{"id":15606,"date":"2026-01-13T18:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15606"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:06:55","slug":"things-getting-weirder-and-weirder-as-trump-keeps-losing-and-losing-bradcast-1132026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15606","title":{"rendered":"Things Getting Weirder and Weirder as Trump Keeps Losing and Losing: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 1\/13\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_TrumpWindow-OilExecs_011325.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Some of the weirdness has been completely predictable, if not to many of his duped supporters. Some of it is a surprise. All of it underscores, yet again on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, that we have a full-blown loser serving as President of the United States. [<i>Audio link to the full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n<p>Among the many <i>many<\/i> stories supporting those points, as covered on today&#8217;s program&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grocery prices see biggest spike in three years (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/13\/inflation-cpi-grocery-prices\">Axios<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Court finds Trump illegally blocked renewable energy grants to 16 &#8220;blue&#8221; states  (<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-clean-energy-democrats-blue-state-hydrogen-9269a5a839122e1b3fd487787747d47e\">AP<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Bipartisan Senate Budget Committee restores almost all science funding cut by Trump (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/10\/science\/trump-science-budget-cuts-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVA.Nfst.a93h1-ppe1DP&#038;smid=url-share\">NYT<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>5 Repubs join all Senate Dems in vote to block more military action in Venezuela (<a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/4ql1DZ3\">WaPo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>17 Repubs join all House Dems to pass bill restoring ACA health care subsidies (<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/house-democrats-republicans-vote-health-care-subsidies-7d69148c6619a190f8d4abb85a7344b8\">AP<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Boebert slams Trump for veto of unanimously-approved CO drinking water project (<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/house-democrats-republicans-vote-health-care-subsidies-7d69148c6619a190f8d4abb85a7344b8\">DKos<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>35 Repubs join all House Dems in failed effort to override Trump&#8217;s CO water project veto (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradopolitics.com\/2026\/01\/08\/house-rejects-effort-to-override-presidential-veto-for-colorado-water-project\/\">CO Politics<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Treasury Sec. Bessent told Trump he&#8217;s furious about DOJ&#8217;s criminal probe of Fed Chair Powell (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/12\/bessent-trump-investigation-powell-federal-reserve\">Axios<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Six top Civil Rights Division criminal prosecutors resign over DOJ refusal to investigate ICE killing of Renee Good in MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/doj-civil-rights-division-officials-quit-harmeet-dhillon\">MS NOW<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Six top DOJ prosecutors in MN resign over attempt to investigate Good&#8217;s wife (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/13\/us\/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVA.rDiB.WapcsZYD-Wa_&#038;smid=url-share\">NYT<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Unhinged Trump warns: &#8220;DAY OF RECKONING &#038; RETRIBUTION IS COMING&#8221; in MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/01\/13\/trump-minnesota-reckoning-retribution-warning-00724534\">Politico<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, if all of that isn&#8217;t enough for ya, we close with Desi Doyen and <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15605\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>, with Trump losing his weird fight against wind power yet again in another federal court, among many other items of note&#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-Prices-Grants-ScienceBudget-WarPowers-WaterCO-GoodResignationsDOJ-BessentPowell_011326.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:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-the-bradcast-w-brad-friedm-30973643\/\">iHeart<\/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>Some of the weirdness has been completely predictable, if not to many of his duped supporters. Some of it is a surprise. All of it underscores, yet again on today&#8217;s BradCast, that we have a full-blown loser serving as President of the United States. 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