Storm clouds continue to gather, even as there are fewer and fewer government scientists to warn us about what is actually coming. On today’s BradCast we offer more than a few warnings of our own. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.]
Among our coverage today…
- Don’t buy Elon Musk‘s pretend attack today on Donald Trump and the Republicans‘ so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” as “a disgusting abomination”. Musk doesn’t really mean it. (He’s just trying to save his drug-addled hide after the waste, fraud and abuse of his deadly, unlawful and wildly destructive DOGE scam.) But don’t let that keep you from enjoying the fireworks anyway!
- Big kudos to Miami’s NBC6 for featuring veteran South Florida meteorologists John Morales‘ chilling warning about the “cuts, gutting and sledge hammer attack on science” by the Trump Administration and, specifically, to NOAA and the National Weather Service that, he explains, are already “degrading” the quality of forecasts as hurricane season is now under way.
- Speaking of hurricane season, Trump’s newly tapped, entirely inexperienced head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — a military guy by the name of David Richardson and the fifth person to hold the position since Trump’s re- election — reportedly told FEMA staffers on Monday that he had no idea there was such a thing as a hurricane season in the U.S. Following Reuters exclusive on that yesterday, a spokesperson from FEMA’s parent agency, DHS, claimed Richardson was just joking. But…was he really? If Trump’s newly sworn-in Social Security Administrator, Frank Bisignano, offers any hints, the lack of knowledge of the people tapped to run these critical agencies may be far worse than you may think.
- Some elections and democracy news today from overseas that is likely to have ramifications for the U.S. in various ways. In a closely divided election for President in Poland over the weekend, voters narrowly chose Karol Nawrocki, a rightwing historian and staunch nationalist. He will have veto power over Parliament, headed up, since 2023, by liberal Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
- In The Netherlands, ultra-right party leader, Geert Wilders, quit the governing coalition in the Dutch Parliament today over his complaints that migration policies weren’t cruel enough. The stunning move has touched off a governing crisis until new elections can be held later this year. The nation’s liberal opposition party, however, seems to enjoying the fresh chaos.
- One year to the day after South Korea‘s conservative President stunned the nation by declaring martial law — before the move was undone just hours later — voters elected liberal party leader Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday to be the nation’s new President. The disgraced former President, after facing impeachment charges, is currently standing trial on charges of insurrection, which is punishable by death or life in prison. Must be nice.
- Finally, Desi Doyen is here for our latest Green News Report, with predictions of a long, hot summer; Canada‘s wildfire season off to an early and terrible start (and already affecting northern U.S. states); a village in Switzerland wiped off the map last week due to a glacier collapse, thanks to global warming; and the Republican plan to raise your dirty energy prices via their “Big, Beautiful Bill”…
The BradCast
with Brad Friedman
6/3/2025
Storm Warnings: ‘BradCast’ 6/3/2025 | Musk pretends to turn on Trump; NBC Miami meteorologist warns of degraded forecasts; FEMA chief unaware of hurricane season?; Also: Election and democracy news from Poland, Netherlands, S. Korea... · · · · · Storm Warnings: ‘BradCast’ 6/3/2025 | Musk pretends to turn on Trump; NBC Miami meteorologist warns of degraded forecasts; FEMA chief unaware of hurricane season?; Also: Election and democracy news from Poland, Netherlands, S. Korea...
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