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Brad is back after the holiday break with news on the tightening Presidential race, as pollsters change their models to move from 'registered' to 'likely' voters -- Donald Trump has taken the lead or is tied with Hillary Clinton in a couple of national polls, and is gaining in some swing states.\xa0 Nonetheless, Clinton still leads in the Electoral College and even in a number of 'red' states, where she is receiving support from some surprising corners.\xa0 We're reminded today once again that every vote counts (or should), as the controversial election chief in Maricopa County (Phoenix) appears to have won her Republican Primary by just over a hundred votes out of more than 300,000 cast, after trailing by just a few hundred votes following last week's state primary in Arizona.\xa0 The exact percentage flip in those results reminds us again of the need to publicly count paper ballots on Election Night, as her challenger has said he cannot afford to mount a challenge to ask for a hand count. Then, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest on the protests and legal battles by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota against the construction of the massive Dakota Access Pipeline, and the bad faith actions of its supporters. And, finally, we take listener calls on all of the above.