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Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!
'BradCast' 1/15/2021 (Guest: Salon's Heather 'Digby' Parton on what lies ahead with Trump's exit)
01-15-2021 (54.06 MB)
On today's 'BradCast': The world has crossed a new, tragic COVID milestone. President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a new, $1.9 trillion effort to tackle COVID and rebuild the economy. Federal prosecutors alleged Capitol Insurrectionists hoped to 'capture and assassinate elected officials', then walked back the claim. Members of Congress reveal disturbing details on security issues they observed prior to the deadly attack on the Capitol. Outgoing President Trump approval ratings hit new lows, and he is reportedly angry and isolated in the last days of his term. But even as our long national nightmare will soon come to a close, Trump's exit also brings potential new national security threats. Opinion columnist HEATHER 'DIGBY' PARTON of Salon and Hullabaloo details the latest reporting on Trump's crumbling corporate empire and why he poses ongoing security concerns to the nation even after he leaves office. We also discuss the fallout from Trump's historic second impeachment and how the U.S. Senate will proceed with the trial, even as Biden takes office and seeks to swiftly enact his agenda to address the coronovirus pandemic and confirm his cabinet nominations. We also cover the question of the 'Ghost of Trumpism' as it lingers - and rots - the Republican Party after he leaves on Wednesday. Also today: the Census Bureau has abandoned efforts to fulfill Trump's scheme to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment data to be sent to Congress. Thus ends the Republican Party's years-long desperate, failed attempt to weaponize the Census to shift political power away from urban, Democratic-leaning areas of the country, to white, Republican rural districts, at least for another 10 years...
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