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On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Republicans have lost their minds over President Biden's reasonable, science-based mandates requiring vaccines for all federal employees and contractors.\xa0 The GOP, now a party of grievance and conspiracy theories with no apparent policy agenda, is escalating their incendiary rhetoric and even suggesting violence in response. As child deaths from COVID rise in Republican-controlled states, San Francisco announced zero outbreaks of COVID since the beginning of the school year, thanks to universal masking and common sense health requirements. Rightwing radio host and candidate Larry Elder is already claiming that the California Gubernatorial Recall election is 'rigged' if voters refuse to remove popular Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, in a state dominated by Democratic voters.\xa0 But there is reason to be concerned about California's election security after the theft and public release of Election Management System (EMS) software made by Dominion Voting Systems. Several of the nation's top cybersecurity experts recently warned California's Sec. of State Shirley Weber to immediately mandate statewide, public, post-election Risk-Limiting Audits to ensure the accuracy of the computer-tallied results and voter confidence. Election transparency advocate EMILY LEVY of Scrutineers.org and JIM SOPER, co-chair of the CA-based National Voting Rights Task Force, discuss their recent meeting with Sec. Weber, their recommendations for additional security procedures, and a bizarre request for them to be 'cheerleaders' for CA's current security protocols. Levy also offers several direct actions that the public can take, in California and every state, to help oversee and secure the recall election and future elections, via her Scrutineers site. Also today: monster supertyphoon threatens Taiwan.