{"id":15091,"date":"2024-07-11T18:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T01:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15091"},"modified":"2024-07-11T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T01:40:10","slug":"meanwhile-bradcast-7112024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=15091","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile&#8230; : &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 7\/11\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_CaliforniaSunset_071124.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We went to air on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> prior to Joe Biden&#8217;s several-hours-delayed post-NATO Summit press conference, allowing us to catch up on an item or two that we&#8217;ve otherwise been trying to get to all week.  [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>Among our coverage today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/11\/poll-biden-drop-out-election\/\">another poll<\/a> is out today, in this case from <i>WaPo<\/i>\/ABC, finding <b>President Biden<\/b> and <b>Donald Trump<\/b> tied nationally. (It also shows Vice President <b>Kamala Harris<\/b> actually leading Trump by 2 points.) That said, the survey also finds some 67% of Americans, including more than half of Democrats, currently believe Biden should end his re-election bid. What should we take from that? And is there reason to believe that Biden can outlast the seemingly never-ending drip-drip-drip of former supporters calling for him to step aside? We discuss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>While Biden was busy completing the NATO Summit he has been hosting this week in D.C., <b>Donald Trump<\/b> was planning a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungarys-orban-visit-trump-mar-a-lago-ee6ba8edc4d4f4f92b06a9265945df8f\">previously unannounced meeting<\/a> with Hungarian strongman and Christian Nationalist <b>Victor Orban<\/b> down at his Florida resort. The meeting between the autocrats comes just days after Orban&#8217;s surprise meeting with Russian strongman <b>Vladimir Putin<\/b> in Moscow and Chinese strongman <b>Xi Jingping<\/b> in Beijing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New <b>Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/b> numbers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/inflation-rate-june-2024-interest-rate-cut-when-how-much-rcna160842\">released on Thursday<\/a> once again beat expectations and offer still more good news for the American economy and, specifically, inflation in the U.S. Among that good news, the annual inflation rate fell to just 3% as of June with consumer prices actually falling overall from May to June for the first time since May of 2020. The <b>Biden Administration<\/b> touted its anti-inflationary policies for the good news, including the easing of gas prices and items such as cars, appliances, airfare and groceries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On Tuesday, <b>Oklahoma<\/b>&#8216;s long-serving U.S. Senator <b>James Mountain Inhofe<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/republican-senator-jim-inhofe-obit-2a3ac758737845c0aa2e05ae2036005b\">died<\/a> at the age of 89 following a stroke he reportedly suffered on July 4th. The five-term Senator &#8212; who notoriously described global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels as &#8220;the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people&#8221; &#8212; was instrumental in blocking critical climate reforms in Congress over decades, helping to lead the nation and world into the deadly climate crisis we are now facing. He abused his position of power to spread lies and misinformation about climate science for which our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren (including his own) will now pay the price for decades to come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>After Inhofe repeatedly and falsely warned that America could not survive without fossil fuels, <b>California<\/b> has been steadily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/environment\/much-solar-california-found-unexpected-energy-challenge-rcna160068\">proving otherwise<\/a>. The most populous state in the union has already had nearly 100 days this year when <b>renewable energy<\/b>, largely from solar and wind, has <i>exceeded<\/i> 100% of the state&#8217;s <i>entire<\/i> electricity demand for at least some part of the day. In fact, CA is now producing more solar energy than it is able to use on many days, thanks largely to rooftop solar and a lack of transmission lines and battery storage. It is now producing so much clean renewable energy, in fact, that, so far this year, the state has had to <i>waste<\/i> more than enough renewable energy to power every home in San Francisco <i>for a year<\/i>. Transmission capacity and battery storage is now being furiously added. But, at the same time, the state&#8217;s Public Utilities Commission has enacted wildly controversial new rules for selling back solar energy to the grid from rooftop solar installations via net-metering. We discuss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, as the nation is suffering from the deadly fallout of the record <b>Hurricane Beryl<\/b>, including massive power outages, flooding and record tornadoes from <b>Texas<\/b> to <b>Michigan<\/b>, and suffocates under stifling heat and humidity from <b>the West Coast to the East<\/b>, Desi Doyen joins us for <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15090\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> on all of that and much more, including <b>Republicans in the U.S. House<\/b> spending their time fighting to ensure that appliances like refrigerators and dishwashers cost Americans <i>much more<\/i> than they need to&#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-BidenPolling-OrbanTrump-InflationDown-InhofeDead-SolarCA_071124.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 went to air on today&#8217;s BradCast prior to Joe Biden&#8217;s several-hours-delayed post-NATO Summit press conference, allowing us to catch up on an item or two that we&#8217;ve otherwise been trying to get to all week. 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