'BradCast' 12/12/2019 ('The President is the Smoking Gun')
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 The House Judiciary Committee's debate over Articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump continues, even as the first ballots for the 2020 elections are set to be mailed out in just weeks. The two-day markup of the Democrats' two Articles of Impeachment continued into Thursday, with House Democrats warning about Trump's ongoing efforts to undermine American democracy, and Republicans delivering a barrage of provably false claims, blatantly misleading information, and out-and-out lies \u2013 like claiming that "Abuse of Power" and "Obstruction of Congress" are not high crimes and misdemeanors despite being included as Articles of Impeachment against Pres. Richard Nixon. Major newspapers finally jump in to call for Trump's impeachment. Also today: House Democrats handed Trump a victory with new compromise legislation, including Trump's creation of a new military branch, "Space Force," in exchange for expanded paid parental leave for federal workers. The first ballots of the 2020 Presidential Primaries are set to be mailed on Dec. 28 for military and overseas voters participating in New Hampshire's February 11 primary. Voters in more than a dozen states in the Super Tuesday primaries on March 3rd will begin receiving Vote-by-Mail ballots starting January 18 \u2013 all before the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. Yet many jurisdictions around the country are still gambling on faulty new electronic voting systems instead of safe, verifiable, hand-marked paper ballot systems, despite recent failures of brand-new touchscreen systems in municipal elections in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina. In St. Louis County, a brand new, verifiable, hand-marked paper ballot system last month worked with no complications and saved taxpayers some $3 million in costs. Plus Desi Doyen has both good news and bad in our latest 'Green News Report'...