{"id":14938,"date":"2024-02-15T18:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T02:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14938"},"modified":"2024-04-15T17:44:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:44:33","slug":"guns-again-trump-as-ever-media-failure-and-our-only-way-forward-bradcast-2152024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14938","title":{"rendered":"Guns Again, Trump as Ever, Media Failure and Our Only Way Forward: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 2\/15\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_KCChiefsShooting_021524.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We covered so much territory on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> that I&#8217;m having trouble writing about all of the seemingly disparate pieces in a cogent narrative here. So I won&#8217;t try. I&#8217;ll give you the pieces, and hopefully you will listen to the show to see how it all ties together (or doesn&#8217;t). [<i>Audio link to full show follows below this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>Among the many stories covered on today&#8217;s program&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/chiefs-super-bowl-parade-shooting-kansas-city-62e69a17b469b854afd7bcc3f548d1fc\">mass shooting<\/a> at the <b>Kansas City<\/b> Chief&#8217;s Super Bowl victory rally; Wednesday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/education\/four-students-shot-at-atlantas-benjamin-e-mays-high-school\/FCVFVEUKDFD25DZOCKG5QVNPVM\/\">mass shooting<\/a> at an <b>Atlanta<\/b> high school; <b>President Biden<\/b>&#8216;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/02\/14\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-todays-deadly-gun-violence\/\">response<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Special Counsel <b>Jack Smith<\/b>&#8216;s speedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/23\/23A745\/300627\/20240214180323991_23A745_Trump%20v.%20United%20States_Gov.%20stay%20resp_FINAL.pdf\">filing [PDF]<\/a> at <b>SCOTUS<\/b> in response to <b>Donald Trump<\/b>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-special-counsel-election-interference-january-6-c2dcc83e56a541804d4785f6bb6cd45c\">continuing attempt<\/a> to further delay his federal trial related to his attempts to steal the 2020 election with his absurd claim that Presidents enjoy &#8220;absolute immunity&#8221; for any and all crimes committed while serving in office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>New York<\/b> State Judge <b>Juan Merchan<\/b> on Thursday confirmed <b>Trump<\/b>&#8216;s trial <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hush-money-new-york-criminal-case-fbdff18df40920b75873b3a40317f5ee\">will begin<\/a> on March 25 on 34 criminal felony charges related to hush-money payments made to a porn star to help him win the 2016 election. The judge rejected Team Trump&#8217;s argument that sitting for a trial related to cheating to win the 2016 election will hamper his efforts to win the 2024 election.  The trial is expected to last for six weeks. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A salacious sidebar to the 13 criminal felony counts <b>Trump<\/b> is facing in <b>Georgia<\/b> for his failed conspiracy to steal the state&#8217;s 2020 election played out in a Fulton County courtroom on Thursday. A defiant District Attorney <b>Fani Willis<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/fulton-county-da-fani-willis-testify-hearing-get-disqualified-trump-ca-rcna138900\">responded<\/a> on the witness stand to charges from one of Trump&#8217;s 18 alleged co-conspirators that the D.A.&#8217;s romantic relationship with one of the prosecutors on the case was either inappropriate or somehow a conflict of interest effecting the charges brought against Trump and his co-defendants. Willis was defiant in her response to questions and her testimony will continue on Friday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>BREAKING DURING SHOW!<\/i>: A former FBI informant named <b>Alexander Smirnov<\/b> was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hunter-biden-burisma-fbi-informant-lying-6969656f6012780a23a4b8841ce2689b\">arrested and charged<\/a> with lying to government officials in the summer of 2020 about <b>Joe Biden<\/b> and his son <b>Hunter<\/b> receiving millions of dollars in bribes from <b>Burisma<\/b>, a Ukrainian energy company. Those lies have been a central part of Trump and <b>Rudy Giuliani<\/b> and <b>House Republicans<\/b>&#8216; phony, years-long attempts to smear the Biden family and impeach President Biden. Today&#8217;s felony charges were filed by Trump-appointed Special Counsel <b>David Weiss<\/b>, who was tapped by Trump A.G. <b>Bill Barr<\/b> five years ago to try and find dirt on the Bidens. He found it instead on those spreading the dirt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A few thoughts on how corporate mainstream media headlines, social media posts and mobile phone alerts can dangerously distort news.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A few thoughts on how <b>Phoenix, Arizona<\/b> media outlets <b>3TV<\/b> and <b>CBS 5<\/b> are seemingly doing the bidding of the fossil fuel industry while pretending to be consumer advocates. We details some of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2023\/12\/08\/20k-hybrid-battery-replacement-shocks-arizona-driver\/\">dishonest and misleading coverage<\/a> of the cost of battery replacements for hybrid <b>Electric Vehicles<\/b>. Sadly (and shamefully), they are not the only media outlets undermining humankind by doing the bidding of Big Oil in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/a46340514\/ev-sales-are-just-getting-started\/\">misreporting on EVs<\/a> in America.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14937\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>, with sad news on a mysterious and massive oil spill on the pristine beaches of <b>Trinidad and Tobago<\/b>; big changes happening in <b>Greenland<\/b> as it continues to get warmer and greener; and how <b>climate change<\/b> is now coming for your <b>chocolate<\/b>&#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-ShootingKC-TrumpHushMoneyNY-ImmunitySCOTUS-WillisGA-SmirnovArrest-AZMediaEVs_021524.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 covered so much territory on today&#8217;s BradCast that I&#8217;m having trouble writing about all of the seemingly disparate pieces in a cogent narrative here. 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