'BradCast' 1/9/2023 (McCarthy's Concessions as New Congress Begins With Attacks on Democracy)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Mandatory evacuations are underway in parts of California inundated by extreme flooding from an ongoing series of atmospheric rivers pummeling the drought-stricken state. In Brazil, thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in a January 6-MAGA-style attempted coup. In the U.S. House on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy made massive concessions to extreme rightwing Republicans to allow him to win the House Speakership. We discuss several of his concessions, and what they are likely to mean for the country going forward, with the nation's debt ceiling and more hanging in the balance. Republicans vow to use their razor-thin majority to investigate Joe Biden's family and other evidence-free claims mis-reported by rightwing media, including the 'Twitter Files.' Republicans allegedly involved in the planning of the Jan. 6 insurrection want control of high-profile congressional committees in order to investigate the federal investigators probing the insurrection and Donald Trump's many crimes. In Georgia, a special grand jury has completed its probe of Trump's attempts to steal the 2020 election. Michigan's attorney general is re-opening an investigation into the fake electors scheme to steal the 2020 election. Callers weigh in on all of the above.