We begin with some bright news on today’s BradCast, before following with some new news and some myth-busting about a few feelings we’ve been sharing of late. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.]
Among the stories covered on today’s program…
- Popularity of solar and other renewable energy sources is reportedly soaring across the globe, according to a huge new survey, as support for fossil fuels plummets amid our quickly worsening climate crisis.
- The persistence of progressive protesters and environmental advocates demanding a “Green New Deal” continues to pay off as President Biden unveils an Executive Order for creation of the American Climate Corps, echoing FDR‘s legendary Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
- Despite public displays of confidence and false bravado, privately Donald Trump is reportedly terrified of the possibility of going to prison. He should be. For one, there would be nobody to dye his hair, blow-dry his comb-over or apply his orange bronzer make-up which, according to a new book by former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson, is likely the reason that rightwing supporters of Trump had to also be against wearing life-saving masks during the worst of the COVID crisis, leaving hundreds of thousands of them dead in support of Trump’s malignantly narcissistic vanity.
- The Minnesota Supreme Court has set a briefing and argument schedule [PDF] this week on a lawsuit brought by its former Sec. of State and the Constitutional law experts at Free Speech for People, seeking Trump’s disqualification from the state’s primary and general election ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the “Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause.” This matter is likely to move quickly, since names on the ballot must be settled by January 2 to be printed and mailed out in time for the state’s March 5, Super Tuesday primary. The High Court has set oral argument for November 2.
- As we’ve been reporting quite a bit on the possibility of Trump’s 14.3 disqualification under the “Insurrection Disqualification Clause” in recent weeks (and years!), we take some time today to respond to a number of listener emails on the topic, and respond to several “myths” about the Constitutional clause — (yes, it applies to Presidents; no, it doesn’t require a conviction on insurrection before it can be applied) — with some help from a helpful Myths and Realities about 14.3 [PDF] document, courtesy of the Constitutional law scholars and experts at the non-profit, non-partisan Free Speech for People.
- Finally, as Desi Doyen reports in our latest Green News Report, the nations of the world are grappling with the climate crisis this week at the U.N. General Assembly; The U.K.‘s Conservative Party Prime Minister is backing off policies to reduce carbon emissions; Desperate Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis went to an oil field to obnoxiously declare his vows to make things much much worse; While the Biden White House announced another historic initiative to help save the planet…
(Snail mail support to “Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594 Los Angeles, CA 90028” always welcome too!)
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The article mentions that popularity of solar and renewable energy sources is soaring globally. Can you share some key findings or statistics from the survey that highlight this trend?
GEU @1:
In addition to full coverage on the show itself, I included two links in the graf above mentioning the survey. One is an article at Reuters about it, and the other is the survey itself.