Trump Attacks the Environment While Pope Leo Defies Him with Calls for Peace with Iran

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.  Brad is first joined by Bob Deans, Director of Strategic Engagement for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The two discuss the environment ahead of this year's Earth Day, which is this coming Wednesday. The NRDC tracks the Trump administration's actions and proposals that threaten the environment and public health.  They've documented 470 and counting in about a dozen different categories.   They're attacking the 'Clean Water Act,' the 'Clean Air Act,' and the 'Endangered Species Act.'  Learn more at their 'White House Watch.' However, while efforts to combat climate change have regressed on a federal level, there's still real progress happening on the state level in many different parts of the U.S. Brad is then joined by Tara Devlin, host of the 'TARABUSTER' podcast. The pair covers the quagmire of a war that Trump has dragged the country into versus Iran. They also talk about Trump's verbal attacks against Pope Leo because the Pope is encouraging dialogue between the U.S. and Iran instead of more violence. The pair also discusses how the Pope is sticking to the teaching of the gospel in his message of peace, versus those encouraging more attacks vs Iran.  Brad highlights additional clear differences between President Trump and Pope Leo with respect to the 'Sermon on the Mount' in the Gospel of Matthew. Brad is on the National Journal's panel of political insiders, is an American political analyst for The Times of India TV, and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles. Brad also writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.' You can read his columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His handle on BlueSky is @bradbannon.bsky.social.