After yet another exhausting and harrowing week in Donald Trump’s America, as the Doomsday Clock inches closer to midnight, we try to lighten things up a bit, at least comparatively, on today’s BradCast — even if it’s not always easy. [Audio link to show follows below.]
Among the many stories covered on today’s program…
- A few words about Donald Trump’s reported attempt to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller last June before chickening out, which the President describes today as “fake news”;
- Republicans are now, literally, trying to block democracy by preventing elections from happening at all. Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin and the GOP-controlled Alabama state legislature provide just the two latest examples;
- Kansas’ failed Governor Sam Brownback has, apparently, failed up, with an appointment by the Trump Administration, confirmed this past week by the U.S. Senate, after Vice President Mike Pence was brought in to break the tie vote in Brownback’s favor;
- Speaking of failures in the state of Kansas, their Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a long-time GOP “voter fraud” fraudster and now candidate for Governor, enjoys still more shame and ignominy this week, as it was discovered that he exposed private information, including the last four digits of social security numbers for thousands of state officials and employees — including his own! — on an unprotected Internet page;
- The Guggenheim Museum declines to loan a valuable Vincent van Gogh painting to Donald and Melania Trump for use in their White House residence, but offers a solid gold alternative that seems perfect for the first family;
- And, speaking of the first family, Trump’s recently reported hatred of sharks — revealed by adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the wake of revelations of her alleged affair with Donald Trump and $130,000 hush-money payoff just before the 2016 election — has resulted in an outpouring of donations to shark charities across the nation and the world! See? Donald Trump can do some good in this world after all!
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