'BradCast' 8/25/2020 (Republican National 'Nightmare' Day 1; Courts saving the republic)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Day 1 of the bizarre dystopian nightmare otherwise known as Donald Trump's Republican National Convention featured speakers who sounded as if their remarks were either written by the same person or simply ripped straight off of Fox "News." The first night featured an unending stream of falsehoods and propaganda, including so many dangerous lies about Trump's mishandling of the COVID crisis that MSNBC had to break in with an infectious disease specialist for some serious fact-checking. As ridiculous as the evening was \u2013 with a few accused felons, a seemingly stoned Don Jr., and his apparently insane former Fox "News" host girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle \u2013 we determined that ridicule was the best way to cover it, and turn to late night host Stephen Colbert for some assistance. Also today:\xa0 Hurricane Laura is aiming for the Texas-Louisiana border, likely as a powerful Category 3 storm, during a pandemic. A Florida judge puts the brakes on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' demand that all public schools must open for in-person instruction regardless of local coronavirus conditions.\xa0 A Trump-appointed federal judge forced the Trump Campaign and Republican Party to make fools of themselves in Pennsylvania, where they are suing to prevent the use of secure absentee ballot drop-boxes \u2013 the Republicans were unable to present any evidence, as demanded by the judge, to support their claim that secure drop-boxes would increase voter fraud. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'