'BradCast' 10/8/2018: (Guest: West Virginia's Bob Kincaid)

Published: Oct. 9, 2018, 12:50 a.m.

b"It's now official: alleged sexual assaulter and perjurer Judge Brett Kavanaugh is now Justice Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court, meaning all five serving Republican appointees on the nine person Court serve under one cloud of illegitimacy or another. While there are ways to reverse the terrifying course the nation (and planet) are now, it will not be easy -- the first step is the November 6th, 2018 midterm elections less than one month away, now more crucial than ever.\\xa0 Hurricane Michael is now barreling toward the Florida Gulf Coast as the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a chilling new report on Monday. The IPCC report warns that unless very serious changes are made by governments over the next 10 years, the worst effects of global warming will arrive far sooner than previously predicted, and it details the enormous contrast in impacts between limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial times, versus our current trajectory of warming more than 2 degrees Celsius. The great BOB KINCAID of West Virginia's Coal River Mountain Watch and the Head-On Radio Network (HORN) discusses WV Senator Joe Manchin's weekend vote to confirm Kavanaugh, the only Democrat to do so, and the difficult choice that voters like Kincaid now face in choosing between the barely Democratic Senator and his far-right, Trump-endorsed challenger Pat Morrissey. It's a question that many progressives in many states must ask themselves in November, with many less-than-perfect Democrats on the ballot and the very fate of the Republic and the planet clearly on the line. Please tune in for this important conversation!\\xa0 Plus:\\xa0 more voter registration deadlines coming up this week and next in two-thirds of states, and a new report details the disturbingly high rates of voter roll purges, particularly in states with a history of racial discrimination at the polling place..."