'BradCast' 1/3/2017: (Ethics, Oversight and Watching the Watchdogs)
b"Brad (and Desi) are back after the holiday break, and just in time for the GOP's attempt to break the U.S. House even further with a late-night move that would have gutted the independent Office of Congressional Ethics in the new Congress.\\xa0 The watchdog office was formed by Democrats after the massive Jack Abramoff influence-peddling and bribery scandals of the George W Bush era. Republicans were forced to reverse their plans to hobble the OCE due to public outrage expressed through phone calls to Congress. Nonetheless, Donald Trump is being credited by the corporate media for the reversal, despite no evidence that he actually opposed the move. At the same time, as NBC News guts their own news reporting, they've announced today they are hiring Fox 'News' star Megyn Kelly for untold millions. And, in Wisconsin, the agency responsible for environmental protection has solved Climate Change...by simply changing their website to pretend it no longer exists. All of that and more on today's 'BradCast'!..."