{"id":11686,"date":"2016-05-13T16:51:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T23:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11686"},"modified":"2016-05-13T16:55:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T23:55:14","slug":"strange-days-indeed-oil-spills-trump-lies-gop-freak-outs-and-exclusive-details-on-mds-decertification-of-baltimore-primary-results-bradcast-5132016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11686","title":{"rendered":"Strange Days Indeed: Oil Spills; Trump Lies; GOP Freak Outs; And EXCLUSIVE Details on MD&#8217;s Decertification of Baltimore Primary Results:  &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 5\/13\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_ShatnerTwilightZone_Trump_051316.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">It&#8217;s getting stranger and stranger around here. On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, I find myself a momentary bedfellow with both lobbyists <i>and<\/i> the pharmaceutical industry. But it won&#8217;t last for long.<\/p>\n<p>Among the stories covered on today&#8217;s program [<i>audio link posted below<\/i>]&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/news\/local\/coast-guard-responding-to-shell-oil-spill-in-the-gulf\/187882689\">spill<\/a> in the Gulf of Mexico (again). But Shell Oil is on the job, so why <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2016\/05\/13\/3778155\/shell-gulf-spill\/\">worry<\/a>?;<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of oily, perhaps the plainest (if most bizarre) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/donald-trump-alter-ego-barron\/2016\/05\/12\/02ac99ec-16fe-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html?asdfk\">evidence<\/a> yet that Donald Trump is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/donald-trump-denies-posing-spokesman-recordings-washington-post-uncovered-t92421\">pathological liar<\/a>, and why that actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-trump-energy-idUSKCN0Y41ZP\">matters<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><i>Exclusive details<\/i> from the head of Maryland&#8217;s State Elections Board, on the specific &#8220;irregularities&#8221; that triggered Thursday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/maryland\/baltimore-city\/bs-md-ci-election-intervention-20160512-story.html\">remarkable decertification<\/a> of election results from Baltimore in the state&#8217;s April 26 Primary Election;<\/li>\n<li>The Obama Administration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/13\/us\/politics\/obama-administration-to-issue-decree-on-transgender-access-to-school-restrooms.html?_r=0\">advises<\/a> school districts across the nation on the rights of transgender students, and wingnut Republicans <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/ken-paxton-lawsuit-obama-transgender\">in Texas<\/a> predictable <a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/cortneyobrien\/2016\/05\/13\/texas-lt-gov-responds-to-education-dept-bathroom-directive-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-public-school-system-n2162486\">freak out<\/a>, even as GOP lawmakers in North Carolina allegedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wral.com\/lobbyists-lawmakers-seek-to-quiet-hb2-opponents\/15698344\/\">threaten<\/a> businesses and lobbyists;<\/li>\n<li>Pfizer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/14\/us\/pfizer-execution-drugs-lethal-injection.html\">blocks<\/a> the use of its drugs for executions in the U.S.;<\/li>\n<li>And, finally, listeners ring in on our <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11681\">recent episode<\/a> on the FDA&#8217;s deadly new regulations for the vaping (e-cigarette) industry that run counter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcplondon.ac.uk\/projects\/outputs\/nicotine-without-smoke-tobacco-harm-reduction-0\">scientists and doctors<\/a>, but benefit Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and make it harder for smokers to quit smoking&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Strange days, indeed&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_GulfSpill_TrumpPathological_LamoneMD_051316.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_GulfSpill_TrumpPathological_LamoneMD_051316.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, 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><\/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>It&#8217;s getting stranger and stranger around here. On today&#8217;s BradCast, I find myself a momentary bedfellow with both lobbyists and the pharmaceutical industry. But it won&#8217;t last for long. Among the stories covered on today&#8217;s program [audio link posted below]&#8230; Tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (again). 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