The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

'BradCast' 6/14/2021 (Netanyahu finally out; Leak at Chinese nuke plant?; Biden restores G7; Callers)

06.15.2021 - By Brad FriedmanPlay

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On today's 'BradCast':    As the nation begins opening up for business at full capacity, the death toll from COVID-19 officially reached 600,000. Infection rates have also begun to tick up again. Israel's long time hard-right leader Benjamin Netanyu, indicted on corruption charges, is finally out as Prime Minister in Israel, and has been replaced by a broad coalition of left, right and center parties, seeking to move beyond Netanyahu's exceedingly polarizing policies. Netayahu, in Trump-y tantrums, demonized his former rightwing colleagues and the new coalition as an 'evil and dangerous leftist government',  and called his personal legal troubles a 'witch hunt'.  In China, an unidentified problem at a new nuclear power plant has prompted close scrutiny from US officials. Independent experts are watching closely to determine how dangerous the situation now is.  President Joe Biden's attendance at the G7 summit  and NATO meetings appeared to restore a sense of normalcy to international cooperation and diplomacy in the post-WWII order - but many in Europe remain concerned about the continuing fragile and divisive political situation in the U.S. that allowed the rise of Donald Trump's autocratic regime. Former National Security Agency whistleblower Reality Winner, who exposed Russia's attempted hacks of voter registration systems during the 2016 U.S. election, was released from prison for good behavior. Callers weigh in on all of the above, Republicans' obstruction of democracy and voting reforms, accountability for wrongdoing by the corrupt Trump Administration, and much more...

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