KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Necessary debunking of Trump and Republicans' evidence-free claims in PA, NV, GA, WI, and AZ, and their increasingly desperate efforts to steal the 2020 election. US Sec. of State Pompeo makes dangerous 'joke' about transition. GA Republicans turn on the state's Republican election chief. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Joe Biden wins the 2020 Presidential Election, sparking street celebrations and a rising stock market. Trump Campaign and Republicans are having trouble accepting the clear results. We debunk many of the absurd, evidence-free allegations and disinformation promoted by the Right. We also report on one of the very few legitimate concerns that have come to light, and welcome Republicans to join the reality-based election integrity/security movement. Callers weigh in on the election and what it means going forward.

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon and Digby's Hullabaloo

WI Republican Party caught on tape engaging in conspiracy to commit absentee ballot fraud. Joe Biden has won sufficient Electoral College votes to win the 2020 presidential election, but the corporate media hasn't called it yet. Republicans everywhere are proclaiming Trump won, yet Democrats are not. Why? Opinion journalist Heather 'Digby' Parton discusses the many undercurrents at work in the cautious response to Biden's clear victory, and what Democrats must begin doing now to enact their agenda against the recalcitrant GOP-controlled Senate, and begin to process whatever lessons can be gleaned from the 2020 election...

Guest: Prof. Joshua A. Douglas, Univ. of Kentucky

As Biden's lead holds steady, Donald Trump is filing a flurry of nonsensical lawsuits to try to win the election via the courts, while his gullible followers protest to "Stop the Count" or "Count the Votes" depending on their location. Constitutional expert Joshua Douglas explains the meritless, legally incoherent, evidence-free Trump lawsuits, and the actual danger looming from the Republicans' stolen Supreme Court majority that is poised to undermine the right to vote guaranteed in state constitutions. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: John Nichols, The Nation

On the day after Election Day, it appears Joe Biden is on track to win 270 electoral college votes. Trump is gaslighting the American people, falsely claiming counting legally-cast ballots is 'fraud,' suing to stop the tally, and threatening a Supreme Court challenge, the GOP's plan from FL 2000. Some Republicans condemn Trump's actions. Joe Biden reassures voters that all ballots will be counted. John Nichols of The Nation offers insights and analysis on the election, the mixed results, Congressional races, and lessons that may be learned from what we know so far...

In the closing hours of the nightmarish hellscape that is Election Day 2020, voters encountered problems around the country, thanks to failure-prone computerized voting systems in battleground states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

On the penultimate day before the final deadline to vote in the 2020 election, Trump and his Republican Party are filing blizzards of lawsuits to toss out legal ballots, hoping Trump's packed and stolen U.S. Supreme Court will help. Power outages after Hurricane Zeta hamper computerized voting in Southeast US. Callers weigh in with their fears, concerns and reasons for voting/not voting. Election integrity advocate suggests, 'vote for all those who can't...'

Guest: Marybeth Kuznik, Elec. Director, Armstrong County PA

Election 2020 is down to the wire, and federal courts are unleashing chaos in last-minute rulings just five days before Election Day in several key battleground states. MARYBETH KUZNIK, election integrity advocate turned Election Dir. of Armstrong County, PA, explains a last-minute US Supreme Court ruling requiring that lawful but late-arriving ballots that are postmarked by Election Day must be sequestered until after the election, when SCOTUS will decide if they can be counted. Plus: Resources for voters looking for ways to help protect the integrity of the election by conducting citizen oversight, and helping others vote...

We are now embroiled in a Cold Civil War on Democracy in this nation, with Republicans using every trick - legal and extra-legal - to prevent legal voters from voting and their ballots from being counted. Dispatches from the Voting Rights Trench Warfare in Florida, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, including Vermont asking rightwing Supreme Court justice to correct egregious errors. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report'.

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Slate

Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern explains the potential 'trump cards' that Trump can use to secure his re-election, using the courts to discard legitimate mail-in ballots, and a shocking new opinion from the corrupt rightwing majority on the stolen U.S. Supreme Court. Stern discusses how Justice Kavanaugh's error-filled opinion blocking WI from counting late-arriving but legal mail-in ballots provides a chilling preview, and also offers some perspective on Joe Biden's proposed bipartisan commission to study court expansion and reform.