'BradCast' 9/9/2021 (Thanks for the Death Panels, Anti-Vaxxers! Enjoy the health care rationing!)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Good news in the long battle to protect the world's most prolific salmon fishery in Alaska's Bristol Bay from a massive, destructive gold and copper mine. Weekly unemployment claims have dropped to near pre-pandemic lows, directly undercutting Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)'s arguments against President Biden's proposed, landmark $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill. U.S. Justice Department sued Texas to block its new law effectively banning women's constitutional right to an abortion, proving that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland can act swiftly when he wants to. Remember in 2009, when Republicans and Fox 'News' instructed the GOP base to be outraged about bogus 'death panels' that were never actually part of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)? Today, Idaho hospitals are so overwhelmed with the surge of unvaccinated COVID patients that state officials have been forced to implement 'crisis standards of care', literally rationing health care and medical interventions only for those with the highest chances of survival. Rates of COVID infections, hospitalizations and deaths are 2-3 times higher this Labor Day than they were last year during Labor Day 2020, with rates skyrocketing among U.S. children. A Florida judge has temporarily blocked Gov. Ron DeSantis' appalling authoritarian attempt to ban mask mandates and punish school districts who defy him. President Biden announced new federal directives to curb the deadly pandemic by mandating vaccination or regular testing for as many as 100 million workers. The Los Angeles school district voted to require COVID vaccines for all children ages 12 and up. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"