KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Unemployment hits lowest level since 1969 but corporate media is not covering the booming economy. GA voters contest far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Green's eligibility for office under 14th Am. prohibition blocking from federal office anyone who engages in insurrection. Far-right Rep. Mo Brooks says Trump still asks him to remove Biden from office. Newly revealed text messages show Justice Clarence Thomas' wife Ginni urging Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to overturn the 2020 election even as her husband was ruling on cases seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management

Deadly climate change-intensified tornadoes strike TX and New Orleans. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faces more outrageous Republican showboating in Senate confirmation hearings for the US Supreme Court. Yale University Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld explains his comprehensive 'Hall of Shame' list naming companies still shamefully doing business in Russia, why it's important, and the impact of Western divestment on the Russian people, and debunks the self-serving statements of companies still funding Russia's war machine.

Coverage of Day 2 of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate. Debunking Russian disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and how well-justified anti-war sentiments against the US war machine can obstruct a clear assessment of Putin's war crimes. KY clerk finally found guilty of violating same-sex couples' constitutional rights. An unprecedented 23,000 ballots were rejected in the Texas primary under Republicans' new voting restrictions. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden's Supreme Court nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, vowed to serve with transparency and 'without fear or favor' on Day 1 of U.S. Senate confirmation hearings. Russian military escalates war crimes against the besieged citizens of Ukraine amid new concerns about radiation levels at the Russian-controlled Chernobyl nuclear site. Polls show vast majority of Americans approve of Biden's actions to help Ukraine, yet his approval ratings remain low. Why? Callers weigh in...

Guest: Author, Justice correspondent for The Nation Elie Mystal

Guest host Nicole Sandler speaks with Elie Mystal, Justice Correspondent for The Nation, and author of the new book, Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution. She also shares the st ory of her new friendship with a woman from Kyiv, Ukraine, with whom she's been corresponding for the past three weeks as Russia has been waging war on her country.

Guest: Bill McKibben, The Crucial Years, ThirdAct.org

Russian President Putin delivers an ominous warning to Russians who dare criticize his horrific invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine permanently joins the European Union electric grid. Author and climate advocate Bill McKibben explains his ingenious, win-win-win solution that would begin to free the EU from Russian energy imports -- replacing Europe's fossil fueled gas boilers and furnaces with American-made, next-generation electric heat pump technology, in turn creating jobs and a domestic supply chain here in the US. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Ukraine's Pres. Zelenskyy delivered a moving virtual address to Congress, asking for additional military support and new sanctions. The Russian military destroyed a theatre in Mariupol where hundreds of civilians were sheltering. Pres. Biden announced a new round of military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine and called Putin a 'war criminal'. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates to ease inflation by inducing a recession. Biden's climate hawk nominee to the Fed forced to withdraw due to obstruction by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). Divided Senate voted to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. Musical satirist Randy Rainbow skewers far-right members of Congress.

Guest: Ion Sancho, former Elections Supervisor in Florida

Elections officials are being barraged by death threats and many are considering leaving their jobs, because our system of non-partisan, professional election administration is under persistent attack by Trump's MAGA Mob and GOP-controlled state legislatures, amid Trump's ongoing Big Lie about the 2020 election. Former Florida elections official ION SANCHO explains the growing threats to our teetering American democracy, what we stand to lose, and solutions. Troubling new data on the rise of a new COVID variant. Two journalists killed by Russian troops in Ukraine. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

New 'stealth' Omicron variant dubbed BA.2 is surging in Europe and Asia and is gaining steam in the US. Ukrainian's anti-corruption chief thanked Russia's defense minister for embezzling military funds that have left Russian troops under-equipped. AP reporters debunk Russian propaganda on deadly maternity hospital bombing. The Kremlin orders state-run TV to air clips of pro-Russian Fox 'News' anchor Tucker Carlson. YouTube's blanket ban on Russian propaganda has also blocked non-Russian media. Callers weigh in on all of the above, plus the usefulness of Daylight Savings Time.

Guest: Kate Neiswender, Kim Andrew Elliott, Shortwaves For Freedom

Russia's new censorship law criminalizes news reporting that doesn't reflect Kremlin-approved propaganda, and blocks internet access to foreign media outlets. Most Russians have very little access to independent reporting to counter the state media narrative falsely downplaying Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine. Kate Neiswender and Kim Andrew Elliott explain the new grassroots effort, Shortwaves for Freedom, utilizing shortwave radio transmissions to pierce Putin's new Iron Curtain and broadcast factual news into Eastern Europe and Russia. Also: former Russia Today executive on resigning in protest of Putin's invasion of Ukraine.