'BradCast' 6/19/2024 (Guest: LA Times' Michael Hiltzik debunks industry attacks on CA's minimum wage increase)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 As extreme heat broils much of the U.S., two major climate-intensified weather events are wreaking havoc - - the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical storm Alberto, is unleashing extensive flooding in Texas, as two deadly wildfires menace Ruidoso, New Mexico. Far-right congressman in Virginia could be ousted by an even farther-right challenger in a razor-thin primary race. Louisiana's rightwing Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed a flagrantly unconstitutional law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public classroom. LA Times business columnist MICHAEL HILTZIK debunks blatant industry lies attacking California's new state law increasing the minimum wage for fast food workers at major companies to $20/hr. Hiltzik explains the outright false and misleading data deployed by restaurant industry lobbyists and Rupert Murdoch-owned rightwing media outlets to mislead the public about the economic impacts of paying workers a living wage.