KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Professional Left Podcast

Special coverage of the first GOP Presidential Primary debate of the 2024 campaign, which featured eight candidates. Donald Trump skipped it but loomed over the proceedings. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON, award-winning columnist at Salon, and 'DRIFTGLASS' of the weekly 'Professional Left Podcast,' deliver analysis, fact-checking and snark. Trump was booked in Fulton County, GA on his 4th criminal indictment, as D.A. Willis asked the court to begin his racketeering trail in October. Original airdate 8-24-2023.

Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; Keith Barber, Daily Kos

We are re-airing our special coverage of the four historic criminal indictments of Donald J. Trump. Today: Award-winning Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and former attorney KEITH BARBER of Daily Kos join us for legal and political analysis of Trump's newest criminal indictment in Georgia, related to his alleged multi-state criminal enterprise to steal the 2020 Presidential election from Georgia voters and the American people. Original airdate 8-16-2023.

Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Professional Left Podcast

We are re-airing our special coverage of the four historic criminal indictments of Donald J. Trump. Today: Disgraced former President Donald Trump is facing accountability for his worst (known) crime of all: attempting to overthrow American democracy itself by stealing the 2020 election from the American people. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Digby's Hullabaloo and 'DRIFTGLASS' of 'The Professional Left Podcast' discuss the scope of the historic indictment, the evidence, new surprising details in the case, and what it all means going forward. Original airdate 8-2-2023.

Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; Keith Barber, Daily Kos

We are re-airing our special coverage of the four historic criminal indictments of Donald J. Trump. Today: Historic day in federal court as Donald J. Trump entered a plea of 'not guilty' to 37 criminal felonies related to Trump's theft of hundreds of highly classified documents and repeated attempts to obstruct the government from taking them back. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON, award-winning columnist at Salon, and attorney and former Republican KEITH BARBER of Daily Kos discuss the granular, damning evidence in the indictment and the legal and political implications for the country going forward, debunk Republicans' attempts to deflect accountability and portray Trump as a victim, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.' Original airdate 6/13/2023.

Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Professional Left Podcast

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! We are re-airing our special coverage of the four historic criminal indictments of Donald J. Trump. Today: Criminal accountability for a U.S. president finally begins. Special coverage of disgraced former president Donald Trump's arrest and indictment on 34 counts of falsifying business records 'in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election,' according to Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg. Award-winning Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass' of the Professional Left Podcast discuss the facts and context of the criminal charges, what it all means, and what comes next. Plus Desi Doyen has our 'Green News Report.' Original airdate 4-4-2023.

Guest: Susan Greenhalgh, Free Speech for People

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! New revelations indicate that disgraced former Pres. Trump was directly involved in a multi-state conspiracy to breach, copy and distribute sensitive voting system software, particularly in Georgia. Election security expert SUSAN GREENHALGH explains the new revelations (which are based on Greehhalgh's own detective work); the apparent cover-up by state officials of an unlawful breach of Coffee County, Georgia's election system, and the threat the breaches pose to the 2024 election. Montana judge sides with youth in landmark climate lawsuit, finding the state violated their constitutional rights. Original airdate: 8/14/2023.

Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Professional Left Podcast

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Special coverage of the first GOP Presidential Primary debate of the 2024 campaign, which featured eight candidates. Donald Trump skipped it but loomed over the proceedings. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON, award-winning columnist at Salon, and 'DRIFTGLASS' of the weekly 'Professional Left Podcast,' deliver analysis, fact-checking and snark. Trump was booked in Fulton County, GA on his 4th criminal indictment, as D.A. Willis asked the court to begin his racketeering trail in October.

A bunch of Republicans are finally facing accountability for felony crimes, most related to election fraud, including the co-defendants of Donald Trump surrendering in the Fulton County, GA racketeering indictment for their efforts to steal the 2020 election in that state. Milwaukee schools closed due to extreme heat as GOP 2024 hopefuls, most of them climate science deniers, gather for first primary debate. Russian military coup-leader Prigozhin reportedly killed in plane crash. Musical satirist Randy Rainbow skewers Trump's many criminal indictments.

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Legal analyst Ernest A. Canning explains the new scheme by Wisconsin GOP state lawmakers to hold on to power by threatening to impeach new state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, just days after her swearing in, to prevent the court from tossing out heavily-gerrymandered maps that violate the state's constitution. Donald Trump's co-defendants begin surrendering in the Fulton County, Georgia RICO indictment of their plot to steal the 2020 election. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Daniel Swain, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Post-tropical Cyclone Hilary unleashed an historic rain/flood bomb across Southern California, with intensive impacts in the mountains and deserts. Climate scientist Dr. Daniel Swain explains why Hilary was so unusual, the 'conga line' of new storms brewing in the record-hot Atlantic ocean, and what it could all mean for the future in our climate changed-world. A grim update in the Maui Fires. Plus Donald Trump canceled his 'election fraud' press co