On today’s BradCast, I’m your host – Angie Coiro, host of In Deep with Angie Coiro.
Donald Trump’s tweet fingers were a’twitchin’, as he tried to keep up with the flow of Mueller investigation news while churning out headlines of his own. For starters, he made three key appointments/nominations:
- Army head General Mark Milley will move over to chair the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
- Former H.W. Bush Attorney General William Barr is up for confirmation as Trump’s next A.G.;
- Former Fox ‘News’ talking head Heather Nauert is up to replace Nikki Haley as UN ambassador.
I’ve got the whys and wherefores on those for you. Also, Trump went into rage mode at word of his former Sec. of State Rex Tillerson’s very frank discussion on Thursday at a public interview with CBS news veteran Bob Schieffer. Tillerson’s explanation of Trump’s incomprehension of basic issues, along with his trademark lack of discipline, provoked high-minded Trump tweets calling Tillerson “dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell”.
The BBC has a good basic rundown if you’re trying to catch up with the case of Chinese telecom Huawei’s alleged spying. I bring you the highlights plus updated news.
Meanwhile, a Swiss paper has published a conversation with Fox’s Tucker Carlson who damned the White House occupant as “incapable” of fulfilling his promises. And he went further: “I don’t think he’s capable of sustained focus. I don’t think he understands the system. I don’t think the Congress is on his side. I don’t think his own agencies support him.”
Then, legal expert and journalist LARA BAZELON joins me to discuss her work on restorative justice for wrongly-convicted parolees. She’s covered the topic for years for Slate.com, and has now released a book called Rectify. The full version of our conversation will be posted here over the weekend. Don’t wait for that, though – I’ve brought you a big chunk of it right here on The BradCast!
Plus, so much more! It’s a bellyful of news today. Check it out!…
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