'BradCast' 2/23/2022 (Guest: John Judis with a 'Dissenting View of US Policy toward Russia')
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Ukraine declared a national state of emergency as Russian troops were reportedly ready to launch an invasion, and the international community pressed for a peaceful, diplomatic solution. New poll finds majority of Americans support the US taking only a 'minor' role in the conflict. In Ohio, the Republican majority on a state redistricting committee has abandoned trying to draw legislative and House districts that don't violate the Ohio constitution's requirement for fair maps. The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court has adopted fair maps supported by voting rights advocates, but it still faces a GOP lawsuit in federal court. JOHN JUDIS, author and Editor-at-Large for Talking Points Memo, explains his latest article, 'A Dissenting View of US Policy toward Russia.' In a wide-ranging conversation, Judis offers a history lesson of sorts on how the dangerous mess in Ukraine actually began back in the '80s and '90s, tying it into a number of similar U.S. foreign policy failures in recent decades that were grounded in the misguided neo-liberal theory that 'as you become more capitalist, you become more democratic,' Putin's 'designs on expansion', why the U.S. has consistently failed to play the 'long ball' game in foreign policy, and much more.\xa0 Also today:\xa0 the two lead prosecutors have abruptly resigned in the Manhattan D.A.'s criminal investigation into allegations of bank, tax and insurance fraud schemes by Donald Trump and his company, raising questions about whether the probe will continue to move forward.