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Crappy Anniversary
Well, thank goodness it's not a "big" year, at least. Last year was ten. Damn near unbearable. Seeing the images and hearing the stories again. Those (many) of us bedeviled by PTSD from that time...
View ArticleWhy I Run: How Life as the Child of Immigrants Shaped My Progressive Politics
Prior to 2011, I had no political experience of any kind, whatsoever. When I decided to run for alderman of Chicago’s 47th Ward, challenging a candidate backed by the Chicago machine, I had no money...
View ArticleHurricane Harvey poised to disproportionately impact blacks in Texas, but no...
As Texas braces itself for Hurricane Harvey, the Trump administration remains woefully ignorant and unprepared. The current FEMA director is working to rewrite the Federal Flood Insurance Program so...
View ArticleAs Hurricane Threatens Millions, Trump Defies Own Pentagon, Signs Trans Ban:...
Guest: Former U.S. Army Captain Sue Fulton of Sparta...On today's BradCast: With millions of Americans imperiled by a massive, potentially "catastrophic" hurricane tonight, the President of the United...
View ArticleWill the Record-Shattering Harvey Finally Force Action on Our Climate...
Guest: David Roberts of Vox.com on the ongoing catastrophe, adaptation versus mitigation, Exxon's role, and much more...On today's BradCast -- 12 years to do the day since Hurricane Katrina made...
View ArticleTo Houston and New Orleans- The Cities I Love
This is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever written. As a Houstonian, this last week has been one of the longest weeks I’ve ever experienced. While we were so fortunate to not have our house...
View Article'Master of Disaster' on Lessons Learned and Not, Before and After Harvey,...
Guest: Disaster historian Dr. Scott Knowles of Drexel University...On today's BradCast: The latest on our nation's quickly piling up megadisasters, what we need to do about them, what we should have...
View ArticleWhen what They said could never happen in America, Happens…
Despite what They tell us, weather induced shortages of energy, reptile free Congressional seats and streets, safe food, and clean water could determine humankind’s ultimate battle line.With a...
View ArticleClara Gercia: An Appreciation
Heroes, it has been said, are simply people who rise to the occasion. One such, in my book, was Clara Gercia, who passed away last week.The most noted occasion to which Clara rose was Katrina, which...
View ArticleGeneral Russel Honoré, led Katrina relief, says Trump 'doesn't give a damn...
Russel Honoré, the retired Army lieutenant general often hailed as a hero for leading relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, blasted President Donald Trump and the administration’s woefully...
View ArticleGuns, Mass Shootings and the Old 'Mental Health Reform' Ruse: 'BradCast'...
Guest: Author, journalist Art Levine on GOP hypocrisy, progressive fear; Plus: Trump goes to Puerto Rico, blames the victims again...On today's BradCast, we move from the "too soon" moment and on to...
View ArticleOkay, This is Personal
I heard a name tonight on Rachel Maddow’s show I hadn’t thought about in years. Kirstjen Nielsen. Pleasant, attractive person, I’m told. Pleasant, attractive person with the blood of 2,000* of my...
View ArticleCSGOPOTD: Virginia Foxx- 2017 Update
On this date in 2014, 2015, as well as 2016, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” posted its profiles of Virginia Foxx, the sitting U.S. House Representative for North Carolina’s 5th Congressional...
View ArticleCSGOPOTD: Jim Sensebrenner- 2017 Update
On this date in 2014, 2015, as well as 2016, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day posted profiles of the U.S. House Representative from Wisconsin’s 5th Congressional District, Jim Sensebrenner, who has...
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Mr. Trump, There IS a Wall the Military Should Be Working on RIGHT NOW
Because there’s just not enough free-floating anxiety around these days…On Friday, the Times-Picayune ran a truly lousy piece of news:Levee officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are...
View ArticleAnd the Puerto Rican beat goes on?
In a meeting on disaster preparedness yesterday, President Donald Trump failed to adequately address one of his administration’s greatest failings . . . its unwillingness to mobilize and invest the...
View ArticleRacism ties the treatment of New Orleans to the Virgin Islands and Puerto...
I am in New Orleans, Louisiana, today, heading home to New York after attending Netroots Nation. The city evokes many memories for me, like childhood visits down to NOLA from Baton Rouge; eating gumbo...
View ArticleFederal Judge Orders New Light on 'Dark Money': 'BradCast' 8/9/2018
Guest: Brendan Fischer of Campaign Legal Center; Also, new numbers in OH-12, KS GOP Guv primary, Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria death toll...On today's BradCast: Understanding two new, seemingly...
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