'BradCast' 8/18/2022 (Electric Trucks; Election Recounts; Weisselberg 'Guilty'; Mar-a-Lago Affidavit)

Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 2:24 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 In the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act's passage containing historic climate investments, new data shows big economic advantages for companies that transition their fleets to all-electric vehicles. Dept. of Energy analysis confirms the I.R.A. law will reduce U.S. climate-warming emissions roughly 40 percent by 2030, and finds that any emissions increase due to fossil fuel industry concessions will be overwhelmingly offset by carbon reductions implemented via the law. House Republicans called climate change a hoax in voting against the bill. To achieve additional climate policies, voters must elect more Democrats to Congress in November. In Wyoming, a Republican 2020 election denier is set to win Secretary of State because no Democrat ran for the job. Election deniers have won GOP nominations for chief election official in five swing states. In Alabama, anti-abortion opponents paid for a full hand recount to confirm that voters really did reject their abortion ban referendum - - recounts are a good thing to counter efforts by Trump/Republicans to undermine the public's confidence in elections. Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty to 15 state criminal tax fraud charges, and will serve five months in prison, pay millions in fines, and testify truthfully against the Trump Organization in an upcoming trial. The Justice Department objected, on national security grounds, to a Florida magistrate judge unsealing a redacted version of the affidavit used to obtain an FBI search warrant for documents that Trump stole from the White House. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"