{"id":12038,"date":"2017-02-20T18:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T02:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12038"},"modified":"2017-02-20T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T02:03:22","slug":"the-insidiousness-behind-trumps-dangerously-laughable-lies-bradcast-2202017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12038","title":{"rendered":"The Insidiousness Behind Trump&#8217;s Dangerously Laughable Lies: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 2\/20\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_ManzanarCAJapaneseInternmentCamp_AmericanFlag.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>: 75 years ago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/education\/la-me-japanese-executive-order-20170219-story.html\">this past weekend<\/a>, FDR issued <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_Order_9066\">Executive Order 9066<\/a>, sending 120,000 Japanese-Americans to concentration camps in one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/speak-freely\/75th-anniversary-eo-9066-solemn-reminder-fight-back-against-trump-administrations\">most shameful moments<\/a> in American history. Today, we fight to keep history from repeating itself as Trump offers big lies about terrorism, voter fraud and the media, among other things &#8212; for a reason. [<i>Audio link to full show posted below.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>While Trump&#8217;s Executive Order attempting to ban Muslims and refugees from seven different countries has been blocked by the federal courts, another one is promised to take its place soon. And in order to do so, the Administration continues to offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-39020962\">lies about terror attacks<\/a> to justify its actions, this time with the President citing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-cited-a-nonexistent-incident-in-sweden-during-his-rally-on-saturday-2017-2\">non-existent<\/a> terror incident in Sweden &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dn.se\/kultur-noje\/nyheter\/swedish-police-featured-in-fox-news-segment-filmmaker-is-a-madman\/\">fake news<\/a> that he heard about (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/world\/2017\/2\/20\/14669572\/sweden-trump-immigrant-crime\">misreported<\/a>) from Fox &#8220;News&#8221; the night before his campaign rally in Florida on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>That dangerous lie comes on the heels of a week of another big lie <a href=\"http:\/\/politi.co\/2kuTGjd\">from Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2017\/02\/12\/stephen-millers-bushels-of-pinocchios-for-false-voter-fraud-claims\/?utm_term=.38e3f9b95c9a\">his top advisers<\/a> concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2017\/02\/12\/stephen-millers-bushels-of-pinocchios-for-false-voter-fraud-claims\/?utm_term=.38e3f9b95c9a\">false claims<\/a> of &#8220;thousands&#8221; of cases of &#8220;voter fraud&#8221; in New Hampshire and elsewhere &#8212; and as Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/02\/trump-tweet-media-enemy-american-people-235150\">declares<\/a> the media to be &#8220;the enemy of the American People.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the lies are now non-stop, ridiculous and,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/twitter-mocks-trump-for-what-s-happening-in-sweden-remarks-1.3292875\"> at times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/moments\/833296965240774658\">hilarious<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-president-lays-the-groundwork-for-a-nationwide-voter-intimidation-program\/2017\/02\/14\/ef524326-f2dd-11e6-a9b0-ecee7ce475fc_story.html?utm_term=.5d2a3e7bd60a\">insidious<\/a> reason behind them is chilling, dangerous, shameful and about as un-American as possible. Why all of it matters, and more, on today&#8217;s <i>BradCast<\/i>&#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_75thAnnivEO9066_SwedenTerrorLies_NHVoterFraudLies_022017.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_75thAnnivEO9066_SwedenTerrorLies_NHVoterFraudLies_022017.mp3]<\/p><\/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>On today&#8217;s BradCast: 75 years ago this past weekend, FDR issued Executive Order 9066, sending 120,000 Japanese-Americans to concentration camps in one of the most shameful moments in American history. 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