'BradCast' 4/4/2018: (Guest: John Nichols of The Nation and Madison, WI's Capital Times)
It was a huge night in Wisconsin on Tuesday, as a progressive candidate for the state Supreme Court trounced a so-called 'conservative', the first such victory for a progressive vying for an open seat on the state's high court in almost 25 years. Wisconsin's own JOHN NICHOLS of The Nation calls it "The first statewide race that really pitted left against right in this kind of way, in the country, in 2018. And the progressives won." We also discuss -- and debate -- the dangers of partisan judicial elections, and whether U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) could actually be unseated this November. Also today: Progressives in Alaska appear to have defeated a so-called "bathroom bill" referendum in Anchorage that would have gutted the city's anti-discrimination law for transgender people. GOP-backed legislation to replace 100% unverifiable touch-screen voting systems with crucial hand-marked paper ballots moves forward in Missouri's state legislature, despite shameful resistance from Democrats. Pennsylvania begins to move away from 100% unverifiable touch-screen voting, but leaves the door wide open for unverifiable computer-marked paper ballots. And we pause to honor the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated 50 years ago today. As Robert F. Kennedy said on the night of King's death, \u201cthe fight for "what kind of nation we are, and what direction we want to move in,\u201d continues.