'BradCast' 8/10/2021 (Elections and Governors Matter; Infrastructure bill clears Senate)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Today's show focuses on one theme: 'elections matter.' The resignation of New York's Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid a sexual harassment investigation elevates Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul as the state's first female governor. The US Senate finally approved a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, but there's a long road ahead to final passage, including an eventual vote in the House and an agreement among Dems on the much larger $3.5 trillion, Dems-only budget reconciliation package paired to go with it.\xa0 The COVID surge is crushing hospital capacity in GOP-controlled states despite the easy availability of free, safe, effective vaccines. School district superintendents in Texas and Florida are defying authoritarian directives from their Republican governors that prohibit schools from requiring masks for staff and children (who, under age 12, cannot get vaccinated). Florida's GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to withhold salaries of school district officials who implement mask mandates to protect unvaccinated children. Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed new voting restrictions passed by the state's GOP-controlled legislature. Dominion Voting Systems filed three more defamation lawsuits against wingnut news outlets Newsmax and One America News Network (OANN), as well as Trump MAGA billionaire Patrick Byrne. CNN demolishes the zany, absurd election fraud claims of the MyPillow guy, Mike Lindell. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'