'BradCast' 7/19/2023 (Guest: Thomas Frank on climate denial and Florida's collapsing insurance market)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 House Republicans are pretending they are not climate crisis deniers anymore. Their ridiculous new plan is to vastly increase domestic production of fossil fuels responsible for global heating while also planting a lot of trees. Meanwhile, far-right MAGA Republicans are still claiming climate change 'doesn't exist.'\\xa0 Extended, extreme heat waves engulfing much of the Northern Hemisphere are shattering records and broiling tourist attractions with no end in sight. In the U.S., homeowner insurance premiums are rising due to the global-warming fueled increase in extreme weather disasters. But in Florida, insurance companies are exiting the state entirely, leaving many homeowners unable to afford or obtain insurance in the middle of hurricane season. New policies implemented by the Republican-controlled state legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis to stabilize the state's insurance markets have failed to curb the exodus.\\xa0 THOMAS FRANK, climate impacts reporter for E&E News, explains how the insurance crisis unfolded in Florida, why new policies haven't brought insurers back, how different U.S. states are addressing the insurance affordability crisis while grappling with more frequent, costly extreme weather disasters, and much more. Also today: Another humiliating court loss for disgraced former President Trump after a federal judge rejected his attempt to move his New York State 'hush money' criminal trial to a federal court."