'BradCast' 8/18/2016: (ACLU's Carl Takei on U.S. DoJ announcement to 'end' the private federal prison system; Also: GOP 'civil war' v. reality)
b"The U.S. Department of Justice makes a remarkable announcement today: They are calling for the private federal prison system to be shut down after finding they do not provide same level of service, 'do not save substantially on costs' and 'do not maintain the same level of safety and security' as government run prisons do. Carl Takei, staff attorney for ACLU's National Prison Project joins us to explain this surprisingly good news, after his organization and others have spent years taking on the private prison industry. Next, we look at how the coming and/or current GOP civil war is shaping up - not as a battle of ideas, but as a fight over whose false version of 'reality' will win out. Then Desi Doyen joins us for the latest 'Green News Report', with 'some news that blows'. And, finally, the NYC Parks Department's hilariously short response to the erection of naked Donald Trump statues around the city..."