'BradCast' 7/30/2021 (Guest: Brynn Tannehill, author of 'American Fascism')
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Blockbuster new reporting reveals that in December 2020, Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to make the false, unprecedented public declaration that the 2020 election was 'corrupt', even though there was no evidence to support such a claim, and that he and Republicans 'would take care of the rest.' The acting AG's staff refused, but documented Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election and handed it over to Congress. While Trump's pathetic attempt to stay in power failed, that may not be the case in the near future.\\xa0 A growing chorus of respected scholars, pundits, former Republicans, and many more are sounding the alarm that the Republican Right is becoming more and more autocratic and fascistic in advance of the 2022 mid-terms, warning that the 'Pro-Democracy coalition is sleep walking' into the 2022 election and 'the stakes couldn't be higher.' U.S. Navy veteran and national security expert BRYNN TANNEHILL, author of the chilling, insightful new book, 'American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy,' expands upon that dire wake-up call. Tannehill explains the history and rise of competitive autocracy around the world (when one party wins an election and then changes the rules so they can never be removed from power) and how the Republican Party has evolved to embrace every more authoritarian, fascistic, and autocratic ideals, as GOP-controlled states even now are changing the rules of elections before the 2022 and 2024 elections. Tannehill also offers concrete actions that every voter can take to protect and defend our democracy. Also today:\\xa0 The Justice Department enforced federal law, ordering the IRS to turn Trump's tax returns over to congressional investigators."