'BradCast' 12/14/2017: (Guest: Sue Wilson of Media Action Center)

Published: Dec. 15, 2017, 1:43 a.m.

b"As expected on Thursday, Donald Trump's Republican-led Federal Communications Commission (FCC), voted along party lines 3 to 2 to kill 'Net Neutrality' rules for Internet Service Providers -- rules that had long prevented ISP's from blocking or slowing down certain websites or apps, or charging more for access to them. Longtime media reform activist SUE WILSON joins us today and describes the latest actions by the FCC as little more than a move toward the end of free speech on the Internet. Also today: Huge corporations enjoying record profits continue to merge, even as Trump and the Congressional GOP push to give them huge tax breaks -- at the expense of the poor and middle class. Three of Trump's wildly inappropriate nominees for the EPA and lifetime judgeship appointments have withdrawn their names. Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest 'Green News Report', with an update on the record Southern California wildfires, more bad news about the Arctic, some good news for Tesla, and a worldwide embarrassment for the United States..."