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b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Major noteworthy developments at the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow -- for the first time ever, an official U.N. draft text of a final agreement (which is subject to change) calls for phasing out coal and ending fossil fuel subsidies. Thirty national governments and six major automakers announced a target of selling only zero-emissions vehicles by 2040, or 2035 in major markets. And the U.S. and China announced a 'surprise' pledge to work together to slow their emissions. In the U.S., a new ruling by the Federal Elections Commission allows foreign individuals, companies and nations to spend unlimited millions to influence state ballot propositions and referenda in states that don't prohibit it.\\xa0 BRENDAN FISCHER, Director of the Federal Reform Program at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center in Washington D.C., explains the mind-blowing, gaping loophole in federal law that bars foreign money in candidate elections but not ballot referenda or propositions. Fischer details how foreign countries and foreign companies have repeatedly spent millions to influence previous statewide ballot propositions in recent elections, and actions that state and federal officials can and should take to close the loophole to protect our elections from foreign influence. Fischer also rings in on a scathing report that top Trump Administration officials repeatedly and knowingly violated the Hatch Act's ban on federal employees using their offices and government resources for political purposes. Plus: a federal judge has denied Donald Trump's claims of perpetual executive privilege, allowing release of his White House records to the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Insurrection."