'BradCast' 3/1/2022 ('Denazification'? Russian bombs fall on Ukrainian Holocaust Memorial site)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 The madness of Putin's war on Ukraine continues today, as some Republicans here at home seem to be rooting both for him and against democracy itself.\xa0\xa0 We begin with coverage of the latest noteworthy news out of Russia/Ukraine, along with a few warnings about propaganda from all sides and the potential for erroneous reports amid the fog of war.\xa0 Nearly 700,000 refugees have reportedly fled the country, with tens of thousands still trying to get out. Russian bombs fell on Babi Yar, a Holocaust memorial site in Kyiv where some 34,000 Ukrainians were slaughtered by Nazis in two days in 1941 - - a bizarre twist to Putin's false, offensive claims that he is focused on "de-Nazification" of Ukraine.\xa0 The Russian-owned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is on the verge of bankruptcy. International Energy Agency members will release millions of barrels of oil from their strategic reserves to ease soaring energy prices - - but accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels entirely would be better to end the control of petro-state dictators. The Republican Party has lost its way - - far-right GOP House members appeared at a white nationalist rally, receiving no pushback from Republican House leadership. Texas held the first primary of the 2022 midterm today, the first election under the GOP-controlled state legislature's new voting restrictions that have resulted in nearly 30 percent of absentee ballots being rejected in the state's most populous counties. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'