'BradCast' 9/27/2022 (Critical Elections and Catastrophic Storms Bearing Down)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 A potpourri of news today, ranging from the critical midterm elections to the potentially catastrophic storm threatening Florida.\\xa0 NASA scientists successfully launched a vending machine-sized spacecraft more than 7 million miles to intercept and crash into an asteroid moonlet at 14,000 mph, but climate science deniers want you to believe NASA and the rest of the world's scientists got it wrong about the physics of man-made climate change. Listeners respond to yesterday's lively call-in segment on Supreme Court reform and the necessity of electing Democrats this November to save American democracy. Texas' top law enforcement official, the frequently-indicted GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton, ran away from a process server because that's what 'the rule of law' looks like in the Lone Star State.\\xa0 A surprising number of folks are signing up to help their communities as poll workers, both from the Left and the Right.\\xa0 That's a good thing, and many more poll workers are still needed -- please consider becoming one! Republican US Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell now says he supports a bipartisan bill to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which contains much-needed reforms to close loopholes that Trump and his MAGA supporters tried to exploit in their attempts to steal the 2020 Presidential election. Hurricane Ian is on track to hit near Tampa Bay, Florida with potentially catastrophic impacts. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"