KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Alex Burness, Bolts Magazine

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.

Judge rejects Mike Pence's cowardly attempt to escape testifying to special counsel grand jury probe. Another white GOP voter in Florida charged with voter fraud, but receives very different treatment from people of color wrongully targeted by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis. US Supreme Court lets stand Kansas GOP's intentionally racially discriminatory voting maps. Arkansas GOP lawmakers overrule voters to quash statewide ballot initiatives. Tennessee's lax gun laws allowed Nashville school shooter to amass a small arsenal while under psychiatric care. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) calls out Republican 'cowards' blocking basic gun reforms. Media must inform the public that Republicans specifically are blocking gun safety measures. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Russ Baker, Editor in Chief, WhoWhatWhy.org

Investigative journalist RUSS BAKER explains stunning new evidence revealed in the NY Times that Ronald Reagan's campaign operatives struck a secret deal with Iran to prevent the release of American hostages until after the 1980 election. Baker discusses the evidence, why it matters, the corporate media's complicity, the long-lasting repercussions of Reagan's "traitorous" deal, and more. Deadly tornadoes wreak destruction in Mississippi. New mass school shooting in Nashville, and some choice words for Fox 'News'.

Guest: Susan Greenhalgh, Free Speech For People

Encore: original air-date 3/13/2023. Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh explains new efforts to push the FBI/DOJ to probe hard evidence of a broad, multi-state conspiracy by Trump MAGA supporters to breach, copy and distribute sensitive election system software used around the country, and much more. Biden Interior Dept. approves massive oil project in Alaska. Former VP Pence publicly criticizes Trump but refuses to testify in federal grand jury probe of the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

GOP sore loser grifter Kari Lake in Arizona is still lying about her 2022 election loss, and lying about the AZ state supreme court's ruling rejecting her election challenge. Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked critics of his 'Don't Say Gay' law last year, claiming it was limited to grades K-3, but now DeSantis has bypassed the legislature to expand the law to ban LGBTQ issues in grades K-12. Nebraska state senator excoriates GOP lawmakers for ramming through anti-trans healthcare bill, vowing to halt remainder of the legislative calendar. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: John Nichols, The Nation

Journalist and Wisconsin native John Nichols discusses the critical WI state Supreme Court election, now underway, that may finally flip control of the state's high court to liberals for the first time in 15 years, and its vital importance to abortion rights, labor rights, free and fair elections, and to the nation ahead of the 2024 presidential election. An appeals court ordered Trump's attorney to testify in Special Counsel Jack Smith's criminal federal grand jury probe of Trump's theft of classified documents from the White House, while the unprecedented nature of the emergency order unleashed a flurry of speculation.

Of course Donald Trump was not arrested on Tuesday, as he lied to his supporters he would be. Indicting Trump on potential charges of unlawful hush-money payments and a coverup to win the presidency are not 'minor crimes.' If Manhattan D.A. charges Trump, it will begin to undo decades of gross injustice in failing to hold U.S. presidents accountable for unlawful actions since 1968. Congressional Republicans attempt to interfere with Manhattan D.A.'s investigation. MAGA supporters reportedly not heeding Trump's call for massive protests, believing it's a trap by the feds! Fox 'News' employee is suing the company, alleging coercion to deliver false testimony in $1.6 billion Dominion defamation lawsuit. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. New polling shows large majorities of Americans now think the Iraq War was a mistake, but no one was ever held accountable for the pointless war or the Bush Administration's lies. FL Gov. DeSantis may have played a key role in the torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian Pres. Putin. The documentary on Putin's opposition leader, Alexi Navalny is a must-see. The Manhattan D.A. may be on the verge of the first-ever criminal indictment of a former U.S. president. Callers weigh in on all of the above.

Guest: Prof. Tarah Williams, Andrew Bloeser, Center for Political Participation, Allegheny College

Encore: Original air-date 3/8/2023. House GOP 'investigations' are going very poorly. Fox News host Tucker Carlson's ridiculous, cherry-picked videos falsely portraying the January 6 Capitol Insurrection are so ridiculous that Republicans and even Fox News are pushing back. Allegheny College political scientists TARAH WILLIAMS and ANDREW BLOESER explain their surprising new study finding that significant numbers of Americans across the entire political spectrum show rising support for authoritarianism and anti-democratic actions, and present actions that can help strengthen democratic values and protect democracy.

Wingnut children's book author hilariously fails in the GOP's silly and desperate Anti-'Woke' Chronicles. Trump-appointed, far-right activist judge is legislating from the bench, likely to ban an FDA-approved abortion drug. FL GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis revokes major hotel's liquor license in retaliation for hosting a drag show. Mar-a-Lago staffers subpoenaed in criminal grand jury probe into Trump's mishandling of classified documents. Five Georgia special grand jury members reveal stunning details in probe of Trump's attempts to steal the 2020 election. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'