'BradCast' 7/25/2018 (Guest: Legal analyst Ernest A. Canning)

Published: July 26, 2018, 12:54 a.m.

Donald Trump's interest in reality seems to be slipping more and more each day:\xa0 he said at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) annual convention in Kansas City, "What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening." Got it? Meanwhile, the Administration has quietly conceded they were wrong in claiming that last year's massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy would increase revenue:\xa0 corporate tax revenue plunged to its lowest level since such data was first tracked beginning in the 1940s, proving once again that tax cuts don't \u201cpay for themselves.\u201d Deficits are now set to rise above $1 trillion every year for the foreseeable future, and are even worse than real, independent economists had predicted at the time. The White House's unprecedented threat to politicize former intelligence officials' security clearances in retaliation against his critics could be another of many impeachable offenses by this President. But does his behavior and statements regarding the investigation into Russia's alleged cyber-attacks and other interference in the 2016 Presidential election really rise to "treason"? BRAD BLOG legal analyst ERNEST A. CANNING joins us to discuss the Constitutional definition of "treason" and whether the charge could apply to Trump given that we are not -- at least officially -- "at war" with Russia.\xa0 Canning also reports on two very encouraging voting rights court rulings handed down today in Florida and Iowa, in advance of the crucial 2018 midterm elections.\xa0 Speaking of reality, on Tuesday the Kremlin pointedly declined Trump's invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit to Washington D.C. this fall for a second summit, but it was misreported by some in the media and \u2013 naturally -- the White House pretended it was their decision, rather than Russia's...