'BradCast' 9/4/2026 (Encore: Democracy is 'Kryptonite for Empires'; Guests: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass')

Encore: original airdate 8-26-2026. On today's 'BradCast': In GOP primary runoffs this week, Trump-backed candidates eked out narrow victories, including South Carolina's clueless Darline Graham (sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham) for the Republican US Senate nomination. Election denier Mike Lindell failed to meet the payment deadline for a statewide hand recount of the GOP Minnesota gubernatorial primary he lost. A federal judge lifted the injunction on Donald Trump's unlawful executive order on mail-in voting, setting in motion the next stage of litigation. And we lost both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Salon's Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass' of the Pro Left Podcast bring insight, analysis, history and hilarity to a wide-ranging discussion on the midterm primary season, Trump's stupid trade war with Canada, the Iran War stalemate, his 'special aide' Natalie Harp, and much more...