{"id":14415,"date":"2022-09-27T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T00:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14415"},"modified":"2022-09-28T18:28:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T01:28:45","slug":"critical-elections-catastrophic-storm-bear-down-bradcast-9272022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14415","title":{"rendered":"Critical Elections, Catastrophic Storm Bear Down: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 9\/27\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_DefendDemocracy-BecomeAPollWorker_092722.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We&#8217;ve  got a grab bag of items on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, as the critical midterm elections loom and a potentially catastrophic storm threatens the Sunshine State. [<i>Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>Among the potpourri of news on today&#8217;s program&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some <b>listener mail<\/b> in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14412\">yesterday&#8217;s lively call-in show<\/a> focused on expansion of the Supreme Court and the necessity of electing Democrats this November in hopes of saving American democracy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>NASA<\/b> scientists <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nasa-dart-asteroid-updates-b6cfccd90a0450c3cce6048af61a1c01\">successfully fired<\/a> a vending machine sized projectile last November toward a 560-foot wide moonlet orbiting around an asteroid traveling at thousands of miles per hour nearly 7 million miles away. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/dart-asteroid-impact-didymos-brighten-observations\">hit it on their first try<\/a>. But, other than that, when it comes to things like our climate crisis and fighting infectious diseases here on Earth, scientists don&#8217;t anything about anything and should be completely ignored, right?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Texas<\/b>&#8216; top law enforcement official, Republican Attorney General <b>Ken Paxton<\/b>, was indicted for securities fraud felonies seven years ago. He has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2022-05-23\/seven-years-later-still-no-trial-for-texas-ag-ken-paxton\">dodging a trial for those crimes<\/a> ever since. In the meantime, he&#8217;s facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/02\/21\/Paxton-whistleblowers-speak-out\/\">whistleblower lawsuit<\/a> from former top deputies charging he abused his office and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/04\/us\/paxton-texas-AG-bribery.html?unlocked_article_code=XMDkNYmjK63zva1YwdHfunOlZFaZyAF9FTrOX-1keqJWtAdsk7-BdMArlV38hmE-bF3S6PAlRoc-GGQIrlU1LPp6FPCTn6gt-pH6GliOb939CJbFR3YCPiOYc0blqs7A4lfsMvsDmtfZWErS-QLHOHOi5Qf38qeRbQqpMv\">criminal probe by the FBI<\/a> regarding similar allegations. On Monday, his state Senator wife Angela (the one he was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-news-ken-paxton-extramarital-affairs-austin-texas-dc0c309fc829e62e5132aab56bcc686f\">cheating on<\/a> with a girlfriend who was given a job by one of his wealthy donors), served as a getaway driver for Paxton after he ran out of the house and fled by to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/09\/26\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-subpoena-abortion-lawsuit\/\">dodge a process server<\/a> attempting to serve the state&#8217;s top attorney with two subpoenas. Cause that&#8217;s what &#8220;the rule of law&#8221; looks like in the Lone Star State. Paxton will face Democratic A.G. nominee <b>Rochelle Garza<\/b> during his reelection contest this November.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>False claims of fraud in the 2020 election and threats against <b>poll workers<\/b> by Donald Trump and his flying MAGA monkey are resulting in a surprising number of folks <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-voting-georgia-presidential-atlanta-ebc76c8ae7217e8e7cc968311c53545f\">signing up to be poll workers<\/a> on both the Left and the Right. That&#8217;s actually a very good thing! But many more poll workers are still needed to help protect democracy this year! Please contact your local elections office to consider becoming one!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And, speaking of protecting democracy, last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/09\/21\/1124239193\/house-legislation-electoral-count-act-reform\">House passed a bipartisan bill<\/a> to update the <b>Electoral Count Act<\/b> of 1887. That is the arcane and confusingly written law that Trump and the MAGA monkeys tried to exploit in hopes of stealing the 2020 Presidential election on January 6, 2021. A similar bipartisan bill to the one passed by the House with little GOP support is now quickly moving through the U.S. Senate. And today, republican Senate minority leader <b>Mitch McConnell<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3UHKTfh\">came out in support of it<\/a>. That means the measure is likely to get the 10 Republican votes needed to overcome a filibuster in the undemocratic upper chamber. This much-needed reform to help prevent just one of the ways that Republicans could steal the 2024 Presidential election may see passage in the full Senate before the end of this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for both <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14413\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/hurricane\/live-news\/2-5-million-told-to-evacuate-as-hurricane-ian-bears-down\/1252749\">latest worrying news<\/a> on <b>Hurricane Ian<\/b>, a storm that is currently on a <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/hurricane\/news\/2022-09-27-hurricane-ian-forecast-landfall-cuba-florida-tampa\">potentially catastrophic path<\/a> toward Tampa Bay, <b>Florida<\/b>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman-ListenerMail-NASADart-PaxtonFleesSubpoenas-PollWorkersNeeded-ECAReform-HurricaneIan_092722.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><center><i><b>* * *<\/b><\/i><\/center><center><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr style=\"background: blue; color:white;\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><span class=\"footnote\"><b>MONTHLY BRAD BLOG SUBSCRIPTION<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><span class=\"footnote\"><b>ONE-TIME DONATION<\/b><\/span><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid blue;\"><center><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\" style=\"margin-top:-3em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"9PMSTMCJK9B3E\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on0\" value=\"Choose monthly amount...\">Choose monthly amount&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"$10\">$10 : $10.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$20\">$20 : $20.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$50\">$50 : $50.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$100\">$100 : $100.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><\/select> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_subscribe_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid blue;\"><center><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\" style=\"margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"K5A5LX7J6WTHQ\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"footnote\">(Snail mail support to <b>&#8220;Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594 Los Angeles, CA 90028<\/b>&#8221; always welcome too!)<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got a grab bag of items on today&#8217;s BradCast, as the critical midterm elections loom and a potentially catastrophic storm threatens the Sunshine State. 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