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On the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan, an extremely hot, intensely radioactive 1,000-pound nuclear fuel assembly sits somewhere under specially treated water inside the Palisades nuclear power plant. That assembly has “tilted from its upright position,” according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and may have damaged other key components of the plant.

But the commission, nevertheless, just green-lighted a risky retrieval operation by the plant’s owner, the New Jersey-based Holtec Company. The “regulators” in charge of all this answer to Donald Trump who can fire any NRC employee at will, based on the Slaughter decision of the U.S. Supreme Court this year.

Despite serious uncertainties and vast potential danger, Holtec is now approved to pull those extremely radioactive rods out of the reactor core.

Trump is personally invested financially in the nuclear power industry.

Billions are at stake. Holtec needs Palisades to open ASAP. 

We start GREEP #283 with the great RAY MCCLENDON’S comprehensive report from Georgia, where voting has actually begun.

From the Battleground Alliance’s HEATHER BOOTH we hear the need to protect the millions of early votes already pouring into the election centers.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH reminds us that people power will beat money power any time.

Our resident nitty-gritty expert MIMI KENNEDY reminds us that while we’re all anxious, it’s vital we check our registrations, even with screen shots, as “proof is what this election is about.”

Scrutineers’ board member DALE AXELROD  urges us to record the poll tapes that may be posted at the precincts.  

GREEP engineer STEVE CARUSO emphasizes the dangers now facing our democracy.

California-based expert RAY LUTZ gives us the inside story on the need for real-world paper-based audits to guarantee a credible election.

From E.J. SCOTT we get the word on a 6-step “democracy action passport” to citizens active in the critical steps to become a “democracy ambassador.”

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Exactly sixty years ago, 24-year-old Huey P. Newton and 29-year-old Bobby Seale, two college students, formed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California in response to citizens’ complaints of mistreatment by the police. The police department had a history of cracking heads for sport and harassing people for no legitimate reason. Not surprisingly, Black and brown people were disproportionately targeted for this special kind of treatment. 

Rodney Ellis forged 750,000 ballots in an attempt to steal the election away from Donald Trump — or so say the MAGA-nauts.

Ellis supposedly did this dastardly deed all while running Harris County, which includes Houston.

I asked the alleged perp himself, County Commissioner Ellis, how he could possibly forge three-quarters of a million absentee ballots. At eight seconds per signature, it would take a normal human about 200 years to sign them all.

The Commissioner, an attorney, said, “I’m too lazy to sign hundreds of thousands of ballots. I’d be nuts.”

It would all be a laugh, except for the attempted murder and vigilantes armed with AR-15s at his daughter’s pajama party. It would be a laugh if not for the untold number of Black and Hispanic voters terrorized at ballot dropboxes. A laugh if not for Ken Paxton and his Ku-Kluxxing of the vote.

President Donald Trump delivered a bizarre speech at a campaign event in Tennessee on October 10, 2026, in which he reportedly chanted, “We will kill everyone,” referring to the Iranian people, and said, “Praise be to Allah.”

A U.S. president should never use such reckless and inflammatory language. The office demands judgment, restraint, and respect for human life—not rhetoric that trivializes mass killing or turns international tensions into a spectacle.

Mocking Islam and the nearly two billion Muslims who make up roughly a quarter of the world's population is equally unacceptable. Mimicking the phrase “Praise be to Allah” in a mocking context or referring to Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as “Mohammad,” raises serious concerns about religious prejudice and Islamophobic rhetoric. No religious community should be demeaned for political entertainment.

The White House has reportedly asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, U.S. Ambassador to Greece, to resign following allegations concerning her conduct. Guilfoyle has denied wrongdoing, and the allegations deserve a fair and thorough examination.

But this situation raises a broader question: Will there be a full investigation into possible misconduct, and will the same standards of accountability apply to everyone in public office?

This brings to mind the recent search of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar’s home by federal agents as part of an ongoing criminal investigation reportedly related to immigration matters. The Justice Department has confirmed that a court-authorized search warrant was executed, but the specific details of the investigation have not been fully disclosed publicly. Source: AP News

These two cases raise an important question for the American public: Are public officials held to consistent standards of accountability, regardless of their political positions, affiliations, or identities?

You’ve noticed the increasing number of news reports about UAP (unidentified arial phenomenon). On May 8 the Pentagon was ordered to release all files concerning this subject and they have been releasing classified information since then. One piece at a time.

There have even been congressional hearings on the subject with government witnesses giving testimony.

This is happening and it’s not an accident.

We’ve always had evidence that we’re not the only intelligent form of life in the universe (or this dimension). Years of movies and television shows have emotionally prepared us for the official announcement.

We owe it to ourselves to be prepared when the official announcement comes.

I was talking with my neighbor and he had a sad observation.

“It really doesn’t matter,” he said.

“Knowing that there are aliens won’t change the people in charge. The rich and powerful will still want more money and power.”

Tough times ahead for rooftop solar

New residential solar installations are expected to fall 21 percent this year compared to 2025, according to a the recently published SEIA / Wood Mackenzie U.S. Solar Market Insight Report

The causes are no mystery. Last year, the Trump administration signed a measure phasing out the main federal tax credit for rooftop solar — residential buyers had until the end of last year to get projects installed to qualify, while commercial businesses could stretch eligibility well into this year. On top of that action came tariffs on imported panels and components. The one-two punch of vanishing credits and rising equipment costs has had a severe impact on the residential solar market.

Solar installation companies employed about 179,000 people in 2024, and nearly half of them worked on residential systems. Many of those jobs are now at risk.

And this is all happening as solar equipment costs worldwide continue to decline. The median installed price of rooftop solar has fallen from $15.72 a watt in 2001, inflation-adjusted, to $3.62 a watt last year.