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Tuesday, September 16, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Keith Barber, attorney, Daily Kos
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| Trump Assault on the Rule of Law, Free Speech
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| In just eight months, the Trump Administration's unrelenting assault on the Constitution and the rule of law has succeeded in destabilizing and dismantling key functions of the U.S. government, while the corrupted US Supreme Court has temporarily allowed these unprecedented upheavals to proceed. The Trump Administration is also explicitly threatening free speech rights and press freedom. Attorney KEITH BARBER, a writer at Daily Kos, offers legal perspective on a slew of new court developments over the last week, the Supreme Court, and much, much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, September 15, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Political Violence and Free Speech in America
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| Charlie Kirk was a racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic Islamophobe and he did not deserve to be killed for any of it. But Kirk has been inappropriately lionized by the Right and corporate media after his killing at a college event. Donald Trump, Republicans, and rightwing media are opportunistically exploiting Kirk's death to punish the free speech of their perceived enemies, and targeting anyone who simply quotes Kirk's actual words on social media. Attacking the First Amendment keeps the Right from having to confront their very serious problem of rising political violence against their perceived enemies, and the nation's worsening gun violence. Callers weigh in.
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Thursday, September 11, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Political violence, gun violence; Environment
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| On today's 'BradCast': Donald Trump would much rather talk about political violence than rising inflation, his failed economic policies, or his old friend, pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The identity and motive of the person who killed rightwing activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk remains unknown, but Trump and his far-right MAGA cult instantly unleashed a torrent of threats, essentially declaring 'War on the Left,' ignoring recent political violence against elected Democrats. Trump's administration is taking credit for infrastructure upgrades funded by Pres. Joe Biden. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 3:00 pm
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| David Dayen, Executive Editor, American Prospect
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| Gun violence; Authoritarianism; Elections
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| Far-right activist and longtime Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk was killed by a gunman at a college event in Utah. Three teens critically injured in a school shooting in Denver. Poland shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace. After special election win in VA, House Democrats are one stop closer to having enough signatures to force a vote to release the Epstein Files. Financial journalist DAVID DAYEN of the American Prospect discusses the coming showdown in the GOP-controlled Congress to avoid a government shutdown on October 1, whether Democrats will act to slow down Trump's authoritarianism, and much more.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow, Media Matters
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| Accountability; Voting Rights; Environment
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| New, 'damning' court filings -- released in voting machine company Smartmatic's major defamation lawsuit against Fox News -- confirm that Fox News hosts and executives knew Donald Trump's false claims of a 'stolen' 2020 election were lies but chose to broadcast them anyway. MATT GERTZ of Media Matters discusses the new revelations in the Fox News defamation lawsuit, what it means for elections going forward, and much more. Missouri's Republican state legislature rammed through new gerrymandered maps to steal U.S. House seats from their voters and add new restrictions to stop citizen-led ballot initiatives. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, September 8, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Trump readies wars on Venezuela, Chicago; Authoritarianism
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| Donald Trump used his social media site to threaten the city of Chicago with 'war,' which was mostly ignored by corporate media outlets. Trump told voters he was 'anti-war' during the 2024 campaign but has deployed ten warships to Central America, and violated international and U.S. law by bombing a civilian speedboat near Venezuela that he calimed carried drugs. Congressional Republicans blocked a discharge petition in the U.S. House to release the Epstein Files; two upcoming special elections this month could provide enough votes to pass it. Callers weigh in with their own thoughts on all of this madness.
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Friday, September 5, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Seth Cotlar, Historian, Willamette University
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| 'Americanism'; Elections; Epstein Files
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| Original airdate 8-20-2025. Donald Trump has ordered a review of Smithsonian Institution museums to ensure they align with his ideology of 'Americanism.' Historan Seth Cotlar explains the disturbing history of fascism in America, 'Americanism', 'America First,' and Trump's 'Stalinesque' effort to whitewash U.S. history. Texas GOP moves ahead with extreme gerrymandering scheme to steal U.S. House seats from voters. A third judges rejects Trump's attempt to distract from his refusal to release the Epstein Files. New folk music song declares that Trump's Epstein Files problem 'ain't gonna go away.'
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Thursday, September 4, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Dr. Tyler Evans, public health expert, Wellness Equity Alliance
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| RFK Jr.'s War on Science; Environment
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| The Trump Administration is escalating its War on Science. Senate Democrats grilled HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over his gutting of U.S. public health infrastructure and science research. Florida's top medical officer ended vaccine mandates for schoolchildren. DR. TYLER EVANS discusses the Trump Administration's escalating war on science, the impacts of politicization of public health in America and the Global South, and much more. Donald Trump intensified his war on climate science and cheap renewable energy. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Michael Hiltzik, L.A. Times business columnist
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| Political retribution and Authoritarianism; Elections
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| L.A. Times columnist Michael Hiltzik explains how the MAGA head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is using bogus 'investigations' and allegations of mortgage fraud for political retribution against Donald Trump's perceived political enemies, and in an attempt to oust the first Black female Federal Reserve governor. Judge rules Trump admin. unlawfully blocked $2 billion in federal funding from Harvard University. Voters continue to reject Republicans in special state legislative elections. House GOP votes to establish a new committee to investigate the Trump-incited January 6 insurrection.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Elections; Authoritarianism; Environment
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| Last week was one of the most insanely busy news weeks of Donald Trump's second term. Today we catch up on 'our story so far' as nation amidst the insanity -- from several losses for Trump in the (lower) courts, to some good electoral news for Democrats and democracy, to Americans pushing back (effectively) against Trump's authoritarian regime on several levels, to the not-so-good news of the non-stop, self-destructive idiocy of the Trump Administration, and much more. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, September 1, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Nicholas Grossman, Univ. of Illinois
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| 'Why MAGA hates Superman'; Trump dismantles Dept. of Education
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| Original airdate 7-16-2025. MAGA and Fox 'News' are attacking the new Superman movie as 'woke', criticizing the film's pro-justice, pro-kindness and pro-immigrant story. NICHOLAS GROSSMAN of the University of Illinois discusses his new article, 'Why MAGA Hates Superman,' efforts by rightwing media to rewrite American history and values, and much more. Rightwing US Supreme Court majority allows Trump Administration to proceed with dismantling the Dept. of Education. The results of the Democratic primary in the US House special election to replace the late Rep. Raul Grijalva.
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Friday, August 29, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Pro Left Podcast
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| Elections; Accountability; Environment
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| Original airdate 8-21-2025. NY appeals court upholds Donald Trump's civil fraud conviction, but orders re-determination of 'excessive' $500 million fine. Texas state GOP lawmakers rammed through their extreme gerrymandered maps to steal five US House seats from voters, triggering the California state legislature to pass the 'Rigged Election Response Act,' to counter Texas' obnoxious scheme. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and 'DRIFTGLASS' of 'The Pro Left Podcast' delve into the Gerrymandering Wars begun by Texas, Trump's authoritarian takeover of Washington DC, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's hilarious trolling of Trump, and much more in a lively, wide-ranging conversation. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Thursday, August 28, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Authoritarianism and Nazification; Elections
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| Original airdate 8-18-2025. Trump's DHS is using actual Nazi book titles and Nazi fonts in their ICE recruitment ads. Texas Democratic state lawmakers return after breaking quorum, allowing Texas GOP to re-gerrymander U.S. House maps to steal five seats from voters. We debunk Donald Trump's latest lie-filled rant vowing to end the use of mail-in ballots, a transparent attemmpt to pre-excuse any 2026 midterm election losses, and distract from his failed meeting with Russian President Putin and his refusal to release the Epstein Files. Callers weigh in.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Timothy Karr, Senior Director, Free Press.net
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| Press Freedom and Media Capitulation; Public health; Elections
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| Original airdate 8-6-2025. The nation's founders protected a free press in the Constitution as a bulwark against monarchs and tyrants. But Donald Trump and Republicans have launched unprecedented attacks on press freedom, and corporate media has largely capitulated. TIMOTHY KARR of Free Press explains the chilling state of our formerly free press in his new report, 'A More Perfect Media: Saving America’s Fourth Estate from Billionaires, Broligarchy and Trump,' their Media Capitulation Index, and much more. Anti-vaccine activist HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is ending federal development of new, groundbreaking mRNA vaccines. State elections this week offer some hopeful news for democracy.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025 3:00 pm
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| David Doniger, Natural Resources Defense Council
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| Original airdate 7-30-2025. Trump EPA on Tuesday announced it will move to rescind the agency's own scientific 'endangerment finding' that underpins virtually all U.S. climate regulations. DAVID DONIGER, Senior Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, explains the history of the endangerment finding, the impacts of the Trump EPA's move, the legal path forward, and much more. Also today: Historic earthquake in Russia triggers worldwide tsunami alerts. Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced she will not run for governor in California.
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| Trump EPA tries to rollback U.S. climate regulations
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Monday, August 25, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Fred Bauer, Rounding Up/Substack
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| Gerrymandering Wars; Authoritarianism
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| Original airdate 8-13-2025. Republicans used to pretend to oppose 'big government tyranny' but now they embrace it, as Trump deploys U.S. military on American streets in LA and DC. A court trial is underway to determine the legality of Trump's federalization of the CA National Guard. 'Liberal Redneck' comedian Trae Crowder delivers sharp comments on Trump's 'soft-launch of martial law.' Texas Gov. Abbott threatened to escalate his gerrymandering scheme to steal far more than five US House seats from voters if Democratic governors respond in kind. Writer FRED BAUER has some structural reform idead to end the Gerrymandering Wars, like proportional representation, expanding the U.S. House, and more.
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Friday, August 22, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Aryn Melon Backus, co-founder, Fired But Fighting
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| Public health; Israel-Gaza War; Trump deploys Nat'l Guard to D.C.
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| Original airdate 8-11-2025. Trump HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an anti-vaccine activist, announced $500 million in cuts to advanced mRNA vaccine research that has saved millions of lives, two days before a mass shooter steeped in anti-vaccine disinformation attacked CDC headquarters. Former CDC employee ARYN MELON BACKUS, co-founder of Fired but Fighting, discusses the Trump Administration's steep cuts to public health research and programs, the impacts of vaccine disinformation, and more. Israel's military targeted and murdered journalists in Gaza. Trump announced plans deploy National Guard to Washington, D.C., where crime rates are now at 30-year lows. Callers weigh in.
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Thursday, August 21, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Pro Left Podcast
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| Elections; Accountability; Environment
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| NY appeals court upholds Donald Trump's civil fraud conviction, but orders re-determination of 'excessive' $500 million fine. Texas state GOP lawmakers rammed through their extreme gerrymandered maps to steal five US House seats from voters, triggering the California state legislature to pass the 'Rigged Election Response Act,' to counter Texas' obnoxious scheme. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and 'DRIFTGLASS' of 'The Pro Left Podcast' delve into the Gerrymandering Wars begun by Texas, Trump's authoritarian takeover of Washington DC, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's hilarious trolling of Trump, and much more in a lively, wide-ranging conversation. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Seth Cotlar, Historian, Willamette University
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| 'Americanism'; Elections; Epstein Files
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| Donald Trump has ordered a review of Smithsonian Institution museums to ensure they align with his ideology of 'Americanism.' Historan Seth Cotlar explains the disturbing history of fascism in America, 'Americanism', 'America First,' and Trump's 'Stalinesque' effort to whitewash U.S. history. Texas GOP moves ahead with extreme gerrymandering scheme to steal U.S. House seats from voters. A third judges rejects Trump's attempt to distract from his refusal to release the Epstein Files. New folk music song declares that Trump's Epstein Files problem 'ain't gonna go away.'
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Authoritarianism; Media accountability; Environment
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| Texas Democrats returned to the state capitol after breaking quorum to block Texas Republicans from gerrymandering to steal US House seats from voters; now Big Government Republicans are effectively holding state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) prisoner for refusing to sign away her freedoms and consent to a 24/7 police monitor. Listeners respond to CA's efforts to redistrict voting maps to counter Texas GOP's power grab. Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies. Public TV/radio stations scramble to keep rural disaster-warning systems alive after Trump and Republicans killed federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, August 18, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Authoritarianism and Nazification; Elections
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| Trump's DHS is using actual Nazi book titles and Nazi fonts in their ICE recruitment ads. Texas Democratic state lawmakers return after breaking quorum, allowing Texas GOP to re-gerrymander U.S. House maps to steal five seats from voters. We debunk Donald Trump's latest lie-filled rant vowing to end the use of mail-in ballots, a transparent attemmpt to pre-excuse any 2026 midterm election losses, and distract from his failed meeting with Russian President Putin and his refusal to release the Epstein Files. Callers weigh in.
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Thursday, August 14, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Sue Wilson, media reform advocate, Media Action Center
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| CA Election Rigging Response Act; Media reform; Environment
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| In a lively rally, CA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) unveiled the Election Rigging Response Act, to push back against a scheme by Donald Trump and Republicans to re-gerrymander Texas' U.S. House map to steal five seats from largely minority voters. Media reform advocate SUE WILSON explains the latest bizarre twists in the long-running challenge to hold rightwing media giant Sinclair Broadcasting accountable for violating FCC limits on media ownership through secretly-owned 'sock puppet' TV stations in cities around the country. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Fred Bauer, Rounding Up, Substack
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| Gerrymandering Wars; Authoritarianism
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| Republicans used to pretend to oppose 'big government tyranny' but now they embrace it, as Trump deploys U.S. military on American streets in LA and DC. A court trial is underway to determine the legality of Trump's federalization of the CA National Guard. 'Liberal Redneck' comedian Trae Crowder delivers sharp comments on Trump's 'soft-launch of martial law.' Texas Gov. Abbott threatened to escalate his gerrymandering scheme to steal far more than five US House seats from voters if Democratic governors respond in kind. Writer FRED BAUER has some structural reform idead to end the Gerrymandering Wars, like proportional representation, expanding the U.S. House, and more.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Trump's authoritarian control; Voting rights; Environment
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| Donald Trump's latest stunt to deploy U.S. military troops on American streets against Americans citizens has nothing to do with law and order and everything to do with authoritarian control by a wannabe tyrant. Trump sprung a triple-murderer from prison, lied about crime rates in D.C. to justify deploying the National Guard, and threatens send troops to other Democratically-run cities. Internal Pentagon documents reveal plans to create a 'quick reaction force' of troops to deploy to U.S. cities. Federal judge excoriated the Trump Justice Department for misleading the public about the Epstein Files. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to steal even more seats from voters. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, August 11, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Aryn Melon Backus, co-founder, Fired But Fighting
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| Public health; Israel-Gaza War; Trump deploys Nat'l Guard to D.C.
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| Trump HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an anti-vaccine activist, announced $500 million in cuts to advanced mRNA vaccine research that has saved millions of lives, two days before a mass shooter steeped in anti-vaccine disinformation attacked CDC headquarters. Former CDC employee ARYN MELON BACKUS, co-founder of Fired but Fighting, discusses the Trump Administration's steep cuts to public health research and programs, the impacts of vaccine disinformation, and more. Israel's military targeted and murdered journalists in Gaza. Trump announced plans deploy National Guard to Washington, D.C., where crime rates are now at 30-year lows. Callers weigh in.
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Friday, August 8, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Elections: Texas GOP extreme gerrymandering scheme
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 8-4-2025. Texas Democrats fled the state to deny Texas Republicans a quorum to ram through a mid-decade re-gerrymandering of U.S. House maps to steal five seats from Democratic-leaning voters. Recent developments indicate the corrupted, activist Republican U.S. Supreme Court majority is ready to help Republicans rig the 2026 midterm elections. Democratic governors are investigating avenues to respond in kind to Republicans' gerrymandering scheme, like CA's Democratic Gov. Newsom, but it's complicated. Callers weigh in.
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Thursday, August 7, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Authoritarianism; Voting Rights; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! In Texas, cheap renewable energy prevented blackouts during record electricity demand as coal/gas plants tripped offline. Trump Administration escalated its war on renewable energy, removed congressionally-mandated climate reports from government websites, and pushed a bogus climate science deniers' report to justify overturning climate regulations. Texas GOP escalated threats against Democratic lawmakers who are blocking their attempt to steal 5 U.S. House seats from voters. Republicans' attacks on voting rights coincide with the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Timothy Karr, Senior Director, Free Press.net
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| Press Freedom and Media Capitulation; Public health; Elections
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! The nation's founders protected a free press in the Constitution as a bulwark against monarchs and tyrants. But Donald Trump and Republicans have launched unprecedented attacks on press freedom, and corporate media has largely capitulated. TIMOTHY KARR of Free Press explains the chilling state of our formerly free press in his new report, 'A More Perfect Media: Saving America’s Fourth Estate from Billionaires, Broligarchy and Trump,' their Media Capitulation Index, and much more. Anti-vaccine activist HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is ending federal development of new, groundbreaking mRNA vaccines. State elections this week offer some hopeful news for democracy.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Dr. Valerie Wilson, Director, Economic Policy Institute's Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy
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| Economy and jobs; Authoritarianism; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Donald Trump pulled a classic strongman maneuver by firing the chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the July monthly jobs report showed a rapid deceleration in job creation, lying that the numbers were 'rigged' against him,. Labor economist Dr. VALERIE WILSON debunks Trump's lies about the BLS, the critical importance of the agency's verififable dataa, and much more. The public is souring on Trump's policies and expanding trade war. Smithsonian museum restores exhibit it had removed informing visitors about Trump's historic two impeachments. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, August 4, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Elections: Texas GOP extreme gerrymandering scheme
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| PLEASE DONATE to keep KPFK on the air! Texas Democrats fled the state to deny Texas Republicans a quorum to ram through a mid-decade re-gerrymandering of U.S. House maps to steal five seats from Democratic-leaning voters. Recent developments indicate the corrupted, activist Republican U.S. Supreme Court majority is ready to help Republicans rig the 2026 midterm elections. Democratic governors are investigating avenues to respond in kind to Republicans' gerrymandering scheme, like CA's Democratic Gov. Newsom, but it's complicated. Callers weigh in.
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Friday, August 1, 2025 3:00 pm
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| David Daley, FairVote
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| Epstein Files; TX gerrymandering; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 7-22-2025. Texas GOP Gov. Abbott launched an 'emergency' session of the state legislature to redraw the state's heavily gerrymandered U.S. House maps before the 2026 midterm elections and further disenfranchise minority voters. Redistricting expert DAVID DALEY details the GOP plan to subvert democracy, what can be done to fight back, the impact on free and fair elections, and much more. GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson recessed the US House until September to block a non-binding resolution calling for the release of the Epstein Files of sex-trafficker and friend of Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein. Plus our latest 'Green News Report.'
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Thursday, July 31, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Please donate to KPFK! Donald Trump is escalating his trade war against the rest of the world, adding new tariff taxes that YOU pay on goods imported into the U.S. Trump's announced trade 'deals' are frameworks for potential trade agreements, at best, and they don't appear to match what each foreign nation actually agreed to during negotiations. US courts may yet find it all unlawful. Texas Republicans move ahead with their scheme to gerrymander the state's US House maps to steal as many seats as possible from Democratic voters. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
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| Please donate to KPFK! Trump EPA on Tuesday announced it will move to rescind the agency's own scientific 'endangerment finding' that underpins virtually all U.S. climate regulations. DAVID DONIGER, Senior Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, explains the history of the endangerment finding, the impacts of the Trump EPA's move, the legal path forward, and much more. Also today: Historic earthquake in Russia triggers worldwide tsunami alerts. Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced she will not run for governor in California.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Corruption; Tom Lehrer; Environment
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| Please donate to KPFK! Before the latest mass shooting in NYC, Trump's Justice Department gutted funding for gun violence prevention and mental health programs. Trump's 'free' tricked-out Qatari jet/bribe will cost taxpayers at least $1 billion. Senate Republicans fast-track confirmation of corrupt Trump defense attorney Emil Bove to a lifetime judgeship, ignoring whistleblowers. Trump EPA moves to rescind the agency's landmark 2009 scientific 'endangerment finding' that underpins climate regulations. A tribute to the great satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer, a national treasure. Plus our new 'Green News Report.
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Monday, July 28, 2025 3:00 pm
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| David Dayen, Executive Editor, The American Prospect
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| Please donate to KPFK! Donald Trump's and Republicans' budget-busting OBBB law slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid, and on Oct. 1 triggers automatic cuts to Medicare, and spike the cost of premiums for Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollees. Financial journalist DAVID DAYEN explains the potentially 'catastrophic' impacts that the cuts will have on the entire US healthcare sector and across the economy, and more. Federal judge blocks Republicans' attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. The US Supreme Court temporarily stayed a radical appeals court ruling gutting part of the Voting Rights Act.
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Friday, July 25, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Prof. Ellen Aprill, UCLA Law
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| Please donate to KPFK! Original airdate 7-15-2025. Trump IRS tax policy chief spent decades helping the ultra-rich and major corporations dodge taxes. In a stunning court filing, the Trump IRS advocated for churches to be allowed to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt, nonprofit status. Professor ELLEN APRILL, tax law expert at UCLA, explains the serious implications of the IRS filing, like dark money flooding politics via houses of worship, should the IRS apply it to all non-profits. AZ Democratic primary focuses on generational change. Donald Trump's tariffs are increasing inflation. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Thursday, July 24, 2025 3:00 pm
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! U.N. Int'l Court of Justice issued a landmark climate ruling finding that high-polluting countries are obligated under international law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change and can be held legally liable if they fail to take action. Trump's FEMA rejected Maryland's request for federal disaster aid one day after Trump approved aid to four states that voted for him. New developments in the last 24 hours further complicate Trump's ham-fisted attempted cover-up of his longtime friendship with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', The Pro Left Podcast
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! With an avalanche of incoming news and madness underway, OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and 'DRIFTGLASS' of the 'Pro-Left Podcast' join us to delve into it all. We focus on Donald Trump's many hilariously ham-fisted attempts to cover up his relationship with the late pedophile Jeffery Epstein, and to distract his MAGA followers; House Speaker Johnson's gambit to block release of the Epstein Files; Paramount/CBS' cancellation of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a frequent critic of Trump; whether America has yet descended into dictatorship, and much, much more.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025 3:00 pm
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| David Daley, FairVote
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| Epstein Files; Extreme gerrymandering; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson annoucned he will recess the US House until September to block a non-binding resolution calling for the release of the Epstein Files of Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex-trafficker and friend of Donald Trump. Texas GOP Gov. Abbott launched an 'emergency' session of the state legislature to redraw the state's heavily gerrymandered U.S. House maps before the 2026 midterm elections, to further disenfranchise voters and elect more Republicans. Redistricting expert DAVID DALEY details the GOP plan to subvert democracy, what can be done to stop it, the impact on free and fair elections, and much more. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, July 21, 2025 3:00 pm
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Wannabe dictator Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are undermining free speech and press freedom, and systematically dismantling independent and public radio and television outlets. CBS, hoping to gain administration approval for a merger, announced it is cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a frequent Trump critic. Trump sued the Wall St. Journal for its reporting on the Epstein Files. This a loud, blaring alarm that free speech and press freedom are under attack now. Callers weigh in.
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