On today's 'BradCast':  Special coverage of the fifth Republican 2024 presidential primary debate, the final debate before the Iowa caucuses on January 15 amid frigid, sub-zero temperatures. Former SC Gov. Nikki Haley squared off with FL Gov. Ron DeSantis in Des Moines, Iowa just hours after former NJ Gov. Chris Christie dropped out of the race. The Republican front-runner, the disgraced ex-president Donald Trump, held a televised town hall a few blocks away. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Hullabaloo and 'DRIFTGLASS' of the weekly 'Professional Left Podcast' join us for smart insights, fact-checking and snark on the debate, and what it all means (if anything) for the GOP, for Americans, for Democrats and -- most importantly -- for American democracy.

'BradCast' 1/11/2024 (Analysis of the 5th GOP 'Presidential Primary Debate')

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Encore: original airdate 5-7-2024. On today's 'BradCast':  Georgia's Republican former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan endorsed Joe Biden for President 2024, and encouraged his fellow Republicans to do the same. Porn star Stormy Daniels testified in Donald Trump's criminal hush money-election interference trial. Election integrity and security expert Marilyn Marks, of the non-profit Coalition for Good Governance, explains shocking new revelations of a cyber-attack on the systems of Coffee County, Georgia - - the same county where Donald Trump operatives, in January 2021, unlawfully breached, copied and distributed Georgia's touchscreen voting system software. Marks also discusses new developments in her lawsuit seeking to require Georgia to ditch its unverifiable, breached voting system and switch to verifiable hand-marked paper ballots, the GA Sec. of State's refusal to apply recommended security patches to the compromised system, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'

'BradCast' 5/20/2024 (Encore: Election security expert Marilyn Marks on new cybersecurity incident in Georgia)

Original airdate 5-15-2024. 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outlets, citing numerous reasons for ditching the non-partisan Committee on Presidential Debates, including the group's outdated practices that schedule debates long after millions of Americans have already cast their ballots in early voting.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 testimon

'BradCast' 5/17/2024 (Encore: Trump Trial 'Ketchup' with Heather Digby Parton, Keith Barber; 2024 primary election results)

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' 5/16/2024 (Guest: Campaign finance expert Craig Holman on shocking new FEC disclosure rule)

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)

On today's 'BradCast':  We're covering the track conditions of the 2024 election, rather than the horse race, as the GOP seems to be getting an early start on deploying dirty tricks and voter suppression tactics. Ohio's heavily gerrymandered, Republican-controlled state legislature has failed to pass a routine legislative fix to ensure President Joe Biden appears on the state's 2024 ballot, as they've done many times before. In Washington State, a rightwing activist's attempt to confuse Democratic voters with multiple bogus candidates has been foiled. Georgia's GOP Gov. Brian Kemp has signed another round of new voter suppression laws. The new progressive on Wisconsin's Supreme Court majority may finally overturn a silly, specious ban on secure ballot drop boxes. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

'BradCast' 1/11/2024 (Analysis of the 5th GOP 'Presidential Primary Debate')

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