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On 'White Fragility' and on Smearing Sanders

On 'White Fragility' and On Smearing Sanders
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Bernie Sanders' massive kick-off rally in Burlington, VT; Aurin Squire discusses his essay on 'White Fragility'. Plus: Breaking news as the bi-partisan Nebraska state legislature abolishes the death penalty, overriding their GOP Governor's veto, three new GOP candidates for the 2016 race, and hysteria around the EPA's new clean water rule...

As the corporate media continues to smear and/or ignore and/or marginalize Bernie Sanders' candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination, we're happy to play extended excerpts from Tuesday's massive kick-off rally in Burlington, VT on today's BradCast. You're welcome, Politico and "everyday Americans" everywhere!

Then, I was joined by journalist and playwright Aurin Squire to discuss his recent TPM essay on "Biker Gangs, Tamir Rice, And The Rise Of White Fragility". Squire raises a number of important issues in his piece concerning how so many in the nation's white, male, privileged power structure seem to be desperately trying to cling to control they think they are losing. In the meantime, they are voting against their own best interests, even as they try to restrict the rights of "the others".

Plus: Breaking news on the bipartisan Nebraska state legislature successfully overriding their GOP Governor's veto to abolish the death penalty once and for all; three new GOP candidates set to get into the 2016 race; and John Boehner's latest, ridiculous dog whistles…

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