The Matt McNeil Show

WNBA finals begin; Hurricane Milton crosses Florida; RUdy Giuliani’s son trying to stop judgement seizing gifted Yankees World Series rings; positive news for Kamala Harris, but the misdirection is coming; Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon; Pohlad family announces exploring sale of Twins; more bad Republicans; local architectural firm.

Steve Simon has served as Minnesota’s Secretary of State since 2014.

On today’s show:

– Matt shares the very sad news about the passing of his brother from Parkinson’s disease.

– Updates on hurricane Milton and the lies being spread by righting wing media and politicians.

– Our weekly Wednesday Jeff Stein visit.

– Broomstick (playing at Open Eye Theatre)

– The Lynx get back to the WNBA finals.

– John Crippen of the Hennepin History Museum

– Bring Me the News reports that six kids were arrested after a string of armed robberies, crashes in south Minneapolis.

Matt was joined by John Crippen, Executive Director of the Hennepin History Museum, as they discuss the latest of what’s going on at HHM. Learn more at: https://hennepinhistory.org/

Matt was joined by the director of Broomstick (playing at Open Eye Theatre), Joel Sass and the one-woman show star, Cheryl Willis. Written by John Biguenet and directed by Joel Sass, Broomstick is a perfect blend of humor and suspense, guaranteed to make your Halloween season unforgettable. Don’t miss out on this hauntingly delightful performance! Learn more and grab your tickets at OpenEyeTheatre.org

It’s our weekly Wednesday visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. This week Matt and Jeff talk about Trump holding giant rallies in blue states, Trump’s odd get out the vote efforts, Trump sending COVID tests in 2020 to Putin and more!

Cliff Schecter starts off today’s show; Trump-Putin contact exposed in new Bob Woodward book; Hurricane Milton; Trump allies try to stop anti-Trump ads; state House GOP candidate caught expressing abortion ban support; Blaine city council member censured; two schools opt out of free school lunch.

Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas LLC, a public relations and political strategy firm. He is the author of the 2008 bestselling book The Real McCain, a syndicated columnist, and co-owner of We Act Radio, AM 1480 in Washington DC. He also sits on the Board on the Ohio Innocence Project. You can follow him on Twitter @cliffschecter.

Hurricane Milton; Trump returns to Butler, PA; early vote trends promising for Democrats; Trump makes more insane comments; Blaine woman pleads guilty to sexual assault of teen boys; the history of Minneapolis; MN GOP hypocrisy.