BradCast 5/7/2015 (Broken Political Machines and How to Fix Them with Perry Dorrell and Ernest A. Canning)

Published: May 7, 2015, 10:31 p.m.

Brad covers today's 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, finding that the NSA's mass surveillance of US citizens under the Patriot Act is, in fact, illegal and new arrests of top elected officials in NY state.\xa0 Then we're joined by Texas blogger Perry Dorrell on the 'Ace in the Hole (and on the bench)' in the criminal felony trial of former TX Gov. and presumptive 2016 GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry; Legal analyst Ernest A. Canning on 'the democracy deficit' and Bernie Sanders' run for the 2016 Dem nomination. Plus Desi Doyen and a very busy 'Green News Report' on the progressive takeover in Alberta, Canada, and Elon Musk's huge new announcement...