'BradCast' 8/6/2018: (Guest: Columnist, broadcaster Richard 'R.J.' Eskow)
Amid ongoing attacks on the free press by the President of the United States calling the media \u201cdangerous' and "the Enemy of the People," on Sunday a masked gunman opened fire inside of WORT-FM, a Pacifica Radio Network affiliate in Madison, WI. A radio host was injured, the gunman is still on the loose, and we don't yet know the gunman's motive, but the incident offers another stark reminder of the danger of Trump's attacks. More and more mainstream corporate media folks are receiving death threats as well, leading one NYT columnist to warn, \u201cwe are approaching a day when blood on the newsroom floor will be blood on the President's hands."\xa0 Please consider supporting the progressive media outlets -- many of them community stations run by volunteers -- who enable you to hear 'The BradCast' and much more every day. Also: Four major cities file suit against the Trump Administration for failing to \u201cfaithfully execute\u201d the laws of the land by unlawfully undermining and attempting to "sabotage" the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Then former insurance industry executive, now progressive columnist and broadcaster, Richard Eskow explains how the corporate media grossly misreported a new analysis, funded by the billionaire Koch Brothers, that shows the popular idea of single-payer, universal, "Medicare-for-All" health care would actually save Americans $2 trillion a year over what they already spend on healthcare. Eskow rebuts the Koch-funded group's attempt to hoax the American people, how such a system would work, and how -- and whether -- progressive voters should continue to push the Democratic Party to be more in line with its voters.