KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Journalist Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone, journalist Brian Karem of Playbou and CNN

Guest Host Nicole Sandler dives into the topic of journalism in the Trump era, speaking with author and journalist Matt Taibbi, who’s covering the 2020 elections for Rolling Stone magazine, and Playboy’s Brian Karem, who’s currently suspended from the White House.

Guest: Matt Keating-DNC Member, Andrew Yang- 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Candidate

Nicole Sandler speaks with an old radio colleague, Matt Keating, who is now a DNC member and was at the summer meetings in San Francisco where the idea of a climate debate was killed. Nicole also speaks with 2020 Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang.

A growing chorus of cybersecurity and voting systems experts are warning against new, unverifiable touchscreen voting systems known as Ballot Marking Devices, or BMDs, that are now proliferating -- and replacing verifiable hand-marked paper ballots -- in many states across the country before the crucial 2020 Presidential election, including right here in Los Angeles. LA County's Clerk/Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan has not responded to our questions about the new BMD system coming to LA, and voters have many. Today we take a deep dive into these new unverifiable systems, with listener calls, including on what voters can do...

Guest: Lulu Friesdat, Journalist, documentary filmmaker

Filmmaker and journalist Lulu Friesdat discusses stunning vote by NC Board of Elections to allow unverifiable new voting machines despite overwhelming public opposition, new cybersecurity issues uncovered at Def Con hackers convention, and the new #CountTheVote citizen's toolkit for organizing local election security efforts. Also today: Justice Ginsberg health scare. Billionaire Koch Brother dies. Trump's unhinged tweet tirade spooks financial markets.

'Climate' candidate Gov. Jay Inslee drops out of 2020 race. Former CO Gov. Hickenlooper shifts to Senate run, raising pressure on other 2020 Dems to do the same. Former GOP Rep. Joe Walsh may primary Trump in 2020. Texas towns crippled by ransomware attack that has disturbing implications for counties moving to hackable, computerized ballot-marking device voting systems and tabulators, including here in Los Angeles. Plus Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Dr. Bill Busa, NC's EQV Analytics

NC campaign consultant Dr. Bill Busa details disturbing "political malware" he found at an RNC website intended to assist voters that could actually result in purging voters from registration rolls, and discusses the landscape for two upcoming special US House elections. 27 white male rightwingers have been arrested for making domestic terror threats in just the last few weeks. Trump's absurd idea to "buy" Greenland and other increasingly erratic behaviors has led a prominent Republican to call for implementing the 25th Amendment.

Trump flip-flops on promises to pass gun reform after recent mass shootings, pivots to "mental illness". Secret GOP talking points blame rightwing white nationalist mass shootings on "the left" instead of easy access to guns. Five different mass shootings by white male Americans were prevented in last week. GOP pollster Frank Luntz offers to help Democrats with climate messaging. Plus Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Jeanne Devon, AK Democratic Party

Successful voter petition in GA to force state to re-examine its unverifiable electronic voting system. Multi-partisan coalition in Alaska has gathered enough petition signatures to launch process of recalling GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy after he implements drastic, punishing budget cuts, and pushes approval of controversial Pebble Mine. Alaskan blogger and Democrat Jeanne Devon details the political tremors unfolding across Alaska in the run up to the 2020 election.

Guest: Kim Zetter, cybersecurity journalist

Several new reports reveal jaw-dropping security problems and weaknesses in America's vulnerable, computerized, privatized elections - and election officials aren't prepared for the 2020 election. Veteran cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter explains her exclusive new report detailing how, contrary to the protestations of elections officials and vendors, their voting systems and machines are actually connected to the internet and wildly vulnerable to hacking...

Guest: Marilyn Marks, Coalition for Good Governance

Big court victory today for election security in Georgia -- a federal judge has ruled the state's paperless, unverifiable electronic touchscreen voting machines are unfit for use and unconstitutional. But the victory was not total. Plaintiff Marilyn Marks of the Coalition for Good Governance explains what the ruling means, what it doesn't, what happens next, and what the judge meant in citing GA officials for their "inconsistent candor." Plus Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report.'