The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

'BradCast' 5/31/2021 (Encore: Adam Green of Progressive Change Campaign Committee)

06.01.2021 - By Brad FriedmanPlay

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Encore: Original air-date 5-21-2021On today's 'BradCast': Is Trump World about to flip? Allen Weisselberg, longtime top executive at the Trump Organization, is now facing his own criminal tax-related probe, and his former daughter-in-law, who has been cooperating with state investigators, believes Weisselberg will flip on Trump to save himself. Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen believes Trump will flip on everyone else, even his own kids, if necessary to save himself. In Congress, Republicans have laid bare their intent to obstruct with bad faith negotiations, reneging at the last minute on a deal for a bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission. They are now pretending to be interested in reaching a bipartisan agreement on Biden's crucial infrastructure proposal. We've seen this movie before, when Democrats wasted months 'negotiating' Obamacare and allowing Republicans to extract concessions and water down the bill for a bipartisan deal, only to see all Republicans vote against it. Momentum is now growing for Democrats to go it alone on vital legislation to rebuild the economy, infrastructure, and assist average American families. But one Democratic senator, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, is not yet on board -- especially with Democrats' proposal for election and campaign reform, the For the People Act (H.R.1 in the House, S.1 in the Senate), and he's not yet on board with the filibuster reform that would be required to pass it with just a simple majority of 50 Democratic votes. ADAM GREEN, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, explains the challenging but achievable path ahead, and what voters can do right now to help move these critical bills forward. Plus: another gem from the great musical comedy satirist Randy Rainbow, dedicated to all of the Republican lawmakers in Congress...

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