The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

'BradCast' 6/4/2020 (The 'Antifa' Protester Myth and the Truth About Trump's Florida Voter Fraud Crimes)

06.05.2020 - By Brad FriedmanPlay

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On today's 'BradCast':  Fact-checking and debunking the flood of lies, propaganda and disinformation that Donald Trump, US Attorney General Bill Barr, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Fox News have been telling about 'antifa' – which is not an organization but a movement, made up of people who oppose fascism and authoritarianism. Two new reports from DHS and FBI find plenty of evidence that rightwing white nationalist groups have organized to instigate chaos at peaceful demonstrations protesting police brutality and the police killing of George Floyd around the nation – but the two agency reports found no evidence that antifa is involved, contradicting Trump's lies. Police continue to violently attack peaceful protesters around the country.  In Las Vegas, three men with ties to a rightwing extremist group calling for civil war were arrested on terrorism charges. NY Times gets well-deserved blowback for publishing far-right Sen. Cotton's op-ed calling for U.S. troops to be deployed to American cities, against American citizens. In Florida, a formal election fraud complaint has been filed alleging that Trump -- who has been spewing myriad false claims about absentee voting -- committed felony voter fraud when he illegally voted in Florida this year by absentee ballot, despite having no lawful permanent residence in the state. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

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