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On today's 'BradCast':  The packed and corrupted U.S. Supreme Court did (largely) the right thing in unanimously rejecting a ridiculous case from anti-abortion zealots seeking a nationwide ban on the use of Mifepristone, the safest method of abortion. But the rightwing supermajority's opinion left the door open for future challenges by other plaintiffs. Salon's AMANDA MARCOTTE discusses today's SCOTUS ruling, plus a bonkers anti-abortion case in Texas brought by rightwing university professors who claim their rights to free speech and religious freedom are being violated if they can't mistreat students who obtain abortions or otherwise dress or behave in ways the professors don't like. Primary elections in Ohio offer potentially encouraging news for Democrats. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Encore: original airdate 6-4-2024. 'The BradCast' has been hit with Covid - we will return as soon as possible!On today's 'BradCast':  Republicans are shamelessly lying about 'a justice system 'weaponized' by Joe Biden to go after Republicans,' omitting the federal indictments of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez (NJ), President Biden's own son, Hunter, and other Democrats. Indicted Sen. Menendez will run for re-election as an independent, allowing him to use campaign cash to pay legal bills. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back against House Republicans' nonsense in anotheir latest ridiculous 'Weaponization of  Justice' hearing. Wisconsin's Attorney General indicted three top Trump lieutenants over their failed fake electors plot to steal the 2020 election from Biden. Ohio's Republican-controlled state legislature exploited a technical legislative fix allowing Joe Biden on the state's 2024 ballot as a vehicle to ram through an unrelated measure that undermines voter-approved ballot initiatives. A Washington State law bars felons from running for office, which could spell trouble for convicted felon Donald Trump. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

On today's 'BradCast':  President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, was found guilty by a federal jury on gun charges -- brought by a Trump-appointed federal prosecutor in a trial overseen by a Trump-appointed federal judge -- that have never been applied to anyone else in the absence of an additional gun-related crime. President Biden says he does not plan to issue a pardon. Trump's aggressively disinformed MAGA dupes have shifted again, now claiming that Biden 'weaponized' the Justice Department against his own son in order to go after Trump, and other easily disprovable nonsense. Recent polling shows encouraging news for the pro-democracy crowd. Accountability comes for rightwing propagandist Alex Jones as he is forced to pay defamation award to families of Sandy Hook victims. Salem Media group apologized for and retracted its hoax 'voter fraud' documentary, '2000 Mules,' while yet another Republican is convicted of actual voter fraud. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

On today's 'BradCast':   The United Nations Security Council voted in favor of a peace proposal outlined by President Biden that includes an immediate ceasefire, a return of all hostages and an end to the war. Hamas welcomed the resolution; will far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do the same? Israeli centrist Benny Gantz quit Israel's war Cabinet, citing Netanyahu placing his own 'political survival' above the country's security interests. In European Union parliamentary elections, far-right nationalist parties won big; while the center-right retains a majority, the anti-migrant, anti-climate action factions have seriously shaken up the Eurozone. Now that ex-President Donald Trump has been convicted on 34 criminal felony charges, new polls show that many Republican voters have reversed themselves and are suddenly now in favor of felonious criminals running for office. Callers weigh in.

Encore: original airdate 6-3-2024. On today's 'BradCast':  Finally, accountability for a criminal US president. Late last week, a jury convicted former President Donald J. Trump on all 34 criminal felony counts of falsification of business records, related to hush-money payments made to a porn star before the 2016 election in a successful effort to help him cheat to win it. Award-winning columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON, of Salon and Hullaballoo, and attorney KEITH BARBER of Daily Kos discuss the historic trial and verdict, its cultural and political ramifications, and debunk disinformation pushed by rightwing media and Republicans. Mexico elected its first female president, who is also a climate scientist. The trial of President Biden's son Hunter on gun charges gets underway in Delaware.

On today's 'BradCast':  Steve Bannon - - Donald Trump's 2016 campaign manager and White House advisor who was convicted on charges of contempt of Congress for defying lawful subpoenas from the House January 6 Committee - - must finally head to jail as of July 1, but he still has some options for delay.  Amid a wave of disturbing climate studies this week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres rebuked the fossil fuel industry as 'godfathers of climate chaos,' and called for a global ban on fossil fuel advertising. Constitutional election law professor JOSHUA A. DOUGLAS (Univ. of Kentucky) discusses his new book, 'The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights.' Douglas details how the nation's highest court in recent decades has persistently issued rulings that undermine voting rights and our constitutional order, and offers prescriptions for restoring democracy. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'