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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' 5/25/2022: ('It Wasn't Always This Way': On the Latest TX Massacre and Tuesday's Primary Election Results)
05-25-2022 (52.78 MB)
On today's 'BradCast': While seemingly separate issues, the school shooting in Texas and Tuesday's midterm primary elections are inter-related. On Tuesday, an 18-year-old armed with an AR-15 style assault rifle murdered 19 schoolchildren and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Like the mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY ten days ago, armed security officers were unable to stop the gunman. The Uvalde shooter was able to purchase weapons of war and 400 rounds of ammo immediately after turning 18 this month, thanks to Texas Republicans, from Gov. Abbott to the state legislature to the Attorney General's office, who made it all not just possible, but easy. But America wasn't always this way. Gun violence has tragically become normalized in the US. We delve into the history of how we got to here, and the reaction and the fallout from America's newest horrific massacre this week. While the demons at the NRA and in the Republican party and on the GOP's stolen and packed Supreme Court all share in the blame, so do the voters who continue to elect the (mostly) Republican lawmakers who have helped to ensure these unspeakable tragedies will continue by refusing, for decades, to take any legislative action at all to prevent them. The ballot box is now our ONLY way out. To that end, we also cover noteworthy results from Tuesday's critical primary elections in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and, yes, the very bloody state of Texas...
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