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'BradCast' 2/5/2026: End of 'New START' Nuclear Treaty, with nuclear weapons analyst Stephen Schwartz by Progressive Voices

Green News Report 2/5/2026 by Progressive Voices

🎬 That’s Entertainment! Super Bowl, Melania, Miss Piggy & YouTube’s Box Office Takeover

From the Super Bowl’s halftime hype to the controversy around Melania the documentary, this episode of The Karel Show dives into the biggest stories in entertainment right now.

💥 Who’s really watching the Super Bowl for football anymore? It’s all about the commercials and halftime—this year featuring Bad Bunny. Don’t know who that is? You will.

🎥 Is Melania a real documentary or slick political propaganda? With Amazon pulling it from some theaters, even the New York Times says we’re missing the bigger picture.

🐷 Miss Piggy is gracing Vogue and reclaiming the spotlight as the most fabulous foam diva on TV—let’s talk about her iconic status.

📽️ Iron Lung, the #1 movie this week, was made by a YouTuber. Is this the moment YouTube fully becomes Hollywood’s rival?

😱 Plus, there’s a new Exorcist movie starring Scarlett Johansson—why are studios obsessed with reboots, and what movies actually scared you to death?

👉 Watch, like, comment, and subscribe for your essential entertainment breakdowns with The Karel Show—where culture meets commentary.

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'BradCast' 2/4/2026: Trump turning 'War on Terror' tools against domestic foes by Progressive Voices

This time on Code WACK!

Privatized Medicare now covers more than half of older adults nationwide. But how do Medicare Advantage plans’ lower star ratings, narrow networks, and “paper benefits” hit seniors of color hardest-and why are hospitals dropping these plans, leaving patients scrambling for care?

Our guest is Dr. Belinda McIntosh, an Atlanta-based psychiatrist with more than 20 years of experience, Physicians for a National Health Program board member, and co-author of the PNHP report No Real Choices: How Medicare Advantage Fails Seniors of Color. This is part two of a two-part series.

Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

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The Deadly Price of Being Thin: GLP-1s, Wegovy & the Weight Loss Trap

Why are people literally dying to be thin? In this eye-opening episode of The Karel Cast, we dive deep into the dangers behind the newest weight-loss craze—GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic. While they promise miracle results, these injections are linked to serious side effects, including hundreds of deaths.

From the dark history of Fen-Phen and Dexatrim to today’s injectable solutions, we expose the medical risks, the psychological toll, and the false hope sold to millions who simply want to lose 30 or 40 pounds. Is being thin worth risking your pancreas, gallbladder—or your life?

PLUS: It’s time to talk about E-scooters, E-bikes, and other mobility devices that are flooding public spaces and hospitals. Who’s regulating them? And what can we do about the growing risks?

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Leslie is joined by Josh Graves, who serves as both an International Brotherhood of Teamsters Warehouse Division Representative and Vice-President of Teamsters Local 104.

As a second-generation Teamster from Atlas Warehouse, a third-party logistics company that services Kroger, Josh has been a Teamster for over 22 years and is currently based in Arizona. He has played a key role in securing some of the union’s strongest contracts at Sysco, most notably the recent agreement at Local 690 in Washington, which provided Teamsters members with a wage increase of over 30 percent.

In a wide-ranging conversation, Leslie and Josh dug into what has quietly become one of the most consequential labor stories in the country: the growing power of the Teamsters at Sysco, one of the nation’s most profitable food service giants.

The discussion began with a recent win in Spokane, where drivers represented by Teamsters Local 690 ratified a four-year contract delivering major gains, including significant wage increases, lower health care costs, stronger pensions, and more vacation time. Graves emphasized that those gains were driven by workers’ willingness to authorize a strike, a show of unity that forced Sysco back to the table.

That local victory, he explained, is part of a much larger strategy. Marshall and Graves pointed to the first-ever regional Sysco contract covering more than 1,000 Teamsters across Northern California and Nevada, where coordinated bargaining and a credible strike threat produced similarly strong results. The agreement not only boosted pay and benefits but also included important protections around safety and automation, setting standards that extend beyond a single facility or city.

Graves noted that these wins are happening even in right-to-work states like Arizona, underscoring how union density and member engagement have reshaped negotiations nationwide. Over the past five years, Teamsters representation at Sysco has grown dramatically, strengthening the union’s leverage and changing the tone of labor relations with the company.

Looking ahead, the conversation turned to upcoming contract expirations in Montana and Chicago. Graves made clear that, after a string of major victories, Sysco Teamsters are prepared to take action to secure contracts that match the gains workers have already fought for elsewhere.

Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow them on X and Instagram, where their handle is @Teamsters, and “like” them on Facebook at Facebook.com/Teamsters.

'BradCast' 2/3/2026: "Losing At Legal and Political Trench Warfare, Trump Threatens to 'Nationalize' Elections" by Progressive Voices

🔥 Trump Wants Federal Control of Elections? Here’s Why It’s Terrifying

Trump is pushing to put the federal government in charge of U.S. elections—despite the Constitution explicitly saying otherwise. With Tulsi Gabbard now tied to election raids in Georgia, and authoritarian moves stacking up, what’s the real endgame? Karel breaks it down.

Also in this episode:

🗞️ Shocking news about Savannah Guthrie’s mother

🧨 The Clintons are set to testify about Epstein—what could they even say?

😟 How to fight off the mental fatigue and anxiety of living in 2026’s political chaos

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The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Cristina Jimenez Moreta, the 'Shared Future' Director.

The pair examines the the rein of Kristi Noem as Trump's DHS Secretary and the leader of ICE, and why it's well past time for her to be fired.

Then, Brad is joined by Tara Devlin, host of the 'TARABUSTER' podcast.

They breakdown Trump's historically destructive first year of his second term, and why the America people are no longer buying what he's selling.

Brad is on the National Journal's panel of political insiders, is an American political analyst for The Times of India TV, and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles. Brad also writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.'

You can read his columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon.

His handle on BlueSky is @bradbannon.bsky.social.