{"id":14857,"date":"2023-11-28T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T02:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14857"},"modified":"2024-01-30T18:41:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T02:41:41","slug":"democracy-on-a-knifes-edge-bradcast-11282023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14857","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Democracy on a Knife&#8217;s Edge&#8217;: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 11\/28\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_Milei-Trump-Wilders_112823.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">The warning signs continue to blink bright red after the holiday on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>. [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>Among those warnings&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Well-respected, <i>very<\/i> conservative former federal Judge <b>Michael Luttig<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chkbal\/status\/1724447978302132298?s=46&#038;t=WpvzoJwlg9zPDuog4jiOGw\">warns<\/a>: &#8220;If American democracy was on a knife&#8217;s edge on January 6, 2021, today it is <i>teetering<\/i> on that knife&#8217;s edge [and] in greater peril today than it&#8217;s ever been in American history.&#8221; He argues that a second term for the former President would be &#8220;catastrophic&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/morning-memo\/the-rule-of-law-is-the-only-thing-that-matters-in-2024\">TPM&#8217;s<\/a> <b>David Kurtz<\/b>: &#8220;The Rule Of Law Is The Only Thing That Matters In 2024&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The warning signs are coming from abroad as well, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-milei-massa-runoff-6a171de948a034bd43c853f6d3f50f5c\">&#8220;impossible&#8221;<\/a> electoral victory a week ago Sunday of far-right &#8220;libertarian&#8221; <b>Javier Milei<\/b> as <b>Argentina<\/b>&#8216;s new President and the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/netherlands-election-candidates-prime-minister-f31f57a856f006ff0f2fc4984acaca6b\">&#8220;massive shock win&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;stunning lurch to the far right&#8221; for <b>The Netherlands<\/b> with last Wednesday&#8217;s victory for <b>Geert Wilders<\/b>&#8216; extreme right party in Dutch parliamentary elections. Both are wild-haired versions of our own former President, who gleefully celebrated their electoral victories. Both are extreme anti-immigrant, anti-government populists &#8212; to put it <i>very<\/i> nicely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Here at home, <b>Donald Trump<\/b> remains the GOP front-runner for the 2024 nomination (though <b>Nikki Haley<\/b> received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/11\/28\/koch-super-pac-nikki-haley-endorsement-00128858\">major boost<\/a> today from the billionaires of the Koch Network), and continues to ratchet up his own far-right authoritarian threats, including with his promised <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-military-insurrection-act-2024-election-03858b6291e4721991b5a18c2dfb3c36\"><i>domestic<\/i> deployment of the U.S. Military<\/a> under the <b>Insurrection Act<\/b> should voters of this nation prove foolish and self-defeating enough to allow him a second term next year. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Meanwhile, our current President, continues to use his powers for good instead of evil, including a new <b>Biden Administration<\/b> invocation of the <b>Defense Production Act<\/b> to boost domestic manufacturing of clean, efficient residential and business <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/nov\/23\/norway-heat-pumps-cold-heating\">heat pump technology<\/a> to replace dirty fossil fuel-burning furnaces and low-efficiency AC systems. The $169 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/biden-harris-administration-announces-169-million-accelerate-electric-heat-pump\">program<\/a>, according to the <b>Department of Energy<\/b>, &#8220;will help families and businesses save money with efficient heating and cooling technology&#8230;create thousands of high-quality, good-paying manufacturing jobs and strengthen America&#8217;s energy supply chain, while creating healthier indoor spaces through home-grown clean energy technologies.&#8221; It is all part of a program to encourage more efficient appliances that &#8220;will save Americans $570 billion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2.4 billion metric tons over the next 30 years.&#8221; So, little wonder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-invokes-wartime-powers-fund-electric-heaters-cracks-down-gas-appliances\">Fox &#8220;News&#8221; is furious about it<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14856\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> as world leaders descend upon Dubai for the latest annual <b>United Nations<\/b> climate conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cop28.com\/\">COP28<\/a>) on the heels of a number of startling new reports warning that the globe will soon blow past targets set at previous conferences. This one is being hosted by the petro-state of the <b>United Arab Emirates<\/b>. 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