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JIMMY KIMMEL BECOMES PRESIDENT!!!  SOLARTOPIA IN UKRAINE?  WELCOME EMPATHY FROM A MAGA MAVEN. We open the 239th GREEP zoom with our Laureate MIMI KENNEDY & her usual beautiful poem. An update on the struggle for democracy is Waldport, Oregon keeps us going as we await MAYOR HEIDI to triumph over the MAGA reactionaries. Green Party stalwart HOWIE HAWKINS updates us on the nuclear insanity coming from Putin’s Russia as they try to crush both the Earth & Ukraine. From MICKI LEADER we hear a shocking warning of impending election theft in New York State. From DOROTHY REIK we get an attack against the FCC in favor of free speech, even endorsing Ted Cruz in favor of the First Amendment as she reminds us of the power of Comedy Central. Telecommunications insider DAVID SALTMAN gives us the scoop on Disney’s Bob Eiger & the “conspiracy theory” the he set up the whole Kimmel debacle to up the network’s ratings. Our wonderful co-host MYLA RESON recommends the Meidas Touch but reminds us they would not host Jessica Denson’s critique of the 2024 election. Our resident DR. NANCY NIPARKO discusses the astounding empathy and “Christianity" displayed by Erika Kirk in forgiving the assassination of her husband vs. the “Hate” displayed by Trump. From HEIDI VIERTHALER we get a passionate plea for legal protection for Kirk’s assassin, and a scenario for a green-powered Earth. A fifty-year plan for conversion to renewables comes from TATANKA BRICCA with a report on the role of fossil fuels in the Russia-Ukraine energy war. Co-convenor MIKE HERSH thanks Heidi for reaching out to climate skeptics, with advice for building the Climate movement in a true Turning Point moment, We will, of course, pick this all up next week.  NO NUKES!!!.

We start with our Laureate MIMI GERMAN’s usual brilliant poetry.   We hear from the dis-incarnated Jeffrey Epstein about his money laundering with Donald Trump & V. Putin.   We further discuss the nitty gritty of the Second Amendment and the perils of gun ownership with the great DOROTHY REIK.   We here from former Mormon BRENT MILLER.   Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH introduces the great JENNIE GAGE and her post-Mormon Denim Revolution.   From Jennie we hear a fascinating account of how she broke away from her fundamentalist past.   We later hear from JONATHAN BEARD about the idea of progressives moving to Red States to organize & shift the Electoral College.   From Green Party Presidential candidate HOWIE HAWKINS who discusses the Trump-Putin alliance.   Howie then introduces SVITLANA ROMANKO who explains from Ukraine the hellish conditions in which green activists are trying to shift the nation from fossil/nulear fuel addiction to clean, green wind and solar.   From MICKEY LEADER we get questions about geothermal energy & its possible role in rebuilding Ukraine.   California solar activist PAUL NEWMAN asks (in Ukrainian) about the role of hydro-power in the war zone.   Safe energy advocate HEIDI VERTHALLER lauds the campaigning of Germany’s Petra Kelly & elicits a comparison to Svitlana.   Nationally-renowned health research JOE MANGANO discusses the need to do a national study of the health impacts of atomic radiation from nuclear reactors.   Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO asks about the role of Exxon-Mobil in supporting oil/gas exploration with Morgan-Stanley & Putin.   The great KARL GROSSMAN then discusses Trump’s utter decimation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission & any semblance of actual safety guarantees at US reactors.

Compassion & Empathy versus Heartless Fascism;  Our Resident Doctors Weigh in on Trump’s Health…& the Public's We begin GREEP Zoom #237 with the latest heart-felt poem from our Laureate, MIMI GERMAN. With a clarion call for action activist/professor CHUCK PENACCIO warns us that “fascism is here” & demands our mass movement for democracy & peace. Radio broadcaster LYNNE FEINERMAN mourns the murder of Yitzhak Rabin & the rise of fascism in Israel. Co-Convenor MIKE HERSH updates us on the history of the West’s mixed relationship with fascism, including the rise of Spain’s dictator Franco. Diving deep into the horrors of “Christian Fascism” is ANDRA WATKINS, who grew up in an extreme right-wing anti-empathy home. From ALEX WILLIAMS we get a warning that the concept of “God” continues to be used to unite angry people around very “UnChristian” fascism. The State unifying with Religion is illustrated by DONALD SMITH is portrayed through the grim visage of Stephen Miller, a “fascist Jew.” Jesus was a man of empathy, says CARRIE LARSON, meaning the “Christian Nationalist” movement has little to do with Christ. From the great DR. NANCY NIPARKO we hear of the plethora of studies of vaccines & the realities of autistic studies & the root of empathy in understanding that nobody is all bad. From DR. RUTH STRAUSS we get a devastating description of what can happen to the human brain due to measles, a preventable disease. Our co-convenor MYLA RESON asks Dr. Ruth to comment on whether Trump is suffering from congestive heart failure…saying instead it’s venus insufficiency. From HEIDI VERTHALLER  we get a request to reach out to Epstein survivors to join us at a future date. Our engineer STEVE CARUSO tells us that eating meat is worse than smoking cigarettes, even though the latter helped kill Franklin Roosevelt. Anti-nuclear super-hero KARL GROSSMAN tells us of the brilliant “Atomic Bill…” play, written by Libbe Halevy, now opening at Wilmington College in Ohio. KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA announces a great upcoming event in Santa Cruz with legendary visionaries we need to hear.  Next week we’ll investigate the green energy movement in Ukraine and much much more.  See you then!!!

FIVE EASY PIECES TO SAFEGUARD DEMOCRACY, EMPATHY & THEIR ROOTS IN THE 9TH AMENDMENT For GREEP Zoom #236, our beloved Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN opens with her usual brilliant verse from “Where Grasses Bend." We commemorate the passing of the great RICHARD LEE who founded Oaksterdam University, devoted to the cultivation of cannabis / marijuana & its immeasurable power. We then get updated by "America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT about the battle for democracy in Waldport, Oregon, the Mayberry of the deep west coast. Long-time activist MICKI LEADER shares her concerns about whether the 2026 election will be cancelled. From radio host LYNN FEINERMAN we hear charges about so-called “Christians” who so deeply love to trash the preachings of the actual Christ. Grassroots campaigner DOROTHY REIK warns that people with no human feelings are taking over the world with the view that the non-rich are a “burden.” Legendary journalist DAVID SALTMAN tells of a network cohort who received a kidney from an anonymous donor whom he then honored with a legendary poem. Our great friend JULIE LEVINE, who moved from lush, liberal Topanga to a MAGA stronghold in the Sequoia Forest, gives us a report about compassion and empathy in the deep right. From deepest Arizona and the heart of how elections must be conducted, JOHN BRAKEY and KEN BENNETT brief us on the five core foundational pillars we must have to protect our democracy. As John Bolton is being raided by the Trump Gestapo, STEVE CARUSO reminds us that Bolton was part of the Brooks Brothers Mob that killed the S. Florida vote count in Bush v Gore 2000. Co-Host MIKE HERSH honors John Brakey’s powerful crusade to preserve the possibility of a fair, reliable outcome in 2026. Now faced with National Guard invasions of states that don’t want them, and with forcible Gerrymandering ordered by a US President, ATTORNEY SAM SALTMAN takes us through the 9th & 10th Amendments. In a lively dialogue, we hear still more from Steve Caruso, Dorothy Reik, ALEX WILLIAMS and others. From BETTY KISSILOVE we hear about the fight over Natural Rights. From CARMEN RODRIGUEZ we dig deeper into America’s spiritual roots, Christian or otherwise. We will return after Labor Day, on September 8, to revisit empathy, compassion, election protection, clean energy & the inevitable light at the end of the seemingly bottomless Trump Tunnel.

AMERICA’S MAYOR, LONG ISLAND’S NUKE ESCAPE, &   JOURNALISTIC NITTY-GRITTY FROM UKRAINE     Our esteemed Laureate MIMI GERMAN opens proceedings with another of her great poems.   We follow with the high-road low-down from America’s Mayor, HEIDI LAMPERT, of Waldport, Oregon’s raging no-MAGA battlefield.   We are reminded that while in Alaska, DONALD TRUMP was told by VLADIMIR PUTIN to get rid of mailed-in ballots—& thus democracy---which Trump immediately began to demand.   Lifetime activist DIANE CAMERON celebrates a 10:1 victory over Maryland’s Highway From Hell in a monumental triumph from the hard-core grassroots.   From Long Island the legendary KARL GROSSMAN tells us how safe energy activists defeated up to ten insane atomic reactors, a victory for the ages.   Co-convenor MYLA RESON reminds us that NY politician Andrew Cuomo has direct investments in Nano-Nuclear’s latest multi-million-dollar doomed-to-fail scam operation.   From engineer STEVE CARUSO we get a warning that the Russians control at least 25% of the world’s uranium resources, right up Trump’s radioactive alley.   From the great VINNIE DE STEFANO we get the latest down-under news from the freed (but not pardoned) and still very active Julian Assange.   Co-convenor TATANKA BRICCA reports that the freed (but not pardoned) Leonard Peltier is also thriving at home, this time in the Dakotas.   One of the great veterans of the Golden Days of broadcast journalism, DAVID SALTMAN, spellbinds us with tales of top-level Trump-Putin style lunacy at its best.   Our erstwhile DONALD SMITH corrects the assertion that all 4000+ transactions attributed to Epstein-Trump, saying they were in fact with a broader customer base.   We ask the question of the age:  is Ukraine the new Sudetenland?  Time will soon tell.   We also note that the Texas Democrats have caved to Trump’s demand for Trump-style gerrymandering.   We are reminded by MYLA RESON that we all need to join the GREEP You-Tube and grassrootsep.org websites.   From southern Ohio we’re invited to contemplate a major no nukes gathering at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth.  See you there!.   As you prepare for that,  we will see you ALL at next week’s zoom!  no nukes!!!  sluggo

ELECTION PROTECTION & THE INSANITY OF A NUKE CORPSE RESTART     We start with MIMI GERMAN and her laureate poem, as always.   Then we hear from “America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT of the latest miasma from Waldport, Oregon.   Legendary democracy activist JOHN BRAKEY tells us of his anti-democracy arrest in Las Vegas.   Former Arizona state Senate president & Secretary of State KEN BENNETT gives us the 5-point program to guarantee American rights.   Gerrymandering expert MIKE HERSH gives us a report on the latest assault on our right to representative government.   Legendary activist MARION EDEY chimes in with support from John & Ken, and a call for a memorial service for the late great BOB ALVAREZ.   We then turn to the legendary nuclear guru ARNIE GUNDERSEN who fills us in on the sorry state of collusion at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.   From western Michigan we get deep reportage from the great ROGER RAPOPORT on the insane attempt to re-start the Palisades reactor.   From southern Ohio VINA COLLEY gives us the latest nightmare at the Piketon uranium nightmare.     From GRETA MALAISE we hear of the gutting of New York’s farmer’s markets.   Our beloved DR. NANCY NIPARKO reminds us of the movement for a guaranteed income.       As the Trump drama deepens, we will return next week with more reports on democracy’s threatened—but not definite---demise.

HIROSHIMA @80; TEXAS GOES NUTS; SYDNEY WHAT’S HER NAME; DEFUNDING CPB/NPR/PBS Our fabulous Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN gives us her usual transcendent poem. Singaporean native HEDY TRIPP talks of her father suffering through Japan’s Gulag & her decades of powerful No Nukes work ever since. Noted film reviewer ED RAMPELL tells us of the powerful documentary “Atomic People” and its devastating impact on our view of the nuclear Bombings. Radio host LYNN FEINERMAN questions the military calculations behind dropping those Bombs at all. Network maven DAVID SALTMAN chimes in on the shocking availability of radioactive materials…& does a deep dive on the state of the modern news media. All the above is followed by “America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT updates her battles for democracy in Waldport, Oregon. Legendary co-host MIKE HERSH warns of the toxic power of the Big/Dark Money warping our elections. Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO sticks it to both Columbia University & CBS for their lack of spine in standing up to dictatorship. From Columbus, Ohio, we hear SANDY BOLZENIUS say she’s actually optimistic about the power of the people to fight back for democracy! Lifelong activist MYLA RESON attacks the infamous Powell Memorandum that applauded the idea of Big Money taking over our political system. The League of Conservation Voters founder MARION EADEY calls for private funding of NPR & PBS to balance the fascism of the corporate media. Renowned anti-corporate organizer KAI NEWKIRK from stopmoneyaz.org outlines Arizona’s campaign to preserve Baron-free democracy. From Texas we have ALICE EMBREE filling us in on the latest outrage by the Lone Star Governor in his blitzkrieg against legislative democracy. Our frequent go-conspirator NICOLE UNG asks a pertinent question about uranium. And we will gather again next week to parse the latest chaos index defining the Age of Trump. 

THE EPSTEIN ORIGIN STORY, GERRYMANDERING, AMERICA’S MAYOR & NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE We start with “America’s Mayor,” HEIDI LAMPERT of Waldport, Oregon. We then meet the dastardly Jeffrey Epstein as presented by the great DR. BOB FITRAKIS, who broke the first stories about Epstein's financial roots in Central Ohio. Long-time activist JOHN STEINER raises the specter of gerrymandering and how we must fight it. KPFA mainstay DON GOLDMACHER raises the issue of re-districting California to match the gerrymandering in Texas and other warped “rotten boroughs.". “Policy is the answer” says HEIDI V as she conjures a movement to defeat fascism. From Texas we hear ALICE EMBREE fill in many of the blanks the Lone Star fight over the manipulation of who will control the US House. Long-time writer/activist THORNE DREYER founder of “The Rag” in Houston & Austin’s best left radio station shows us his great new “Notes from the Underground.” Energy expert KEVIN KAMPS confirms that the South Texas Nuke Plant did freeze in the big Lodestar Storm, resulting in dozens of deaths. The details of the Texas energy fiasco during the Big Freeze are supplied by MYLA RESON. We remember the great DAN HIRSCH who powerfully and effectively fought nukes through his whole life & has sadly just passed on. From Michigan we get from ROGER RAPOPORT the inside scoop on the insane proposed restart of the Palisades atomic reactor, versus a self-financed green transition. From southern Ohio we hear from VINA COLLEY about the killing power of uranium enrichment.

EV PARNAS & THE TRUMP INSANITY; The incredible LEV PARNAS tells us an astonishing story of the dark money & deep betrayal that is Donald Trump.   Born in Ukraine, Lev was raised in the mobbed-up corners of Brooklyn, leading to the unlikely depths of the Trump miasma.   As the star of “From Russia with Lev” by Rachel Maddow, Lev answers some of the most critical questions of Trump’s pending demise.   In this is an unforgettable insider hour; Lev gives us unique, powerful insights into the seismic Trumpian madness now shaking our world. Solartopia co-host MYLA RESON introduces Donald & William Barr into this rogue’s gallery of global embarrassment.   Progressive PR maven ILENE PROCTOR tells us about Ghislaine Maxwell and more.   Alabama Doctor RUTH STRAUSS argues that the “Apprentice” movies goes too easy on Trump.   Long-time activist HEIDI VERTHAILER chimes in.   Co-convenor MIKE HERSH adds a dimension on Watergate.   Health Care activist CHUCK PENACCHIO explains his sterling campaign for the public wellbeing.   Cal Care proponent PAUL NEWMAN checks in from Santa Monica on AB2200 which was killed by Gavin Newsom.   Doctor NANCY NIPARKO adds her usual brilliance to the discussion of universal health care.   Broadcast legend DAVID SALTMAN wants us to challenge Joe Rogan to a debate on atomic power.   Producer STEVE CARUSO promises grater things….like next week’s interview with the great Bob Fitrakis….   From Florida, NICOLE UNG reminds us of the outrage that is Ron DeSantis.   LAUREN TAYLOR refers to the Godfather movies as “revealed truth."

From Jeffrey Epstein to Bob Fitrakis & A Green-Powered Dodger Stadium We open GREEP Zoom #230 with another wonderful poem from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN. Waldport, Oregon Mayor HEIDE LAMPERT then fills us in with the latest on the fascist assault on democracy itself. Monumentall, we honor the legendary DR. BOB FITRAKIS, who broke the ORIGINAL stories about Jeffrey Epstein. In his presence, we take a deep dive into the miasma that is the Epstein hurricane.  Radio hero LYNN FEINERMAN explores some of the conspiratorial aspects of Epstein’s alleged Mossad contacts. KPFK board member MYLA RESON connects Epstein with former Governor Bill Richardson….and worse. Questions about MAGA’s mysterious revulsion to the Epstein nightmare are raised by DONALD SMITH. Likewise co-convenor MIKE HERSH wonders about why Trump’s ties to Epstein are coming to anyone as a “surprise." Longtime GREEP supporter John Steiner asks "how we can get more of this investigation out where it needs to go?” Indeed, how does this Epstein affair turn into Trump’s downfall asks MURTAZA MOGRI. “At the end of the day they’re all fascists,” adds ALEX WILLIAMS.  “At the end of the day they’ll find someone else.” The great DAVID SALTMAN predicts Trump will succeed in avoiding consequences for the Epstein problem. The parking lots at Dodger Stadium are ripe for solar panels says Green Power pioneer RON LEONARD. KPFK LSB CHAIR TATANKA BRICCA confirms the huge popularity of solar power in California. Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO compares the Epstein affair to Watergate and asks about election protection. From NICOLE UNG we hear that Diablo Canyon could ruin the economy of California….and more. Jimmy Tingle is HEIDI’s main concern, while VINA COLLEY takes us back to southern Ohio’s nuclear nightmare. Next week we’ll be joined by the astonishing LEV PARNAS with real inside information from the lethal Trump apocalypse. 

US REP JAMIE RASKIN & THE ATTACK ON US DEMOCRACY & ECOLOGY We begin GREEP Zoom #229 with citations for  “The Choreography of War” by our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN, whose latest poem is compacted into a brilliant three lines. Green Party Presidential nominee HOWIE HAWKINS discusses the nitty-gritties of Ranked Choice Voting & instant runoff. The great MARIANNE WILLIAMSON gives us a brief hello & a promise to come visit us again soon. Beyond Nuclear’s KEVIN KAMPS reminds us about how powerful is the rise of renewables worldwide along with the demise of nuke power. Co-host MIKE HERSH gives us a stellar introduction for US REP JAMIE RASKIN. Rep. Raskin provides a brief excursion into the dire damage being done to our electoral system through the widespread assault on the Voting Rights Act, emphasizing the powerful impact of the No Kings Day marches.. The great RAY MCCLENDON of the Georgia-based Communities United for Justice connects with Rep. Raskin, sharing concerns about the mass disenfranchisement being imposed on the national electorate. In response Rep. Raskin warns of the anti-democracy provisions of the SAVE Act, aiming to keep millions of women from voting. Progressive Democrats of America’s great Executive Director ALAN MINSKY emphasizes that Progressive activists are the true patriots. Rep. Raskin argues that the Founders’ legacies are being assaulted because of their timeless commitment to democracy. A request for help comes from MAYOR HEIDE LAMPERT of Waldport, Oregon, who proclaims herself to be a Warrior for Democracy in the face of a fascist assault. Howie Hawkins & Kevin Kamps chime in with demands for real democracy & an end to subsidies for nuke power. Agricultural activist legend RUDY ARREDONDO warns of the dismemberment of the US Department of Agriculture & the breaking federal commitments to American farming. Rep. Raskin supports Rudy by underscoring the damage being done by ICE raids to the agricultural workers and the farms that depend on them. Green activist HEIDI VERTHALLER plugs for renewables and asks Jamie if he will run for president, to which Rep. Raskin answers in the affirmative. We hear from DONALD SMITH about a book called UNCHECKED that blames Nancy Pelosi for the failure of the impeachments of Trump. LA’s JOHN SEELEY supports rank choice voting, but warns against it in the final NYC election. Frequent commentator NICOLE UNG warns that Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook et. al. are unifying for more nuke power. From MYLA RESON we hear of New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio DelGado, who opposes nuke power. Minnesotan HEDY TRIPP calls in from Malaysia to wonder about the threat to have NY Mayoral candidate Mamdani deported. Engineer STEVE CARUSO warns that the threat to de-naturalize would-be Mayor  Mamdani is being used nationwide. Ohio eco-activist VINA COLLEY illuminates the push for Small Modular Reactors’ horrendous waste & Trump's sinister mis-use of radiation victims while slashing their compensation. Phone activist NINA SINGER urges everyone to call their Senators about the Big Bill and the destruction of the Everglades. No Nukes legend KARL GROSSMAN talks about the importance of meeting with a NY Governor candidate who’s against nuke power. An emphasis for “boots on the ground comes from HOWIE DUIT. KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA emphasizes the long history of farmworker activism in CA... and its forever impact.  Frequent GREEPster DONALD SMITH introduces us to the work on nuke waste at Hanford coming from Jerry Politt, who we’ll track down…. But in honor of Independence weekend, we will not meet on July 7….so please celebrate & work for at least two more centuries of American democracy.   

PROTECTING OUR ELECTIONS AMIDST PSYCHO-NUKE TERROR & GENERAL STRIKES   We start GREEP zoom #227 with the great ANDREA MILLER who gives us the up-to-date rundown of grassroots election protection in the former Confederacy of Virginia, with further info on the Integrated Election Protection Platform.   Then the legendary RAY MCCLENDON gets us current with the Jim Crow Vigilante strategy for stealing the upcoming elections in Georgia.   Alabama native RUTH STRAUSS affirms the need to protect the vote in 2026.   Long-time activist DIANE CAMERON raises the issue of working with labor unions, especially amidst growing discussion of a general strike.   From BOB BABCOCK we get an exhortation to take over the Democratic Party.    Repeat speaker ALEX WILLIAMS discusses the need for grassroots organizing.   Co-host MIKE HERSH alerts us to major grassroots victories in Arizona.   From NICK CRAYNE we hear of the need for a “shame primary” for right-wing Democrats.   From Arizona’s LEE STANFIELD we get a reminder that the Democrats sabotaged Bernie’s campaign without denying it, and that the Party is a privately-owned entity that always attacks the Greens on every possible level.   From MAGGIE BOYD we get an earful about “General Strike US” and the need to get 3.5% of the general population in support of such an action, which would be 11 million citizens.   On the nuclear issue, we talk about the insane Vogtle reactors with the great KEVIN KAMPS, who also invokes the presidential removal of a Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner.   We’re followed by the great KARL GROSSMAN who breaks the news that the Democrat Governor of New York has drunk the pro-nuke Kool-Aid in a lethal dose.   The mayoral race in NYC is raised by MURTAZA MOGRI, who warns the Dems are facing major young grassroots opposition.     GREEP debating the likes of Marjory T. Green & Tucker Carlson is embraced by DONALD SMITH.   All that additional electricity allegedly needed for crypto currency & AI is challenged by DAVID GRACE as a set of “fake numbers”.   The fake Iran-Israel cease-fire is challenged by MYLA RESON, who also challenges the “solution” to the nuclear waste problem that’s already failed at WIPP.   In the end, DAVID SALTMAN reminds us of the need for a documentary film on the NO KINGS DAY mass marches, and the need for union planning in a general strike   July 17 will be a “good trouble” march, says CAROLYN BARCLIFT, who urges our participation..   As a witness to the Gulf of Tonkin DON MCCANNE reports on the first pilot killed there.   Next week we will be joined by the great JAIME RASKIN.  No Nukes!!!

WILL THE “NO KINGS” MOVEMENT SAVE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY? At GREEP Gathering #227 we mourn the horrific MAGA murders in Minnesota with St. Cloud resident HEDY TRIPP. We look in growing detail at the “Christian Nationalist” movement with radio host LYNNE FEINERMAN, who discusses ANDRA WATKINS & her great work on right-wing cults. From Indivisible we hear MIMI “SPRINGTIME” about her Episcopalian roots & their warped Evangelical off-shoots.   A wonderful award-winning poem from DANIELLA GIUSEPPE underscores the larger female hippocampus which provides more empathy than men can command. From Columbus, Ohio, we hear SANDY BOLZENIUS reporting about the various marches ranging from NO KINGS to Pride to Doo Dah & more.  In Santa Monica, Dr. NANCY NIPARKO reports on functional brain studies showing large hippocampi among taxi drivers, along with other contributions of her great genius Nancy gives us a pretty specific laundry list on the development of the brains in the Republican v. Democratic skulls. There were 8k people at La Palma Park in Anaheim, according to DAVID SONNEBORN, who’s pushing SB42 for public financing of California elections. From Oakland we hear from SUZIE GOLDMACHER about 10k marchers there & in other Bay Area cities. We hear in general that QR codes were not distributed at these massive rallies, but that there is a NO KINGS web site people can connect to (https://www.nokings.org/ ).. From STEVE CARUSO we hear of the many hundreds who marched in protest in rural Licking County, Ohio.  From Los Angeles we hear from TERRY GOODMAN-MANPEARL who was shot in the hand by the LAPD while doing jail support in the streets. Renowned activist JAN GOODMAN (Terry’s mom) emphasizes the power of organizing at the Pacifica Network as well as in the streets. From Tucson BILL YOHEY reports on some great progressive marching. including more than 2k folks all over this small Arizona desert community. From TATANKA BRICCA we get a heads-up about the ICE Gestapo.   From Austin we hear from PERLY GATES’s original song    TV legend DAVID SALTMAN tells us about the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to produce a NO KINGS documentary for the ages.   From southern Ohio VINA COLLEY warns about the horrific Big Bad Bill now looming in the US House.   For more about Pacifica’s New Day we hear from MYLA RESON & JAN GOODMAN.   And we prepare to gather again next week for more ELECTION PROTECTION & SOLARTOPIAN POWER.

STANDING UP TO FASCIST ASSAULTS in Los Angeles & Oregon AS THE AMERICAN REICHSTAG BURNS Our great Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN opens with some of her treasured verse. Then elected-removed-reinstated MAYOR HEIDE LAMPERT updates us on the latest grassroots stand for democracy in the face of fascism. Safe energy legend KARL GROSSMAN skewers the latest shish kabob of “hot” pro-nuclear executive orders from the radioactive White House. New York activist HEIDI VERKAMPT reminds us of emergency efforts surrounding the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Long-time No Nuker ANNA GYORGY explains the grassroots victory in Massachusetts over a highly toxic battery storage facility. Safe energy crusader MYLA RESON reports from Los Angeles while warning  us of all the pro-nuke Democrats now pushing radioactive disaster. Page 153 of Trump’s big bad bill will gut the court system, warns DANIELLA G., who adds that we must “Keep Hope Alive!!!” Election Protection pioneer LULU FRIESDAT explains in depth her landmark vote counting victory in New York. With her, electoral champion JULIE WEINER pleads for help in stopping the spread of hackable voting machines throughout NY. Solar Rights Alliance’s CAILEY UNDERHILL warns us of the horrendous Newsomite attack on long-term solar contracts his California cohorts want to break. Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO demands to know how these utilities take subsidies for dirty power while killing fair trade agreements for solar. NY campaigner MICKY LEADER tells of her being “pooh-poohed” by the usual corporate Democrats. KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA reports from Los Angeles on the gestapo ICE raids against migrant workers….and others!! In 1934, concludes DAVID SALTMAN, there was a successful General Strike throughout the nation; maybe, he suggests, we need one again. Amidst predictable escalating chaos, we will see you all next week!!!

GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY IN WALDPORT, OREGON; HOMELESSNESS; GA NUKE ELECTION THEFT; NUKES ON FIRE Our great poet laureate MIMI GERMAN kicks us off with her usual genius at the GREEP zoom #225 from Monday, June 2, 2025. Mimi additionally fills us in on the astounding fight for real grassroots democracy in the allegoric & all-too-real “Mayberry” on the Oregon coast. Homelessness advocate SUSIE SHANNON gives us a full & powerful report on the horrific Budget Bill’s ugly assault on the tragically unhoused. Minnesota’s KARLA SAND questions the role of Medicaid qualifiers for elder citizens. From DR. NANCY NIPARKO we get a unique medical perspective on the horrendous impacts of being unhoused. We hear from MIKE HERSH that his blog on Trump reminds us that FDR had Eleanor & Frances Perkins at his back. From Georgia we hear from the great RAY MCCLENDON about a critical upcoming utility commission election in the Peach State. PSC candidate DANIEL BLACKMAN tells us first hand about the challenges of running for election amidst some of the most corrupt electoral realities anywhere. Legendary Pacifica activist MYLA RESON asks what we can do to help Daniel help save Georgia’s electricity grid. That sentiment is echoed by Alabama native DR. RUTH STRAUSS. New Jersey activist MICKI LEADER also calls for grassroots activism to save our democracy. From PAUL MOBLEY we get a terrifying report on the health disaster at the Portsmouth-Piketone uranium facility in southern Ohio. The great KARL GROSSMAN reports on the bad news from Trump’s death machine on pushing new atomic reactors. The court-killing clause in Trump’s “beautiful” bill is raised by LYNN FEINERMAN and DANIELA GHIBELLI…on which we’ll do a deeper dive next week.

Waldport, Oregon, Fights for Democracy While Attacks on Voting Rights Proceed in Georgia Our esteemed Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN opens the Green Grassroots Emergency Election Zoom with one of her great poems: “A Thousand Grains of Sand”. We pay homage to BROOOCE SPRINGSTEEN and his stellar defense of democracy as well. We follow with MAYOR HEIDE LAMBERT of Waldport, Oregon and her astonishing parallel fight for democracy. In the wake of a meeting with Christie Brinkley and Alec Baldwin, the legendary KARL GROSSMAN tells us the Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul is now pushing nuke power in NY. The great MYLA RESON fills us in on the latest lunacy from Arizona's Palo Verde nukes, which are owned in part by the city of Los Angeles. Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH thanks Karl for helping to shut the Shoreham nuke on Long Island. Legendary computer pioneer LEE FELSENSTEIN adds his contribution to encouraging organizers of upcoming mass rallies to distribute business cards with QR codes to special websites for further organizing. Santa Monica solar pioneer PAUL NEWMAN updates us on Newsom’s attack on renewables, forcing AB942 through the legislature to impose new taxes and charges on rooftop PV panels. Legendary investigative reporter GREG PALAST, producer of "Vigilantes Inc.", updates our understanding of the fascist attack on the right to vote in Georgia. We’re then told by MAJOR GAMILIEL TURNER of the disenfranchising challenge meant to deprive him of his right to vote. Our favorite Alabaman DR. RUTH STRAUSS gives a hearty endorsement of Greg’s “Vigilante’s Inc.” documentary on the destruction of the American franchise. Esteemed anti-homelessness hero DONALD WHITEHEAD joins our dialog on both voting and on ending our terrible homeless crisis. Georgia-based voting rights activist RAY MCCLENDON adds another dimension to the critical discussion about how to protect our right to democracy. Radio talk host LYNN FEINERMAN raises additional critical points on protecting your own right to vote. Our engineer STEVE CARUSO chimes in with his assessment of “hostile architecture” used to attack homeless citizens where they are forced to camp. California’s MIMI SPREADBURY updates us with the latest from the Golden State, carrying us to our next meeting, on June 2, after Memorial Day…..IN SOLARTOPIA!!!

FASCIST ATTACKS ON MAYORS, JUDGES & MORE; QR CODES FOR MAJOR RALLIES; PLANNING FOR A PROGRESSIVE FUTURE We start with our great poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN & her usual mystic verse. From Waldport, Oregon, we hear from ousted & now re-instated MAYOR HEIDI LAMBERT about her incredible saga on the way to remaking this pivotal spot in the American MAGA/saga. This far-and-wide astonishing attack on democracy by the MAGA Klan is dissected by co-host MIKE HERSH.  Tough questions come from SCOTT KLATT who wants to know why Heide let herself get drafted for Mayor. From the LAProgressive.com we are updated by SHARON KYLE & DICK PRICE on the national assault on the Judiciary & our democratic elections. Then the great MYLA RESON narrates the amazingly absurd arrest of Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka & three US Congresspeople for attempting to inspect a prison facility under their jurisdiction. The attack on Mayor Baraka is mourned by DANIELA, who warns us all to carry our birth certificates. Computer pioneer LEE FELSENSTEIN elaborates on his suggestion that rally organizers use business cards with QR codes, printed in special colors, with colored ink & union labels, feeding into local-generated websites. We get a critical whistleblower report from VINA COLLY in southern Ohio. From DR. RUTH STRAUSS we hear that it’s illegal for federal agents to follow illegal orders, a Nuremberg Principle that has gained major weight with the rise of Donald Trump. Op Ed News founder ROB KALL then presents the beginning outline of a full progressive program going forward. California Indivisible’s MIMI SPREADBURY warns us we must protect programs that mean life/death to so many. The need for unity is emphasized by MELISSA HALL as well as the imperative to protect the separation of church and state.  From CHUCK PENACCHIO we hear a warning of “Democracy in Chains” & the weaponization of race and religion by Big Money. The fascist Catholic Opus Dei (see “THE DAVINCI CODE” & its female slaves are illuminated by LYNNE FEINERMAN of “Women Rising” Radio, a discussion we’ll pursue next week!!

FASCIST ATTACKS ON JUDGES & A MAYOR * CINCO DE MAYO * WINNING ECO-BATTLES   We start with “Kidnapping the Rubicon” from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.   The duly elected MAYOR HEIDE LAMBERT of Waldport, Oregon has been arrested by a fascist city council in an attempted coup; the activist progressive Mayor shares her amazing tale as we hear her plans to get re-instated.   Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH assures us all that the fight-back will inspire deep regrets among the Trumpist attackers.   LAProgressive.com editor-publishers SHARON KYLE & DICK PRICE give us the scoop on the Trump attack against Wisconsin Judge Hanna Dugan and many others like her who are standing up for actual justice & the law.  Such judges, says Kyle, have been subjected to DOXing and other forms of Nazi-style attacks.   Emmy-winning documentarian DAVID SALTMAN explains the key elements to maintaining a lawful society.   Climate activist DIANE CAMERON talks about defeating a new highway proposed for Maryland.   Green campaigner MARGARET SCHOAP OF US-PIRG expands on the great grassroots work happening in Maryland to preserve what’s left of the state.   Long-time no nukes activist MYLA RESON reminds of the major fightings against atomic power in New Mexico.   Rockville (MD) resident ALEX WILLIAMS advocate for mass transit & an end to new highways.   From Ohio we hear JAY WARMKE updates us of the surprising progress of new solar farms in the Buckeye State.   Solar pioneer PAUL NEWMAN checks in on the state of corn-based ethanol.   Legendary eco-founder MARION EDEY visits us with her great wisdom.   Legendary computer pioneer LEE FELSENSTEIN contributes the suggestion that upcoming rally organizers use business cards with secret color coding, recycled paper & union labels to provide attendees with QR codes they can use to link back to websites established for moving America’s activist mass to true criticality.   Legendary no nukes strategist KARL GROSSMAN decries NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s support for nuke bailouts.   Erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO gives us the latest from central Ohio.   Indivisible activist MIMI S concludes with California’s ridiculous new attempt to build new nukes.   Next week we’ll do a deeper dive.  Meantime, HAPPY CINCO De MAYO. 

KEEPING THE FAITH WHILE FIGHTING FOR A SOLARTOPIAN GREEN-POWERED EARTH WHILE FINALLY BURYING THE NUKE POWER INDUSTRY We start our GREEP Zoom #221 with DR. NANCY NIPARKO & her exhortation to keep the faith & not lose hope, however difficult the times may be. The FAR OUT documentary film is endorsed by DR. RUTH STRAUSS who also demands the return of Abrego Garcia after he’s been disappeared to El Salvador. The name of this terror victim is shouted out by MYLA RESON with the warning that this could happen to any and all of us at the whim of Donald Trump. ON ENERGY: From DOROTHY REIK we hear about SB540 which would open the door to new nukes & to kill the ability of California to control its own energy supplies. The legendary KEVIN KAMPS warns of the gargantuan subsidies proposed to insanely re-start Michigan’s Palisades despite the exponential cost overruns already with us, and despite disturbing reports of an epidemic of cancer in a nearby golf club, indicating major radiation releases from the nearby reactor; there are “start dates” for nuclear disasters, he said, but there are no end dates. We’re reminded by MIKE HERSH that a major driving force for the “civilian” reactor industry is the on-going production materials for atomic weapons. The radioactive insanity as spread over New Mexico is exposed by MYLA RESON. The horrors of the radioactive fallout from Trinity, the first atomic bomb test, has studied in part by JOE MANGANO of the Radiation & Health Project, who wonders what kind of health survey could be supported by Robert F. Kennedy’s federal agency; RFK, Jr’s uncle, the late US Senator Ted Kennedy, long ago advocated such a study. Joe tells us of a study involving 16 of the oldest US nukes & found a clear correlation between cancer death rates and early and later plant operations. California’s 2018 master plan to phase out the two reactors at Diablo & phase in a renewable energy base is laid wholly at the feed of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Kevin Kamps tells us that at least 10% of the ratepayers in Georgia’s Vogtle rate region can’t pay their bills to keep their lights on because of the huge charges coming from the two new nukes. We then take the plunge into the stock market and the insider manipulations of Donald Trump’s tariffs, whose announcements let his friends and family sell and buy at obscene levels of grift. We also delve into the little-discussed T-Bills/government bonds that have stabilized the US and global economies. The loss of confidence in T-bills could signal a death knell for the American economy as reflected by the global loss of confidence in the US economy and the Dollar. “Women Rising Radio” host LYNN FEINERMAN wonders if we are thus headed into a Depression…or are we already there? The importance of the bond market, says MIKE HERSH, is valued by very powerful moneyed interest whose presence in T-Bill markets can decide the fate of the global economy, especially as the US “credit rating” is being destroyed. The kinds of insider manipulations available to Trump have been worth incalculable grift to friends and family on the Trump Rolodex. Kissinger’s “Mad Nixon” theory is raised by TATANKA BRICCA as we see maximum currency manipulation among those who own the bulk of global wealth. TATANKA warns further that the oligarchs want to cauterize our hearts & our souls, which can only be defeated with empathy and compassion. The California Fair Elections Act SB42 would repeal the ban on public financing of election campaigns, neutralizing the power of America’s oligarchs. The documentary movie called “the Encampments” about Columbia’s University’s investments is introduced by DR. NANCY NIPARKO.  

PRESIDENTIAL DEMENTIA; VETERANS’ MEDICAL DEBT; A GENERAL STRIKE & THE NEED FOR DIGITAL ORGANIZING Medical specialist DR. NANCY NIPARKO opens GREEP Zoom #220 with a direct quote from Donald Trump and a diagnostic prognosis. Financial organizer JERRY ASHTON tells us his organizing has helped retire $45 billion in medical debt for more than 5 million people, including thousands of veterans, many of whom have thus avoided suicide. Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN tells us of HEIDI STRANGE-SKY LAMBERT,  who was duly elected mayor of Waldport, Oregon, only to be forcefully removed by the bad bully she was duly elected to remove as mayor.  Heidi’s amazing story of being bullied out of the mayor’s office is going global. The story of Elon Musk’s pro-apartheid parents follows in sequence with our discussion of the rise of Trumpian fascism. Long-time activist DOROTHY REIK expresses her intense dismay that the LA Dodgers went to see Trump in the White House, and calls for a general strike. Having attended the Bernie/AOC rally in Los Angeles, MYLA RESON also references Trump’s desire to have “home growns” shipped to death camps in El Salvador. Taking the next step in electronic organizing is directed by LEE FELSENSTEIN toward business cards with QR codes leading to central organizing data bases with the technical help they need. The question of our organizing focus is raised by our steadfast engineer STEVE CARUSO raising the issue of upcoming rallies in central Ohio. The notion of a General Strike is seconded by ALEX WILLIAMS, who warns that pain will be involved, and that we must not be split up by race & gender. The need for general solidarity is underlined by co-convenor MIKE HERSH. Solar homeowner PAUL NEWMAN wonders how we can find the dictatorship’s pivotal weakness.   The scourge of the “Christian Nationalist” right wing is rooted out by DAVID BROWN whose podcast demands the protection of religious diversity and rights, especially in Oklahoma, whose governor is erasing the lines between church & state.   From DAVID NADER we get a confirmation for a General Strike and a boycott against paying the bills of utility companies destroying our Earth.