We begin our special Thursday zoom with poetry from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

Host Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman recounts the astounding 2004 comeback of the Boston Red Sox to end the 86-year “Curse” of not having won a World Series since 1918.

The great ANDREA MILLER updates us on what happened with her Center for Common Ground grassroots phone calling operations.

MYLA RESON questions the veracity of the votes cast in this election.

KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA wonders about the tally in Georgia and North Carolina.

JOHN STEINER adds to the dialogue on what we all do going forward.

ALEX WILLIAMS emphasizes his misgivings about what happened has happened to the US since Reagan.

Questions about the votes of black and Latino men are raised by DOROTHY REIK.

Jennifer Karius Working polls in Allegheny Co. PA stating that people were missing from poll books.

Indivisible’s MIMI SPREADBURY from Pennsylvania questions why so many voters in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) were turned away from the polls, and later celebrates the victory of a money-limiting referendum in Maine. 

In reading the postmortems for the Harris/Biden failed Presidential campaign, democrats and progressives are quite concerned about the possibility of RFK Jr. overseeing the safety laws on food production and point to his mythical antivax positions. Oh what a horror! In my way of thinking, this comes down to three major issues, those being food safety, Covid (mRNA) vaccines, and childhood vaccines. If democrats believe this is a negative for the Trump administration, they should think again. My reasoning is that Bobby Kennedy is likely correct, and that his efforts could easily result in positive outcomes for the American people.

Before I explain further, I moved to Thailand in 2022 as a result of Trump and the MAGA crowd that follows him.

Since 1980, RESULTS volunteers have secured billions of dollars in new funding for health, education, and economic opportunity programs worldwide. They have helped pass groundbreaking legislation that will help kids in low-income countries go to school and get life-saving medical treatment. They have mobilized against cuts to vital anti-poverty programs that help millions here in the U.S. put food on the table and get health insurance. They have done it all by building relationships with members of Congress, engaging with the media, and taking their message straight to Capitol Hill.

While many advocates in RESULTS are very disappointed by the election results, we are prepared to continue with our work. That's because RESULTS, which has been around for 44 years, is non-partisan and has been through this before -- many times. We work with both sides of the aisle to get support for policies that are aimed at  ending poverty such as the expanded Child Tax Credit, a fully funded SNAP, a Renter's Tax Credit to help low income renters afford their homes.