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If you're still clinging to the idea that elections don't matter and the incredibly lazy notion that "there's no difference between the two major parties", today's show may help you re-assess those self-defeating, knee-jerk ideas. First up, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, explains why he believes it would be better to have an accused child molester, Alabama's Republican U.S. Senate nominee, Roy Moore, in the U.S. Senate, than to see the Democratic candidate Doug Jones elected on December 12. His argument today that Moore "totally denies" the charges of sexual improprieties with teenagers as young as 14 (and sourced to more than 30 people) is part of his Administration's desperate attempt to pass their massive tax cuts for the rich, at all costs, through a very slim GOP majority in the U.S. Senate. That majority would get slimmer if Jones is elected, so bring on the pedophiles! We're joined today by SETH HANLON, former Special Assistant to President Obama for Economic Policy, to explain how the GOP's proposed tax scheme is being rushed through the Senate during the holidays in hopes that voters don't notice that it will actually raise taxes for some 82 million middle-income Americans, while keeping permanent tax cuts in place for the wealthy. And, as bad as that sounds, other provisions are even worse and will result in an increase to the federal deficit of $1.5 trillion, the loss of health care coverage for some 13 million Americans, and an immediate $25 billion cut to Medicare, among other nightmares. And, if that doesn't underscore the difference between Republicans who support the scheme and Democrats who virulently oppose it, Trump's Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, announced today that the FCC's 3 to 2 Republican majority will vote to kill landmark Net Neutrality protections instituted during the Obama Administration next month. We explain what that means, and how it is likely to result in higher prices for customers and content providers (like BradBlog.com and 'The BradCast') and slower Internet speeds for sites and customers who don't pay up to Internet provider behemoths like AT&T and Comcast. Also, Trump's DHS announced their intention to deport tens of thousands of Haitians who came to the U.S. legally after the devastating 2010 earthquake, and an Obama-appointed federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump DoJ's\xa0 attempt to withhold federal funding to so-called "sanctuary cities". Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest 'Green News Report', with very cool news for electric vehicle fans and some good news for breathers in Virginia (which, once again, underscores that, yes, elections matter and yes, there is a difference between the two major parties, whether you like it or not). And we've also got some good news for elephants and some bad news for lions in today's report...