'BradCast' 10/12/2021 ('Insurrectionists in Suits and Ties' and Their 'Relentless Assault on the Truth')

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 2:08 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 New polls show Biden's Build Back Better Act is wildly popular once the corporate media actually inform the public about what is in it. MSNBC's Medhi Hasan details much of the act in 60 seconds. Democrats must pass the paid-for Build Back Better Act and the smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill very soon if they are going to be able to deliver real results and improvements for working families in time to have ANY chance at holding off the surge of authoritarianism that has overtaken the Republican Party in next year's 2022 midterm elections. Top Republicans like Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) are still shamefully lying about the 2020 election and refusing to acknowledge that Joe Biden won fair and square. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) says that GOP leadership knows Trump legitimately lost the election, but they are still supporting Trump/GOP lies and the state assault on democracy in advance of the 2022 and 2024 elections. Republican columnist Max Boot warns that the Republican Party now poses a threat to democracy itself, and calls on Republicans to vote exclusively for Democrats 'until the GOP ceases to pose an existential threat to our freedom.' Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott issues a government mandate banning government mandates. Texas candidate Allen West continues to lie about COVID vaccines even as he is hospitalized with COVID. Also today:\\xa0 Rev. Lennox Yearwood lays out the high stakes in the fight to ensure climate provisions remain in the Build Back Better Act.\\xa0 NASA is launching a rocket to knock an asteroid off its orbit as a test for future 'planetary defense'. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"