{"id":14808,"date":"2023-10-10T18:33:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14808"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:20:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T19:20:33","slug":"our-hearts-are-broken-but-our-resolve-is-clear-bradcast-10102023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14808","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Our Hearts Are Broken, But Our Resolve is Clear&#8217;: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 10\/10\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_Biden-IsraelHamasStatement_101023.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We begin again on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> with the latest developments in what AP is now calling the latest Israel-Palestinian war, before catching up with a number of political and climate related issues here at home. [<i>Audio link to full show follows below this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p><i>ISRAEL v. HAMAS:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Monday, the leaders of <b>France<\/b>, <b>Germany<\/b>, <b>Italy<\/b>, the <b>U.K<\/b>., and the <b>U.S.<\/b> issued an unusual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/10\/09\/joint-statement-on-israel\/\">joint statement<\/a> condemning the &#8220;terrorist actions of <b>Hamas<\/b>&#8221; over the weekend, declaring &#8220;steadfast and united support to the <b>State of Israel<\/b>&#8221; and recognizing &#8220;the legitimate aspirations of the <b>Palestinian people<\/b>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Today, an at-times visibly angry <b>President Biden<\/b> expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/10\/10\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-terrorist-attacks-in-israel-2\/\">similar sentiments<\/a>, decried the weekend&#8217;s &#8220;atrocity on a appalling scale&#8221;; warned against adversaries both at home and abroad who might be tempted to take advantage of the situation for political violence; vowed to help secure the release of American hostages around the world; declared this &#8220;a moment for the United States to come together, to grieve with those who are mourning&#8221;; promised to uphold the &#8220;laws of war&#8221;, and reiterated that the U.S. &#8220;stands with Israel&#8221; while condemning the &#8220;indiscriminate evil&#8221; of the weekend&#8217;s attack. He also confirmed that 14 Americans are now confirmed to have been killed as a result of Saturday&#8217;s surprise assault by Hamas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Beyond that, we cover <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/israel-hamas-war-live-updates\">the latest<\/a>, including escalating death tolls, with at least 1,000 dead in Israel, and at least 800 dead in <b>Gaza<\/b>, as Israel continues its fourth day of pounding neighborhood after neighborhood in the Gaza Strip with air strikes. More than 200,000 Palestinians have <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-airstrikes-hostages-bf6c42f84526c4d9416978c8effd932a\">reportedly fled<\/a> their homes for U.N. shelters, as deliveries of food, fuel, water, electricity, medicine and other supplies to Gaza have been cut off by Israel, as hospitals are said to be running out of supplies, surgical equipment and antibiotics. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Back home in Congress, the <b>U.S. House<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/house-speaker-race-10-10-23\/index.html\">remains crippled<\/a> thanks to Republicans having removed their own House Speaker last week. Given our recent history and the current situation in the Middle East, that might not actually be a terrible thing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>2004 MISCELLANY:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Friday, the <b>Wisconsin<\/b> Supreme Court, after a 4 to 3 vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-supreme-court-impeachment-justice-redistricting-fd900bdbab6b54df3ac313ee9f9e56c0\">scheduled a hearing<\/a> next week on a voter petition to draw fair legislative maps for the state Senate and Assembly, for the first time in more than a decade. Justice <b>Janet Protasiewicz<\/b>, whose recent election gave liberals a majority on the High Court for the first time in 15 years, has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-redistricting-justice-recuse-2f92a7ab6f326de16fcfb894e3e6bbb1\">decided to <i>not<\/i> recuse<\/a> herself from the case, even as GOP Assembly Speaker <b>Robin Vos<\/b>&#8216; threat to impeach her if she did so has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-supreme-court-impeachment-justice-redistricting-fd900bdbab6b54df3ac313ee9f9e56c0\">shown no sign of materializing<\/a> yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Out here in <b>California<\/b>, 74-year old former L.A. Dodgers All-Star <b>Steve Garvey<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2023-10-10\/dodgers-star-steve-garvey-senate-race-feinstein-schiff-porter-lee\">announced<\/a> today that he will be running as a Republican next year to fill the seat held by <b>Dianne Feinstein<\/b>, who recently passed away. He will be vying for one of the two spots up for grabs in next year&#8217;s March Primary, in hopes of going on to compete in the November general election. He will have to face off with at least three Democratic all-stars hoping to become the state&#8217;s new Senator, including Congressmembers <b>Barbara Lee<\/b>, <b>Katie Porter<\/b> and <b>Adam Schiff<\/b> &#8212; and potentially against <b>Laphonza Butler <\/b>should she decide to run, after having been tapped by Gov. <b>Gavin Newsom<\/b> to fill the rest of Feinstein&#8217;s term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.<\/b>, with much support from Republicans, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rfk-jr-presidential-campaign-independent-2024-30d940109c4956de9c81f332ec418463\">announced<\/a> on Monday that he plans to drop out of his Democratic primary bid and run for President as an independent next year. In theory, he will join <b>Cornel West<\/b> who plans to do the same after leaving the Green Party, and a potential candidate put up for 2024 by the right-leaning &#8220;centrist&#8221; group calling itself No Labels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>LATE-BREAKING AND FINALLY:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican Rep. <b>George Santos<\/b> (NY), already facing 13 federal campaign finance-related charges, now <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/santos-indicted-over-credit-card-scheme-that-was-first-reported-by-tpm\">faces an additional 10<\/a> related to identify theft for stealing donor credit cards to make unauthorized charges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hurricane Lidia<\/b> spun up quickly before airtime to become a major Category 3 storm as it headed toward landfall on Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast near Puerto Vallarta. (Since we&#8217;ve gotten off air, Lidia has spun up even more, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mexico-hurricane-lidia-puerto-vallarta-f64c841d06bcde04469e3e8e07355cf1\">making landfall as a Cat 4<\/a> with 140 mph winds!) It is the <i>second<\/i> tropical storm to slam the Pacific coast in two days, following landfall by Max on Monday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Desi Doyen joins us for <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14807\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>, with good news for both striking auto workers and <b>Electric Vehicles<\/b>, and bad news for <b>India<\/b>, the children of the world, and your <b>olive oil<\/b>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-BidenOnIsraelHamas-GameOnWI-GarveySenateCA-IndieRFK_101023.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/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>We begin again on today&#8217;s BradCast with the latest developments in what AP is now calling the latest Israel-Palestinian war, before catching up with a number of political and climate related issues here at home. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] ISRAEL v. 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