'BradCast' 7/28/2017: (The Long ObamaCare Repeal Con Comes to a Dramatic End...For Now)

Published: July 29, 2017, 12:18 a.m.

b"An insane week in D.C. ends with a dramatic flourish (or two).\\xa0 Unprecedented chaos besetting U.S. Senate Republicans over the past week, as their 7-year quest to kill the Affordable Care Act came to a suspenseful and dramatic close on Thursday night/Friday morning -- with the ailing Sen. John McCain joining Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to defeat the last of the GOP proposals drafted in haste in hopes of repealing ObamaCare. At least for now. And an insane, profanity-filled tirade of a phone call to a reporter by Donald Trump's new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci results not in his firing of but with the firing of Trump's Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. In the meantime, while Democrats were successful in their efforts to save health care coverage for tens of millions of Americans, their efforts to prevent the use of vaping devices (which might otherwise help save the lives of half a million American smokers each year), suffers as the FDA delays restrictions on e-cigarettes and yet another new scientific study finds vaping is one of the most effective ways to help smokers quit. Finally, speaking of science deniers, our latest 'Green News Report' with Desi Doyen details the U.S. Coast Guard's plans to prepare for six feet of sea level rise, while the GOP chair of the U.S. House Science Committee argues that climate change will be 'beneficial'. But, never fear, we've got quite a bit of good news in today's GNR as well!..."