{"id":11694,"date":"2016-05-20T17:45:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T00:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11694"},"modified":"2016-05-20T20:00:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T03:00:13","slug":"trump-guns-and-hypocrisy-clinton-sanders-and-2008-gop-lgbt-freak-outs-in-ok-and-beyond-bradcast-5202016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11694","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Guns and Hypocrisy; Clinton, Sanders and 2008; GOP LGBT Freak-Outs in OK and Beyond: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 5\/20\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_TrumpClintonSandersToms_052016.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We&#8217;re happy to keep informing the electorate, one important fact, data-point and reality-based story at a time, so that we might all be better prepared to do our job as voters. That, even as one young woman heard on today&#8217;s show charges, correctly, that so much of what is going in our country of late &#8220;reflects back on our nation and makes us look ridiculous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With all of that in mind, among the <i>many<\/i> reality-based stories covered on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> [<i>Audio link for the full show posted below.<\/i>]&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thanks to some excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-ca-american-independent-voters-registration-20160520-snap-story.html\">reporting<\/a> by the <i>LA Times<\/i>, tens of thousands of CA voters who might not have been able to cast a ballot in the party primary of their choosing on June 7th, will now be able to do so;<\/li>\n<li>Donald Trump is <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/242204ee1ecc4ba3a2969fd965d41e06\/trump-gets-endorsement-national-rifle-association\">endorsed<\/a> by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/2-000-terror-suspects-bought-guns-legally-report-article-1.2437868\">terrorist-supporting NRA<\/a>, lies about Hillary Clinton, and vows no more &#8220;gun-free zones&#8221; (even though his own major properties are &#8220;gun-free zones&#8221;);<\/li>\n<li>Republican <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/20\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll.html\">voters<\/a>, party <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-vote-trump\">leaders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2016\/05\/17\/donors-can-give-nearly-500000-to-new-joint-fundraising-effort-between-trump-and-rnc\/?postshare=7171463541278955&#038;tid=ss_tw\">major<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/14\/us\/politics\/sheldon-adelson-donald-trump.html?hp&#038;action=click&#038;pgtype=Homepage&#038;clickSource=story-heading&#038;module=first-column-region&#038;region=top-news&#038;WT.nav=top-news&#038;_r=1&#038;referer=\">funders<\/a> continue to coalesce behind the presumptive GOP nominee;<\/li>\n<li>Clinton continues to struggle in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/news\/state-regional-govt-politics\/poll-clinton-vs-trump-a-tossup-between-unpopular-c\/nrMhZ\/\">still<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicpolicypolling.com\/pdf\/2015\/PPP_Release_AZ_51716.pdf\">more<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/2016\/05\/18\/wbur-poll-clinton-trump-new-hampshire\">state<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/interactive\/2016\/05\/18\/fox-news-poll-2016-national-release-may-18\/\">national<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cbsnyt-national-poll-hillary-clintons-lead-over-donald-trump-narrows\/\">polls<\/a> against Trump, even as Sanders continues to outperform her against Trump in the same polls;<\/li>\n<li>Revisiting some of Clinton&#8217;s reasons <a href=\"http:\/\/nytimes.com\/2008\/05\/24\/us\/politics\/24clinton.html?referer=\">from 2008<\/a> for staying in the race against then-Senator Obama, long after it was clear she was unlikely to win the Presidential nomination;<\/li>\n<li>Oklahoma&#8217;s GOP governor <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wireStory\/fallin-vetoes-bill-criminalizing-performing-abortions-39266241\">vetoes<\/a> a bill that would have criminalized abortions, even as her Republican state legislature passes an <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/oklahoma-bill-bathroom-emergency\">&#8220;emergency&#8221;<\/a> anti-LGBT bathroom bill;<\/li>\n<li>A brilliant Connecticut woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/never.shout.aimee\/videos\/vb.1473214698\/10206543775341127\/?type=2&#038;theater\">smacks down<\/a> anti-LGBT laws and hate, after she is harassed in a public restroom for being transgender (which <a href=\"http:\/\/m.newstimes.com\/local\/article\/Woman-mistaken-for-transgender-harassed-in-7471666.php\">she isn&#8217;t<\/a>);<\/li>\n<li>And, our latest <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> with a startling number of victories this week for environmental champions&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy!&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; 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