'BradCast' 5/17/2023 (Guest: Ernest A. Canning on U.S. avoiding default; Election results from FL, KY, PA)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 The reported results from a number of key state and local elections on Tuesday delivered some promising results for Democrats (again) and some embarrassment for Florida Governor and hapless GOP Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis. In Jacksonville, FL, voters chose Democrat Donna Deegan to be their first female mayor, rejecting DeSantis' endorsed GOP candidate. In Kentucky's GOP gubernatorial primary, DeSantis' endorsed candidate lost to a Trump-backed candidate to face incumbent Democratic Governor Andy Beshear in November. In Philadelphia, moderate Democrat Cherelle Parker won the Democratic primary and will likely become the city's first female mayor. Democrats also held on to their critical one-vote majority in the PA statehouse. President Biden on Wednesday will cut short an overseas trip to negotiate a possible deal to prevent the GOP from forcing the federal government into default for the first time in history. But does Biden really have to play along with far-right Republicans hell-bent on holding the nation and world economy hostage to their pretend concerns about spending and debt? BRAD BLOG legal analyst ERNEST A. CANNING explains the legal underpinnings of a simple but bold solution that Biden can use to prevent economic disaster. Also today:\xa0 The grotesque sexual assault lawsuit filed against Rudy Giuliani by a former employee reveals that Donald Trump and Giuliani plotted back in 2019 to claim that the 2020 election was 'stolen.'