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Articles dated: October 31, 2018

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GOP’s Native American Voter Suppression in ND is ‘Spinal Damage to the Backbone of Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 10/31/2018

Guest: Oliver 'OJ' Semans of Four Directions: Also: Kemp denied again in GA; Tough re-election fight for OR's Dem Guv; KMOX, 'The Voice of St. Louis', misinforms voters in MO about 'tamper-proof' voting machines...

‘Trump’s Reichstag Fire’ and the Deadly Menace of GOP Hate Mongering: ‘BradCast’ 10/30/2018

Trump unwanted in Pittsburgh and former top Repub excoriates party, 'rightwing propaganda industry'; Also: News on fighting to vote (and counting it accurately) in TX and environment is on midterm ballots...

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One Week Before the Election, After A Week of Rightwing Republican Hate: ‘BradCast’ 10/29/2018

Taking the voters' pulse with open phone lines and more...

Monday Toons That Overflowed from Sunday

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Sunday Incendiary Toons

Frightful, but don't let monsters scare ya! Keep calm and get out the vote...

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Votes Flip to Cruz, TX Blames Voters; Still More Suppression in GA; Carbon Price on WA Ballot: ‘BradCast’ 10/26/2018

Guest: David Roberts of Vox; Also: Trump fan charged in mail bombings...

Voting System and Ballot Programming Fiascos Begin in GA, AR, IL: ‘BradCast’ 10/25/2018

Guest: DuPage, IL County Clerk candidate Jean Kaczmarek; Also: In wake of still more mail bombs, Trump, White House return to attacks on media, Rightwing pounces on conspiracies...

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Memphis Blues: ‘Disenfranchisement’, Rejected Registrations in TN Amid Tight U.S. Senate Race: ‘BradCast’ 10/24/2018

Guest: Shelby County, TN Democratic Chair Corey Strong; Also: Good news for GA voters; Bad news for ExxonMobil; Pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clinton, CNN, other Dem targets of Trump's 'right-wing ire'...

GA Sec. of State Kemp Caught on Tape Worried ‘Everybody May Exercise Their Right to Vote’: ‘BradCast’ 10/23/2018

Also: Trump's Saudi wrist slap; Bomber targets Soros; DeSantis ducks in FL; Record Early Voting in TX, GA, NV elsewhere may be misleading...

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GOP Telecom Deregulation Haunts FL Panhandle Recovery After Michael: ‘BradCast’ 10/22/2018

Guest: Harold Feld of Public Knowledge; Also: Khashoggi was banned by Saudi Arabia after criticizing TRUMP; Still fighting voter suppression...

Legal Setback for Besty DeVos, Conflicted ‘Queen of Debt’, Is Good News for Defrauded Students

In successive rulings, federal court sides with taxpayers and student-victims of predatory secondary 'educational' institutions...

Sunday ‘House of Sawed’ Toons

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