KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Kenny Bruno, progressive activist and author

The GOP's stolen and packed U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a MS abortion rights case, with the rightwing majority poised to gut 50 years of precedent on women's reproductive rights. Author Kenny Bruno discusses his chilling article spelling out, step by step, the GOP's plot to steal the 2024 election, already underway, and what actions can be taken to defend democracy and free and fair elections. Also today: a fourth student has died following a mass school shooting at a high school in Michigan.

Guest: Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein, UC Santa Barbara

Court appears poised to reject Trump's desperate bid to hide his documents from House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection. Trump's former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows shows initial signs of cooperation with Jan. 6 Committee. Labor historian Dr. NELSON LICHTENSTEIN explains National Labor Relations Board ruling ordering unionization re-vote at Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, AL warehouse, due to violations of labor laws, what it means and doesn't, and discusses the Great Resignation and strikes across the country. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

There's plenty to worry about in this country, and a big need to set the record straight on several misreported stories - on inflation and the economy. Research on new COVID variant Omicron is underway, with public health officials recommending getting vaccinated, boosted, and wearing masks in indoor public spaces. China and Russia are increasing geopolitical pressure. Callers weigh in...

Guest: Nicolas Rivero, Quartz

Encore - original airdate 11/19/21
House Democrats pass Biden's transformative Build Back Better Act, with all Republicans voting against policies that improve working Americans lives. More mythbusting on the faux 'inflation panic' and supply chain problems. Nicolás Rivero explains how pandemic-induced supply chain bottlenecks are not the fault of truck drivers, how the big trucking companies could quickly address the problem, and how Biden's infrastructure bill will help long term. VA school board un-bans books. New recounts could upend GOP control of VA statehouse.

*Encore - Original airdate 11/16/2021
The drumbeat of authoritarianism is growing louder in the US. GOP state lawmakers in OH and GA issue extreme partisan gerrymandered maps, robbing minority voters of representation. Congressional Republicans who voted to repair the nation's infrastructure receive violent death threats, as far-right GOP groups purge those insufficiently loyal to Trump. Trump attorney gave then-VP Mike Pence detailed instructions on how to steal the 2020 election. new documents reveal how the Trump Admin. altered CDC scientific reports on COVID and ordered employees to destroy evidence. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Brendan Fischer, Campaign Legal Center

Encore - Original airdate 11/10/2021
Major announcements at UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow break new ground in global effort to combat climate change. Campaign finance law expert Brendan Fischer explains new, mind-blowing ruling by the Federal Elections Commissions allowing unlimited foreign money in state ballot propositions and referenda, and ways to close the gaping loophole in federal law to end all foreign influence in our elections. Fischer also weighs in on a new report that top Trump officials knowingly and repeatedly violated the Hatch Act ban on abusing their offices for political purposes. Also today: judge denies Trump's claims of perpetual executive privilege in House Select Committee investigation of the Capitol Insurrection.

Guest: Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina

Encore - original air-date 10/25/2021
CA Mayor Serge Dedina explains his lawsuit against major oil companies, seeking damages for the impacts of rising sea levels on his small, working class town. 90 million Americans are under threat of severe weather as historic storm slams into Northern California. UN warns carbon emissions hit record high in 2020, despite pandemic lockdowns. The 'sausage-making' continues as Pres. Biden and Democrats work to get just two senators to sign on to the transformative Build Back Better Act.
Callers weigh in...

Guest: Jon Schwarz, The Intercept

*Encore - original air-date 11-17-2021.
Yes, inflation is real, but the panic around it is wildly inflated and horribly misreported by the corporate media. The Intercept's Jon Schwarz explains why corporate media ignores good economic news to mislead the public with panicked reports on the temporary rise in inflation, how inflation is actually mostly good for working families, bad for corporations and big banks, and cuts into the profits of the richest Americans.

Guest: Nicolás Rivero, Quartz

House Democrats pass Biden's transformative Build Back Better Act, with all Republicans voting against policies that improve working Americans lives. More mythbusting on the faux 'inflation panic' and supply chain problems. Nicolás Rivero explains how pandemic-induced supply chain bottlenecks are not the fault of truck drivers, how the big trucking companies could quickly address the problem, and how Biden's infrastructure bill will help long term. VA school board unbans books. New recounts could upend GOP control of VA statehouse.

COVID infection rates are surging again, with death rates likely to follow. Public health experts recommend anyone who is eligible should get vaccinated or a booster as we head into the holiday season. New global study finds mask-wearing to be most effective non-pharmaceutical defense against COVID. New revelations showing the Trump Admin. intentionally interfered with the CDC's COVID response raise questions and legal theories about whether Trump/Pence can/should be held liable for 'criminally negligent homicide'. Oklahoma's GOP governor commutes death sentence of Julius Jones just hours before his scheduled execution. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'