{"id":11579,"date":"2016-02-19T16:13:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T00:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11579"},"modified":"2016-02-19T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T01:02:08","slug":"the-great-democratic-divide-bradcast-21916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11579","title":{"rendered":"The Great Democratic Divide: ‘BradCast’ 2\/19\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicole Sandler of RadioOrNot<\/a> here, your trusty guest host for this Friday edition of The BradCast<\/i><\/a>!<\/p>\n

Although Brad strives to objectivity regarding the Democratic candidates — necessary to do the great reporting he does regarding voter suppression and other nefarious election-time practices — I am not a journalist. I do a fact-based opinion show, and in that capacity, I support Bernie Sanders candidacy. But, I have noticed the level of vitriol rising among Democrats lately, and it worries me.<\/p>\n

Democratic consultant and strategist Mike Lux<\/strong> wrote about some new polling data his firm commissioned, and it shows a great divide in the Democratic party. He wrote about it at Crooks and Liars<\/i><\/a>, and joined me on today’s BradCast<\/em> to discuss the data and the implications.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, while watching the MSNBC Democratic town hall\/forum on Thursday night, I noticed an ad attacking Bernie Sanders<\/a>, the first one I’ve seen this election season. It was paid for by a SuperPAC called Future 45<\/a>. A little sleuthing confirmed that one of the biggest contributors to this group is hedge-fund billionaire Paul “The Vulture” Singer. Investigative journalist Greg Palast<\/strong><\/a> has been writing about that guy’s sleazy dealings for years now. The minute I saw his name, I knew I had to invite Palast to tell us what he knows about this vulture.<\/p>\n

And, as you might imagine, Palast also had a few words about the death of Antonin Scalia…and they weren’t “rest in peace.”<\/p>\n

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