{"id":15031,"date":"2024-05-09T18:22:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T01:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15031"},"modified":"2024-05-09T18:29:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T01:29:42","slug":"facing-down-the-threat-to-american-democracy-bradcast-592024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15031","title":{"rendered":"Facing Down the Threat to American Democracy: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 5\/9\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_LaraTrump-DonaldTrump-MikeJohnson_050924.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>: Why we&#8217;re taking sides for democracy in this year&#8217;s election. And why every real journalist should. [<em>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/em>]\n<p>Among the <i>many<\/i> stories covered on today&#8217;s program (and not necessarily in this order)&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zeteo.com\/p\/as-a-veteran-reporter-ive-always\">Journalist John Harwood<\/a>: &#8220;As a Veteran Reporter, I&#8217;ve Always Valued Neutrality. But Trump&#8217;s Threat To Democracy Should be the Biggest Political Story of 2024&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/05\/08\/dhs-alejandro-mayorkas-responds-2024-election-threats\/73345797007\/\"><i>USA Today<\/i><\/a>: &#8220;Exclusive: Homeland Security ramping up &#8216;with intensity&#8217; to respond to election threats&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <b>RNC<\/b>, recently taken over by <b>Donald Trump<\/b> in full, is now little more than an election denialist\/voter suppression operation (and, of course, a personal ATM for Trump). They recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/republican-national-committee-lawyer-charlie-spies-step-tumult-rcna150745\">fired<\/a> their newly hired election law expert for not pretending enough that the 2020 election was stolen; New co-chair <b>Lara Trump<\/b> is taking to Fox &#8220;News&#8221; to spread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/nevada-mail-in-ballot-lawsuit-trump\/\">disinformation<\/a> about absentee ballots and ballot counting; House Speaker <b>Mike Johnson<\/b> is introducing a bill to make it illegal for non-U.S. citizens to vote in federal elections &#8212; which is <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/gopers-desperate-to-pin-blame-for-potential-trump-2024-loss-on-non-citizen-voters-wherever-they-are\">already illegal<\/a> &#8212; and claiming that, while there may be zero evidence, &#8220;we all know intuitively that a lot of illegals are voting&#8221;. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, some news since we last spoke&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican Rep. <b>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/b> tried and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-forcing-vote-oust-speaker-johnson-ukraine-a-rcna148389\">failed spectacularly<\/a> (thanks to help from <b>House Democrats<\/b>) to remove the Republican House Speaker again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Stormy Daniels<\/b> completed her testimony in Trump&#8217;s 2016 election interference case in <b>New York<\/b>. The cross-examination, according to many reports, did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2024\/5\/9\/2239812\/-Adult-Film-Actress-Out-Crosses-Trump-Counsel-May-9-Trump-Trial-Update\">not go well<\/a> for Team Trump.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Joe Biden<\/b> finally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/08\/politics\/joe-biden-interview-cnntv\/index.html\">cuts off<\/a> offensive weapons to <b>Israel<\/b> for <b>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/b>&#8216;s promised threat of a full ground invasion in southern <b>Gaza<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Desi Doyen joins us for <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15030\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>, as <b>tornadoes<\/b> leave trails of destruction in the U.S.; <b>Florida<\/b> bans &#8220;climate change&#8221; as hurricane season begins; House Republicans open a new pretend battle in their <b>&#8220;War on Woke Appliances&#8221;<\/b>; and U.S. culture finally begins to reflect <b>climate reality<\/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-DemocracyUnderAttack-MTGSpeakerFail-StormyFinishesNYTestimony-BidenIsrael_050924.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>On today&#8217;s BradCast: Why we&#8217;re taking sides for democracy in this year&#8217;s election. And why every real journalist should. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among the many stories covered on today&#8217;s program (and not necessarily in this order)&#8230; Journalist John Harwood: &#8220;As a Veteran Reporter, I&#8217;ve Always Valued Neutrality. 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