'BradCast' 8/17/2017 (Guest: Aniqa Raihan of the Institute for Policy Studies)
b"First, breaking news on Thursday's terror attack in Barcelona. Then new evidence, via Steve Bannon (of all people), that at least some inside the White House understand "there's no military solution" for North Korea, despite President Trump's dangerous militaristic posturing over the past two weeks. We then cover a number of free speech issues regarding last weekend's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville and those protesting against them; a wildly intrusive warrant from the Department of Justice demanding personal information on some 1.3 million Americans who visited an anti-Trump website; and a bill working its way through Congress that would seem to support a wildly unconstitutional ban on the free speech of those wishing to peacefully protest the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. We're joined by Aniqa Raihan of the Institute for Policy Studies to discuss her article, published at The Nation and at Foreign Policy in Focus, detailing the proposed "Israel Anti-Boycott Act", currently co-sponsored by nearly 50 Republican and Democratic U.S. Senators, which would assess harsh financial penalties and even jail time for Americans who boycott Israeli-owned business and companies that do business with them. The legislation, on its face, appears to be in direct contrast with a unanimous 1982 U.S. Supreme Court opinion finding that penalties assessed against Mississippi civil rights advocates in response to a 1960's boycott of white-owned businesses was an unconstitutional violation of political free speech. We discuss that and the origins and controversy behind the new proposal with Raihan. Finally, back to Charlottesville, as yet another Fox 'News' personality breaks down in tears on air in response to the controversy and related racial issues.\\xa0 Is the original fake news channel finally being to crack under the stress of the wildly unfit and arguably racist President that they created?..."