{"id":11212,"date":"2015-06-05T15:58:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T22:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11212"},"modified":"2015-06-05T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T22:57:54","slug":"going-to-pot-and-the-dawn-of-our-new-progressive-age-bradcast-652015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11212","title":{"rendered":"Going to Pot and the Dawn of Our New Progressive Age: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 6\/5\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/GNR_MarijuanaLeaf_060515.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">You&#8217;ll be shocked to hear on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> about the completely predictable blow-back from the GOP after Hillary Clinton displayed the temerity to call for restoring and even expanding voting rights for all American citizens 18 years of age and older. (As we covered in depth on <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11211\">yesterday&#8217;s <i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>.) Yes, Republicans <i>really<\/i> do <i>not<\/i> care for democracy, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, a new Progressive Age is dawning, whether you&#8217;ve realized it or not &#8212; even as &#8220;conservatism&#8221; is quickly disappearing. (Which also explains why Republicans hate democracy.)<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the dawning of a new Progressive Age, former Ohio state prosecutor Dan Riffle of the <a href=\"http:\/\/mpp.org\">Marijuana Policy Project<\/a> joins us to discuss this week&#8217;s remarkable <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/legislation\/243978-lawmakers-weed-through-marijuana-vote-a-rama\">&#8220;Marijuana Vote-a-Rama&#8221;<\/a> in Congress, and the Republicans <i>and<\/i> Democrats who are finally coming on board to end the government tyranny and prohibition. A fascinating discussion of where we&#8217;ve been, where we now are and how we got here.<\/p>\n<p>Plus: A very moving &#8212; and ironic &#8212; lesson one blogger improbably learned via Caitlyn Jenner&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_DanRiffleMarijuanaPolicy_HillaryBlowback_060515.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_DanRiffleMarijuanaPolicy_HillaryBlowback_060515.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here everyday, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><center><i><b>* * *<\/b><\/i><\/center><center><b>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Donate\">help support The BRAD BLOG&#8217;s<\/a> fiercely independent, award-winning coverage of your electoral system and much more &#8212; <i>now in our TWELFTH YEAR!<\/i> &#8212;  as available from no other media outlet in the nation&#8230;<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ll be shocked to hear on today&#8217;s BradCast about the completely predictable blow-back from the GOP after Hillary Clinton displayed the temerity to call for restoring and even expanding voting rights for all American citizens 18 years of age and older. (As we covered in depth on yesterday&#8217;s BradCast.) 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