive weapons to Israel after far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened a full ground invasion of southern Gaza. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

'BradCast' 5/28/2024 (Encore: Facing Down the Threat to American Democracy)

Encore: original airdate 5-22-2024. On today's 'BradCast': The defense rested in Donald Trump's 2016 election interference-hush money trial in New York, after calling a cartoonishly thuggish defense witness. As predicted, the disgraced, twice-impeached, four-time criminally-indicted former President did not testify in his own defense, despite his bombastic promises to do so. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and attorney KEITH BARBER of Daily Kos anaylze the latest details, and provide legal, historical, and political context as the trial heads toward closing arguments next week. They also cover the insane lies spread by rightwing media about the lawful search warrant in the federal criminal indictment against Trump in Florida for stealing highly classified national security documents. Also today:  noteworthy results from primary and special elections in Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon and California, along with a number of problem reports for voters and voting systems in Georgia, Kentucky and last week's primaries in Maryland.

'BradCast' 5/15/2024 (Trump Trial Ketchup, with guests Heather Digby Parton, Keith Barber; 2024 primary election results)

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