Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour

TRUMP’S DEPARTURE & THE GREEN NEW DEALThe imminent demise of Donald Trump and the rise of the Green New Deal come to us through the great Political Scientist PETER MATHEWS and long-time energy expert CHARLES KOMANOFF.We explore the wide range of Trump’s lawbreaking and the likelihood of his being removed from office by the corporate barons, the military and/or the intelligence community.  Harvey has bet $10 he’ll be gone by Earth Day.  We share see.Peter explores the historical precedents and legal ramifications of this lawless presidency.  Charles delves deep into the energy statistics surrounding the Green New Deal, with some shocking news about the green success in California.In ensemble we explore the truly astounding range of possibilities now roiling our tumultuous political landscape.We also visit Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, and the powerful new assertion that she be officially recognized as our nation’s third First Lady.  

The End of Empire and Birth of Voter Rights?Great experts Mimi Kennedy, Bob Fitrakis and Steve Rosenfeld cover Trump’s astounding pullbacks from Syria and Afghanistan We explore the deep deep sea of his legal miasma. And we look at the amazing new HB 1, the omnibus bill on voter rights in the US HouseFor an all-inclusive cruise through the Trumpocalypse don’t miss this show. 

WILL THE CORPORATE DEMS NUKE THE GREEN NEW DEAL?We’re joined by legendary activists AMANDA ROBERTSON,RUSSELL GREENE & JOEL SEGAL to celebrate a green energy victory in North Carolina and to plot the future of the Green New Deal.In North Carolina, Amanda and Joel have been at the heart of wining a major declaration for a totally renewable future in the heart of Duke Power country, one of the world’s most powerful and reactionary utilities.On the national and global front, Russell has been a major player in pushing clean energy solutions for the climate chaos crisis.Together we explore the how, where and when of winning a Solartopian future and saving our planet…as well as our economy.If you’re ready to transform our future, and save our planet, don’t miss this show. 

TRUMP’S ESPIONAGE, CODE PINK’S PEACE & THE GREEN NEW DEAL     We’re joined in Solartopia by the great MARC ASH, Editor/Publisher of READER SUPPORTED NEWS, to discuss his recent assertions about the flagrant illegalities of Donald Trump.  Marc’s articles lay out the case that while we are not officially at war, and therefore Trump’s law-breaking may not be technically treasonous, they might certainly meet the standards of espionage.   We then welcome MEDEA BENJAMIN and JODIE EVANS of CODE PINK.  These two legendary activists have been effectively campaigning for peace, social justice and ecological harmony for decades with enormous impact.   We talk with Medea about the shocking vote of the US Senate—including many Republicans—to defy Trump and demand an end to US complicity with Saudi Arabia in the holocaust in Yemen.     Jodie then fills us in on the Green New Deal and the need to switch to a peace-based budget that will fund the desperately-needed conversion to a renewable-based 100% green economy.     With one of America’s great editors and two of its leading activists, this is a show you should not miss.    

WHEN WILL TRUMP GO TO PRISON?We dig deep into the festering swamp that is the Trumputin presidency with two fantastic experts.  TED VAILL is an attorney and former military prosecutor.  CRAIG UNGER is author of the NYTimes bestseller HOUSE OF TRUMP HOUSE OF PUTIN.Together they give an astonishing rundown of the money laundering and roiling miasma that Trump will NEVER escape. It’s an ASTONISHING excursion into illegality and idiocy you won’t want to miss.  This country is turning upside down and here you will see how.JERRY ASHTON updates us on the impact concerning health care and medical debt.And election protection expert STEVE ROSENFELD explains a powerful, hugely impactful legal victory won by Jill Stein and the Greens to force a new level of voting integrity into Pennsylvania.Don’t miss this show. 

After a brief rundown of the fascist coups being perpetrated in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia and Ohio, we join JERRY ASHTON and JOEL SEGAL for an in-depth plunge into the nightmare of American healthcare and the medical debt it has spawned.   Jerry is co-author of END MEDICAL DEBT, an astonishing book documenting the near-miraculous movement to wipe out the medical debt of millions of Americans.  If you have unpaid doctor bills, you MUST listen to this show, read Jerry’s book, and go to his website ripmedicaldebt.org .  Also see John Oliver’s astonishing segment ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxUAntt1z2c ) on purchasing about $15 million medical debt and abolishing it, which he terms “the greatest TV giveaway in history.”   Joel is the long-time master of legislative organizing, and the force behind a major new push for Congress to at last approve MEDICARE FOR ALL.   As we await the Mueller hammer to fall, this is the most critical political push happening today.  If you’ve ever gotten a doctor bill, don’t miss this show.

IT’S MUELLER TIME!  WHY TRUMP WILL BE GONE BY EARTH DAY!Join this astonishing excursion into the malarial swamp of Donald Trump’s farewell legal problems.  Attorney and former prosecutor TED RAILL speaks with ace investigator CHARLES JACO of the St. Louis American about the amazing morass Trump now faces.Personally, I don’t see him coming out of it.  Listen in and make your own call.  This will be an on-going series until Trump leaves.We’re then joined by election protection experts STEVE ROSENFELD and JOHN BRAKEY for a run-down on the latest from the stolen elections in Georgia and Florida.In particular, a devastating federal lawsuit filed by Stacey Abrams has laid out the state’s appalling voter suppression abuses.  Steve also outlines the major court victory won by Jill Stein and the Green Party, mandating that Pennsylvania now use hand-counted paper ballots in all it elections.IF YOU ARE AT ALL COMMITTED TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, DON’T MISS THIS SHOW!!  

CALIFORNIA FIRES, MUELLER vs. the MOBSTER, STOLEN ELECTIONSToday we start with the MALIBU FIRES and one of its refugees, LANCE SIMMENS.We then explore what we expect from the Mueller Report and the criminal in the White House, with world-class experts CRAIG UNGER and ANDREW KREIG.We finish with JON SIMON, author of CODE RED to dissect what’s happening in the almost-but-not-yet-entirely STOLEN ELECTIONS IN FLORIDA & GEORGIA.A fantastic round robin.  Don’t miss this show. 

OUR ASTONISHING RIDE ON THE BLUE/RAINBOW WAVE   The immense power of the Blue/Rainbow Wave still unfolds as we surf its historic impact with four great experts.     Above all, we have thrown a big speed bump in front of the Trump fascist coup.   From the Florida recounts to the “WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED” refusal of Stacy Abrams to concede the Georgia governor’s election, we take unique on-the-ground looks at these extremely crucial elections.     STEVE ROSENFELD, JOHN BRAKEY and  CLIFFORD J. TASNER will report from the field in Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, California and around the country.  The news is no less than amazing.     This cutting edge commentary covers the most important election of our lifetime…which is FAR from over.     We finally talk with DC attorney Andrew Kreig, who tells us about the Mueller Investigation and the MASSIVE impact it could have on Trump.  With hundreds of connections to both the American and Russian mobs, the anticipation of this thoroughly documented piece of investigation could permanently change the political landscape.     Don’t miss this show.  

WILL TRUMP STEAL IT????In our last show before the most important mid-term election in history, our panel of experts goes right to the core:  WILL TRUMP STEAL IT?MIMI KENNEDY, JOEL SEGAL, SUSIE SHANNON and JOHN BRAKEY join me to get the very heart of the issue:  can the grassroots movement protect what’s left of our democracy and save the nation and world from outright dictatorship.If you care about human survival, don’t miss this show.  

ELECTION THEFT IN GEORGIA, INDIAN COUNTRY & BEYONDAs the Trump Fascists close in on another stolen election, four leading experts tell us how it’s happening and what they’re doing to stop it.First the great investigator GREG PALAST explains the basis for his lawsuit in Georgia, where Secretary of State Brian Kemp is running the election in which he is himself running for Governor.  Palast is suing to make public how Kemp is disenfranchising more than 500,000 citizens based on false information.In North Dakota DANNY SHEEHAN and SARA NELSON are working with the Indigenous nations to stop vote stripping imposed by the legislature, which now demands street address on reservations where there are none.  JON SIMON also joins us to talk about his book CODE RED and the anti-social sickness that is moving America’s super-rich to strip all others of their rights.Join us in this powerful, passionate plunge into the pit of electoral hell from which our worst nightmare is poised to emerge….unless we stop him.

ELECTION THEFT RUNS RAMPANT We discuss with three top experts the national campaign by the Trumpist Party to steal the 2018 mid-term election in Georgia, North Dakota, North Carolina, Arizona and elsewhere.Leading election protection activists MIMI KENNEDY, JOHN BRAKEY and STEVE ROSENFELD are with us for the full hour.If you are at all concerned about the future of American democracy, do not miss this amazing show.  

We’re joined by activist JOEL SEGAL to discuss the many ways the Trumpist GOP is stealing the 2018 election, and what we can do about it.  We particularly focus on stripping of voter rolls in Georgia, North Carolina and in North Dakota, where virtually all Indigenous reservation residents are being disenfranchised.We also talk with ELLEN BROWN and MARC ARMSTRONG about the public banking option.  North Dakota has had a public bank form a century.  Now Los Angeles has a charter amendment that could establish one in one of America’s biggest cities.  Putting LA’s finances into public hands could save as much as $170 million/year, more money than it spends on road maintenance.  Brown and Armstrong explain how.

SAINTHOOD FOR OSCAR ROMERO; VICTORY OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE; FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF OUR NATIONWe are joined at the Green Power & Wellness Show by three great activists with key insights into the canonization of the murdered activist Archbishop Oscar Romero, a major court victory for Indigenous activism against the Dakota and Keystone XL pipelines, and for social justice and democratic survival in the US.CLIFFORD J. TASNER of Americans for Democratic Action joins SARA NELSON and DANNY SHEEHAN of the Romero Institute along with host Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman in a fascinating, lively hour. .We start with the Catholic Church’s decision to recognize the sainthood of Oscar Romero, who was murdered in El Salvador in 1980 by fascist death squads.  Romero is the first “Liberation Theology” priest to become a saint, marking a major shift in the church’s orientation under Pope Francis.We also explore a major court victory as North Dakota drops charges against Indigenous leader Chase Iron Eyes for his opposition to the Dakota Pipeline, which threatens the entire ecological system of the Mississippi Valley.  Charges of “trespassing” against the First Peoples who own the land to begin with has become a trap door into a new realm of legal challenge the corporate establishment may not want to touch.Finally we use the furor over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to explore the need for America's progressive wing to retake the nation and prevent a total fascist/misogynist take-over.  As Sara makes clear, it may well be America’s women, enraged by the Kavanaugh catastrophe, who lead the charge and ultimately make the difference.   

KAV-CATASTROPHE…..AND THE GLOBAL WARMING/HURRICANE/COAL ASH NIGHTMARE           We start in Solartopia with the obscenity that is the abuse of women in our society, as related with first-hand testimony by JOEL SEGAL, a graduate of the southern educational system, who has observed first hand the shameful realities of how men treat women there.We are then joined by ENERGY/ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS NANCY LA PLACA, KIM PORTER & MUSTAFA ALI, who explain for us in excruciating detail the eco-health costs of the massive coal ash spills that have just ravaged North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Florence.This latest global warming catastrophe has broken dams and poured highly toxic coal ash, animal wastes and other life-destroying poisons into our rivers, lakes and ocean, turning still more segments of the planet into virtual dead zones.Nancy, Kim and Mustafa bring extremely good news about community organizing and about the powerful, rapid advance of renewable energy technologies.  Nancy explains in great detail how wind, solar and battery technologies have become far cheaper to use the coal, oil, nukes and gas, and how they now offer a clear route to SOLARTOPIA if only the monopolized utility companies would get out of the way.Kim gives us great information about the spread of community organizing in North Carolina, while Mustafa fills in critical blanks on the federal scene.If you are interested in survival on this planet, don’t miss this show.