Brad Friedman is an Investigative Journalist and the creator and editor of the popular progressive website The BradBlog.com, where he has broken enumerable stories over the years on everything from the disastrous Election Irregularities of 2004 to the alarming string of ongoing Lies and Corruption of the Bush Administration and their cronies in Congress.

He is also the co-founder of VelvetRevolution.us, an umbrella organization of citizens groups taking on everything from Election Integrity issues to Media Reform to the War in Iraq. In August of 2005 he broadcast more than 50 LIVE hours of radio over two weeks in a special "Operation Noble Cause" edition of his BRAD SHOW radio program from on the ground at Camp Casey in Crawford, TX. Highlights from those broadcasts can be heard at www.BradShow.com.

Brad regularly speaks across the country, and appears on loads of radio and television shows across the country to discuss his investigative work, and to opine on any number of current affairs issues.

Blog Entries by Brad Friedman

O'Reilly Unrepentant, Tones Back 'Tiller the Killer' Rhetoric on First Show Since Murder

4 Comments | Posted June 4, 2009 | 12:48 PM (EST)


Claims himself victim of 'left-wing' cabal out to get him, Fox 'News'

Acknowledges Tiller broke no laws, but stands by 'reporting' nonetheless...

After years of demonizing Kansas physician Dr. George Tiller who was assassinated in his Wichita church on Sunday, Fox "News" host Bill...

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KY Election Officials Arrested, Charged With 'Changing Votes at E-Voting Machines'

Posted March 23, 2009 | 05:20 PM (EST)


Circuit court judge, county clerk, and election officials among eight indicted for gaming elections in 2002, 2004, 2006

County uses popular, unverifiable ES&S touch-screen voting systems...

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Those of us who have demanded transparent voting systems because we understand that only the ability for complete citizen oversight...

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I Don't Care About AIG's Bonuses

Posted March 19, 2009 | 10:29 AM (EST)


I guess I'm just in the minority here, but I'm having a bit of trouble getting exercised about $165 million (just to put that into perspective, the movie sequel The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian had a budget of $200 million) in bonuses to AIG employees.

Yeah, it's...

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Exclusive: The New Voter Fraud Complaint Filed in CT Against the GOP's Ann Coulter

Posted February 12, 2009 | 11:17 AM (EST)


New allegations of absentee ballot fraud in '02 and '04, follow on her multiple voter fraud crimes in FL in '05, for which she was never 'cleared', as some media have inaccurately reported...

An official state investigation is now underway into multiple voter fraud charges against Rightwing author and one-time...

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Airwaves We Can Believe In (Or, The Return of Fairness)

Posted January 28, 2009 | 05:34 PM (EST)


Promises on the campaign trail are one thing, as are position statements posted on one's campaign website. But positions posted at Whitehouse.gov by a President are quite another and raise the bar, as far as I'm concerned, in regard to holding feet to the fire for any particular promise,...

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Exclusive: OH Election Fraud Attorney Reacts to the Death of GOP 'IT Guru' Threatened by Rove

Posted December 23, 2008 | 02:17 PM (EST)


Cliff Arnebeck, lead attorney in the growing federal election conspiracy case saysthe loss of key witness Mike Connell in last Friday's plain crash will not deter his pursuit of justice

U.S. Dept. of Justice ignored months-long effort to protect Connell following reported threats...

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Filibuster-Proof Democratic Majority Begins to Line Up in U.S. Senate

Posted November 7, 2008 | 11:46 AM (EST)


Still-Outstanding Races in AK, MN & GA May Well Add Up to 60 Seats for Democrats IF The Elections Are Counted As Per the Voters' Intent...

In case you haven't been able to keep up with our barrage of reporting over the last 48 to 72 hours -- concerning...

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PA Counties Said Unprepared to Serve Voters, Meet Court Order for Emergency Paper Ballots

Posted November 3, 2008 | 05:44 PM (EST)


Election Official: '80% of Counties Do Not Have Emergency Ballots'...

In the suburban county of Montgomery, just outside of Philadelphia, election officials have, inexcusably, been caught off guard by a new, court-mandated directive by PA's Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortes.

The direct requires that counties have enough emergency paper...

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Oprah's Vote Lost & How You Can Fight to Assure It Doesn't Happen to You!

Posted November 1, 2008 | 04:38 PM (EST)


Last night, HuffPo posted a video showing Oprah Winfrey reacting to the fact that the touch-screen voting machine she voted on failed to properly register her vote on the screen.

"When I voted yesterday electronically, the first vote that you vote for on the ballot is the presidential candidate....

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Vote-Flipping Diebold Machine Removed, Quarantined in CO

Posted October 31, 2008 | 02:50 PM (EST)


Karen Long, Adams County Clerk Takes Action After Voter Sees Vote Flip Repeatedly to Republican Candidate in State With Long History of E-Voting Failures

Watchdog Group Issues Press Release Calling for No 'Recalibration', Immediate Removal, Impounding of Such Machines...

A county clerk in Colorado has finally done the right thing...

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John McCain: "One of the Greatest Frauds in Voter History"

Posted October 16, 2008 | 10:47 PM (EST)


Some (But Not Enough) Republicans Backing Away from the GOP's ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Hoax as John McCain Puts Winning by 'Destroying the Fabric of Democracy' First, and His Country and its Democratic Ideals a Distant Second...

Hopefully, soon will come the GOP's ACORN "voter fraud" fraud backlash, though I realize...

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1.3 Million Reasons for the GOP's Fraudulent "Dixie-Chicking" of ACORN

Posted October 13, 2008 | 12:56 PM (EST)


By the way, in case you're wondering, this is the real reason -- about 1.3 million of them, actually -- for the GOP's desperate ACORN "voter fraud" scam...

Any questions? If so, first see this and then this, and then read the...

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GOP's ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Lie Ramped Up; State Police Raid ACORN Office in Vegas

Posted October 8, 2008 | 10:47 AM (EST)


I had been intending to post an answer to the ongoing -- and quickly escalating -- ACORN smears being issued of late by the GOP enemies of democracy out there, who have decided to intensify their unsubstantiated assaults on the community organization, given its effectiveness at registering millions of...

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CBS: Voter Purges Underway in 19 States

Posted October 1, 2008 | 05:16 PM (EST)


Tonight's CBS Evening News finally covered what may well be the November Surprise that we've been trying to warn about for months here at The BRAD BLOG: Massive voter roll purges being done in secret, with little or no oversight, and often under federal...

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GOP Tech Guru Subpoenaed in '04 Ohio Election Case, Rove Could Be Next

Posted September 30, 2008 | 05:50 PM (EST)


A recent flurry of activity in the long-standing King Lincoln v. OH Sec. of State lawsuit concerning voting rights violations in the state during the 2004 election has resulted in the judge lifting the stay to allow depositions to be taken of key GOP tech-guru Mike Connell, and potentially others,...

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Fox 'News' Scrubs Story on Conservatives 'Questioning Palin Heft'

Posted September 28, 2008 | 10:48 PM (EST)


AP Article Detailing a Number of Criticisms of the Republican Veep Nominee Was 'Top Story' at FNC Website, Only to Suddenly Disappear

Copy of the Story, as Killed by the 'Fair and Balanced' Propagandists, Reposted by The Brad Blog as Courtesy to Confused FNC Readers...

We were surprised as anyone...

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"We'll Be Ready": An Interview with Ohio's Secretary of State

Posted September 23, 2008 | 01:26 PM (EST)


I sat down with Ohio's Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, for an exclusive, detailed one-on-one interview while in Denver at the Democratic National Convention a few weeks ago. We chatted for nearly an hour and a half in what was the first opportunity we'd had to speak, in detail, since...

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Conyers Demands "Immediate Halt to Republican Vote Suppression Efforts"

Posted September 19, 2008 | 04:39 PM (EST)


U.S. House Judiciary Chair Announces Hearings, Requests "Full Scale Investigation" by DoJ Into Recent Reports of GOP "Vote Caging' Schemes"...

The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers, is calling on the John McCain campaign to "immediately halt Republican vote suppression efforts," as seen recently in...

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Lawyer to AG Mukasey: Rove Threatened GOP IT Guru If He Does Not 'Take the Fall' for Election Fraud in Ohio

Posted July 31, 2008 | 03:50 PM (EST)


Letter Sent to Attorney General Mukasey Requesting 'Protection for Mr. Connell and His Family From This Reported Attempt to Intimidate a Witness' After Tip from 'Credible Source'

UPDATED: OH AG Reportedly Asked to Provide Immunity Protection...

Karl Rove has threatened a GOP high-tech guru and...

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GOP Vote Suppressors Blackwell and Von Spakovsky Set to Testify in House on "Lessons Learned from 2004 Election"

Posted July 23, 2008 | 04:28 PM (EST)


Judiciary Committee Says Former Ohio SoS May Actually Show Up This Time After Previous Snubs

No Witnesses Called on E-Voting or Student Voting Concerns in 'Final' Election Hearing Before '08, notes activist...

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties...

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