On today’s BradCast, guest hosted by me, Angie Coiro ““ a passel of news and analysis as we wrap up the week.
First, the latest updates on Michael Cohen’s close personal buddies/clients, all of whom are running from him as fast as they can. AT&T’s internal memo (well, hardly internal now) cleaves every connection with him so surgically you can all but catch a whiff of smoke from the cauterization. But how much of what we’ve learned adds up to a breach of law?
Another division ““ except this one is ongoing, long, and ragged: the gulf between Candidate Trump and his doppelganger occupying the White House. Said doppelganger detailed his new plan to get the price of medications under control. He took the usual opportunities to bash other countries (many of whom don’t have this problem), and President Barack Obama. What he didn’t do is consult Candidate Trump on what he’d promised on this same issue ““ which is missing from the new plan.
Republicans inside and outside the White House have taken disturbing aim at a sadly vulnerable target: John McCain, of all people. McCain is inching toward the close of his life with terminal cancer. That’s joke fodder for a White House aide, responding to McCain’s opinion on Gina Haspel with “he’s dying anyway” (ha ha ha! No, not funny). His war record was fodder for appalling lies on Fox News. And his intentions for his own funeral ““ good lord, how do you criticize anyone for their own funeral plans? ““ met with snide disapproval from Orrin Hatch.
Of course all three have apologized. For whatever that’s worth.
After that, a quick look at the repeating pattern of the now-iconic Disillusioned Middle-American Trump Voter.
And finally, a long conversation with political commentator and author Sally Kohn. Her book The Opposite of Hate explores breakdowns in society as massive as the Israeli/Palestinian divide and the Rwandan genocide. She met people who’ve slowly, tentatively built or rebuilt relationships severed by those political explosions. Maybe the most striking example: the woman who cheerfully sits down for tea with the man who murdered her family.
Brad and Desi are back next time!
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Punching bags: the public mind (The “It’s In Your Genes” Myth – 3).