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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' 1/6/2022 (Biden decries 'dagger at throat of our democracy', 'lies...spread for profit and power' on Jan. 6 anniversary)
01-06-2022 (53.19 MB)
On today's 'BradCast': Today the nation marked a grim first anniversary of Donald Trump's deadly, failed attempt to steal the 2020 election. In special coverage of the January 6, 2021 insurrection and attack on the U.S. Capitol by the supporters of defeated, disgraced former President Donald Trump, we discuss some difficult realities in the ongoing fight to save American democracy. Trump's attempted coup might have failed on January 6, but his evidence-free lies have succeeded in duping nearly 80 percent of Republicans into refusing to accept Joe Biden's decisive victory in the 2020 election. Authoritarianism and Fascism have had far greater success over the centuries because Democracy is much harder, requiring truth, facts, transparency, public oversight and public participation in its defense. In remarks today from the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden both underscored the importance of federal legislation to restore voting rights and prevent the GOP's new schemes to subvert elections and overthrow democracy itself. Biden forcefully called out the failed former president for his 'web of lies' in blistering remarks, accusing Trump and his supporters of holding a 'dagger at the throat of democracy' in an 'armed insurrection.' Biden said, 'We are in a battle for the soul of America,' calling on 'We the People to stand for the rule of law, to preserve the flame of democracy, to keep the promise of America alive.' Make no mistake about it: we are living at an inflection point in history. Plus: a bit of light on a solemn day from National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, with her spoken word poem, 'New Day's Lyric.'
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