{"id":14826,"date":"2023-10-26T18:54:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T01:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14826"},"modified":"2023-10-27T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:45:12","slug":"good-news-after-bad-bradcast-10262023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14826","title":{"rendered":"Good News After Bad: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 10\/26\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_ShooterME-OtisAcapulco-Johnson-Kemp-Trump-UAW_102623.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">I promise, things get brighter after the first segment of today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>. [<i>Audio link to full show follows below this summary.<\/i>]\n<p>Among our stories, first grim, and then much less so, today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We begin with the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lewiston-maine-shootings-49da6d06a8b5a15d3b619b3927bc33ff\">horrible news<\/a> out of Lewiston, <b>Maine<\/b>, following Wednesday night&#8217;s mass shootings that have, so far, resulted in 18 dead and another 13 wounded, with several still in critical condition. The state was largely shut down as of airtime, with a broad, statewide manhunt underway for the suspect who is alleged to have had serious mental health issues&#8230;but was still able to obtain a deadly, high-powered, military-style assault rifle for his rampage somehow, because&#8230;freedom!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mexico-hurricane-otis-acapulco-17b4b34147a2fe5acbe980a0b5b06aa7\">grim news<\/a> out of <b>Acapulco<\/b>, where a climate change-fueled <b>Hurricane Otis<\/b> experienced explosive intensification off the Pacific Coast this week, as it spun up from Tropical Storm to a catastrophic Category 5 in just twelve hours time. As of airtime, 27 were confirmed dead in Mexico, with searches underway for more missing as authorities struggle to clear major roads of knee-deep mud and restore power to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/interactive\/2023\/photos-scene-after-otis-slammed-into-acapulco-category-5-hurricane\/\">battered<\/a> resort city and nearby villages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>All of that, amid what is likely to be the hottest year ever recorded, as Republicans in the <b>U.S. House<\/b> just elected a long-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/26\/climate\/mike-johnson-climate-policies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.50w.x7kf.lsGkAOzFnN7l&#038;smid=url-share\">climate science denier<\/a> from the oil and gas state of <b>Louisiana<\/b> to be House Speaker. Rep. <b>Mike Johnson<\/b> received more money last year from the fossil fuel industry than any other. Since 2018, the far-right religious zealot has received some $240,000 from the industry. Some of it, as it turns out, came &#8212; unlawfully &#8212; from <b>Russian<\/b> oligarchs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theadvocate.com\/baton_rouge\/news\/politics\/elections\/election-watchdog-split-on-charges-for-russian-backed-gas-firm-that-gave-to-la-republicans\/article_f629f8ce-5961-11ed-b8c1-a31dc022a964.html\">according to FEC investigators<\/a> last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>IN BRIGHTER NEWS&#8230;<\/i>A federal judge in <b>Georgia<\/b> has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/georgia-redistricting-voting-rights-3a29f4d5662e8908cc083aa07c37abd4\">ordered<\/a> the state&#8217;s legislature to reconvene to redraw its Congressional and state legislative maps before 2024, after being found in violation of the <b>Voting Rights Act<\/b>. The state must now add new Black-majority voting districts to all three of its maps. The judge&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.gand.298476\/gov.uscourts.gand.298476.333.0.pdf\">516-page(!) ruling [PDF]<\/a> issued today, finds the Republican-controlled legislature drew new maps following the 2020 Census which completely ignored the fact that ALL of the state&#8217;s population growth since 2010 has been among the non-white population. U.S. District Judge Steven Jones has ordered one new Black-majority Congressional district, two new districts in the state Senate, and <i>five<\/i> for the state House by December 8, or he would have the maps drawn himself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>More good news for <b>U.S. Constitution<\/b> lovers, this time in <b>Colorado<\/b>, where a state judge <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/trump-dq-cases-hinge-on-one-question-does-congress-need-to-act\">ruled<\/a> on Wednesday that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the <b>&#8220;Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause&#8221;<\/b>, is self-executing. In other words, public officials who have &#8220;engaged in insurrection&#8221; are simply disqualified from running for public office, even without a federal law detailing precise enforcement of the provision. <b>Donald Trump<\/b>, whose qualifications for the 2024 Presidential ballot have been challenged in a state lawsuit, argued to the contrary. But he lost. Next week, a hearing will be held to determine <i>if<\/i> the former President &#8220;engaged in insurrection&#8221;, as per the Constitutional Amendment. Similar challenges to Trump&#8217;s eligibility for office are also pending in <b>Michigan<\/b> and <b>Minnesota<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And good news for striking autoworkers, as the <b>United Auto Workers<\/b> union <a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/47aQVKV\">announced<\/a> on Wednesday night that they reached a tentative agreement with <b>Ford<\/b>. The new four-year contract, if approved by workers, will boost base pay by at least 25%, increase starting hourly wages to $28\/hour and includes a myriad of other benefits sought by the labor union. It is hoped that the agreement will also pressure management for a similar contract at the other two &#8220;Big Three&#8221; automakers, G.M. and Stellantis, where the UAW also began its walk-outs about six weeks ago. Chalk up yet another in a series of very big wins for organized labor over the past year!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, both good news <i>and<\/i> bad, as usual, with Desi Doyen in <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14825\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>. She has more on <b>Hurricane Otis<\/b>; more on our new climate denying U.S. House Speaker; More on<b> Big Oil<\/b> doubling down before the bottom falls out for the industry; and an encouraging projection from a normally very conservative international body for the beginning of the end of fossil fuels&#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-ShootingME-OtisAcapulco-JohnsonDenial-NewMapsGA-14AmendCO-FordUAWContract_102623.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><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I promise, things get brighter after the first segment of today&#8217;s BradCast. 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