'BradCast' 10/26/2023 (Good News After Bad -- Maine, Acapulco, U.S. House, Georgia, Colorado, UAW)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Another mass shooting, this time in Maine, where a statewide manhunt is underway for the suspect who killed 18 people, and who was reportedly was able to obtain a deadly, high-powered rifle despite mental health issues thanks to lax state gun laws. Acapulco sustained widespread damage and at least 27 were killed by powerful Hurricane Otis, which shocked scientists by undergoing rapid intensification to a Category 5 storm in just 12 hours. Republicans' new far-right Speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), is an election denier and climate science denier who has received more campaign cash from the fossil fuel industry than any other, including unlawful foreign donations from Russian oligarchs. A federal judge rejected Georgia's state and federal voting district maps as unlawful racial gerrymanders, ordering the state legislature to redraw them. In Colorado, a state court ruled that the Constitution's 14th Amendment 'Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause' is self-executing. The striking United Auto Workers Union announced a tentative agreement with Ford. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"