{"id":14976,"date":"2024-03-14T18:51:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T01:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14976"},"modified":"2024-04-15T17:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:44:16","slug":"schumer-steps-up-on-israel-longtime-trump-biz-associates-paid-biden-burisma-bribe-liar-600k-bradcast-3142024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14976","title":{"rendered":"Schumer Steps Up on Israel; Longtime Trump Biz Associates Paid Biden Burisma &#8216;Bribe&#8217; Liar $600k: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 3\/14\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_Schumer-Mnuchin-Trump-Navarro_031424.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Lots (and lots) of news on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, from Israel to TikTok foolishness to lots (and lots) of Trump accountability news. [<i>Audio link to full show follows below this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>Among our lead stories today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senate Majority Leader <b>Chuck Schumer<\/b>, an ardent, longtime supporter of Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/schumer-netanyahu-israel-palestinians-elections-1ebf21e4c9c0f6f42478bb26e1db7a9b\">called on<\/a> <b>Israel<\/b>&#8216;s Prime Minister <b>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/b> to hold new elections. <b>New York<\/b>&#8216;s Schumer, a Jew who happens to come from NYC, which has the world&#8217;s largest Jewish population, cited the far-right Prime Minister as an obstacle to peace who is turning Israel into the world&#8217;s &#8220;pariah&#8221;. In a 40-minute floor speech, the Senate&#8217;s top Democrat charged that the unpopular Netanyahu, who is avoiding facing felony charges while remaining in office and avoiding a new election until his war against Hamas in <b>Gaza<\/b> is over (which it will never be, as long as these are the stakes), &#8220;has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel.&#8221; This is a <i>very<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/edblog\/schumer-on-netanyahu-in-context\/sharetoken\/StQx8qMY4iUI\">big deal<\/a> in a whole bunch of ways. We discuss some of them today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There has been a bipartisan push this week to adopt a bill that would result in the banning of the <b>TikTok<\/b> app in the U.S. if the company which owns it does not divest from <b>China<\/b>. <b>Donald Trump<\/b>, who, as President, issued a failed Executive Order to ban the popular social media video app (it was blocked by the Courts for violating First Amendment free speech rights) has recently flip-flopped to support the app, after <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trumps-tiktok-ban-reversal-after-meeting-megadonor-stake\/story?id=108013785\">meeting with a billionaire hedge fund manager<\/a> heavily invested in the company. But, despite the popularity of the bill which has now <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tiktok-ban-house-vote-china-national-security-8fa7258fae1a4902d344c9d978d58a37\">passed in the House<\/a>, we discuss why it is a terrible idea. Social media regulations are long overdue. But the menace of China&#8217;s (theoretical) ownership of TikTok is no worse than <b>Elon Musk<\/b>&#8216;s <i>actual<\/i> ownership of <b>Twitter\/X<\/b>. And, in case Democrats failed to notice today, Trump&#8217;s former Treasury Secretary, <b>Steven Mnuchin<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/03\/14\/former-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-is-putting-together-an-investor-group-to-buy-tiktok.html\">announced<\/a> that he is trying to bring together an investor group to purchase the company. Still think this is a good idea, Dems?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The UK&#8217;s <i>Guardian<\/i>, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/mar\/14\/company-paying-fbi-informant-trump-connections\">excellent piece today<\/a>, details the <b>Trump<\/b> business associates who prosecutors say paid <b>Alexander Smirnov<\/b> $600,000 in 2020, the year that Smirnov, now charged with lying to the FBI, fed them false claims that <b>Joe Biden<\/b> accepted bribes from the Ukrainian energy company named <b>Burisma<\/b>. Prosecutors have also charged that Smirnov met with <b>Russian Intelligence<\/b> officials before passing on the lie to the FBI, which <b>House Republicans<\/b> cited at the center of their doomed impeachment probe of the President. So, Smirnov passed on disinformation from Russian intelligence to the FBI and was paid by longtime business associates in the U.S., <b>UK<\/b> and <b>Dubai<\/b> of the then-President who was running for re-election that year. And, after losing the election, those lies were used to try and impeach the guy who defeated him. This movie keeps getting worse and worse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Trump accountability news today (there is lots of that as well)&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. District Court Judge <b>Aileen Cannon<\/b>, appointed by Trump after he lost the election, but before he left the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-florida-classified-documents-dismiss-rcna143135\">rejected<\/a> a Team Trump motion, for a happy change, in the case of the highly classified documents he stole when leaving the White House, and then hid from prosecutors seeking to get them back. Cannon turned down his attempt to dismiss the felony charges based on his claim that the <b>Espionage Act<\/b> he is charged under is too vague.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Meanwhile, the one criminal case that Trump is facing which had not <i>yet<\/i> been derailed by Trump&#8217;s various delay tactics &#8212; his <b>New York<\/b> state <b>hush-money case<\/b> &#8212; may now be delayed following a tranche of thousands of documents from a previous federal investigation recently turned over to Manhattan prosecutors. We explain what happened here and why the NY D.A.&#8217;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nycsouthpaw\/status\/1768361607627739498?s=20\">cites<\/a> the defendants actions for this surprise revelation. Prosecutors have agreed to a 30-day delay before the start of the trial, which was previously scheduled to begin on March 25. The judge overseeing the case, however, Judge <b>Juan Merchan<\/b>, has yet to decide how much, if any, delay he will allow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump&#8217;s former White House trade advisor, and one of his top 2020 &#8220;voter fraud&#8221; fraudsters, <b>Peter Navarro<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-white-house-official-jan-6-contempt-8c28224fcde49e784708a1b9444076d7\">must report to federal prison<\/a> in Miami next Tuesday, according to a federal appeals court panel today. Navarro was charged with criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to answer subpoenas from the House January 6 Committee. Like former Trump advisor <b>Steve Bannon<\/b>, who has managed to remain free pending appeal, Navarro was sentenced to four months for his crimes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And, in a bit of Trump accountability news that appears to have slipped through the cracks, last week, a judge in the <b>UK<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-steele-dossier-uk-lawsuit-russia-55427915a83f33a8ead484109b8a89f6\">ordered<\/a> Trump to pay some $382,000 in attorneys fees to the lawyers of former British spy <b>Christopher Steele<\/b> and his private intelligence company. Trump had filed sued in the UK, charging that the &#8220;shocking and scandalous&#8221; allegations in the so-called Steele Dossier had harmed his reputation. (Please hold your laughter.) The British judge determined the claims were &#8220;bound to fail&#8221; and ordered Trump to cough up legal fees to cover the frivolous suit. In 2022, Trump lost a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-clinton-1c49b9f65177507bb06115b631c8499d\">similar case<\/a> he filed in Florida against Steele, <b>Hillary Clinton<\/b> and a number of top former FBI officials. That case was also tossed and he was ordered to pay nearly a million dollars for <i>that<\/i> fiasco. I guess he&#8217;s still not tired of winning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14975\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> with cruel news out of <b>Ron DeSantis&#8217; Florida<\/b>; disturbing news about the fossil fuel industry&#8217;s continuing <b>methane leaks<\/b>; terrifying news about <b>GOP plans<\/b> if Trump retakes the White House; and sad news for <b>California<\/b> salmon&#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-SchumerIsrael-MnuchinTikTok-TrumpSmirnov-NavarroJail-TrumpAccountability_031424.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>Lots (and lots) of news on today&#8217;s BradCast, from Israel to TikTok foolishness to lots (and lots) of Trump accountability news. 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