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'BradCast' 7/28/2026 (Surviving the Pyrocumulonimbus: Firestorms in Europe, US; DOGE slashed fire management; Good news for voters in MO and KS)
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Summary
On today's 'BradCast': Multiple rounds of prolonged extreme heat waves and drought, driven by man-made climate change, have set up the conditions for ongoing, unprecedented wildfires in France and Spain that have forced the largest mass evacuations since World War 2. DOGE slashed $10 million in federal fire management funding that would have helped prevent massive fires burning in Minnesota's Superior National Forest. Iran and Donald Trump tell opposite stories on restarting peace talks. KY Gov. Andy Beshear (D) again pushed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to either show up for work or resign. Missouri's GOP lawmakers enacted a new law that restores voting rights to most former felons. A Kansas state appeals court rejected a Republican effort to block counting of late-arriving mail-in ballots. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'