On today’s BradCast, we catch up on a lot of news, polls, twists and turns — most of which underscore, yet again, why elections and representative democracy matter…no matter what the corporate “news” media tries to tell ya.
Among the stories covered on today’s thrilling episode!…
- New polls find, once again, that Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in match-ups against all potential Republican opponents (and even among Democrats nationally); Also, that the front-runners in each party are remarkably unpopular within their own parties.
- Bruce Springsteen cancels a North Carolina concert Sunday due to the state Republicans’ new pro-discrimination law;
- The GOP in Nebraska is attempting to ‘swipe’ a potential electoral college vote from Democrats;
- San Francisco (where the economy is booming, as it is elsewhere here in California, now under Democratic control), becomes the first U.S. city to mandate paid parental leave;
- More clear evidence that thinking big about policies and progressive ideas pays off when the people bother to fight for them and turn out to vote (when they are allowed to vote, anyway), rather than turn cynical and stay home.
All of that and much much more on today’s program, including new evidence that the Keystone pipeline leak in South Dakota is far worse than originally reported by TransCanada, the company which owns it, and Desi Doyen joins us with the latest Green News Report which also includes some very encouraging news today…
The BradCast
with Brad Friedman
4/8/2016
Democracy, Elections and Big Ideas Matter: ‘BradCast’ 4/8/2016 · · · · · Democracy, Elections and Big Ideas Matter: ‘BradCast’ 4/8/2016
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Thought this video and remark by MLK was apropos today’s Brad Cast and, of course, Bernie Sanders:
Another win today!
Go Bernie!
A great Sanders moment. He really hands it to GE, CEO, Jeffery Immelt.
It’s a lot better with sound. Try this.
You still need to turn the sound on, by clicking the sound icon at the bottom of the video.
Sheeesh!