It was a busy day today on the BradCast. I was happy to return to guest host from my usual perch at nicolesandler.com where I host my own show with a couple of great guests.
First up was Jane McAlevey, a labor and environmental organizer, post-doctoral fellow in the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, and the author of No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age, who joined me for a fascinating discussion about organized labor’s plight and its outlook during the Trump era.
We also heard from Vice News’ Senior Investigative Reporter Jason Leopold, who has been labeled by our government at a “FOIA Terrorist” for his prolific and expert use of the Freedom of Information Act. Jason explains how his expedited FOIA requests dealing with issues related to the election went unanswered. In response, he and Ryan Shapiro filed a lawsuit against the FBI over their failure to comply with those requests, and they’ve now widened the scope of the documents and records they’re asking for. You can read the complete complaint filed in court just three days ago, Dec 13, 2016, here [PDF].
Also today: I share with you my newest creation — What’s News? It’s my (almost) daily unique look at the day’s news. Today’s edition is included inside today’s show.
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The BradCast with Brad Friedman 12/16/2016Organize This and FOIA You Too: ‘BradCast’ 12/16/2016 | Guests: Author/Activist Jane McAlevey and Journalist Jason Leopold | Guest Hosted by Nicole Sandler · · · · · Organize This and FOIA You Too: ‘BradCast’ 12/16/2016 | Guests: Author/Activist Jane McAlevey and Journalist Jason Leopold | Guest Hosted by Nicole Sandler0:00 0:00
I just saw this on my news feed; not sure if you’ve already referenced it.
Here’s the article –
https://www.cnet.com/news/us-el...ected-russian/
Oops I forgot to include the first paragraph of that article.
Scary.
Love Nicole Sandler!
Whoever has been trolling the Electors is doing a truly masterful job.
If it succeeds we’ll wind up with almost all Trump electors voting for Trump and the majority of Hillary electors going every which way or, worse, for a pocket theocrat like Kasich.
And that’s all we’ll hear about for years as the government is destroyed and one put in its’ place that’s “Of the Plutocrats, by the Plutocrats, for the Plutocrats.”
Machine Count Not Matching Hand Count – Racine Co WI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1284ARxFag
Rick H.
I love that video. Great document! Hope there’s lot’s more of that.
I can’t disagree more. The reason Hillary Clinton lost isn’t because voters didn’t have Unions to explain things to them.
Hillary Clinton lost because she’s the most disliked Democratic candidate for POTUS in history
AND
people wanted change.
She ran as the UBER establishment candidate and pro war, pro TPP, pro Fracking.
Oh and remember what she said about Medicare for all, …“that will never, ever come to pass!”
She stole the primary – we learned that from the emails that were leaked by an insider to Wikileaks.
She had nothing to offer plus she rigged the primary. She pi$$ed on Bernie supporters.
Jason Leopold is like Brad. He just keeps on going. It’s amazing!
Quite a revelation about the FBI and their hiding the fact they were investigating Trump too and said nothing. Information the “news” media should have been going after and didn’t.
The shame of the corporate media never sleeps.
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