{"id":15020,"date":"2024-04-30T18:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T01:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15020"},"modified":"2024-04-30T19:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T02:24:18","slug":"a-few-hits-of-dopamine-for-your-listening-pleasure-bradcast-4303024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=15020","title":{"rendered":"A Few Hits of Dopamine for Your Listening Pleasure: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 4\/30\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_DopamineBrain_043024.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We&#8217;ve got quite a few good news items amidst all the madness on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>. You may enjoy a few hits of dopamine along the way. Your welcome. Please listen responsibly. [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>Among our stories today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just to help kick things off&#8230;American University distinguished professor <b>Allan Licthman<\/b> has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/news\/13-keys-to-the-white-house.cfm\">&#8220;13 keys to the White House&#8221;<\/a> method for predicting who will win any Presidential election. His method has accurately called the winners in 9 of the past 10 elections. (In fact, he was arguably right in 10 out of 10!) We discuss his method and, though he&#8217;s not yet made his &#8220;official&#8221; prediction this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/04\/30\/allen-lichtman-2024-presidential-election-pick\/73510699007\/\">who he believes<\/a> currently has the upper hand in 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Donald Trump<\/b> was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-stormy-daniels-hush-money-election-2024-d2f9badee0b28a60d32bc98c0d4e783f\">found in criminal contempt of court<\/a> in his <b>New York<\/b> trial related to his 2016 election interference via hush-money felony charges. Justice Juan Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24628210-people-v-trump-contempt-ruling-april-30-2024?responsive=1&#038;title=1\">found [PDF]<\/a> Trump violated his gag order barring attacks on jurors and witnesses via social media and elsewhere in nine different instances. The judge made clear that incarceration is pretty much the only option left by state law if Trump commits new violations. Veteran federal prosecutor <b>Glenn Kirschner<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/trump-gag-order-consequences\/\">suggests<\/a> today&#8217;s ruling may make things &#8220;significantly worse&#8221; for the disgraced former President, as the bail conditions in all four of his criminal indictments in four different jurisdictions bar him from committing new crimes. We also get you quickly up to speed on some of the Prosecution&#8217;s new witnesses on the stand in the actual trial on Tuesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>United Auto Workers<\/b>&#8216; chief <b>Shawn Fain<\/b> is on a roll. Just over a week ago workers at the <b>Volkswagen<\/b> plant in <b>Chattanooga<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15011\">voted by a 3 to 1 margin to unionize<\/a> on the heels of the UAW&#8217;s huge victories last year in their strike against Detroit&#8217;s Big Three automakers. The victory by workers at the <b>Tennessee<\/b> plant was the first of its kind in the South. And then, late last week, the union struck a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/26\/business\/daimler-truck-uaw-strike.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.YCRB.HHzKd4vmP8Xj&#038;smid=url-share\">last minute deal<\/a> for a new contract with <b>Daimler Truck<\/b> in <b>North Carolina<\/b>, bringing big pay raises and major benefit increases to workers at four of the company&#8217;s plants in the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>As we reported previously, 18 Trump allies in <b>Arizona<\/b> last week were <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/arizona-fake-electors-charges-2020-election-9da5a7e58814ed55ceea1ca55401af85\">criminally indicted<\/a> on nine charges each of conspiracy, fraud and forgery related to their failed attempt to steal the 2020 election for Trump in the state via a Fake Electors plot. Over the weekend, state Sen. <b>Jake Hoffman<\/b>, one of two sitting state Senators indicted as a Fake Elector, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/29\/politics\/jake-hoffman-indicted-fake-elector-arizona-gop-rnc\/index.html\">chosen<\/a>, just days later, by the <b>Republican National Committee<\/b> to be an official National Committeeman in the 2024 election. Apparently criminal indictments for election fraud are now being <i>rewarded<\/i> by today&#8217;s GOP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The full 4th U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that <b>West Virginia<\/b> and <b>North Carolina<\/b>&#8216;s decision to refuse health care for transgender people under government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory and a violation of federal law. NC blocked gender-affirming care for state employees and WV Medicaid blocked coverage for gender-affirming surgery. The plaintiffs won in an 8 to 6 ruling at the appeals court, though the thoroughly corrupted and illegitimate U.S. Supreme Court Republican majority will almost certainly have the final say in the matter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <b>U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration<\/b> will finally remove marijuana as a Schedule III narcotic, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8\">report by AP today<\/a>. It will no longer be treated similar to heroin and cocaine, as the Biden Administration plans to finally reclassify the popular plant as Schedule I after 50 years, now that some 38 states have already legalized cannabis for medicinal and\/or recreational use. <b>President Biden<\/b> previously pardoned thousands of Americans charged with simple possession under federal law and urged states to do the same. <b>Democrats<\/b> in Congress, in the meantime, are pushing the DEA and Attorney General to drop it from the list of controlled-substances entirely to treat it more like alcohol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The news above is one of a spate of newly or soon-to-be finalized regulations from a bunch of <b>Biden Administration<\/b> Executive Agencies. You may (or may not) have heard news of late about a cascade of new rules issued by the Administration on everything from Student Loan forgiveness to dozens of new environmental and climate-related regulations. There is a reason they are all happening right about now, and it has to do with the <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IF\/IF10023\"><b>Congressional Review Act<\/b><\/a>, which we explain in detail on today&#8217;s program. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15019\">our 1,400th <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>! And yes, along with troubling news for <b>Africa<\/b> and the <b>U.S. Gulf Coast<\/b>, she&#8217;s got some historic news of landmark new regulations from the <b>EPA<\/b> to curb pollution from U.S. power plants. And, yes, that too should be in time to beat GOP abuse of the Congressional Review Act as cited above&#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-TrumpContemptNY-UAWDaimlerNC-TransWV-NC-NewPotRule-CRA_043024.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;ve got quite a few good news items amidst all the madness on today&#8217;s BradCast. 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