'BradCast' 2/8/2021 (Guest: Attorney Ernest A. Canning on Dems' critical H.R.1 bill)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Fox 'News' fired anchor Lou Dobbs in the wake of a voting machine company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against the rightwing propaganda network for airing false claims that the company was somehow involved in 'stealing' the 2020 election. We debunk Donald Trump's impeachment trial defense attorneys' false claims that the trial is unconstitutional (it isn't), and their absurd assertions that Trump was simply exercising his free speech rights when he incited his MAGA Mob to 'fight like hell' moments before they launched their deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. Georgia's Sec. of State has opened an investigation into Trump's attempts to pressure state officials to steal the election for him. GOP-controlled state legislatures across the country have launched a predictable wave of\\xa0 new voter suppression, moving swiftly to implement hundreds of new voting restrictions.\\xa0 But Congressional Democrats have introduced an antidote. Attorney ERNEST A. CANNING discusses his recent, deep-dive analysis of the Democrats' H.R.1. bill, the 'For the People Act,' which provides a LOT of long-overdue reforms for voting and fair elections - from automatic voter registration, to expanded secure vote-by-mail, to ending voter roll purges and partisan gerrymandering, and much, much more. Also today:\\xa0 another Republican congressman has died from complications caused by COVID-19.\\xa0 Republican U.S. Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama says he will not run for re-election, the fourth incumbent Senate Republican to bow out rather than run in the 2022 midterms..."