{"id":11255,"date":"2015-07-02T15:47:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T22:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:46:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T22:46:13","slug":"into-the-holiday-with-a-bang-bradcast-722015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11255","title":{"rendered":"Into the Holiday With a Bang: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 7\/2\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_Firework_070215.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">It&#8217;s our last <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> before the long holiday weekend, so, after an amazingly encouraging week or two of news, we head into the July 4th weekend today with a whole bunch of stories that we&#8217;ve been trying to clear off our desk for the past week or two, along with a bunch of breaking news as well today.<\/p>\n<p>From Trump and Bernie-mentum to Jim Webb entering the 2016 race to the dead-enders in Kentucky still fighting the Supreme Court ruling on marriage to more green news than we can even fit into a single <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> with Desi Doyen.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and real-life killer robots on the rise &#8212; no, it&#8217;s not product placement for the new <i>Terminator<\/i> movie, but it sure sounds like it &#8212; before we finally end today&#8217;s show with an encouraging bang (courtesy of our friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/political-animal-a\/2015_06\/i_believe_that_we_can_win056310.php\">D.R. Tucker at <i>Washington Monthly<\/i><\/a>)!<\/p>\n<p>Please enjoy and have a happy (and safe) 4th of July!&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_July4NewsRoundup_070215.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_July4NewsRoundup_070215.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i><b>P.S.<\/b><\/i> We&#8217;re taking a long weekend off from the show, so our friend Nicole Sandler of <a href=\"http:\/\/RadioOrNot.com\">RadioOrNot.com<\/a> will be filling in for us on Monday! We&#8217;ll be back on Tuesday though! 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