{"id":12051,"date":"2017-03-02T18:08:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T02:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12051"},"modified":"2017-03-02T18:07:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T02:07:43","slug":"sessions-recuses-on-russia-trump-hides-behind-generals-and-widow-media-mislead-again-bradcast-322017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12051","title":{"rendered":"Sessions Recuses on Russia; Trump Hides Behind Generals and Widow; Media Mislead Again: ‘BradCast’ 3\/2\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

On today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>: with quickly mounting pressure from both Republicans and Democrats following reports that he failed to disclose meetings with Russia’s U.S. ambassador as a Trump surrogate during last year’s campaign, Attorney General Jeff Sessions finally announces he will recuse himself from any investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia. [Link to audio of show posted below.<\/i>]\n

The breaking announcement today comes just hours after Trump said there was no need<\/a> for Sessions to recuse himself, as some Democrats are now charging that sessions should resign for having “lied to Congress”. But did he?<\/p>\n

Also today, before and during his address on Tuesday to a joint session of Congress, Trump shamefully<\/a> avoided responsibility for his botched<\/a> raid in Yemen by hiding behind a Navy SEAL widow and his generals who, he claimed, described the mission as a great success, having obtained loads of actionable intelligence. The following day, however, it was inconveniently reported<\/a> that “ten current U.S. officials across the government” disputed the President’s characterization. They charge that no significant intelligence was obtained during the raid that was quickly approved by the President and led to the death of a U.S. Navy SEAL and 25 civilians, including 9 children.<\/p>\n

Then, we’re joined by New Republic’s<\/i> Jeet Heer<\/b> on the “dark, dystopian, and divisive message”<\/a> delivered by Trump to Congress<\/a> this week, and on the corporate media’s abject<\/a> failure<\/a> to accurately report on the address to the American people.<\/p>\n

“I was kind of shocked at the coverage that the speech was receiving,” Heer tells me. “I grant you, by Trump standards, this was more moderate and Presidential but only by those standards.” He goes on to describe the “Jekyll and Hyde” nature of the speech in which he may have softened his tone, but still detailed extremist policies that harken back to his “American Carnage” inaugural address. <\/p>\n

Heer also rings in on today’s breaking news of Sessions’ recusal, describing the new AG and former Senator “as a man who wanted to impeach a President over perjury. So, I think ‘Do we have a different standard for him than Bill Clinton?'”<\/p>\n

Finally today, Desi Doyen returns with our latest Green News Report<\/i><\/a> on the new EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt who is also<\/i> now being accused of having lied to Congress during his nomination hearings…<\/p>\n

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