'BradCast' 2/3/2020 (Impeachment, Iowa, and America's Last Firewall)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 After Friday's shameful vote in the U.S. Senate, with only two Republican Senators courageous enough call for new witnesses and documents in the Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump, we now have just one firewall left against the slide into full authoritarianism: the November 2020 election. With a Republican Senate more than happy to blatantly rig an impeachment "trial" against a Republican President, and a Justice Department unlawfully participating in Trump's obstruction,\xa0 the only American firewall left against the collapse of representative democracy as we've known it in this nation is your vote -- and the vote of every eligible citizen you know.\xa0 Investigative journalist Kurt Eichenwald has a chilling warning as to why "we are in an extremely terrifying moment in American history." Also today:\xa0 The Des Moines Register canceled its final poll before the Iowa caucuses due to a procedural error. Millions of Vote-by-Mail ballots are now on their way to California votes for the March 3rd Super Tuesday primary. We explain the complicated procedures in California that are (sadly) necessary to vote in party primaries, and explain steps all voters can take to ensure they vote on a hand-marked paper ballot to maximize the odds of their vote actually being counted as cast.\xa0 Those steps included requesting a hand-marked paper Vote-by-Mail ballot, then delivering it in person to the polling place or County headquarters on Election Day or as close to it as possible (check with your local jurisdiction first). Share good information far and wide, and help your friends and neighbors to register, to vote, and to help spread the word to others.\xa0 Callers weigh in on all of the above...