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Listeners share the many ways that the 2020 general election is a wake-up call, causing them to re-evaluate and make adjustments in their lives

The voting and the drama, for the most part, are over, and now we can try to figure out what that experience was or meant

It's "Free Your Mind Friday" on Leid Stories -- which means that our regular format is suspended and the program becomes an open forum for listeners to freely express their views and opinions on issues that matter to them. Opinions  to the contrary also are welcome.

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The U.S. continues to ignore the clamor for democracy in Puerto Rico, which has been a U.S. colony for 122 years and has been petitioning for statehood, overwhelmingly supported by the people.

President Trump has proven, and continues to prove, that he is a continuing threat to the security and welfare of the people and government of the United States. Congress utterly has failed to address the problem. If Trump is reelected, will Congress continue to aid and abet Trump's outrageous and often illegal conduct and actions?

Election 2020 According to Baseball Great Yogi Berra  

Two of baseball great Yogi Berra's famous sayings perfectly describe just where things are right now with the 2020 presidential election: "It's like deja-vu all over again," and "It ain't over 'til it's over."

Election Day 2020 appears to be repeating the vote-count debacle of 2016, when Hillary Clinton ran against Donald Trump and found herself snared by vote-count problems that sank her presidential hopes.

Like Berra said, "It's like deja vu all over again"

Now, with Election 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden is fighting to whittle away Trump's vote count as ballots from Republican battlegrounds are still being counted and could put Trump over the top.

Trump's challenge--and Biden's fightback--over the final vote won't be over until, like Berra said, "it's over."

An Election Day We Should Not Soon Forget

It's a very special day today in the United States of America. We should take it all in slowly, studying the events and details of the day like archaeologists unearthing a major find.

More than reports about candidates' wins and losses, we should get definitive answers about the state of our democracy. Is it government by the people and for the people, or is it government despite the people?

The results of this Election Day will have profound and far-reaching effect for years to come.

Whatever the results of the presidential election, one thing’s for sure: it won't be over and done with for many, many years. 

Systemic failures of elections and national policies prior to Election 2020 are compounded by new ones that are now deep within the fabric of American life and law and are far-reaching. Fixes are neither easy nor politically doable. Rabid bipartisanship has killed consensus building.

So, as in many other areas of our lives, the people must take on a larger share of the responsibility for confronting and solving problems that plague them and their communities

It's "Free Your Mind Friday" on Leid Stories.

We suspend our regular format and become an open forum for listeners' opinions and ideas on topics they choose. 

Call 888-874-4888 and free your mind!

In five days, on Nov. 3, the national frenzy that has been Election 2020 will come to an end. But until then, millions of Americans are still in the political doldrums about voting.

Leid Stories focuses today on people who for many reasons are having difficulty deciding whether to vote at all. 

The clock is ticking, what will they do?

What do you think? Call 888-874-4888 and share your thoughts live on air.

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10.29.2020

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