'BradCast' 2/1/2017: (Dems must filibuster Trump's stolen U.S. Supreme Court nominee)
b"In 2016, Senate Republicans stole the U.S. Supreme Court by refusing to hold a hearing, much less a vote, on Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland. Now that Donald Trump has announced his own nominee for the stolen seat, Neil Gorsuch, history -- and democracy -- demands that Senate Democrats filibuster any nominee other than Garland, even if it leads (as it will) to the GOP using the 'nuclear option' to do away with the filibuster rule. We explain why it matters on today's show, detailing the GOP's extraordinarily dishonest action and rhetoric on this point, and calling for listeners to demand their U.S. Senators prevent the Court from being further stolen during Trump's chaos Presidency. We also take listener calls from those who both agree and disagree with the strategy.\\xa0 Also today, in very related news, the Trump White House has reportedly ordered the Army Corp of Engineers to allow construction of the final section of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota; Senate Republicans break the rules in order to jam several Trump cabinet nominees through committee; and several Dems join Republicans to confirm ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as the next Secretary of State. Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest 'Green News Report', as Trump and the GOP Congress move with lightning speed to gut decades of environmental regulations, while the state of California pushes back..."