'BradCast' 12/7/2017 (Guest: Gaius Publius of 'Down With Tyranny')
b"Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) announced today that he plans to resign "in the coming weeks", after fellow Democrats called for him to step down in the wake of several allegations of sexual misconduct. Franken noted "some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate [in Alabama] with the full support of his [Republican] party," and expressed confidence he would have been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Senate Ethics Committee, but will now step aside before that probe begins. Did Democrats fall for another right-wing trap in pushing Franken out? It wouldn't be the first time. Pseudonymous blogger GAIUS PUBLIUS discusses whether Democrats are falling, yet again, into the Republicans' "deficit trap" when it comes to federal spending on social programs. Australia's parliament voted to adopt marriage equality. A Charleston, SC cop who killed an unarmed black man gets 20 years. Another school shooting, this time in NM.\\xa0 Plus Desi Doyen with the latest 'Green News Report,' as wildfires continue to rage near us here in Los Angeles."