{"id":12341,"date":"2017-10-20T18:12:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T01:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12341"},"modified":"2017-10-20T18:12:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T01:12:01","slug":"real-news-from-the-land-of-reality-bradcast-10202017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12341","title":{"rendered":"Real News from the Land of Reality: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 10\/20\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_JohnKellyWhiteHouse_102017.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Among the demonstrably real, not fake, news stories covered on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> [<i>Audio link to show posted below<\/i>]&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A brief word about the mercilessly toxic and sad &#8220;debate&#8221; Donald Trump injected into the American body politic this week to divert from his failure to recognize U.S. special forces killed by ISIS during a still-mysterious ambush in Niger, the shameful <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/white-house-statement-kelly-video-wilson\" rel=\"noopener\">lie<\/a> told by his Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, in service of Trump&#8217;s failure, and the White House doubling down on that lie despite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/local\/broward\/fl-reg-wilson-kelly-tape-of-speech-20171020-story.html\" rel=\"noopener\">video evidence<\/a> to the contrary;<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of wishing reality away, the EPA <a href=\"https:\/\/envirodatagov.org\/epas-website-overhaul-continues\/\" rel=\"noopener\">removes<\/a> more facts about climate change from its website, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt <a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2017\/10\/20\/trumps-epa-chief-charts-new-course-interview-scott-pruitt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">charges<\/a> peer-reviewed climate science is biased due to grants from the EPA (and hints at a purge of scientists), while his highly-paid corporate cronies are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/877205e5d2c04b3eb40984ff02201c79\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed<\/a> to top agency posts and begin their work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/10\/20\/trump-nominees-working-senate-approval-243972\" rel=\"noopener\">in defiance<\/a> of the U.S. Senate (and the Rule of Law);<\/li>\n<li>A federal judge <a href=\"http:\/\/politi.co\/2xam4gR\" rel=\"noopener\">rules<\/a> the guilty verdict against federal criminal and former Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio will not be vacated despite Trump&#8217;s Presidential pardon and a plea from his Dept. of Justice to ignore the Rule of Law;<\/li>\n<li>More apparent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/charitys-promised-back-pay-to-roy-moore-was-not-reported-to-irs-as-income\/2017\/10\/19\/fa31ab9c-b042-11e7-99c6-46bdf7f6f8ba_story.html\" rel=\"noopener\">violations<\/a> of the Rule of Law and lies about the income of Alabama&#8217;s GOP U.S. Senate nominee Roy Moore (twice removed as state Supreme Court Justice for defying federal court orders) are unearthed in advance of the state&#8217;s Special Election in December;<\/li>\n<li>And, so-called  &#8220;conservatives&#8221; in the U.S. Senate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/10\/20\/558944626\/senate-passes-budget-resolution-seen-as-key-to-trumps-tax-overhaul\" rel=\"noopener\">pass<\/a> a budget resolution to increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion dollars, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/9e6e8da4465a412b98d4144534aeddb5\/Senate-backs-GOP-budget-in-step-forward-for-tax-revamp\" rel=\"noopener\">cutting<\/a> nearly $500 billion from Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade, in order to fund massive tax cuts for rich people&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also today, a brief plea to stop by <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\"><strong>BradBlog.com\/Donate<\/strong><\/a> to help Desi and me continue to bring you independent news from the Land of <i>Reality<\/i> (and the Rule of Law) over <em>your<\/em> public airwaves as long as we can!  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