KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Stephen Schwartz, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Nuclear weapons policy analyst Stephen Schwartz explains what is known so far about the Russian nuclear missile accident, and what it means for US-Russia relations and nuclear weapons treaties. Also today: GA Democrat Stacey Abrams launches broad new election protection organization to combat the GOP's inevitable voter suppression tactics in the 2020 election.

The Trump Admin. is gutting the federal government, with far-reaching consequences for the economy, public safety, and the food supply -- from crucial science agencies at USDA to federal prisons, where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. MT judge blocks Treasury Dept. scheme to hide 'dark money' campaign donors. Voters sue Texas over rejected absentee ballots. Plus Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Andrew Cohen, The Marshall Project

Trump Admin. announces it will restrict legal immigration to the US for those who may someday require public assistance, blocking family reunification. Trump Interior Dept. weakens Endangered Species Act. Trump spreads wildly defamatory, conspiracy theories regarding the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in prison. Criminal justice reporter Andrew Cohen explains the "epidemic" of inmate suicides in our underfunded prison system...

Guest: Jeff Sharlet-author of "The Family"

Guest host Nicole Sandler brings us the latest news and a few words about our gun violence epidemic here in America. Then, she's joined by Jeff Sharlet, author of 'The Family', which has just been adapted into a 5-part Netflix series, dealing with the secret religious society that's engrained in Washington DC.

ICE conducts largest immigration raid in US history in MS, making no provisions for abandoned children. Trump White House rejected DHS attempts to combat the growing threat of white nationalist terrorism. Trump's rhetoric inspires man to violently attack teen for 'disrespecting' the national anthem in MT. Red-to-blue shift underway in TX and Orange Co, CA. Plus Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA)

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) discusses new House Judiciary Committee oversight investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's time in the Bush White House during the Iraq War, impeachment, court-packing, and GA's costly new unverifiable touchscreen voting system. Trump 'turns day of grieving into day of grievances,' launching partisan attacks on Democrats while on trips to El Paso and Dayton, two cities rocked by mass shootings...

Continued fallout from mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, as two countries warn their citizens against traveling to the U.S. Local officials to reluctantly host Trump visits. FBI requests Congress reform nation's domestic terrorism laws. OH's GOP governor presses for the most basic gun safety reforms. Former GOP House member says "vote all Republicans out." Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Richard DeMillo, Cybersecurity expert, Georgia Tech Univ.

Updates on two mass shootings over the weekend in El Paso and Dayton, Trump's racist rhetoric, and the GOP's refusal to act or confront the escalating threat of white nationalism. Cybersecurity expert Prof. Richard DeMillo discusses the other major national security threat being ignored by the GOP: the nation's wildly vulnerable election systems, the threats detailed in the new US Senate report on the dismal state of election security, and what citizens can do to take action.

The GOP's only black US House member, Rep. Will Hurd, joins long string of Republicans leaving Congress. Trump withdraws wildly unqualified national security nominee. Majority of House Democrats now calling for impeachment inquiry. Jaw-dropping revelations in GA court testimony over state's egregiously lax voting system security. NC might get secure hand-marked paper ballots due to state election official's dirty joke. Plus: major melt event in Greenland amid record Arctic heat wave.

Guest: David Dayen, Editor, American Prospect; Jacki Schechner, journalist, healthcare policy expert

Special coverage of Night Two of the second round of 2020 Democratic Presidential debates, hosted by CNN in Detroit, MI. With David Dayen, investigative financial journalist and Executive Editor of The American Prospect, and journalist and healthcare policy expert Jacki Schechner.