Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.16.25

LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES…WE PRAY FOR LEONARD PELTIER WITH THE GREAT ROSE STYRON & MORE…

 

 

We start GREEP Zoom #206with 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.

 

DAVID SALTMAN reminds us of the Bruce Curtis case, in which a Canadian citizen convicted of murder was remanded to Canada rather than being put to death.

 

MIKE HERSH reminds us that there is a resolution signed by many members of the US House calling for Peltier to be released, as well as a warning that Trump may be persecuting those who raise progressive issues..

 

The cases of CHARLES LITTLEJOHN is raised by NICOLE UNG, along with that of STEVE DONZIGER.

 

From Santa Monica, NANCY NIPARKO and PAUL NEWMAN give us on-the-spot reports from the front lines of the Palisades Fire.

 

Radio host LYNN FEINERMAN raises the question of whether Westwood is being protected because of atomic reactors on the UCLA campus east of the 405.

 

DENNIS BERNSTEIN of the Flashpoints Show at KPFA raises the issue of farmworkers and prisoners fighting the LA fires.

 

Firefighters have been coming from Ukraine, adds Nancy Niparko.

 

MARC IMLAY describes how the military has been fighting fires.

 

STEVE CARUSO warns that the creep of fascism is burning the planet.

 

JOHN FITZGERALD reports on the attempt to hold Trump accountable for violating the third section of the 14th Amendment, which would disqualify him from becoming President.

 

DAVE SALTMAN raises the issue of why this 14th Amendment challenge to the Trump Presidency has gotten no media coverage.

 

The question of whether police should prevent this Inauguration is raised by ANDREW LEVIS.

 

From western Mass we hear ANNA GYORGY seconding the motion for enforcing the 14th while decrying the lack of attention being given to it.

 

PATRICIA GRACIAN emphasizes the work of Steve Spoonamore (Duty to Warn) and Greg Palast (Vigilantes Inc) in documenting the “irregularities” of our elections.

 

ANNE WILCOX clarifies that objecting to the certification of an Electoral College delegation has become far more difficult.

 

CLAIRE ROSENFIELD adds important advice for dealing with ICE, including by demanding a warrant.

 

Talking to us from Columbus, Ohio, SANDY BOLZENIUS suggests that we get radio stations—like Pacifica—to spread the word about saving democracy.

 

Sanctions against Russia established by Trump a few years ago & then extended by Biden are raised by MINDY GALLEGOS

 

MARY ELIZABETH JACKSON asks for reassurance in a difficult time……let’s hope the sun rises soon.

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.9.25

We Honor LEONARD PELTIER & His Fellow Prisoners as Trump is Certified & We Evaluate His Nominees


TATANKA BRICCA discusses the chances that Joe Biden will save the life of Leonard Peltier, who’ll be released before 1/20 or die.

A minor correction comes from MYLA RESON…and still  more from MIKE HERSH.

Young Progressive Democrats of America is represented by HARTZELL GRAY, who inspires our movement to recruit young activists.

NICOLE UNG urges us to help free whistleblower Charles Littlejohn.

Myla and DAVID SALTMAN talk about beloved corporate-assaulted attorney STEVE DONZIGER who has been privately prosecuted by Chevron Oil.

GAVRILAH WELLS of Amnesty International recalls Trump's mass killings of 13 federal prisoners and urges Biden to keep pardoning folks, especially Peltier.

 NICOLE CORRADO evokes the need to sanction a Russian billionaire helping Musk buying Twitter.

Election expert RAY LUTZ shows disturbing statistics from Nevada indicating serious irregularities in the Democratic turnout.

The insane prosecution against JOHN BRAKEY for merely making a public records request is explained by SUSAN PYNCHON.

DON MCCANNE emphasizes the need for youth in the progressive movement.

We hear from DIANE CAMERON that the 1/6 insurgents did attack the Capitol, but more importantly they attacked our Congress.

Trump’s in-coming cabinet is dissected by JACK EIDT.

We’ll see you next week in Solartopia….No Nukes!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.2.25

IS FLUORIDE IN WATER A KILLER? LEONARD PELTIER MUST BE FREED! * WILL 14.3 KEEP TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE?


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

Our deep dive into public water 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 cannot hold public office.

Fitzgerald explains that Congress has the power to decide whether such 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 time bomb.

The Electoral College Vote Count Act will come into play on January 6, when we meet again.

DAVID SALTMAN raises two key questions:  what triggers the line of succession? and will this lead to civil war?

John Fitzgerald further explains that the 12 Amendment could kick in, making Kamala Harris president…

As for a new civil war, Fitzgerald explains that the capital might be protected, but not the rest of the country.

STEVE CARUSO and DONALD SMITH and AJ LEVIS  raise key demands that this be heard and ask what we can do to make this happen.

NICOLE UNG calls for Charles Littlejohn to be pardoned for having been a whistleblower from the IRS.

 

And we prepare for the volcano of our January 6 gathering….

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 12.26.24

An Appeal to Biden to Free LEONARD PELTIER; MLK Day Coming; Back to the Founders


TATANKA BRICCA opens with a report on LEONARD PELTIER  and the desperate need to get him out of prison alive.

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 that Inauguration Day, 2025, will be Martin Luther King Dan.

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.

MICHAEL JOHNSON digs deep into the January 3 insurrection and its on-going impacts.

Next week, December 29, we will reconvene, hopefully to celebrate the freedom of Leonard Peltier…& the partial redemption of Joe Biden.

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 12.19.24

We start GREEP Zoom #203 with a gorgeous poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN, enhanced by our meeting on BEETHOVEN’S birthday.

We then, with a shout-out from MYLA RESON, visit the horrendous case of LEONARD PELTIER, as well as the one of STEVE DONZIGER.

TATANKA BRICCA promises to contact CHASE IRON EYES for next week’s gathering.

JOHN STEINER reminds us that 34 Members of Congress have written Biden asking for Leonard’s freedom.

KARLA SAND and HEDY TRIPP report in from Minnesota on choices for a new Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

The great JERRY ASHTON reports in on his campaign to erase medical debt, having helped retire many billions in medical debt.

We are then joined by the great GREG PALAST who tells us what we do & do not know about mass disenfranchisement in the 2024 election.

ELENA RUMIANTSEVA, LYNN FEINERMAN, CHARLOTTE DENNETT, DONALD SMITH also contribute important insights.

Engineer STEVE CARUSO adds his belief that all is not well with the 2024 outcome.

YONNA PATTON & STELLA FAIR introduce the diversity issue to our screen. 

ROB KALL checks in from Op Ed News.

PAUL NEWMAN gives kudos to Greg from Santa Monica.

MELISSA RICHARDSON HALL & STEVEN HOFFMAN add critical insights.

MIKE HERSH introduces his pal PAT ELDER, who takes us on a deep dive into the filthy world of military waste & PFAS.

DOUG KRAGOE promises us to bring some expertise on fluoridization for our December 23 gathering.

See you then!!!

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 12.12.24

WILL LEONARD LIVE?  WAS THE 2024 ELECTION BOUGHT BY MUSK? WHAT NEXT IN SYRIA?


TATANKA BRICCA updates the attempt to free LEONARD PELTIER to open GREEP Zoom #202,asking us to contact the White House. 

We then explore “Catch 2024” with STEPHEN SPOONAMORE and the possibility that Elon Musk bought this year’s election.

The legendary CLINT CURTIS introduces his movement to get the 2024 ballots counted.

JOHN BRAKEY follows with his report from Arizona & digital imaging insights.

We dive further into the electoral madness with RAY LUTZ.

ELEANOR LECAIN calls out the Democrats for the traditional lack of interest in election protection. 

LYNN FEINERMAN raises the issue of Opus Dei and its dark fight against democracy.

PAUL STOKES, DANIELA GIOSEFFI, MELISSA HALL join in with critical comments.

ADAM THUNDERFACE adds more to the campaign to free Leonard Peltier.

The chaos in the Middle East is then addressed by CHARLOTTE DENNETT & DAVID SALTMAN.

We also address the brilliant recent piece on war by LUCIAN TRUSCOTT IV.

…and we will see you again next week for our final session of the tragic year 2024. 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 12.5.24

Deep Dives on Whether the 2024 Election Stolen & What’s REALLY Happening in the Middle East

 

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 grassrootsep.org website.

 

 

MIMI KENNEDY gives us a detailed report on election procedures in Los Angeles.

 

On life-and-death questions of the Middle East, CHARLOTTE DENNETT gives us a comprehensive look at the region’s oil/energy geopolitics.

DAVID SALTMAN enhances Charlotte’s devastating presentation with his own world-class expertise born of an astonishing career in broadcast journalism.   

 

Through this powerful, riveting and vitally important 140-minute session, with more than 100 participants, we also hear from PAUL STOKES, MIKE HERSH, MYLA RESON, and more.

 

GREEP 202 will return next week with even deeper looks at  the 2024 election, the Middle East & the desperate Solartopian drive to green-power Los Angeles & the world.

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 11.21.24

AFTER THE DELUGE, & AWAITING THE ATTACK ON RENEWABLES & DEMOCRACY:  WE NAVIGATE THE AFTERMATH at GREEP Zoom #200

 

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.

 

One Payer States.org President CHUCK PENACCIO tell us of a major event coming up through his website.

 

Central Ohio’s native Nazis and their “social dementia” are called out by our engineer STEVE CARUSO.

 

BLUESKY, a new internet service & an alternative to Twitter/X is introduced by Myla Reson.

 

DR. ALAN TASMAN and DR. KEN THOMPSON brief us on a new community-based way of enhancing social cohesion, which we will explore in a few weeks.

 

For a deeper dive into the election aftermath we host the audit expert RAY LUTZ, who is always full of important information.

 

Santa Monican PAUL NEWMAN asks about the disturbing role of Starlink.

 

KEVIN KAMPS arrives to introduce Trump’s new Secretary of Energy, an outspoken opponent of renewable energy.

 

DAVID SONNEBORN tells us that the Friend Committee on National Legislation won the US Peace Award.

 

MIKE HERSH gives us powerful words with which to organize, as always.

 

We will not meet next week…see you after Thanks giving!!!.

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 11.14.24

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

MIKE HERSH tells us that “everything is hackable.”

www.seesaynow.org is 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”.

ERIC LAZARUS reminds us that “autocracies like Russia are not fun to live in” and commends to us a book entitled “Autocracy Inc”.

From much-acclaimed news documentarian DAVID SALTMAN we are guided toward a forward strategy, including that rarest of animal: the benign billionaire.

If the billionaires bought the election, wonders JUSTIN TRUONG, shouldn’t Biden have dropped out earlier…& how can we fight them?

…and as TATANKA wonders if Steve Jobs was murdered, we look deep into a dark new era of which we’ll make total sense NEXT WEEK!!!

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 11.7.24

CALIFORNIA SOLARTOPIA IN TRUMP’S WAKE

 

We regroup after the Trump Debacle to talk about solarizing California and the world.

 

DENNY ZANE, former mayor of Santa Monica, guides us through the ropes of running a referenda for a tax fund for solarization.

 

Co-hosts TATANKA BRICCA and MYLA RESON help guide us on our way, along with some great callers.

 

We also inaugurate the idea of a NEW SOLARTOPIA, comprised of CA, OR, WA & HI.  

 

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