Trump Terrified, Biden Building Back Better: 'BradCast' 9/21/2023
Former Prez reportedly fears prison, faces ballot disqualification in MN; Current Prez, echoing FDR, establishes American Climate Corp; Also: Solar popularity soaring with concerns of climate catastrophe...
Posted By Brad Friedman On 21st September 2023 @ 18:10 In BRAD BLOG Media Appearance, U.S. Constitution, Great Britain, United Nations, Accountability, Minnesota, Joe Biden, KPFK, Donald Trump, Oil, Solar energy, Climate change, Extreme weather, BradCast, FDR, Coronavirus/COVID-19, Insurrection, Election 2024, Cassidy Hutchinson, American Conservation Corps | 2 Comments
We begin with some bright news on today's BradCast [1], before following with some new news and some myth-busting about a few feelings we've been sharing of late. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.]
Among the stories covered on today's program...
- Popularity of solar and other renewable energy sources is reportedly [2] soaring across the globe, according to a huge new survey [3], as support for fossil fuels plummets amid our quickly worsening climate crisis.
- The persistence of progressive protesters and environmental advocates demanding a "Green New Deal" continues to pay off as President Biden unveils [4] an Executive Order for creation of the American Climate Corps, echoing [5] FDR's legendary Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
- Despite public displays of confidence and false bravado, privately Donald Trump is reportedly terrified [6] of the possibility of going to prison. He should be. For one, there would be nobody to dye his hair, blow-dry his comb-over or apply his orange bronzer make-up which, according to [7] a new book by former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson, is likely the reason that rightwing supporters of Trump had to also be against wearing life-saving masks during the worst of the COVID crisis, leaving hundreds of thousands of them dead in support of Trump's malignantly narcissistic vanity.
- The Minnesota Supreme Court has set a briefing and argument schedule [PDF] [8] this week on a lawsuit brought by its former Sec. of State and the Constitutional law experts at Free Speech for People [9], seeking Trump's disqualification from the state's primary and general election ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment [10], the "Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause." This matter is likely to move quickly [11], since names on the ballot must be settled by January 2 to be printed and mailed out in time for the state's March 5, Super Tuesday primary. The High Court has set oral argument for November 2.
- As we've been reporting quite a bit on the possibility of Trump's 14.3 disqualification under the "Insurrection Disqualification Clause" in recent weeks (and years!), we take some time today to respond to a number of listener emails on the topic, and respond to several "myths" about the Constitutional clause --- (yes, it applies to Presidents; no, it doesn't require a conviction on insurrection before it can be applied) --- with some help from a helpful Myths and Realities about 14.3 [PDF] [12] document, courtesy of the Constitutional law scholars and experts at the non-profit, non-partisan Free Speech for People.
- Finally, as Desi Doyen reports in our latest Green News Report [13], the nations of the world are grappling with the climate crisis this week at the U.N. General Assembly; The U.K.'s Conservative Party Prime Minister is backing off policies to reduce carbon emissions; Desperate Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis went to an oil field to obnoxiously declare his vows to make things much much worse; While the Biden White House announced another historic initiative to help save the planet...
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[2] reportedly: https://bradblog.comhttps://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/global
-survey-shows-two-thirds-population-favours-solar-power-2023-09-15/
[3] new survey: https://bradblog.comhttps://glocalities.com/reports/harnessingsolarpower
[4] unveils: https://bradblog.comhttps://apnews.com/article/biden-climate-corps-conservation-
green-new-deal-d1ea0e218c8754b90f8446ad57aed689
[5] echoing: https://bradblog.comhttps://hartmannreport.com/p/america-gets-a-civilian-climate
-corps-8fd
[6] reportedly terrified: https://bradblog.comhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trum
p-prison-conviction-trial-1234828231/
[7] according to: https://bradblog.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/20/trump-meadows-
joked-covid-biden-debate-cassidy-hutchinson-book
[8] briefing and argument schedule [PDF]: https://bradblog.comhttps://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/r7QLwhbT
YAjA/v0
[9] Free Speech for People: https://bradblog.comhttps://freespeechforpeople.org
[10] Section 3 of the 14th Amendment: https://bradblog.comhttps://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/sectio
n-3/
[11] likely to move quickly: https://bradblog.comhttps://www.startribune.com/minnesota-supreme-court-to-hear-
arguments-nov-2-in-president-trump-ballot-challenge/600306222/
[12] Myths and Realities about 14.3 [PDF]: https://bradblog.comhttps://freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/m
yths-and-reality-about-14.3-2.pdf
[13] our latest Green News Report: https://bradblog.comhttps://bradblog.com/?p=14789
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