On the other hand, Donald Trump‘s statement at his own social media website says he’s been “INDICATED”. But why quibble? The news caught us mid-BradCast today. We did our best to make sense of it all on the fly. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.]
First up, we were covering the newly unredacted evidence from Dominion Voting System‘s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the wildly corrupt Fox “News” outfit, regarding the Republican propaganda outlet’s knowing lies and evidence-free claims that the voting machine company somehow helped to steal the 2020 Presidential election from Donald Trump. Dominion didn’t, and Fox knew as much, according to their own “Brain Room”, which they ignored. (Yes, they have a “Brain Room”, apparently, at Fox. So, that must be where they keep them?) As bad for Fox as the previously released evidence was, this is the stuff they had redacted from that, for some reason, until a judge ordered it released on Wednesday. So, imagine how bad this stuff is? You don’t have to. We discuss it on today’s show before today’s big breaking news.
Then, we were covering the hilarious case of Disney out-foxing (no pun intended) Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and his attempt to weaponize the state government against them. That, because Disney dared speak out against his “Don’t Say Gay” law which was written to allow the government to ban discussion of sexual orientation and general identity in ALL public school grades. (Not just K through 3.) So, how did Disney out-fox, DeSantis? It’s pretty hilarious. So, tune in to find out.
Next, we were going to cover a whole bunch of important labor union news from this past week…BUT…news then broke of Trump’s indictment by a criminal grand jury in New York.
Thus, we moved our latest Green News Report with Desi Doyen from the end of the show to the middle, to buy some time to figure out the breaking news hubbub. Sadly, there’s some pretty important news in today’s GNR, including the fact that electricity generated renewables outpaced coal last year for the first time in the U.S. That big news will all almost certain be forgotten because…well…
TRUMP WAS INDICTED today. Reportedly, the charges are in relation to his secret hush-money payoff of porn star Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election, in hopes of improving his chance of winning. But we don’t know, because the indictment by a New York grand jury is still sealed until next week.
The charges, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whatever they are, represent the first indictment of a U.S. President in history. Trump will reportedly surrender next week in NYC, according to his attorney Joe Tacopina. He will then be finger-printed, booked and perhaps hand-cuffed before his arraignment. We’ll see if that all happens.
We share several related thoughts on all of this on today’s program, on the fly, as based on the historic news as it broke in real time this afternoon…
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Since DNA testing is not an issue, perhaps he won’t raise these defenses (MetaSUB – 2).
I lived long enough to see this. Can’t wait for the wheels of justice to turn in appropriate ways.
Well done, Sophia! Let’s see if you’re right about the next part!