On today’s BradCast, the corporate media fall for it again. They always do. [Audio link to full show follows below.]
Over the past several days, following Donald Trump’s agreement last week with the Democratic Congressional leadership to extend the nation’s debt ceiling (to pay our bills!) and continuing funding the government for another three months, the corporate media have been falling over themselves to declare “Trump the Independent” (AP)! A President who is “upending 150 years of two-party rule” (NYTimes) and out-Bull Moosing even Theodore Roosevelt as a “populist dealmaker able to cut through the mores of Washington to get things done” (WaPo), as he finally carves out a “bi-partisan path” forward!
We open the phone lines today to tons of callers to see if they’re buying that ridiculous narrative from an easily-played corporate media any more than I am.
Also today, as we try to begin catching up with some important news that has otherwise gotten washed away in recent days by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the Virginia Board of Elections has finally decertified the easily-manipulated, oft-failed, 100% unverifiable touch-screen voting systems used in some 22 voting jurisdictions in the state. The race is now on, in advance of their gubernatorial election this November, to replace them with verifiable paper ballots systems.
Then, after more calls on that as well, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest Green News Report, with the continuing aftermath of the devastating and deadly Irma disaster, and a few folks who are pushing back against climate change denialism from several different surprising places…
“…’Trump the Independent’ (AP)! A President who is ‘upending 150 years of two-party rule’ (NYTimes) and out-Bull Moosing even Theodore Roosevelt as a ‘populist dealmaker able to cut through the mores of Washington to get things done’ (WaPo), as he finally carves out a ‘bi-partisan path’ forward!”
Good grief. And these are the same people who find it difficult to remind the public–day in and day out–that the gentleman from New York has been in violation of the Constitution from the moment he said “So help me God,” starting with the emoluments clause. And because he was in violation of the emoluments clause, he was also in violation of the take care clause–“take care that the laws shall be faithfully executed.” And because he failed in those things, he is in violation of the oath which requires him to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution”–which is the first law he has to faithfully execute. Therefore he is in contempt of the Constitution. ALL OF THOSE ARE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES. So there are four charges–without even considering the Russian Connection.
Anyone who is supposedly a serious journalist, who compares the gentleman from New York, who never served, with TR–who led the charge up San Juan Hill–and then, when he went into politics, led the way with measures to “promote the general welfare”–should take good long look in the mirror and seek professional help.
paper ballots are an improvement but when I read the word “auditable” I think of that racine county clerk screaming…..we are not going to hand count anything ,i don’t care if it is only 5 votes in a precinct