KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Today is 100th ann. of women winning the right to vote. Trump Postmaster Gen. DeJoy backs off changes that slowed down the mail. Former DHS staffer condemns Trump's 'terrifying' incompetence. DNC Virtual Convention features moving speeches by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Michelle Obama, and more. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Dr. Nils Gilman, Transition Integrity Project

Historian Dr. Nils Gilman discusses the Transition Integrity Project's chilling report, generated from a series of bipartisan tabletop 'war games,' concluding that the Trump Administration is likely to seek to manipulate, ignore, undermine or disrupt the 2020 presidential election and transition process between Election Day 2020 and Inauguration Day in January 2021. Most of the scenarios ended with a constitutional crisis that lasted until the inauguration, featuring violence in the streets and a severely disrupted administrative transition. Gilman also explains concrete actions that institutions and everyday Americans can take to guard against these disturbing scenarios...

Guest: Author Thomas Frank

Guest host Nicole Sandler speaks with author and journalist Thomas Frank about his new book, The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism

Over the last 48 hours, Trump openly admitted he is blocking emergency funding requested by the US Postal Service and state elections officials because he believes he will stop voters from successfully casting a mail-in ballot. His scheme: declare victory on Election Night and sue to stop the counting of slower-to-tally lawful absentee ballots (which must be manually verified). New reports confirm post office sorting machines are being removed. Also: Good voting rights news from SCOTUS. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! blog

Republican Secretaries of State launch war to block safer vote-by-mail in OH, KY, GA, PA, etc. Widespread failures on Georgia's costly new computerized voting system. Progressive blogger Howie Klein covers notable results in state primaries in MN, GA, WI, VT, CT, including the GOP's openly racist QAnon conspiracy believer in GA and a Nazi sympathizer in CT. CA Sen. Kamala Harris delivers first remarks as Bidens' Vice Presidential running mate.

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon; Jeanne Dufort, Coalition For Good Governance

Salon's Heather 'Digby' Parton discusses presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's pick of US Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his Vice Presidential running mate. Election integrity advocate Jeanne Dufort explains shocking new software vulnerability confirmed in GA's new computerized voting system that resulted in potentially thousands of perfectly legitimate ballots being rejected as 'unvoted' and uncounted in the state's June 2020 primary, and measures to repair the flaw before the critical November election. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.

Guest: Mark Dimondstein, Pres., American Postal Workers Union

Dirty tricks are underway in the 2020 election: NC voters receiving mysterious robocalls lying about voting rules in NC. Trump shamefully continues trying to undermine Vote By Mail. Postal worker union Pres. Mark Dimondstein confirms Trump's new Postmaster General issued directives to slow down mail delivery in advance of the 2020 election, and explains the safety, security, and necessity of Vote By Mail this November during the pandemic; the history and context of why USPS (which is entirely funded by postage revenue, not taxpayer dollars) is facing budget shortfalls; and the years-long GOP effort to privatize the public's Postal Service for private profit. Plus: a new ditty from musical satirist Roy Zimmerman.

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Trump touts 'economic prosperity' amid 20 straight weeks of record jobless claims, as GOP Senators block extending unemployment aid. NY AG Letitia James sues the NRA, alleging massive financial fraud and corruption. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny blog

Progressive blogger Howie Klein covers both wins and losses for progressives from states primaries on Tuesday in MO, MI, KS, AZ, and WA state. MO voters become 6th state to defy their GOP state legislature and pass Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. Iowa's GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds expands voting rights for most ex-felons. Joe Biden will give virtual acceptance speech at DNC convention, due to COVID-19 concerns...