{"id":12138,"date":"2017-05-09T17:52:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T00:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12138"},"modified":"2017-05-09T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T00:52:00","slug":"breaking-comey-fired-also-gop-photo-id-laws-suppressed-2016-turnout-helped-trump-take-wi-bradcast-592017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12138","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: COMEY FIRED; Also: GOP Photo ID Laws Suppressed 2016 Turnout, Helped Trump Take WI: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 5\/9\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_ScottWalkerID_JamesComeySad_050917.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>: The <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/09\/us\/politics\/james-comey-fired-fbi.html\">stunning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/39b81c9ff5364ccfac195018c0db602a\">breaking<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/democrats-charge-comey-firing-nixonian-demand-special-prosecutor-n757121\">news<\/a> that FBI Director James Comey has been fired by Donald Trump hits smack dab in the middle of today&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, we also cover a whole bunch of other noteworthy stuff today, including&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/09\/world\/asia\/south-korea-election-president-moon-jae-in.html\">elects<\/a> liberal candidate who wants to open relations with North Korea as new President, Donald Trump about to get very confused;<\/li>\n<li>Trump Campaign <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/original-muslim-ban-erased-trump-campaign-website\/story?id=47278090\">scrubs<\/a> own <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/trump-camapign-site-muslim-ban-statement-taken-down\">website<\/a> amid federal court hearing on &#8216;unconstitutional&#8217; Muslim travel ban;<\/li>\n<li>Sally Yates makes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2017\/5\/8\/1660176\/-Watch-Sally-Yates-School-Ted-Cruz-On-Constitutional-Law\">mincemeat<\/a> of both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2017\/5\/8\/1660163\/-Sally-Yates-just-smacked-the-bullsh-t-out-of-a-Republican-senator-s-mouth\">hypocritical<\/a> U.S. Senators from Texas during her Monday Senate testimony;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/edblog\/a-bit-more-about-our-new-best-friend-rod-blum\">Vulnerable<\/a> Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcrg.com\/content\/news\/Blum-walks-out-of-exclusive-interview-with-TV9-421676713.html\">walks out<\/a> of interview in a huff after being asked perfectly reasonable question;<\/li>\n<li>New study finds GOP Photo ID voting restriction laws <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demos.org\/blog\/5\/9\/17\/voter-suppression-works\">suppressed<\/a> huge number of voters in 2016, including some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/wisconsins-voter-id-law-suppressed-200000-votes-trump-won-by-23000\/\">200,000 in Wisconsin<\/a> (which Trump reportedly won by 22,700 votes);<\/li>\n<li>Illinois Senate calls Republican Governor&#8217;s bluff, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/politics\/ct-illinois-legislature-roundup-met-0506-20170505-story.html\">advances<\/a> bi-partisan bill for automatic voter registration;<\/li>\n<li>Desi Doyen joins us for the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> as France votes for climate action and climate change-fueled extreme weather turns deadly in Midwest and South East.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh, and did I mention Donald Trump suddenly fired FBI Director James Comey today?!!&#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_SouthKorea_YatesSenate_PhotoIDStudy_BreakingComeyFired_050917.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_SouthKorea_YatesSenate_PhotoIDStudy_BreakingComeyFired_050917.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>On today&#8217;s BradCast: The stunning breaking news that FBI Director James Comey has been fired by Donald Trump hits smack dab in the middle of today&#8217;s show. 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