Desi Doyen and I will be off from The BradCast next week. (Angie Coiro will be guest-hosting for us during our much-needed break.) But we sure are being sent away with a mess in this country — and in the world — before the July 4th holiday. Though we still manage to find a few rays of hope today nonetheless. [Audio link to full show is posted below.]
Among the many stories covered on today’s jam-packed BradCast…
- After years of persistence by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), a powerful U.S. House committee finally votes to repeal the post-9/11 “Authorization for the Use of Military Force” which has been used and abused by Presidents from Bush to Obama to Trump to deploy U.S. troops and military action across the globe ever since. Can it pass in the rest of Congress? (Lee was the only member of the House or Senate to vote against the original Authorization in 2001.);
- A new heat record for planet Earth may have just been recorded in Iran, amidst the Middle East’s latest deadly heat wave, just as scientists have been warning for decades;
- The U.S. Senate recesses for the 4th of July without Republicans coming up with a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that can earn 50 votes from their caucus. But a new scheme to repeal only is now being floated by a GOP Senator and it could make things very difficult for Democratic ObamaCare supporters when they return;
- KAIT SWEENEY, Press Secretary at the grassroots Progressive Change Campaign Committee joins us to discuss their efforts and recommendations over the holiday recess to convince vulnerable GOP Senators to oppose the GOP plan to replace Obamacare by slashing Medicaid in exchange for billions in tax cuts to the rich. (And how to convince Democrats to push for a single-payer “Medicare-for-All” style system or, at least, a public insurance or Medicare buy-in option. “We are not going to go backwards,” she vows.);
- Dept. of Homeland Security admits, yet again, that they have done no forensic investigation of any electronic voting machines or tabulators anywhere in the country since the election, despite their repeated allegations that Russia attempted to manipulate the 2016 President race and despite the extraordinary vulnerability of our easily-hacked, oft-failed computerized voting and counting systems;
- The man running Trump’s so-called ‘Election Integrity Commission’ (really a “Voter Suppression Commission”), Kansas Sec. of State and top GOP “voter fraud” fraudster Kris Kobach, shoots himself in the foot with his request to all 50 states on behalf of the sham Commission, for voter registration and voting record data, including private information such as Social Security number, birthdate, military status, etc., on every voter in the nation (which he also promises to make public). Also, yet another top Republican “voter fraud” scammer, Hans Von Spakovsky, is added to the President’s Commission;
- MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski charge the White House attempted to blackmail them prior to Trump’s horrible tweet about her this week, revealing again what a dangerous moment this is for the country under a twisted Presidency;
- And, finally, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest Green News Report before we hit the dusty road over the July 4th holiday…
If you can hit our tip-jar to help us fill up the Prius tank once or twice over the next week, it will, as ever, be greatly appreciated! Enjoy the show and please have a safe and peaceful holiday!…
The BradCast
with Brad Friedman
6/30/2017
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All Hail the UN-president. He has stated that he didn’t want to be president. He has not behaved in a manner that most/all other presidents have behaved. He shows no respect for the office of President. He shows no respect for others who have worked hard and sacrificed for this country. He shows no respect for the Constitution. But yet somehow he was elected. Therefore he is an UN-president.
Happy vacation Brad and Desi.