'BradCast' 8/18/2020 (The Right to Vote; Highlights from DNC Day 1)

Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 12:55 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Today marks the 100th anniversary of the day women won the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment on August 18th, 1920. Speaker Pelosi calls the U.S. House back into special session to block efforts by Trump megadonor and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to gut the Postal Service before the November election. Facing lawsuits from more than 20 states, DeJoy pledged to pause his new mandates that have slowed mail delivery. The Republican-led U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee released a damning confirming the Trump Campaign's cooperation with Russia on its interference in the 2016 election, including the revelation that Trump lied under oath in written answers to Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Former DHS Chief of Staff Miles Taylor reveals he resigned because of Trump's 'terrifying' incompetence, unlawful orders, and attempts to exploit DHS for his own personal benefit. The first night of the virtual DNC Convention rolled out with a new format due to coronavirus concerns \\u2013 creating a "convention" without the actual convention part. High-profile Republicans spoke in support of Joe Biden on the Dems' opening night. We share extended excerpts of the compelling, heartfelt addresses from Kristin Urquiza, whose Trump-supporting father believed the coronavirus to be a hoax until we was killed by it; former Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders' making the progressive case for his endorsement of Biden; and former First Lady Michelle Obama, detailing Trump's failures and the necessity of why progressives, Democrats, the country and the planet cannot endure four more years under the most inept, corrupt, dishonest President in the history of the country. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"