SLUGGO WASSERMAN:  The prime mover of today’s show is an outrageous column that appeared in the LA Times attacking Jane Fonda’s magnificent op-ed questioning the move to re-open the atomic reactor at Three Mile Island.

http://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/three-mile-island-restart-nuclear-energy-microsoft-jane-fonda-20241002.html

Jane Fonda has turned out to be one of the world's great activists.  She’s a wonderful human being, two-time Oscar winner, everybody in LA knows who Jane Fonda is.

She’s written one of the best op eds I’ve read on nuclear power.  It has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer.  It’s about 3 Mile Island, which they want to reopen. 

Somebody in the American utility industry ate the brown acid at Woodstock and they keep coming up with these insane ideas.

Jim Jordan is best known for kissing Trump’s ass, being an egomaniac, and a serial abuser of those he believes are below him. Jordan once said, “vaccine mandates are un-American.” Try telling that to all the families of the deceased, and to their faces.

The Ohio congressman is up for re-election this November in a gerrymandered mess of a district which includes small parts of Columbus, including a district (District 4) for which he’s done nothing. If you have any doubt about Jordan’s record, just ask his Democratic opponent, Tamie Wilson.

Wilson, while campaigning last week, met up with Gabby (pictured above on right). Gabby is a former waitress who unfortunately had to wait on Gymmy’s, er, Jimmy’s table one very uncomfortable and unforgettable evening. Wilson put their conversation on Twitter, which now has over 1 million views.

We start with the legendary Indigenous leader-lawyer CHASE IRON EYES, who gives us a brilliant overview of the current state of Indigenous America & Leonard Peltier.

The great grassroots organizer ANDREA MILLER of the Center for Common Ground gives us a guide to phone banking to spark voter turnout in critical states.

JASON BERLIN of Field Team Six fills us on his unique phone banking operation, focussed especially on young potential voters.

MYLA RESON asks Jason about what the polls are saying, especially in Montana, Texas & Florida.

The idea of switching and offsetting votes from fringe parties in and out of swing states comes from RUSSELL GREENE.

Threats to FEMA disaster workers in North Carolina are exposed by ILENE PROCTOR in Asheville.

MIKE HERSH gives us a quick introduction to a civil discussion of the situation in the Middle East.

Civilian deaths, land development issues, economic resources and spiritual forces are discussed by LYNN FEINERMAN.

STEVE CARUSO raises issues about the horrifying slaughter in Gaza.

Massive underground oil resources are discussed by DAVID GRACE.

Dear Vice President Harris:

Allow me to offer my assessment as to where we stand regarding our hopes for your victory in the State of Michigan…

1. Your stunning candidacy has given tens of millions throughout the country a new hope — and a belief that we can save our Democracy, restore women’s fundamental rights, and create an economy where everyone has a seat at the table and a slice of the pie. 

2. Those of us from Michigan have serious concerns about you possibly losing Michigan — and we just can’t let that happen. We fear you may not have the whole picture that we see here on the ground. This is why we are reaching out to you. 

3. The war on Gaza has not only resulted in the deaths of 42,000+ civilians (nearly half of them children), but those still alive are literally being starved to death. Most hospitals, schools and social services have been obliterated. This suffering must end. 

“The past carries unforgettable trauma and pain across the land and among generations of refugees; yet we choose to transform victimhood into agency. We want to be the authors of our future.”

Let these words resonate. In a sense, they’re all we have — if we oppose war and envision a future that transcends it. I’ve quoted these words of Ali Abu Awwad before. They’re part of the Palestinian Nonviolence Charter, but they reach beyond Palestine: deep into the soul, and the hope, of all humanity.