'BradCast' 7/12/2018 (Trump's 'Fine-Tuned Machine')
b"Let's join the President and pretend that he's been victorious once again! Or, let's discuss the reality of the havoc being wrought by Trump and the Republican Party, as they go even farther off the deep end and try to take everybody else with them. Countering the madness with actual, verifiable facts on today's broadcast,: Trump creates chaos at the NATO summit in Brussels, making ridiculous demands that lead to an emergency meeting of our allies, and then declares he's fixed it all. He hasn't -- we offer a fact-check on Trump's actual claims and the realities behind them. Back at home, chaos breaks out at an insane U.S. House hearing during testimony by top FBI counter-intelligence official Peter Strzok, whose private text messages are being falsely used by Trump, the GOP and rightwing media to pretend that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is a "deep state" plot by the FBI to prevent Trump from being elected (except he WAS elected). In remarkable audio from the hearing, Strzok strikes back and helps expose the Republican House witch hunt against the Special Counsel for what it is. Speaking of reality: new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that the Trump/GOP tax cuts from last December have actually resulted in lower wages for the "forgotten men and women" of the middle-class, but boosted record profits for corporations and the wealthy. Listeners respond to our coverage of Democrats' (so far) tepid plan to block confirmation of Trump's SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Desi Doyen joins us for the latest 'Green News Report' with more on the existential threat that Kavanaugh's appointment poses to the environment, an oil company CEO calls to speed up the transition to electric vehicles, and how \\u2018poo power' might help us save ourselves..."