'BradCast' 6/24/2016 (Brexit: If it could happen there...)

Published: June 25, 2016, midnight

The successful passage of Britain's EU 'Brexit' Referendum is shaking world markets and politics on Friday. Is the rise of nationalism and anti-immigration sentiment in the UK an omen for the U.S. election this fall? Donald Trump certainly hopes so, as he's changed his position on European unity from just three years ago, when he was for it, to today, when he's apparently against it now that's he's running for president. On today's show we discuss a number of things that Americans can and should learn from both the politics of the Brexit vote and the way the election was carried out. Meanwhile, back here across the pond, the fight to count votes from the June 7th primary in California continues, and the fight to keep (certain) voters from voting at all continues as well in a federal courtroom in North Carolina and in the great state of Texas, where so-called 'conservatives' have spent millions defending their illegal, unconstitutional voting restriction. (Texit, anyone?) Finally, we look at new details from the illegal purge of voters in Brooklyn, which came to light after the NY state primary in April. Were Sanders voters purged at a higher rate than Clinton voters, as Sanders supporters have been charging? We look at some of the actual evidence that is now in. Plus: Death toll rising along with flood waters in West Virginia and China; And Bluegrass fans lose a legend...