U.S. National

We begin this celebratory GREEP zoom #208 with TATANKA BRICCA giving us some background of Joe Biden’s announcement that LEONARD PELTIER will be released from prison on February 18.

SHAWNA HOGAN-MOORE tells us about her meeting where she & asked Prez Biden to release Leonard.

Our poet laureate MIMI GERMAN gives us a poem about the duality of this amazing moment.

Crusader VINNIE DESTEFANO, who also worked to free Julian Assange, weighs in.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH reminds us of the great & powerful life of racial justice campaigner Marcus Garvey, pardoned today.

From the American Indian Movement and NDN we hear from LYDIA PONCE.

Activist/author/poet DANIELA GIOSEFFI takes us back to Selma and reminds us of the triumphs of Martin Luther King, whose day it is.

Amnesty International’s GAVRILAH WELLS reminds us of the years of work that went into this campaign for justice.

New York activist MICKI LEADER talks of exploring the range of podcasts amidst a lifetime of social change.

The feminism pioneer Martin Luther is evoked by MARC IMLAY.

Jan 17, 2025 Politics Done Right Interviews Harvey Wasserman, a journalist and environmental activist, urges smart rebuilding from the LA fire and the closure of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.

We start GREEP Zoom #207 with a report from the burning city of Los Angeles that it’s long past time to shut the two reactors at Diablo Canyon, before they could pour a radioactive cloud into a city/county with 11 million.

The great ROSE STYRON….poet, activist, co-founder of Amnesty USA….tells us to get active to help us save Leonard Peltier out of prison before he dies.

Rose is joined by ALEX MATTHEISSEN adds to the request in the name of his father, Peter, renowned author of IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

Alex also helps us celebrate the coming of congestion pricing to New York City and elsewhere.  

TATANKA BRICCA gives us a report on this campaign from the perspective of the tribes and the Pope, who we hope will convince Biden to spare this man’s life.

Maryland State Senator JEFF WALDSTREICHER introduces us to the opening day of the legislature in Annapolis….and the revival of Progressive values in the face of the advent of Donald Trump.  Jeff also warns of an attempt to use private prisons to hold large numbers of political prisoners.

Our poet laureate MIMI GERMAN leads off GREEP Zoom #205 with two beautiful short poems.

Our deep dive into public waste fluoridation with DOUG CRAGOE, followed by LYNN FEINERMAN, MYLA RESON, DR. RUTH STRAUSS and DR. NANCY NIPARKO.

We'll revisit at a future date the life-and-death complexities of this vital issue.

JOHN FITZGERALD then gives us a thorough analysis of the petition demanding that the Congress deal with the 3d section of the 14th Amendment.

That law stipulates that someone who has participated in insurrection against the government of the United States.

Fitzgerald explains that Congress has the power to decide whether a candidate can actually become a President or member of Congress.

Two Supreme Courts (Colorado & Maine) & three Congressional Committees have branded Donald Trump an insurrectionist, leaving Congress the option to disqualify him from office.

MIKE HERSH emphasizes the non-partisan nature of the Constitution.

LORI GRACE adds her support to the effort to have the Congress deal with this astonishing political football.

TATANKA BRICCA opens with a report on LEONARD PELTIER and the desperate need to get him out of prison alive.
Petition: https://www.amnestyusa.org/campaigns/free-leonard-peltier

MYLA RESON follows up with a key point of information on how, hopefully, to do that.

Our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN gives our GREEP Zoom #204 a perfect opening poem.

MIKE HERSH hearkens back to the formation of the US republic with a warning on the horrors of fascism.

DAVID SALTMAN explains Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, banning insurrectionists from holding public office.

From western Massachusetts, ANNA GYORGY reminds us (https://www.traprock.org) that Inauguration Day, 2025, (Jan. 18 event Poster at bottom) will be Martin Luther King Day.

BARBARA HARRISON adds a plea to fight for democracy

MELISSA HALL asks about calling the White House to help free Leonard.

CATHERINE STEARNS lets us in on resistance organizations in Oregon….including the Civil Liberties Defense Center.

It’s now Joe Biden’s decision whether Leonard Peltier lives or dies.

Biden can choose to be Leonard’s liberator…or his executioner.  There is no middle ground.  The outgoing president can never escape personal responsibility.

We thought it was a fitting day to send out a press release about our Study of the Drop-off Factor in the 2024 Presidential Election, along with the questions that the study raises about the election results. Below is the full press release. We hope you will share this widely. Share it with local, state and national media. Share it online. Share it with your friends, family and networks. It is a thorough and clear presentation of the issue designed to stimulate thought and conversation.

If we don’t talk about these issues, it will be much harder to solve them. The first step is to have the courage to express our doubts.

Drop-off By State & By County

We begin with a riveting, totally unique analysis of the questions surrounding the legitimacy of the 2024 election.

Thus GREEP Zoom #201 opens with renowned computer expert STEPHEN SPOONAMORE, whose deep dives into election protection date back to 1999...and whose questions about the 2024 election have stirred huge controversy nationwide, for very good reason, as we’ll hear.

Digital image activist JOHN BRAKEY, the godfather of digital ballot imaging,  reports from Arizona.

Audit Master RAY LUTZ enhances the dialogue with far-reaching technical analysis of the need for hand counting.

JOHN BONIFAZ & SUSAN GREENHAIGH add to the deep investigation of whether this election might have been stolen.

PATRICIAN GRACIAN promises to contact CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) about potential legal avenues regarding election integrity concerns.

Master Engineer STEVE CARUSO will post the AI transcript of meeting on http://grassrootsep.org website.

 

We begin the GREEP zoom #200 with JEN KARIUS, who worked the polls in Pennsylvania & asks for others to contact her.

Then the great JOHN BRAKEY checks in from Arizona with his deep understanding of what a fair election really looks like.

MYLA RESON introduces DAVID FELDMAN of “the Mop Up,” and tells us that letters are going to Kamala Harris, asking her to investigate the election outcome.

Myla reads the “Duty to Warn” letter from computer expert Steven Spoonamore sent to the Democrats.

From Asheville, North Carolina, ILENE PROCTOR reports on an election outcome that gave down ballot Democrats a victory along with Trump.

Legendary “Flashpoints” host DENNIS BERNSTEIN warns of federal legislation designed to attack progressive non-profits.

BRENDA DAVIES gratefully informs us about HR815, set to destroy activist groups nationwide.

KPFK’s erstwhile Chair TATANKA BRICCA warns of explosions set to go off possibly this summer.

We then hear from MARGOT KING that HR 815 has been (temporarily) defeated.

RUTH STRAUSS says she un-scribed from the Washington Post but thinks folks should join back up.

We start with an amazing, uplifting poem from our poet laureate MIMI GERMAN.

MIKE HERSH tells us that “everything is hackable.”

To report your voting problems go to https://seesaynow.org recommended to us by our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO.

MYLA RESON call for an autopsy & a forensic investigation, with a well-deserved slam on Bill Clinton

From balmy Minnesota we hear from HEDY TRIPP enumerate the disturbing vote breakdown in Minneapolis.

An intriguing interactive chart of voter preferences comes to us from DONALD SMITH.

The mechanics of our election are examined by the great RAY LUTZ, one America’s true experts on vote count audits.

Infiltration of the vote counting process is examined by KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA.

Legendary No Nukes activist JOHN LA FORGE reminds us of his life-long opposition to nuclear weapons and tells us about a truly great Judge.

The Christian Nationalist/Zionist alliance is analyzed by radio host LYNN FEINERMAN.

Jeremy Rifkin’s AQUA PLANET is summoned for us by JOHN STEINER, who reminds us that it’s a “time for Bothisattvas”.