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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wednesday, August 19, 2026 - 2026 Primary Elections]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.]]></description>
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Wyoming, Florida, and Alaska delivered fascinating primary results while highlighting the corrosive effect of outside special interest money in our democratic elections. A US House runoff in California is too close to call, despite a flood of AIPAC campaign cash. Donald Trump&rsquo;s influence appears to be weakening as his candidates lost in Wyoming and elsewhere. Despite being outspent 16&ndash;1, progressive Angie Nixon scored a surprise win over Alexander Vindman in Florida's Democratic US Senate primary. In Alaska, Native American former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) led the top-four US Senate primary and voters approved new limits on campaign finance -- but Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies are funding an effort to tear down Alaska's reforms on voting and campaign finance.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tuesday, August 18, 2026 - GOP Zombie Myths on the Economy; Elections; Environment]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Guest: Michael Tomasky, Editor, The New Republic
The Trump Admin. moved to open up millions of acres of the public's pristine, protected national forests to logging, mining and drilling. Primaries were held today in Alaska, Wyoming, and Florida (with several nutty races). The New Republic's MICHAEL TOMASKY explains new polls showing that American voters say Democrats are better stewards of the economy than Republicans, thanks to Donald Trump's reckless, irrational, destabilizing policies; debunks several GOP zombie myths with astonishing historical data and context; and much more. Plus our new 'Green News Report.']]></itunes:summary>
			<itunes:duration>3480</itunes:duration>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monday, August 17, 2026 - USS Lincoln and the Iran War; Election security ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.]]></description>
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Donald Trump dismissed concerns over the well-being of 5000 servicemembers, stuck in a record-long deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln for his disastrous Iran War. Trump scaled back military drills with ally South Korea, sided with North Korea's dicatator, and threatened to bomb US ally Oman. The US Supreme Court again refused to review a $5 million civil judgement finding Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll. Georgia newspapers finally informed voters about serious security vulnerabilities in their state's computer voting system. Trump blamed 'vandals' for landscape damage caused by his event on the National Mall. Callers weigh in.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[Friday, August 14, 2026 - Election security ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Guest: Marilyn Marks, election security expert, Coalition for Good Governance 
Original airdate 8-3-2026. Election security and transparency champion MARILYN MARKS has discovered an alarming new security vulnerability in Georgia's 100% unverifiable touchscreen voting systems (made by Dominion). Marks explains a new cybersecurity study showing that anyone can use AI tools along with Georgia's public voting records to uncover how every voter voted on their secret ballot. Marks discusses solutions that elections officials can deploy now to defend against the problem; how Georgia elections refuse to apply recommended software security patches; how voters can protect their vote (vote-by-mail ballots are not affected) and much more.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thursday, August 13, 2026 - Trump Admin's 'waste, fraud & abuse'; Musk's DOGE scam; Environment]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Guest: Michael Mechanic, Senior Editor, Mother Jones
Donald Trump's White House vanity projects will cost taxpayers at least $900 million, raided from other agencies to prevent congressional oversight. Kennedy Center board to shut down the facility for two years, bankrupting the National Symphony Orchestra. DHS spent $464 million on a no-bid contract for 10 used airplanes that sit idle. GAO report confirms that Elon Musk's so-called 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE) did not save taxpayer dollars or reduce the debt or deficit. Mother Jones' MICHAEL MECHANIC explains how Musk's DOGE scam actually cost taxpayers money, and cost America dearly in heath, humanity, privacy, education, food safety, consumer protections, and world leadership in science. Plus our new 'Green News Report.']]></itunes:summary>
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