'BradCast' 4/5/2023 (Guest: John Nichols on progressive wins in WI's Supreme Court and Chicago mayoral race)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Great news for democracy and progressives this week. In the Chicago mayor's race, progressive Brandon Johnson defeated conservative 'tough on crime' Democrat Paul Vallas. In the most consequential election of 2023, liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz won a seat on Wisconsin's state supreme court by a landslide, defeating Republican rightwing extremist Dan Kelly to flip the high court majority away from hard-right control for the first time in fifteen years. Journalist and Wisconsin native JOHN NICHOLS of 'The Nation' explains why Tuesday's election was a big win for abortion rights, voting rights, labor rights, free and fair elections, and the 2024 Presidential election. Nichols also offers analysis and context for how the state's Republican-controlled legislature could continue monkey-wrenching state governance and the state supreme court, and what Tuesday's election results in Wisconsin and Chicago could mean for the nation going forward. Also today: Where Republican policies are wildly unpopular, GOP-controlled states are doubling down on authoritarianism, from Tennessee to Texas to Florida."