'BradCast' 6/6/2019: (Republican 'Socialism' and Other Deadly Hypocrisies)

Published: June 7, 2019, 12:38 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Utah taxpayers and locals have been stuck with the bill for outstanding fines, unpaid taxes and a whole lot of toxic waste after a coal company abandoned its 30-acre coal processing plant -- another example of privatizing the profits and socializing the losses, which the GOP has supported for years when it comes to the long-subsidized dirty fossil fuel industry.\\xa0 The U.N.'s Deputy High Commissioner on human rights blasts the recent spate of anti-abortion laws adopted by GOP-controlled U.S. states as akin to "torture" and "gender-based violence against women." North Carolina's Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed one such law, and the NC's Republican-controlled state legislature failed on Wednesday to override that veto \\u2013 a victory for NC women's reproductive rights thanks to the 2018 'blue wave' election that broke the GOP's gerrymandered, veto-proof majority. Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vows to veto a similar measure in WI. Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott earned new ire from Republicans and Democrats alike after vetoing a widely-supported bill to protect domestic violence victims. In today's Constitutional Crisis and Impeachment News: House Democrats will vote next week to allow committees to bring contempt charges straight to court for Trump Administration officials who defy lawful subpoenas for documents and testimony, without requiring a full House vote first. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly said that she'd prefer to see Trump "in prison," and continued to block her caucus from beginning an official impeachment inquiry. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report', with several new climate proposals from 2020 Democratic hopefuls, Trump's idiotic remarks regarding climate in the UK, and a deadly, early season heat wave broiling India with 120 degrees temperatures..."