KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Randall Eliason, George Washington Univ. Law

Encore: original air-date 4/7/2022. New complaint challenges ballot qualifications of AZ GOP congressmen involved in Jan. 6 coup attempt, citing 14th Amendment prohibition against insurrectionists serving in federal office. New developments in New York probes into Trump Organization fraud allegations. Former Ass't. US Attorney Randall Eliason explains new developments in Justice Department's methodical investigation into January 6 insurrectionists, working up the legal food chain to top-level coup plotters, and more. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as the nation's first black female Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus Desi Doyen has our 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Jeanne Devon, The Mudflats

Encore: original air-date 4/5/2022. Ukraine Pres. Zelenskyy called on UN Security Council to hold Russia accountable for war crimes in Ukraine, or dissolve itself. He has a point. Biden's historic SCOTUS nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, will be confirmed. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) declares that if Republicans retake the Senate majority, they will never confirm another Biden judicial nominee. Alaska political blogger Jeanne Devon offers perspective and insight on the House candidacy of former half-term Gov. Sarah Palin in a crowded field that includes a real-life Santa Claus, and the state's complicated new election system. Plus Desi Doyen has our 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Slate

Encore: original air-date 3/30/2022. Major new study confirms that Ivermectin has no benefit as a COVID treatment. Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern discusses recent disturbing Republican statements indicating that, in addition to overturning abortion rights under Roe v. Wade, they seek to overturn landmark civil liberties rulings guaranteeing inter-racial and same-sex marriage rights and access to birth control. Stern also explains the Court's 'shadow docket' ruling giving Wisconsin Republicans blatantly discriminatory gerrymandered districts; explosive new revelations that corrupt Justice Clarence Thomas appears to have voted to shield his own wife from legal scrutiny; and much more.

Guest: Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net

Guest host Nicole speaks with Marcy Wheeler, independent journalist of emptywheel.net about the Jan 6 insurrection, the investigations and the prosecutions of the insurrectionists

Guest: Prof. Amy Gajda, Tulane Univ.; Tanya from Ukraine

Guest host Nicole Sandler delivers the latest headlines, then speaks with Tanya, owner of a hostel in Kyiv, about her experiences since Russia began its war in Ukraine. Tulane Univ. Law professor Amy Gajda discusses her new book on privacy in the digital age, 'Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy.'

U.S. unemployment has fallen to its lowest level since 1968, but corporate media isn't informing the public or is downplaying positive economic news like rising wages as 'high labor costs' harming businesses. New poll shows vast majority of Americans support Biden's climate policies and proposals that Republicans and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) killed last year. The GOP 'voter fraud' industrial complex is having a banner year amid revelations of more and more Republicans getting caught for committing voter fraud, even as they scam money from MAGA rubes by falsely claiming that Democrats are committing voter fraud. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: David Faris, Roosevelt University

Political scientist David Faris explains how Democrats can take action and go on offense to counter Republicans' idiotic but effective culture war tropes, and ensure that voters understand the extraordinarily high stakes in the November midterm elections as potentially the last chance to defend democracy, preserve hard-won rights, and stop 'radical Republican authoritarianism.' Finland and Sweden announce they will examine whether to join NATO in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Plus: listener mail.

Another mass shooting today, this time in a Brooklyn, NY subway station. New York's Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned after being indicted on felony bribery charges. Economic data shows inflation in March 2022 rose at an annualized rate of 8.5% but corporate media isn't giving the public the whole story. Pres. Biden announced new measures to lower retail gas prices. Arizona's very MAGA Attorney General Mark Brnovich forced to admit in lengthy report that Joe Biden won the state's 2020 election fair and square, finding no problems, crimes or fraud. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: John Nichols, The Nation

New revelations show that Donald Trump, Jr., sent messages to Trump's White House Chief of Staff with steps to steal the 2020 election before the election was called. Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, took similar actions, then her husband was the lone dissenting vote on a lawsuit that potentially shielded his wife from scrutiny by the House January 6 Committee. John Nichols of The Nation explains why an impeachment inquiry must be launched to hold Justice Thomas accountable for numerous blatant conflicts of interest, regardless of the political outcome. Plus: State Dept. reports 4-year gap in records tracking gifts by foreign leaders to Trump.

Guest: Eugene Linden, author "Fire and Flood: A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present"

Guest host Nicole Sandler speaks with author Eugene Linden about his new book, "Fire and Flood: A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present. But she begins with a celebration of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson being confirmed as the next Justice of the Supreme Court.