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On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 A grab bag debunking of wingnut tropes and lies. Ohio's Republican Attorney General sued the Biden Administration for blocking states from using free federal money in their allocation of $350 billion in state aid in the Democratic COVID relief bill (the American Rescue Plan) to finance state tax cuts for their wealthiest residents. A new report contradicts the GOP's false propaganda about the COVID relief bill, showing that it's actually a 'RED state bailout' - the report finds that 11 of the top 12 states most dependent on the federal government for financial support are all controlled by Republicans, while 12 of the 14 least-dependent states are run by Democrats. Arizona state judge sanctions far-rightwing Arizona Republican Party for filing frivolous post-2020 election lawsuit, issues a scathing ruling excoriating the party for lying to the court (and more), and orders them to pay attorneys' fees to the Democratic Sec. of State.\xa0 New forensic audits of Maricopa County (Phoenix) electronic voting systems conducted by two separate, independent, federally-accredited voting system test labs shows 'no issues' were discovered in the systems. Despite repeatedly failing to substantiate their baseless claims, Arizona's Republican-controlled state legislature is pushing dozens of voter suppression bills to drastically restrict voting, including the use of popular mail-in voting used by 80 percent of AZ voters. Also today:\xa0 decades of GOP voter suppression inspired folk singer/songwriter Matt Sircely's moving new song, 'Back of the Line'.\xa0 Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'