'BradCast' 9/26/2017: (GOP health care; Puerto Rico; North Korea; WI's 2016 GOP voting scam)
Among the stories covered on today's 'BradCast': it's National Voter Registration Day! Are you registered to vote? Are you sure about that? Republicans in the U.S. Senate throw in the towel (again) on their latest scheme for killing the Affordable Care Act ('Obamacare'); might we suggest Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare-for-All' instead, Mr. President? The humanitarian crisis worsens in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Donald Trump tweets insults and blames the 3.5 million American citizens who live there for their woes. Trump continues to issue threats to North Korea, where one expert now puts the chances of conventional war at 50%, and of 'nuclear war' with the isolated Asian nation at better than 1 out of 10. A new, very careful study concludes that thousands of eligible voters were prevented and/or deterred from voting in two of Wisconsin's largest counties in the 2016 Presidential election, thanks to discriminatory Republican Photo ID voting restrictions in the state. Plus Desi Doyen and the latest 'Green News Report', with updates on Puerto Rico, toxic exposure and cleanup in TX after Hurricane Harvey, and how global warming has made all of these dangers much worse...