KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Jamie Corey, Documented

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Leaked audio reveals Republican attorney and vote suppressor Cleta Mitchell pitching GOP donors on several schemes to 'combat' young voters. Documented's JAMIE COREY explains new revelations exposing how top Republican state election officials have been participating in secret, off-the-record conferences with notorious GOP Voter Fraud fraudsters and election denial groups hosted by the far-right Heritage Foundation. Disney Co. sues FL GOP Gov. DeSantis for 'weaponizing government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint.' Judge tosses out former Rep. Devin Nunes' (R-CA) bogus defamation lawsuits. Voters reject MAGA school board candidates. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Lisa Graves, Former DOJ official, True North Research

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Pres. Biden officially announced he is running for re-election in 2024. Polls show many voters prefer a younger candidate but would support Biden if he's the nominee. RNC releases apocalyptic, dystopian AI-generated ad in response. LISA GRAVES, former Justice Dept. official, explains new revelations exposing even more corruption and self-dealing by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, how federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk (who recently banned the abortion pill mifepristone) deceived the U.S. Senate during his confirmation process, and much, much more.

Guest: Susan Greehalgh, Election security expert, Free Speech For People

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Election Security expert SUSAN GREENHALGH of Free Speech for People explains blockbuster new revelations regarding the multi-state criminal plot by MAGA conspiracists to breach voting system software after the 2020 election, including evidence that the plot was hatched in Trump's Oval Office. Greenhalgh also explains how the stolen software can be used to attack upcoming elections, why federal investigations are needed into the security breach and Georgia officials' lackadaisical response, and critical actions to secure elections going forward.

Guest: Simon Rosenberg, President, NDN/New Policy Institute

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It's a rough week for Fox 'News'. The judge in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit sanctioned the network for withholding evidence and lying. Fox was forced to settle with an individual falsely named by the network when it knowingly aired baseless claims that the 2020 was 'stolen,' and much more. Political strategist SIMON ROSENBERG explains his new project, 'Get to 55,' to expand the coalition of pro-democracy voters and engage and mobilize young voters, and why doing so is critical to ensure the survival of democracy over autocracy. Original air-date 4-12-2023.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) unveiled House Republicans' demands in exchange for raising the debt ceiling and not crashing the US economy. McCarthy proposed massive, cruel cuts that punish the poor, and demanded repeal of clean air/clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act -- even as McCarthy's Bakersfield, CA constitutents breathe the most polluted air in the U.S. Arbitration panel orders MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to pay $5 million contest prize to man who proved that Lindell's claims about a 'stolen' 2020 election were nonsense. Former CO election official Tina Peters sentenced in first of two criminal indictments regarding her breach of election security to copy voting system software. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Keith Barber, Attorney, Daily Kos contributor

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Many are disappointed that there will be no public trial of Fox 'News' following Dominion Voting System's decision to settle its defamation lawsuit against the network for knowingly broadcasting baseless lies about the 2020 election. Election system vendors like Dominion are only interested in profits, not defending democracy, and private corporations should never have been allowed to take over our public elections. Attorney Keith Barber explains the legal issues involved in Dominion's decision to settle, a gob-smacking court filing in the Georgia criminal probe of Donald Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 election, and the rape/defamation lawsuit filed by columnist E. Jean Carroll against Trump in New York scheduled to start next week.

Guest: David Margolick, The Nation

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Fox 'News' agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit, with the network effectively conceding that their false claims about a 'stolen' 2020 Presidential election were indeed all lies. Journalist DAVID MARGOLICK unpacks Donald Trump's recent weird comments insinuating that Special Counsel Jack Smith has changed his name, explaining that it's a long-faded, anti-Semitic, racist trope that Trump has revived, and how such dog whistles are being normalized by the Republican Party. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! New reporting reveals new troubles for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Supreme Court places temporary stay on radical rightwing judge's ruling overturning FDA approval of key abortion medication. Russian court sentences opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for criticizing Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine. California callers weigh in on whether 89-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) should resign, as her medical absence has stalled confirmation of Pres. Biden's judicicial nominees.

Guest: Alex Burness, Bolts Magazine

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Voting rights/Justice reporter ALEX BURNESS explains Virginia's GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin's appalling, anti-democratic decision to cancel a long-established, bipartisan policy restoring voting rights to former felons, and how it harms public safety and those trying to return to civil society. Arkansas GOP Gov. Huckabee Sanders erects new barriers to voting and the ability of voters to place citizen initiatives on the statewide ballot. Republican lawmakers exposed for their rank hypocrisy on 'protecting children' from drag shows but not from being murdered by guns in their schools. Big Government Republicans in Kentucky ban healthcare for trans kids and all discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in schools. Original air-date 3/29/2023.

Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson has been reinstated to the TN statehouse, and delivered searing remarks to the out-of-control, racist, gerrymandered GOP majority that voted to expel him. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) fatuously calls for arming schools like banks right before bank massacre in KY. New polling data indicates the majority of Americans have noticed the Republicans' pro-murder, pro-Big Government, anti-free speech, anti-democracy idiocy, with increasingly negative views of House Republicans. New revelations expose more evidence of U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas' corruption. Ft. Lauderdale crippled by 25 inches of rain in 24 hours. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'