On today's BradCast, we take up the President's charge to stand "in defense of democracy". [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] Among our coverage today... During President Biden's solemn, somber and historic prime time Oval Office address to the nation on Wednesday evening (transcript here), to explain his Sunday decision to drop out of ..read more

Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Explosive wildfire season worsens in Canada and Western U.S.; Earth just had its hottest two days ever recorded, thanks to man-made global warming; PLUS: Republicans' Project 2025 would gut federal science agencies, the EPA, and force you to pay for your free ..read more

We are still hanging on for dear life here at The BradCast amid the past four weeks of non-stop political upheavals. But, at least this week, we've got some much more encouraging stuff to hang on to. For now. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] It remains to be seen how fleeing it all is, but over the past several days, I must say, I have never seen Democrats more united and elated as they have been since Kamala Harris ascended to become their presumptive 2024 Presidential nominee. One has to go back to the nomination of Barack Obama in 2008 for anything even close to the k ..read more

Most of us, including President Joe Biden, who called upon Americans to "reject" political violence, may have been too quick to assume that the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13 was politically motivated. The FBI, by contrast, concedes that it hasn't identified a motive. That inability continued after an FBI search of the shooter's two cellphones failed to find "any indication of a motive, ideology or political views", CBS reported on July 17. History reveals that not all high-level assassination attempts are politically motivated... There's a significant body of evidence that ..read more

Following the tumultuous events of the last several days (and weeks) today seemed a good moment on The BradCast to check in on how the MAGA side of the aisle is processing everything that is going on. [Audio link to full show follows below.] BUT FIRST, some quick news items, including the "roaring crowd" which greeted newly presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Wisconsin, during her first rally following President Biden's decisions on Sunday to leave the race and toss his support to Harris. Tuesday's rally comes on the same day that Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuc ..read more

Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: President Biden withdraws from the 2024 race with a legacy of unprecedented climate action; Apparent successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, was a climate action warrior; PLUS: At the GOP convention, Republicans replay the golden oldies, highlighting lies over facts on energy and climate... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Click here to listen or download MP3 (6 mins)... Link: Embed: GNR's now celebrating 15 YEARS of independent green news, politics, analysis, snark ..read more

Like it or not, we live in historic times. Personally, I could live with a bit less history making news damned near every day now. But this is what we got and so this is where we go, yet again, on today's BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] As you may have heard, on Sunday, Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 Presidential race against convicted criminal and now official GOP nominee Donald Trump, who accepted his party's nod in an unprecedentedly long (and boring, and falsehood-filled) acceptance speech last week in Milwaukee. About thirty minutes aft ..read more

Well, it now appears to be official... It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term. ... I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision. Here is his full letter to the American people... The President did not directly endorse anyone in his letter. But, minutes after it was made public, he did so --- much as I had sug ..read more

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Historically, whenever I've asked for folks to consider dropping a few dollars in the old tip jar around my birthday, some of ya'll have been quite generous. Well, good news! (Hopefully.) I've made it through another year! And not an easy one at that...above and beyond the politics, in truth. Arguably, it's been the most difficult one I can remember after about 20 years of doing what we do here, all thanks to your kindness and generous support. I do know that, in an election year --- especially an unprecedented one like this --- you are likely being hit up by all sorts of folks right now. But ..read more