{"id":14480,"date":"2022-11-28T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T02:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14480"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T21:01:05","slug":"were-back-but-election-and-accountability-season-never-left-bradcast-11282022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14480","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Back! But Election and Accountability Season Never Left: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 11\/28\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_JackSmith-MaunaLoa-KariLake_112822.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We&#8217;re back for today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> after some much-needed down time last week over the holiday when we tried to look the other way for a few minutes. We&#8217;ve got a lot of catching up to do.<\/p>\n<p>Among the stories we try to catch up with today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MyPillow CEO and conspiracy theorist, <b>Mike Lindell<\/b>, now says he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/28\/my-pillow-mike-lindell-rnc-chairman\">wants to become the Republican National Committee&#8217;s new chair<\/a>! Sounds like a perfect fit!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The independent Special Counsel appears to be wasting no time. Even on a holiday. Prosecutor <b>Jack Smith<\/b>, recently tapped by Attorney General <b>Merrick Garland<\/b> to oversee two Trump-related criminal probes by the Dept. of Justice &#8212; on the January 6th insurrection and the classified documents stolen by the former President upon leaving office &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/MuellerSheWrote\/status\/1595947399062917120\">jumped into the documents case on Thanksgiving Day<\/a>. While we were eating turkey, Smith was filing a one paragraph argument with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals calling out Trump&#8217;s attorneys for lying during a hearing earlier in the week. That hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2022\/11\/trump-mar-a-lago-documents-11th-circuit-cannon.html\">didn&#8217;t go well for Team Trump<\/a>, despite being heard by two Trump-appointed federal judges and one appointed by George W. Bush. Smith did not make things any better for them. We explain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two Trump-backed candidates in <b>Alaska<\/b> were each declared losers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.alaska.gov\/results\/22GENR\/rcv\/US-REP.pdf\">U.S. House [PDF]<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.alaska.gov\/results\/22GENR\/rcv\/US-SEN.pdf\">U.S. Senate [PDF]<\/a> races last week after weeks of counting in the state&#8217;s Ranked Choice Voting midterm elections. Democrat <b>Mary Peltola<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-special-don-young-congress-211e0212b62c43c45cbdf035a0229918\">will fill the seat in the U.S. House<\/a> previously held by the late Rep. <b>Don Young<\/b>, a Republican who occupied the state&#8217;s only House seat for nearly 50 years. She defeated the failed former President&#8217;s choice, the state&#8217;s failed former Governor and Vice Presidential candidate <b>Sarah Palin<\/b>, as well as two other candidates. And, moderate Republican Sen. <b>Lisa Murkowski<\/b>, who voted to remove Trump from office during his second impeachment trial last year, was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-alaska-223ea5a590c1b9c4f7905ab4b7849e6f\">declared to have defeated<\/a> Trump-endorsed GOP challenger <b>Kelly Tshibaka<\/b>. Dems will hold a narrow majority in the Senate next year no matter how the U.S. Senate runoff in <b>Georgia<\/b> between Sen. <b>Raphael Warnock<\/b> (D) and Trump-endorsed <b>Herschel Walker<\/b> (R) works out next Tuesday. But, if yet another candidate supported by the disgraced former President crashes and burns next week too, the extra seat in the upper chamber could make a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jbendery\/status\/1595481674938257409\">huge difference<\/a> for Democrats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Meanwhile, in <b>Arizona<\/b>, former TV news anchor and Trumpette, <b>Kari Lake<\/b>, is still pretending that she must have won the Governor&#8217;s election. All of the available evidence suggests Democratic Sec. of State <b>Katie Hobbs<\/b> was the winner, albeit by less than one percent. The narrow margin, however, is just a bit higher than the trigger for a statewide recount. So, Lake is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kari-lake-maricopa-county-lawsuit-arizona-governors-race-no-concession\/\">now suing<\/a> the Republicans who run Maricopa County (Phoenix), on the basis that the County&#8217;s print-on-demand ballot system prevented voters from voting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/maricopa-county-report-rebuffs-claims-republicans-sowed-doubt-election-rcna58916\">It didn&#8217;t<\/a>. Though some GOP voters reportedly <i>chose<\/i> not to cast their ballots after being told the precinct-based scanners couldn&#8217;t read the hand-marked paper ballots printed at a number of the County&#8217;s voting centers. Those ballots were placed into a locked box and scanned back at County HQ. On Monday, the County certified their results, and the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/opinion\/op-ed\/laurieroberts\/2022\/11\/28\/maricopa-county-election-certified-let-grifting-begin\/69682663007\/\">parade of deplorables<\/a> issued threats to the officials for doing so. The state is scheduled to certify results next week, which will be followed by a recount in the incredibly tight Attorney General contest. It is currently led by Democratic candidate <b>Kris Mayes<\/b> over Trump-endorsed <b>Abe Hamadeh<\/b> who trails by just 510 votes out of more than 2.5 million cast in the state&#8217;s November midterms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Meanwhile, the world&#8217;s largest volcano, <b>Mauna Loa<\/b>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/worlds-largest-active-volcano-mauna-loa-erupts-hawaii-not-publish-pre-rcna54571\">erupting again<\/a> in <b>Hawaii<\/b>&#8230;for the first time in nearly 40 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, we open the phone lines today for a bit of a &#8220;reverse <i>BradCast<\/i>,&#8221; where <b>callers ring in<\/b> with stuff <i>they<\/i> want <i>me<\/i> and\/or the world to know about. Among the topics raised by callers: Israel, Julian Assange, accountability for Don Jr. and Eric, democracy beyond elections, and more&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman-JackSmith-ElectionResultsAK-ElectionDisputesAZ_Callers_112822.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><center><i><b>* * *<\/b><\/i><\/center><center><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr style=\"background: blue; color:white;\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><span class=\"footnote\"><b>MONTHLY BRAD BLOG SUBSCRIPTION<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><span class=\"footnote\"><b>ONE-TIME DONATION<\/b><\/span><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid blue;\"><center><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\" style=\"margin-top:-3em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"9PMSTMCJK9B3E\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on0\" value=\"Choose monthly amount...\">Choose monthly amount&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"$10\">$10 : $10.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$20\">$20 : $20.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$50\">$50 : $50.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$100\">$100 : $100.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><\/select> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_subscribe_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid blue;\"><center><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\" style=\"margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"K5A5LX7J6WTHQ\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"footnote\">(Snail mail support to <b>&#8220;Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594 Los Angeles, CA 90028<\/b>&#8221; always welcome too!)<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back for today&#8217;s BradCast after some much-needed down time last week over the holiday when we tried to look the other way for a few minutes. We&#8217;ve got a lot of catching up to do. Among the stories we try to catch up with today&#8230; MyPillow CEO and conspiracy theorist, Mike Lindell, now says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[675,479,1007,1630,1183,419,428,1833,560,1791,1632,1116,1801,477,458,825,1799,821,1604,1168,371,388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bradcast","category-donald-trump","category-donald-trump-jr","category-election-2022","category-eric-trump","category-hawaii","category-israel","category-jack-smith","category-julian-assange","category-kari-lake","category-katie-hobbs","category-kelli-ward","category-kelly-tshibaka","category-kpfk","category-lisa-murkowski","category-maricopa-county","category-mary-peltola","category-merrick-garland","category-mike-lindell","category-palestine","category-ranked-choice-voting","category-sarah-palin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}