SCOTUS Saves ObamaCare (Again)!; More Manchin Progress on Voting Rights, Filibuster Reform: ‘BradCast’ 6/17/2021
The news just isn’t slowing down in these “slow news days of summer”. At least not on today’s BradCast. But at least much of that news is actually good, including more progress today toward protecting democracy in the U.S., as per the shifting whims of Lord and Senator Joe Manchin. [Audio link to full program […]
‘Green News Report’ – June 17, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Cold weather knocked out Texas power in February, and heat threatens to do so now; Intensifying mega-drought stokes water conflict in Oregon; Judge blocks Biden’s temporary suspension of oil and gas leasing on public lands; PLUS: Colorado state legislature approves slew […]
Manchin Offers Voting Rights Bill Compromise!: ‘BradCast’ 6/16/2021
Our plans for covering the Biden/Putin summit in Geneva today were happily tossed aside late today, with the big news that West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin is apparently willing to compromise on a voting rights bill in the U.S. Senate! Frankly, it’s more important right now than Biden/Putin, so they got bumped from today’s BradCast. […]
‘Garland’s Tylenol Moment’: Why Biden’s AG Must Immediately Form a Trump Task Force at DoJ: ‘BradCast’ 6/15/2021
Writing at Washington Monthly today, asking “Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Bill Barr’s Policies?,” law professor and Free Speech for People (FSFP) Board Member Jennifer Taub quips: “This is Merrick Garland’s Tylenol moment, and by which I mean he has more than a headache but a poisoning on his hands.” Yup. Today’s BradCast won’t cure […]
‘Green News Report’ – June 15, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: G7 summit meeting ends with pledges for climate action but few concrete details; Early season extreme heat wave breaks records, spikes wildfires in the West; Disturbing mystery at Chinese nuclear plant; Like the Keystone XL Pipeline, Alaska’s Pebble Mine is finally […]
Biden, G7, NATO Seek to Restore Normalcy After Disastrous Trump Years: ‘BradCast’ 6/14/2021
We try to hit a lot of news on today’s BradCast after yet another very busy news weekend both at home and abroad. We don’t get through our entire stack, but that’s only thanks to some good calls from listeners along the way. [Audio link to full show is posted below summary.] Among the stories […]
Sunday ‘Hee Haw on the Hill’ Toons
America’s Billionaire Tax Code Welfare Queens: ‘BradCast’ 6/11/2021
The volume of incoming huge news stories these days is getting to be as overwhelming as it was during the Trump years. But it’s also a reminder to anyone who has deluded themselves into thinking that the Trump Era is over, it is anything but. We were planning on covering ProPublica’s blockbuster bombshell exclusive this […]
‘Good Trouble’ (or, Call for Mr. Biden on Line 3): ‘BradCast’ 6/10/2021
Today’s BradCast is dedicated to the protester Davids who defeated a fossil fuel Goliath after a 13-year fight to help save us all. Thank you, protesters! And please keep going! Humanity needs you! [Audio link to full show is posted below summary.] Among the stories covered with appreciation on today’s program… It was a huge, […]
‘Green News Report’ – June 10, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Finally! Hard-won victory for tribes and environmentalists as controversial Keystone XL pipeline is actually dead; Mass arrests at Line 3 pipeline protest in Minnesota; G7 spent $50 billion more on fossil fuel projects than renewable energy in 2020; PLUS: Biden’s infrastructure […]
‘It’s His World and We Just Live In It’: Maddening Manchin ‘In the Catbird Seat’: ‘BradCast’ 6/9/2021
Yes. We’re obsessed of late with Joe Manchin on The BradCast. But that’s only because the fate of the entire progressive Biden and Democratic Party agenda is now being blocked by him…which also means the fate of American Democracy and even life on Planet Earth depends on the seemingly inexplicable whims of one obstructionist Democratic […]
Mystery Solved!: Professional Public Audit in NH Uncovers Why Hundreds of Votes Were Mistallied: ‘BradCast’ 6/8/2021
In support of his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him, Donald Trump has been telling anyone who will listen that “thousands and thousands” of ballots have recently been discovered from the 2020 race, including in New Hampshire, where the state’s Republican Governor certified his loss to Joe Biden by some 55,000 votes. […]
‘Green News Report’ – June 8, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Extreme heat hits U.S., breaks all-time high records in Middle East; Atmospheric CO2 concentrations now highest in 4 million years; India’s monsoon season likely to get worse due to man-made climate change; PLUS: ‘A crime has been committed’ – Documentary filmmaker […]
What Do We Do About Joe Manchin?: ‘BradCast’ 6/7/2021
On today’s BradCast, the bleak news about Democratic Senator Joe Manchin’s willingness to participate in saving American democracy itself took its darkest turn to date over the weekend. [Audio link to full show is posted below summary.] Republicans have absolutely no interest in cooperating with Democrats in the U.S. Senate on pretty much anything supported […]