The BRAD BLOG https://bradblog.com Because it's not about Right or Left, it's about Right and Wrong! Fri, 16 May 2025 02:04:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mad World: 'BradCast' 5/15/2025 Today on The BradCast: A whole lotta madness. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our many, mad stories today... The Trump Administration challenged the constitutionality of lower court judges issuing nationwide injunctions at the U.S. Supreme Court today, as part of Donald Trump's wildly unconstitutional Executive Order declaring an ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15393 'Green News Report' - May 15, 2025 Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: House Republicans' budget proposal effectively kills Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy incentives; Trump EPA to roll back first-ever limits on 'forever chemicals' in your drinking water; Global sea level rise is accelerating; PLUS: Australia's Labor Party wins big, ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15392 Plane Corruption and the Future of the DOJ: 'BradCast' 5/14/2025 It's a bit of a roller-coaster ride on today's BradCast. We begin with some good election and Trump Administration accountability news. But while Trump's latest clownishly absurd attempted corruption may not ultimately work out for him, it serves as a reminder of the rough road ahead for justice and the ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15391 'Deeply Evil Stuff': GOP House Proposes Largest Medicaid Cuts in History: 'BradCast' 5/13/2025 On today's BradCast: While we're all distracted on a daily basis by Donald Trump's endless, lawless, childish idiocy, Republicans have been quietly preparing to adopt some "deeply evil stuff" in Congress in order to help pay for trillions of dollars in huge tax cuts to wealthy Americans. [Audio link to ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15390 'Green News Report' - May 13, 2025 Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump Admin fires Acting FEMA Director just before hurricane season begins; NOAA will stop tracking billion-dollar weather disasters; Forest officials warn wildfire crews are short-staffed due to Trump cuts; PLUS: Texas legislature moves to require solar plants to ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15389 And Then They Came for the Mayors...: 'BradCast' 5/12/2025 Given the topics on today's BradCast, it was a pretty lively show anyway. Thanks mostly to the callers, I suspect. Especially the one who loves Trump and doesn't believe in the evolution. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our stories today... The three-term Mayor of Newark, New Jersey was ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15388 Sunday 'New Guy, Old Guy' Toons ...CONGRATS... Longtime WaPo editorial cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, won a Pulitzer this week for her "piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with the deftness, creativity -- and fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years." She left after her toon that criticized Post owner Jeff Bezos ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15387 Blowing Smoke. At the Vatican and White House: 'BradCast' 5/8/2025 Gotta keep it short today. (You're welcome.) But there's plenty to make up for it on today's very lively BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our coverage... Habemus Papam! And all signs are that Pope Leo XIV may be a good one...even if he's from Chicago. Happily, the new ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15386 'Green News Report' - May 8, 2025 Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump EPA to reportedly kill off money-saving, energy-saving Energy Star program; Trump's cuts to science funding are hurting the U.S. economy; Most Americans rely on federal science every day, but don't realize it; PLUS: Republican-controlled Congress targets California's ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15385 SCOTUS Ruling to Allow Publicly-Funded Religious Schools 'Would be a Ground-Breaking Disaster': 'BradCast' 5/7/2025 We've got a bit more religion-related news than usual on today's BradCast. But it's not to celebrate the new Papal Conclave underway as of today at the Vatican. It's because rightwingers in the U.S. are using phony claims of "religious bias" to rewrite Constitutional rights, freedoms, and the specific intentions ... https://bradblog.com/?p=15384