'BradCast' 2/3/2022 (Our never-ending stories: 'War on Terror'; COVID; Gerrymandering; Climate Crisis)

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 3:04 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0\\xa0 The Never-Ending 'Global War on Terror' continues, with new details on a US military operation in Syria that President Biden said led to the deaths of the latest leader of ISIS and more than a dozen others, including children. In the Never-Ending Coronavirus pandemic, infections rates of the Omicron variant are now falling in most states, but deaths are still rising, averaging about 2,600 per day, with hospitals still overwhelmed. The unvaccinated are now 60 times more likely to die from COVID than the fully vaccinated. In the Never-Ending Assault on Democracy, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will step in to ensure new, fair redistricting maps for voters instead of maps drawn by its heavily-gerrymandered GOP-controlled state legislature. There's the Never-Ending Madness of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy: the EPA is working to put the brakes on an insane boondoggle of plan by the corrupt DeJoy to purchase 165,000 polluting, gas-guzzling delivery trucks instead of moving to an all-electric fleet. EPA found USPS's required environmental analysis to be wildly flawed, underscored by new reporting exposing DeJoy's misleading claims about the $11 billion contract. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report' with more news on our Never-Ending Climate Crisis, but some good environmental news, as well..."