'BradCast' 3/1/2023 (Guest: The American Prospect's David Dayen on SCOTUS student loan debt forgiveness)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 We've arrived at the point where the stolen and packed rightwing U.S. Supreme Court is barely bothering with trying to hide their corruption. DAVID DAYEN, progressive financial journalist, author and Executive Editor of The American Prospect, discusses Tuesday's oral arguments at SCOTUS on two different challenges -- both largely absurd -- to President Biden's student loan debt forgiveness program.\\xa0 Despite the clear text of a law granting the legal authority to implement the program, the rightwing supermajority seemed to be searching very hard for reasons to block it. Dayen also explains the Court's decision to hear a case challenging a 'deeply radical' ruling by the rightwing Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declaring the funding mechanism for the crucial Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) as unconstitutional, with far-reaching implications for Social Security, Medicare, the FDA, and many other major programs. Also today: Chicago's first black female mayor, Lori Lightfoot, reportedly failed in her re-election bid, so a progressive leader backed by teachers' unions will face off against a 'tough on crime' conservative candidate in the April 2023 runoff. Plus: comedian Hasan Minhaj offers hilarious advice to older folks angry that some student loan borrowers might receive a bit of debt relief."