'BradCast' 9/8/2020 (Guest: Will Goodwin of VoteVets on Trump's attack on fallen military members)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Record-breaking heat in California is fueling raging wildfires across the state, with an historic 2 million acres burned just since mid-August, with peak fire season just beginning.\xa0 Few corporate media outlets are connecting the dots between extreme weather disasters and man-made climate change. Early voting has begun in some states in the crucial 2020 election. A ransomware attack forced Hartford, CT to cancel its first day of virtual classes today, similar to a wave of ransomware attacks that crippled Miami-Dade's public school system last week. It's a disturbing warning for counties that foolishly rely on computer networks and the internet to run the November 3 general election, as a ransomware attack before or on Election Day would be devastating. The Justice Department was forced to admit U.S. Attorney General Barr promoted falsehoods when he denigrated the security of vote-by-mail. U.S. Army veteran WILL GOODWIN of VoteVets.org discusses the blockbuster report in The Atlantic \u2013since confirmed by multiple major news outlets, including Fox 'News' \u2013 that Donald Trump has repeatedly disparaged members of the military, including those were killed or captured, as 'losers' and 'suckers'. Goodwin shares his response to the reported insults by the Commander-in-Chief, the numerous ways in which Trump has failed the nation's security and standing on the world stage, and what effect the new revelations may have on the votes cast by active duty troops this year.\xa0 Also today:\xa0 a sad farewell to progressive activist and attorney Kevin Zeese, who passed unexpectedly over the weekend. A tireless fighter for universal healthcare, fair elections, racial and economic justice and peace, Kevin's fight for a better and more just world will, and must, continue...