{"id":14119,"date":"2021-12-29T15:57:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T23:57:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-12-29T17:37:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T01:37:52","slug":"only-the-best-people-bradcast-12292021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14119","title":{"rendered":"Only The Best People: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 12\/29\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_BidenHarris-Appointees_122921.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolesandler.com\">NICOLE SANDLER<\/a>, back one last time in 2021, guest hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/BradCast\"><i>The BradCast<\/i><\/a> for Brad and Desi. As we approach the end of the year, it&#8217;s almost required to look back at the year and pass judgment on how it went. So we&#8217;ll do some of that today. [<i>Audio link to full show is posted at end of this summary.<\/i>]\n<p>I think one of the more important jobs of any President is choosing the people who&#8217;ll make up the cabinet and perform other important functions in the government. It&#8217;s hard to forget TFG (the former guy) bragging that he&#8217;d hire &#8220;Only the best people&#8221;. Well, we know how that went. Did Joe Biden do better? <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m joined today by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffhauser\">JEFF HAUSER<\/a><\/strong>, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/therevolvingdoorproject.org\">The Revolving Door Project<\/a>, who scrutinizes the executive branch appointments. We&#8217;ll get his thoughts on Joe Biden&#8217;s picks as his first year in office draws to a close next month.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, we&#8217;ll start the show with the latest news, of which there was precious little this week. But, shortly before publishing today&#8217;s show, actual news did break!  The jury is back in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial&#8221;\u00a6 She was accused of recruiting teenage girls to massage pedophile Jeffrey Epstein at his homes in Palm Beach, Florida, New York, New Mexico and elsewhere between 1994 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Well, she was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ghislaine-maxwell-convicted-jeffrey-epstein-trial-verdict-63a71a2825eab41184a79e37bb967e90\">found guilty<\/a> on five of six counts including conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking of an individual under 18. She was found not guilty of enticement of one individual under 17 with the intent to engage in illegal sexual activity.<\/p>\n<p>So that happened&#8221;\u00a6 <\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;ll end the show with a warning to America about a big threat from down here in Floriduh&#8221;\u00a6You can thank me after Election Day 2024, I hope&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for me over here. Brad and Desi will be back after the New Year. May we all finally have one that we can be happy about!&#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_NicoleSandler_JeffHauser_BewareofDeSantis_122921.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/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=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/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>It&#8217;s NICOLE SANDLER, back one last time in 2021, guest hosting The BradCast for Brad and Desi. As we approach the end of the year, it&#8217;s almost required to look back at the year and pass judgment on how it went. So we&#8217;ll do some of that today. 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