Sunny Wasserman: Hey everybody, this is Harvey Sunny Wasserman. This is a special edition, number 286, of the GREEP calls, the Greene Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition. Sunny Wasserman: I called this meeting, for… because before the election, just in case we were gonna be in, martial law, you know, we gotta remember, and this is a, we're gonna do an hour here, one hour, and, and, we got started with 12 people, and we just want to celebrate. Sunny Wasserman: And breathe a sigh of relief. Sunny Wasserman: And I gotta say, you know, I'm walking around basically trying to understand what it means to have PTSD, because that's what we've definitely accumulated over the last two years. And I believe, you know, again, I want us to all appreciate Sunny Wasserman: That we could… we could have been under martial law right now. Sunny Wasserman: We could be all talking to you from prison, but, you know, it didn't happen that way. Thank God. We're gonna talk about… give an hour here to talk about why it happened, and to celebrate that the tsunami did happen. Oh, there it is, coming… coming toward us in the back. And, Sunny Wasserman: I don't know what else to say, but oh my god. And I am literally… and I think we are all suffering, but now enjoying the departure from PTSD. Sunny Wasserman: There's only so much we can take, and the last two years have been such a nightmare. And I do want to emphasize, thankfully, knowing where we're at, a couple things. Sunny Wasserman: First of all, this is a monumental moment in world history. This is not to be underestimated. Sunny Wasserman: I mean, and it's not just the United States. It's Brazil, and, you know, I was terrified. Sunny Wasserman: or Brazil, as bad as Trump is. Sunny Wasserman: Bolsonaro is no different. I'm not gonna say he's worse, but, you know, the idea that Bolsonaro's son could have taken over Brazil, they would have clear-cut the Amazon. Sunny Wasserman: literally clear-cut the Amazon, and the planet would have died, along with us, you know, with us. Sunny Wasserman: And second, and we're joined by Andrea Miller. Miller, Andrea, can you say hi? Mike Hersh: Well, Sunny, it's gonna take her a couple seconds to get. Sunny Wasserman: Okay, okay, okay, so… and the other. Mike Hersh: And Sunny, real quick, if you can look a little bit to your right, you're kind of off… look, there you go. Mike Hersh: Perfect. Sunny Wasserman: Okay, and my wife is not seeing this, so she… we won't tell her that I didn't shave. Sunny Wasserman: But we'll be here for an hour. Mimi, it's wonderful to see you looking out at us. Mike, Alison, so great to see you. Hedy, it's wonderful. Myla, this is really a wonderful gathering. We just want to enjoy this. I mean, as I say, I called it last weekend, because I was literally worried, as we all are. Sunny Wasserman: word that we need to be exchanging notes as to how to deal with martial law. And, and here we are, celebrating the impossible, and I want to give credit where credit's due. Andrea Miller, can you hear us? Sunny Wasserman: Can we see you, Andrea? Sunny Wasserman: I know she just joined us. SolGreep: there, too. Sunny Wasserman: There you go. Alright, Andrea… Sunny Wasserman: I want to make something very clear to all these wonderful people. We've got the hardcore here, we've got too many people. Andrea, you've been doing these calls with us for 6 years. Sunny Wasserman: You are the only person, literally, The only person that was talking about Mississippi. Andrea Miller: I'll do it person that was talking about the South. Sunny Wasserman: Yes, and the… of all the miracles, That are in progress. Sunny Wasserman: And politically, in this country, I have to say that Mississippi is at the top of the list. Sunny Wasserman: Nobody… Sunny Wasserman: This one… there are two things in life I'd wish I'd bet on. One was Mississippi, the other was Buster Douglas fighting Mike Tyson. He was a 60 to 1. Sunny Wasserman: But literally, does anybody… did anybody else hear anybody talking about the possibility that a Democratic candidate would win Mississippi? Sunny Wasserman: I mean, and Andrea, you did the organizing. Sunny Wasserman: In Mississippi. Sunny Wasserman: Wow. And, I gotta say… Andrea Miller: I did the organizing for Mississippi. I was not in Mississippi. We were remote. We did phone banks into Mississippi. Why did I believe we could win Mississippi? 40% of the registered voters in Mississippi are Black. Andrea Miller: They just don't vote, because nobody bothers to turn out the Black voters in Mississippi. So, that is what we set out to do. Now, why did I do it? Because I knew that Mississippi was 40% Black. Andrea Miller: But, nope, we took all phone banks down. SolGreep: Yeah. Andrea Miller: I didn't want people calling them. They're all down. SolGreep: Oh, I know. Mike Hersh: And real, real quick… Andrea Miller: did, was… Sunny Wasserman: We just wanted to… we wanted to see the evidence of what… No, no. Andrea Miller: They're all put away because now we are compiling. We are counting how many calls the various phone bankers made, how many calls we put in. We made 90,000 calls on, Andrea Miller: Election Day in Mississippi from 2 o'clock until 5. And before that, we had another Andrea Miller: 66,000 calls in to Mississippi, and we were calling Black voters. Now, in Mississippi, if you look, everything will tell you Mississippi doesn't have early voting. They do and they don't. What they have is early voting with an acceptable excuse. Andrea Miller: with one early voting location per county that's in the courthouse. Andrea Miller: Now, early voting in Mississippi started on October 5th. We started making calls on October 6th, calling seniors 65 and over, and telling them, you have a right to go and vote early. Mike Hersh: Wonderful. Andrea, real, real quick, these calls you made told people to vote, not for whom to vote, because you are… Andrea Miller: Not true. Mike Hersh: Oh, okay. Andrea Miller: on our C4 side. Mike Hersh: Go ahead. Andrea Miller: Part C4 just for Mississippi, because Scott's dad gave me a call and asked if I would help. Sunny Wasserman: Yeah, this is, Mike Hersh: Because this is a nonpartisan project. Sunny Wasserman: Yeah. Mike Hersh: Make that clear. Andrea Miller: Yeah. Sunny Wasserman: But she, she's a guest, she can say… as long as you and I don't do this. Anna Gyorgy has joined us. Hi, Anna. Myla has a hand. Myla is here. Andrea Miller: There is a number I want to give you. Normally, in Mississippi, 20 to 25,000 people take advantage of the, quote, early in-person absentee voting. Andrea Miller: This year, 116,000… Sunny Wasserman: No. Andrea Miller: early voted. That was a result of our phone calls to every Black senior we could find, saying, you can go and vote. Andrea Miller: Ultimate. Sunny Wasserman: Wow. I mean, and he's gonna win by less than 2,000 votes. Sunny Wasserman: I mean, that's… It comes up by about 1,500 books. Andrea Miller: There are… there are 22,000 affidavit ballots. What's an affidavit ballot? Well, people used to be registered, they've been dumped off the voting rolls, and so they went, and they were like, hi, I'm me, and I want to vote. Andrea Miller: And so, they are valid Mississippi citizens. So, in all 82 counties. Andrea Miller: We have people there, not me, but the campaign. They have people there, meticulously going over, vote by vote. Andrea Miller: Is this person truly eligible to cast an affidavit ballot? Now, last night, Scott was up by 65 votes. He's up by 1,700 votes now. Now, let me tell you what happens if Mississippi can't agree on who Andrea Miller: won the election. They do not do a runoff. They do not do a recount. Andrea Miller: After the first of the year, it goes to the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. Senate calls the race. Sunny Wasserman: Well, there will be 54 Democrats minimum, maybe 56. Well, he would be the 55th, and then what happens in Atlanta? Andrea Miller: And Mary. Mary in Alaska would be… Sunny Wasserman: Right, and she's up right now, but that's a complicated calculation also in Alaska. Andrea Miller: And Mississippi will be counting votes until November 10th. Sunny Wasserman: Okay, well, you know… Sunny Wasserman: It's mind-boggling, and I have to remind people that when we first started, you and Ray McClendon were also basically the only ones saying that we were gonna win in Georgia. Sunny Wasserman: And, and, and then the witness… Andrea Miller: what we won. Georgia took her house. Andrea Miller: Georgia took our state house. There will be no more germandering in Georgia, because they've got the governor, and they've got the state house. Georgia is L.A. Ruth. Andrea Miller: North Carolina is L.A. proof. They took their house in North Carolina, and right now they're down 1 in the North Carolina State Senate. Sunny Wasserman: am I. Andrea Miller: In North Carolina, the U.S. House, they went from 3 Democrats and 11 Republicans to potentially 9 Democrats, and… Andrea Miller: Whatever that math is, 5 Republicans. Sunny Wasserman: Well, the, the count, the head count, and we'll go to Myla Reason, and then Lynn, and then Ray Lutz. The head count for the house right now is over 250. Andrea Miller: Yes. Sunny Wasserman: And, Andrea Miller: 52. Sunny Wasserman: Right, that's mind-boggling, as we know, and so then the question becomes, how much of this had to do with relational, personal, grassroots organizing? Sunny Wasserman: And Andrew, I'll let you give us, on a scale of 1 to 100, how much would this blue tsunami owe to grassroots organizing? Andrea Miller: I'm going to say 93. Sunny Wasserman: Okay, there you go. All right, well, we… Andrea Miller: We do. Sunny Wasserman: All right. Amara Reason, you want to jump in, then Wynn, then, Ray Lutz? Myla? Myla: Yes, oh, Andrea. Myla: Thank you so much. We know that you deserve so much credit for this great win in Mississippi. So, I have a question. You know, we're always told that, wait until the election's over, and then we'll focus on these other issues. And in this case, I'm thinking about nuclear power, because Scott does endorse nuclear power. Myla: a Scott column. And I'm wondering, would you have any influence whatsoever to, for example, set up a meeting between Myla: Sunny and Scott, so that he can be briefed about what's wrong with nuclear power, because, as I said, you know, this is a really important issue, and we could really use Myla: better educated, better informed, because I'm assuming that it's because he just doesn't know better, and that he could, if he were briefed, it could really make a difference. Can that be done? Andrea Miller: I think it will be by me. Andrea Miller: Alright. Because I'm gonna call his dad. Sunny Wasserman: Well, you should call his mom, that's where the power is, right? Andrea Miller: His dad brought me in, oh, I'm gonna call his dad. But one of the things we learned from work on the Equal Rights Amendment. Andrea Miller: You walk directly to the elected Andrea Miller: And if you're not getting what you want, then you go to the wife, the mom, the mistress. Sunny Wasserman: Whatever it is. Andrea Miller: ticks. Sunny Wasserman: Alright. Mike Hersh: Sometimes the kids, or the grandkids. Sunny Wasserman: Right. Yes. Well, I wanna… I wanna put in one word here, two words. Warnock… for, speaker. Andrea Miller: Yes. Andrea Miller: We… Sunny Wasserman: Warnock for Majority Leader. Warnock for Majority Leader. He's gotta replace Chuck Schumer. And he is a beautiful… he is as beautifully spoken as any person I've ever seen since Martin Luther King. I mean, he really has the magic. Andrea Miller: Yes, okay, the rep… Sunny Wasserman: And on the nuclear issue, we want one thing, and it's very simple. Sunny Wasserman: Cut the subsidies. Andrea Miller: Right. Sunny Wasserman: That's all they gotta do. Cut the $100 billion. Andrea Miller: Then they begin to go away because they're just too damn expensive. Sunny Wasserman: And do you know who agrees with us? The Heritage Society, the Heritage Foundation, and Cato, and all the business publications. All the… any business publication out there, including Financial Times, which just came out. SolGreep: Those are. Sunny Wasserman: Everybody says the same thing. Very simple. Okay, you want to be pro-nuclear? We don't care. Go get a sign and march in front of the nuclear plant. But, cut the subsidies. Andrea Miller: Hmm. Sunny Wasserman: It's over, financially. Sunny Wasserman: And I will say… Andrea Miller: I will not find. Mike Hersh: And so… Andrea Miller: this. Mike Hersh: And Sunny, really quick, that's not Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger, it's the Cato Institute. Sunny Wasserman: Well, it's both, actually, but… and we… and Ed Markey will back him up, you know? We've got Ed Markey on camera, you know, laying out the gospel. So, very simple. Cut the goddamn… oop, cut the subsidies, that's it, and they will fall over dead. Andrea Miller: Hey, alright, now, Harvey, that word is okay, because you know what? From now on, when people say Mississippi, it is going to be Mississippi. Sunny Wasserman: Right, that's it, that's it. We're just, we're just, repeating American folklore here, so there you go. Okay, Lynn was next, and then, Ray and Margo. John and Margo. Lynn Feinerman: Hi. Sunny Wasserman: Go ahead, Lynn. Lynn Feinerman: Hi. I just… hi, darling. Sending hugs. Lynn Feinerman: I have a question for you, Andrea, but I do want to say… a preface by saying, yeah, maybe Raphael Warnock Lynn Feinerman: maybe Elizabeth Warren, who's been in there forever, maybe a lot of different people, but we really have to look very seriously at the fact that both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer Lynn Feinerman: have been… have already, like, tried to… even KPFA radio is talking about them as if they're, like, a shoe-in. Lynn Feinerman: And, so we really need to be very serious about who is going to be leading, because we're gonna get the same thing. Lynn Feinerman: With Schumer, for sure. And also with Jefferies, they're both up to their eyeballs in APAC money, and, you know, we really need to figure out a strategy for pushing on this. And my question is… Andrea Miller: Right, because that is why the American people said, enough. We want change, and we better be prepared to deliver real change. SolGreep: We have to keep. Lynn Feinerman: Yeah. SolGreep: And this is nonpartisan, so please… Sunny Wasserman: Okay. SolGreep: lately. Lynn Feinerman: We're just talking about who's. SolGreep: Yeah, I know. Lynn Feinerman: The minority and Speaker. I mean, the majority leader and speaker. But my question is just a technical one. Is there a difference between an affidavit and a provisional ballot situation? Andrea Miller: Well… Andrea Miller: Quickly, no, because on another call, I described the affidavit as like a provisional ballot, when a person who is not currently registered to vote asks a ballot. Basically, they're the same thing. Lynn Feinerman: Huh, yeah, because I'm nervous that, you know, a lot of those never get counted. Lynn Feinerman: That… Andrea Miller: They are counting them, and that is why they have people in all 82 counties, because all 82 counties have these things. So, yes. Andrea Miller: Why are you talking to Scott's dad last night? Sunny Wasserman: Thank you. Thank you. Lynn Feinerman: Big, big, big thank you for who you are, what you do, and the awesome success that you've had all along. Sunny Wasserman: We want to thank Steve and Mike and everybody who do this call. We've been able to host you for all these years, and you've been the pioneer, and that's amazing. Ray Lutz, please? Ray, and then John and Margo. Ray Lutz: Yes, well, thank you, and wow, what a… what an election, right? Ray Lutz: I have never been smiling so much during election night. I'm not used to that. I'm used to throwing bricks at the screen, you know? Sunny Wasserman: Well, the last time you and I smiled as much is when we shut San Onofre. Ray Lutz: Yeah. Sunny Wasserman: Good smile. That was a big smile. Ray Lutz: Yeah, so I've had smiles before, but this night was quite… I didn't even know how to smile. Andrea Miller: Huge. Ray Lutz: a different… Ray Lutz: But we've been, as you know, working on auditing, and we see an opportunity here, especially in Alaska, because Alaska is one district, and we can easily do a ballot image audit of the whole thing. Ray Lutz: and really get to see what those results are, because I'm worried about hanky-panky. Already they were, you know, trying to get it all the way to the Supreme Court about… about the, you know, Daniel Sullivan, the two Daniel Sullivans. Ray Lutz: But also in, Mississippi. Now, Mississippi's got 82 counties, so that's a lot of work to do, all of them. But the top 6 is something that we're going to be sending email to them, just in minutes. Ray Lutz: asking for their ballot images and seeing if we can't do that, because it's really not that big of, you know, none of the counties are very big there, as far as we're concerned. And… Andrea Miller: but 82… Ray Lutz: 82 of anything, you know, if you say, I'm going to do 82 of this, that's still a lot of work. I don't care if you just want to jot them down on a piece of paper. So, we're looking at just the top 6. Ray Lutz: unless there was something, like, that we heard was a critical area. But trust me, we had no idea. We said, what are going to be the top counties that we're going to need to focus on at the end of this election? We… we didn't… Ray Lutz: ever think it was going to be Alaska and Mississippi. I mean, this is not something that we ever really thought would be… would be a player, right? Andrea Miller: As I said, we are, for a long time, going to be saying, Mississippi? Goddamn. Ray Lutz: And hats off to everyone, boots on the ground and everything that was done there, because, I mean, that's… that is amazing work. So, anyway, that's what we're doing. We might need some sponsors in Mississippi on the top six. We… we'll see what happens. Ray Lutz: See what they say. Sunny Wasserman: Andrea, you should be in touch with Ray. Nobody knows more about auditing than Ray does, so… Ray Lutz: So, so we're gonna… Andrea Miller: And then I can give you, Ray, I can give you some people you are going to want to talk to. If you can get Scott's dad on board with this. Andrea Miller: Scott's dad was a… Andrea Miller: Republican… back when Republicans were Spain, just fiscally conservative, Republican judge. Both his mother and father are judges. And then, of course, there's Southern Echo. You're going to be going to, Forest. You're going to be going to Ainz, which is the biggest county down there. That's where Jackson is. Andrea Miller: You're going to be going to the floor, and then I've got to figure out what the other story would be. Sunny Wasserman: Well, when you say his father was a Republican, when you're speaking Mississippi, we have to remember that Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Grant were both Republicans, so it was a different world, okay? John Steiner… Andrea Miller: I added the caveat when they were saying. Sunny Wasserman: Okay, I'm ready, go ahead. Sunny Wasserman: John Steiner. Ray Lutz: Yeah, so basically, we're looking at… you have a different way of pronouncing it. I thought it was Heinz. How do you say H-I-N-D-S in the… Andrea Miller: It is behind. Ray Lutz: I didn't talk. Okay, okay, good. I see it right now. Sunny Wasserman: Not as, not as in the 57 varieties. SolGreep: A Hedy. Ray Lutz: The HI… SolGreep: Hedy was up, too. Don't forget Hedy. Sunny Wasserman: Oh, oh, Hedy, you raised your hand? Okay. Ray Lutz: Oh, yeah, but just real quick, Harrison, DeSoto, Rankin, Jackson, and Madison, so those top 6. And so, we'll see what happens. We've already asked them for their ballot… we're going to be asking them for their ballot images just minutes, and we've already sent the email up to Alaska to see how… if we can do that one. That one would be great, because… Ray Lutz: As I said, Alaska's just one job, and I'm really eager to do it. So… but any other areas, like, let me know if there's an area or a contest or something that's super close, and we need to get the ballot images and run them, because, Ray Lutz: you know, we're ready to go. We're ready to go. Sunny Wasserman: Well, that's great to know that you're on the ground here. Andrea, this is… really, that's, you know, any guy that's got the nuclear plant, he's gonna be. Ray Lutz: Fortunately. Ray Lutz: Fortunately, we're not, you know, we're in a pretty good spot here where, where, you know, we're not trying to scra… you know, struggle up… up some steep hill to get something happening. We've already… these are just fine-tuning here, so we're gonna see if we can't get… make sure that we get this… this… these senators in both Alaska and… Ray Lutz: in Mississippi, at least get the results done so that we can thwart any… Ray Lutz: any other kind of things, but let's face it, we didn't see the bomb threats, we didn't see the, you know, the other… Sunny Wasserman: Glorious. Sunny Wasserman: We're leaving on Monday. SolGreep: I'm thrilled. Sunny Wasserman: On Monday, we're going to have to… we want to talk to, Greg Palace about Florida on Monday, because Florida, he believes… Ray Lutz: it was kind of interesting, where I thought Trump would do more, like, he kind of gave up and said, you know, of course, it's their fault, and I would have won if I was on the ballot, blah blah blah, but he basically… it was saying, yeah, we lost, you know, they lost, so that was good. SolGreep: We have Alison Greene from Florida's company. SolGreep: sit here, so… Sunny Wasserman: Yeah, yeah, exactly. Ray Lutz: There's… Ray Lutz: Maybe we're just… maybe I'm jumping the gun to say everything is over when it isn't over, because they may be doing a lot more than we think. Okay, well, thanks so much for letting me talk, and Sunny Wasserman: Well, just to put things… Ray Lutz: Feedback. Thanks. Sunny Wasserman: Ray, I'm really glad to connect you with Andrea. It's very important. Ray really knows… Ray really knows. Ray Lutz: Big fan. Sunny Wasserman: Oh, you've been… Ray really knows what he's doing here, so it's important. Hedy Tripp, and then John Steiner, and then Alison Greene. Hedy? Hedy Tripp: Hi there! I remember my hand is brown. Maybe you can't see it. Sunny Wasserman: Okay? Hedy Tripp: But, I do want to talk about race here in, in, especially in Minnesota. As you know, the powers that be have been very much anti-Somali, but Ilhan Omar came in at 76%. Oh my god. I know. Hedy Tripp: And then we have, from central Minnesota, another, young Somali man who is now going to be in the, in the Minnesota House State. We've got Claude Beshear, so the first woman governor. Hedy Tripp: We have, Keith came in at 54%. Hedy Tripp: Yay? Hedy Tripp: And then we have an Indigenous woman, Peggy Flanagan, for the Minnesota Senate, the. Sunny Wasserman: Is that… is that a Navajo name, Flanagan? I mean, where'd that come from? Anyway, sorry, I couldn't resist. Mike Hersh: That's the great Greenfoot Indians. Sunny Wasserman: Alright, very good. Hedy Tripp: That's our husband's name, I think. And the only problem is Tom Emmer still goes to Congress. He is somebody to really watch out for. He's very much for the powers that be. I did want to also look at Georgia. Hedy Tripp: Can folks see that? Hedy Tripp: In terms of gender. Hedy Tripp: and… and race, we can look at, and I… and… and Andrea, would love to have you comment on that. You can see how Black women, and this is from my husband, my husband teaches race in America, are that 91% were Black women. Hedy Tripp: That's amazing. And, and then I just wanted to share my… my son here is a comedian in Minneapolis. Hedy Tripp: And he is doing the blue wave. And basically, his message is, there is joy, but put that joy to doing the work that really needs Hedy Tripp: That really needs to be done now. Sunny Wasserman: Absolutely. Absolutely, yeah. Well, the joy… and of course, the blue wave needs to be green. We… it has to go to, you know, ending these nuclear subsidies. I did put a piece about it. I think that Steve, thankfully, put it up at, Sunny Wasserman: FreePress.org. Thank you. Hedy, anything else? Sunny Wasserman: No? Is it snowing up there yet? Hedy Tripp: No, no, my, my flowers are still being happy in, in, here. Sunny Wasserman: Okay. Hedy Tripp: It frosted in Massachusetts this weekend. Sunny Wasserman: Well, oh my god, did it really? Oh, geez. When we were talking about audits, by the way, I do want to recall the great Robin Williams line, the word audit does not appear in the Bible, but at this point, I think it will, so here we go. John Steiner, and then Alison Sunny Wasserman: Tatanka. John Steiner: Thanks, Harvey, it's great to be here, glad you're doing this. Just a few things. When I woke up on Tuesday morning, my first thought, it's Christmas Day, but then I realized I didn't know how many presents were going to be under the tree. So when I woke up on Wednesday morning, I knew it was Christmas, so that's number one. John Steiner: Andrea, I'm curious how you knew Colin's dad. Andrea Miller: Okay. I knew Scott's dad through a former board member of Arts C4, who hooked us up. Scott's mother and father are both alumni of UDC Law School. Sunny Wasserman: Oh my god! John Steiner: So, thank you for that. And Harvey, when we're talking… Andrea Miller: They're both judges. John Steiner: When we're talking about. Sunny Wasserman: Wait, what'd you say, Andrea? Sorry? Andrea Miller: They're both judges. Sunny Wasserman: The new senator of Mississippi, both his parents are judges? Yes. Wow. Amazing. John Steiner: When we're talking about nuclear subsidies, don't we want to say anything about oil and gas subsidies? John Steiner: Isn't that a little bit of a package deal? Sunny Wasserman: Yeah, we can do that. John Steiner: So, I think this, I mean… John Steiner: the greatest criminals on this planet have known what they were doing since the late 50s. Right. David Fenton has done, or earlier, has done some amazing interviews. John Steiner: And I'll send one around, I'll put it in the chat on our, the polluters who are running that hen house, and what can we do now? Sunny Wasserman: Right. John Steiner: with. Sunny Wasserman: Well, there's. John Steiner: doing what he's doing. So that's number two. I also want to give a little bit more background on Mississippi, because Andrea and I were on a couple of calls, but I was on a separate one. There's a guy who's got a many, many year background in political organizing, and he says the organizing John Steiner: What's going on in Mississippi right now is the most professional political organizing, because they've got to go to every county, they've got to go to the county seats and get these voter provisional rolls. He has never seen anything like it in his 25-year experience of how organized they are in Mississippi. John Steiner: And it's just… Sunny Wasserman: Glad to hear that. John Steiner: And the third thing is that Mississippi is getting the kind of energy it has not gotten, this is… somebody said this, since Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1963, which I came very close to going to and got talked out of by my family. John Steiner: And then I was gonna say one more thing. Please. But the thing is actually a person, and she just showed up on your screen. John Steiner: Which is, namely, what Alison is doing in Florida, that I am very happy to be able to introduce her. And, Alison, take it away. Sunny Wasserman: Please. Alison Greene: Thank you, John. I'm… I'm actually sleep-deprived, and I have two kind of Florida stories that intersect, and are both related to the election, so bear with me for a moment. We had, rain Alison Greene: all of last week, and then on Monday, we had more rain. We had about Alison Greene: approximately 12 inches in our, in our county, and it was a one-in-a-thousand-year event, and I actually just sent to, Steve, you can probably put up the… the notice from the elections people. What the elections people did is, we have such bad flooding. Alison Greene: And I'm actually still… I'm not evacuated, I'm one of the ones in my community who has electricity. Alison Greene: But they're still doing ongoing evacuations yesterday and today to get us out. I cannot leave. I can't get out my front gate or back gate. They're both flooded, okay? So, if the voter records, as we go forward. Alison Greene: I've been trying to get my hands on them, but if they show that anybody in my community voted in person, then they were swimming with the sharks to get to there. We actually had… the election office was also flooded. I've spoken to our local election officials. Alison Greene: And what they had to do was they had to meet at the dollar store across the street Alison Greene: from the elections. Alison Greene: office so that people could actually bring… big trucks would bring them in to the, place where the tabulation machines were. So, I was sitting at home, evacuated, and I started my auditing early. I've been… Alison Greene: actually watching the results and taking screenshots all the way through. And what happened on Tuesday night was I just kept thinking, how are they gonna get to the office? Alison Greene: because we were all so flooded, to even be able to, to count the votes. And, sorry, I have a couple of things to share on the screen that I can talk through. Steve, were you gonna put those up, or should I? SolGreep: I don't know what you're referring… your document is… Alison Greene: I'll hook them up for a second here. SolGreep: got it up, FL document. Alison Greene: Oh, you do? SolGreep: Okay, I wasn't even documenting. Alison Greene: I'm seeing it. SolGreep: Hold on. Alison Greene: Is everybody else. SolGreep: I'm gonna have… Sunny Wasserman: Well, I'm gonna slip in here. I did read an article by. SolGreep: Here we go. Sunny Wasserman: Esther says that he thinks that Nixon rightfully won, so, you know… Alison Greene: I, I do. Alison Greene: And that's basically what I'm saying. Yeah. So, just to give you guys an idea, I'm in… this is right there, if you stop, Steve, is Brian Mast, who wore an IDF uniform in Congress. Alison Greene: And has accepted almost a million dollars from pro-Israel PACs. There was talk, this is a post from September in The Hill, that there's talk for him to lead the U.S. Army. He is my congressman, not by my choice. I've never voted for him before. Alison Greene: And I did not vote for him. Stop right there, Steve, that's a perfect place, because what you'll see is, I did not vote for him this year, and I actually was lucky, because I mailed in my ballot. Alison Greene: But I actually handed it over at the office on October 21st, so I definitely voted, but if you go sla… no, no, Steve, keep… stay where you were. Alison Greene: So when I was actually watching the results, you can see this was updated. They announced that Brian Mast won at 8.21 PM. Alison Greene: On November 3rd. Now, if you scroll down a little bit more, you'll see… oh, there we go. There was a screenshot that I took at 8.25 PM, so that is 4 minutes Alison Greene: after. So, that's from my computer to say that's my screenshot. So, keep going down, and you'll see the screenshot that I took. Perfect. Alison Greene: So what this is showing is that 4 minutes after they announced the results, what you see there, the third line down, Martin County, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, because the Congressman, District 21 is made up from votes from all of those counties. So, St. Lucie County Alison Greene: there were 52,582 votes for Brian Mast. Alison Greene: according to the Florida Division of Elections at 8.25 PM. Can you go down a little bit more now, Steve? Alison Greene: Okay, here's the screenshot. If you go back up slightly, you'll see this is 8… a little bit more… 8.26 PM, okay? So this is the county reporting status from the, again, the Florida Division of Elections, and if you scroll down slightly there, you'll see a circle. Alison Greene: You can see the counties that have been reported, 0% in St. Lucie County. Alison Greene: So, in other words, they posted the exact vote counts at 825, but at 826, it still shows that 0% had been reported. Alison Greene: So, I was sitting there thinking, how the heck do they know? And if you keep going down, you can see again… Alison Greene: So again, there's the county breakdown. Alison Greene: In District 21, and if you go down, you'll see on the right-hand side, I've circled it. It's showing the exact counts that were counted in St. Lucie County. So, the thing is, is that I am not sure how you can actually report the votes counted Alison Greene: when no precincts have actually given in the reports, and they were literally underwater in St. Lucie County. Sunny Wasserman: It's very simple. They put Satan in charge of the election board, and he knew exactly what was going to happen. Alison Greene: Well, the state of Florida has a lot. Sunny Wasserman: He's the one who made it rain, also. Alison Greene: But what I was going to say is, is that I have actually been spending my time… I spent 45 minutes with their office this morning, I've been doing public records. What I'm trying to do is to get all of the information to keep Alison Greene: counting and ensuring. I'm getting a lot of runaround at the moment. I've been told that I can't get any of the official records until after they certify the election, which is, of course. Alison Greene: what I've found is, is that judges are very, very reluctant to overturn an election, and Andrea's with me on this. So, and Steve, you can stop, now. That was what I wanted to show everybody. But one of my concerns is, is that the… they're giving me the runaround and not sharing the information with me. Alison Greene: until after the election is certified. However, once the election is certified, then what we will be told is by a judge is that they do not want to overturn certified results. So, I'm actually trying to speak with Alison Greene: Lawyers and… and everybody, because the reality is, is… Alison Greene: Guys, I mean, one thing is, is I believe that this congressperson, first of all, not only is he in line for the Secretary of Defense, but Brian Mast, when they held the majority, he was the head of the Foreign Relations Committee. Sunny Wasserman: ugh. Alison Greene: We are in Iran! Alison Greene: under his control. This is somebody who should have been elected by the people, and my concern is, is if they're announcing the results before any precincts have been reported or counted, then that is actually Alison Greene: what I'm concerned about is that they needed him in there for something to disrupt. And the other thing is, is Byron Donalds and Angie Nixon, I do not believe, and I have a lot of information, I do not believe that they lost either. I can tell you that Alison Greene: I think that the country is saying, well, okay, there was a blue tsunami, and we have enough. Alison Greene: But the reality is, is that we need to ensure that every race is looked at, because we don't want to be the ones who are sitting there saying, okay, well, there was obviously no fraud because we got the results we wanted. Alison Greene: And the reality is, is that the media is telling a story that, you know, Florida is closer than it ever was before, as though that is a means of celebrating Alison Greene: But the reality is, is if David Jolly and Angie Nixon and other Democrats are having their elections stolen from them by the powers that be in the state. Alison Greene: Florida Division of Elections, then that is the problem. And Mike, I see what you're saying. Sunny Wasserman: Yeah, yeah. Alison Greene: McDonald's is the Republican who's been declared the governor of Florida, but Jolly was the Democrat, and they've said he's lost, but I don't believe he's lost. Sunny Wasserman: Right, and Greg doesn't either. Sunny Wasserman: We're gonna go into detail… we're gonna have to stop at 3 o'clock, you know, we're gonna do one clear hour. We will start again on Monday at our usual time at 2 o'clock, and we'll go 2 hours, or whatever. Today, we're only gonna do an hour just to keep sane. But I… you're… I did read, you know, we've got to get Greg on with you on Monday, and maybe Sunny Wasserman: Lutz on your way to Mississippi, you could stop in Florida and check this one out, too. So, Ray Lutz: Can I just quickly jump in on this, because sometimes… Sunny Wasserman: So, yeah. Ray Lutz: Those very early returns are just the early vote counts, and any kind of, you know, vote by mail that's been processed already. And those are… those start to be processed on Election Day. They bring them in and they start processing them, and then as soon as the polls close, those numbers pop up. Ray Lutz: even before any of the precincts have signed in or anything like that, those early votes pop up, so maybe that's what it is. So just keep that in mind. Alison Greene: Right, and I'll share my screen just real quickly. You can see here, so vote by mail, vote by mail ballots completed, it has an X. Yeah, but… Ray Lutz: That doesn't mean that they haven't started, so… Alison Greene: Okay, and precincts, but you can see here, precincts reporting was 0%, precincts completed was an X, vote-by-mail ballots completed was an X, so they may have started, but the results have not changed since they were published. Alison Greene: At 821, the vote counts have not changed at all, but… Ray Lutz: Yeah, that's a normal thing, though. I can talk to you offline about it. Sunny Wasserman: We'll do that, and we'll revisit this on Monday, because we are on a time deadline here, but Alison, I'm so glad you're on top of this. It's great. And while you're down there, if you'll shut it, you're in a county with a nuclear plant, St. Lucie, you need to shut those reactors before you go any further. You do look like you're glowing in the dark here. Sunny Wasserman: I might… Mike Hersh, and then, Dave… did I miss somebody? Did somebody drop off? SolGreep: Good Tataka! Alison Greene: Tataka. Sunny Wasserman: Tatanka. Tatanka, there you are. Okay, bro, Tatanka, then Mike, then Dave Saltman. Tatanka Bricca: Okay, first of all, Andrea, kudos galore. I think there should be a Presidential Medal of Freedom given to a whole bunch of people in this election. Tatanka Bricca: But you would be the one to coordinate it, because you always show deference. You're very detailed about giving people the credit, especially when people are giving you credit, and it's not… you're saying, look, it's a shared thing, I did this part, they did that part. Tatanka Bricca: So, I think we should have a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and it should go to people around the country who are most influential, and you should be the person to put it together. Tatanka Bricca: Alright, a… we got a whiff. Tatanka Bricca: All of us, on Tuesday night, of a peaceful transfer of power. So it goes from bomb threats and potential civil war. This is… this is… Tatanka Bricca: This is something we didn't expect, but let's not underestimate Tatanka Bricca: This institution, this constitutional right that we have. Tatanka Bricca: And a link to Dolores. Dolores, her whole life, she championed the vote. If you look at her foundation that Camila Chavez has been the executive director of since the beginning now, and she will now be standing in for Dolores, in addition to many other responsibilities. She's the one who traveled all over the world with her in the last couple decades, 25 years. Tatanka Bricca: Dolores, in the Dolores Huerta Foundation, they empower and train people. They're basically young people, but all ages. Tatanka Bricca: to own their own power, and the power of their communities, and how do they do that? They encourage every young person to run for some local office. Tatanka Bricca: And so, people start with, you know, the… anything to do… Tatanka Bricca: with the board of supervisors, with the building department, with, you know, you just name it. And then they work their way up, and some of them become city council people, some of them become mayors, some of them become congresspeople, they move on to the Senate. That's how they organize. And so, I just want to give Dolores her kudos. Tatanka Bricca: Because she's been doing this her whole life, and to remind us all that we're ancestors in waiting, and that veil is very thin. She hasn't quite, you know, totally crossed the bardo yet, but… Tatanka Bricca: you know, we can call, and we do. We all call on our ancestors, but it should be part of every ceremony, and remember, all the people that have left us in the last 5 years, you know, are there, and they're for us, and with us. And the other thing is that it's true, I think, that when people organize, we'll talk about this at a later time. Sunny Wasserman: Well, Monday, we'll talk about it Monday. Tatanka Bricca: Okay, I'll give you the thing we can talk about, which is that it's possible that many of us who are teachers and organizers actually can be in more than one place at one time. Some of us can be more conscious. Sunny Wasserman: Sweet. Tatanka Bricca: There are doubles and triples, and yogis will tell you this, but it also applies to the general population. Sunny Wasserman: Well, it's called quantum physics. Tatanka Bricca: It's called quantum physics. Sunny Wasserman: And it turns out, unlike what Albert Einstein says, that God does play dice with the universe. So, there you go. Okay, Mike Hersh and then David Saltman. And we're getting down to it. We are going to end at the top of the hour. We will resume this on Monday. And just remember, everybody, I mean, I'm… like, we're all recovering from PTSD here. Sunny Wasserman: It's not over yet, but, you know, we got what we got here. Mike Hersh, please, and then Dave Saltman. Mike Hersh: Is, PT stand for post-Trump? I hope so. Anyway, Sunny Wasserman: Okay. Mike Hersh: Anyway, I'll go rapid fire. John, when you mentioned fossil fuels, we need to… Mike Hersh: defund all dirty energy. Nukes, fossil fuels, anything that they come up with later. We need to stop subsidizing things that are killing us. Mike Hersh: and move those subsidies to things that make life better, like solar and wind and battery power, EVs, things like that. So the first thing we need to do is reverse all of the horrible damage that Trump did Mike Hersh: To our, our, economy and our environment, which are inexorably linked. Mike Hersh: you know, you can't have a good economy if you have a poison environment. A few clarifications. Alison, great job presenting, and we know you're going to do a great job as soon as you can Mike Hersh: get out of your house, either, you know, maybe we can raise money and get you a canoe, but we gotta, support Alison and what she's doing, doing a great job. Just to clarify, Alison said that she voted by mail and in person. In case anybody from Project Veritas is listening, what she meant is she… Mike Hersh: used a vote-by-mail ballot in person, which is entirely legal. Alison Greene: Don't, don't get, don't… Mike Hersh: bigger boxers in a bunch. Alison knows what she's doing, and she's doing a great job. That's absolutely wonderful. Alison Greene: Clarifying that, too. Mike Hersh: Absolutely, you know, sometimes we, have a slip of the tongue while we're presenting. Alison Greene: Yes. Mike Hersh: And I know we're a little short on time, and for anybody who… this is just whetting your appetite, and you can't Zoom enough, there's gonna be a Zoom tonight. Sunny Wasserman: Oh, yeah. Mike Hersh: with Progressive Democrats of America, where you can let your blue flag fly and ride that blue wave as much as you want. I dropped the link in the chat. Mike Hersh: Mike Fox, who's been with us a number of times, will welcome you there. He'll give you a whole bunch of interesting things to do. He's all fired up to help out with Mississippi, make sure people who voted by affidavit know their rights. Mike Hersh: And, you know, to the degree we have any, poll. Mike Hersh: on Alaska to make sure that that goes smoothly, and we want to get every vote counted fairly, and maximize this victory. And I just want to thank everybody for taking your time on a special Thursday, very special Thursday, to be with us. Sunny Wasserman: And remember, everybody coming into the Congress now has just one… well, many jobs, but at the top of the list as far as I'm concerned. Sunny Wasserman: Get rid of those nuclear subsidies. And what we're dealing with here is King Kong. Coal, oil, nukes, and gas. So, King Kong, the gorilla, was actually a pretty sympathetic figure in the movies, but King Kong is what we're trying to defund. You're 100% right. It's the new tobacco. Dave Saltmanman, please. David Saltman: I just wanted to, say to Alison, bravo, well done. I think you were asking me about next steps earlier today. I see that Tom Martin is on the call here. Sunny Wasserman: Oh, good. David Saltman: But you and Tom should get in touch with ProPublica immediately, but first talk to Ray Lutz, because my first reaction was, they're gonna find some way to weasel out of this. David Saltman: Or… and it may be correct, I mean, I don't know. It's a… there's a lot of slippage before the votes are counted. So, all that advice, I think, was really good. To John Steiner, David Saltman: I… David Fenton's an old friend of mine, and I'm dying to see what you posted for him. I'm sure that there's a… David Saltman: I shouldn't use the word bomb, but there must be a bomb in there somewhere. Andrea Miller, I'm just in awe. David Saltman: In absolute awe. So, I won't take up any more time, but I think you and Tom should get together. Steve Erlanger is the managing editor now. Paul Steiner is the editor-in-chief. One of those guys will help you. Sunny Wasserman: And Tom Martin, do you want to say hi? This is your first call with us. Tom Martin: Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I won't take up too much time. I, you know, I had the pleasure of working with David at CNN some years ago, and it's funny, I reached out to him a couple days ago about Houdini, because it was a Houdini anniversary recently. Right. I didn't know… I didn't know that all the magic would take place on Election Day, or magic and deception, I don't know which, but something like that. Tom Martin: But David, I took notes on what you just said, and I've been enjoying working with Alison, quite a genius, and your attention to detail and meticulous focus is amazing to me, but one of the people I reached out to with our latest press release Tom Martin: said she'd alert somebody, one of her friends, at 60 Minutes, because it's a big story. I, of course, you know, I worked at CBS News for many years, years ago, and I know it's not what it used to be, but maybe this is so big, it's kind of undeniable, and it's an amazing story, so it was good to see what you showed about Florida earlier, too. I'm in Florida as well, so… Sunny Wasserman: Well, I think… Tom, it's great to meet you. Dave's talked tremendously about you, and we want to keep… we want to connect with you and move this deeper into the media. Andrea, when you come back on Monday, if you can, if you can bring Ray McClendon with you, you two have been our great leaders in the 6 years we've been doing these calls. Sunny Wasserman: And, you know, we were focused on Georgia, and talk about miracles, winning those two seats, and now it was just… no one ever thought we'd do that. And now, look at the… look at the positions Sunny Wasserman: in this country now, occupied in the mindset of this country, by John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. I mean, these are two incredibly powerful people, and I watched your guy in Mississippi. He's really impressive. It's not like he's just some guy who ran for Senate. This is a serious player. Sunny Wasserman: And, I think that's one of the reasons he won. And one of the things that came out watching the talking heads was really interesting. This Talking Head said, okay, you've got 54, or however many of these people in the Senate. Sunny Wasserman: They're around for 6 years. Sunny Wasserman: These people will all be running for re-election when the next Sunny Wasserman: The president is running for re-election. Andrea Miller: Right. Sunny Wasserman: This is a 6-year… these 50 people who've entered to Congress at the Senate now, these are all players. Sunny Wasserman: And, you know, this is a big deal. Also, by the way, the governor is, for the first time, having lived around the corner from Amy Acton in Columbus. I gotta tell you, man, and as Steve knows, this situation in Ohio is a really big deal, with Sherrod… Sherrod's gotta run again in two years. Sunny Wasserman: But, you know, having a female Democrat governor Sunny Wasserman: I grew up in Ohio. We never had a female governor, let alone a Democrat, you know, being the governor of Ohio. Sunny Wasserman: I mean, even Texas had women governors, but Ohio has not, and she's very cool. So, this has gone on all over the country. It's amazing to say, after 250 years in the United States, that this is the first female governor of color. Sunny Wasserman: In the country. I mean, you know, in Georgia. And who thought that we… that she would win? You know, I… Mike Hersh: And… and in Texas. Sunny Wasserman: Oh yeah, well, she's Hispanic, right? SolGreep: Need a Hosa. Sunny Wasserman: Yeah, you did have quite… you did have a few female governors in Texas, one of whom was named I'm a Hogg. I… I can't make… I couldn't make that up, but it's true. And then we also had… who really ran Texas was Molly Ivins, but that's a different story. So, Salty… Salty and I knew Molly pretty well. I loved Molly Ivins. Anyway. Sunny Wasserman: Andrea, we got 3 minutes. You want to leave us with some parting words? We will reconvene on Monday. Sunny Wasserman: I'm just so grateful to have been able to have to do this hour. Like I say, I called this because I was afraid we'd be under martial law, and we'd be exchanging names of lawyers and airline tickets, but it looks like the opposite has happened. So, Steve, did you want something? And we'll give it to Andrea. SolGreep: Yeah, Ohio, I… you know, it's all great and good. We've got to look at some possible Israeli associations with the governor, possibly. And then there's the 12th District, which was a huge, never-before blowout for the Republicans, for some reason. I don't know what's going on there, but SolGreep: you know, we gotta just keep our eye on the ball. It's not just, you know, throw ourselves to the wind. We gotta control what's happening. Thanks. Sunny Wasserman: Speaking of which, Andrea Miller, you want to take us out? Thank you so much again, and we'll see you on Monday with Ray, but what do you want to tell us for the weekend? Andrea Miller: I am going to say I want everybody that worked on this election, and I am just making a wild guess, but everybody on this call did. It was our work together that secured it. Getting people to win the office is step one, and now step two is hold them accountable. We elected them to do a job. Andrea Miller: Let's make sure, number one, they remember and understand what the job is, and that they know we're going to be holding their little feet to the fire, because Andrea Miller: If we want to have a great Andrea Miller: 2028. We are going to set ourselves up by the work we do this year and next year. Andrea Miller: And again, I've got to close this out by going… Andrea Miller: Who would have thought we would be waiting for the count in the United States Andrea Miller: Mississippi Senate race, where we have a Black man who is leading, and I am thrilled. Andrea Miller: And as I said, people for a very long time are going to be walking around shaking their heads, going, Mississippi! Andrea Miller: Nothing. Anyhow. Sunny Wasserman: Well… SolGreep: No. Sunny Wasserman: I want to thank you, Andrea, in particular, for playing Nina Simone today. That's great. And again, you know, it's been 6 years. Sunny Wasserman: 6 years with you and Ray and this whole scenario, and I am one of the very few who, when I heard you say Mississippi, I said, okay, it's a done deal. All right, everybody, let's get rid of those nuclear subsidies, no nukes, we will see you on Monday, and we will not be under martial law. Sunny Wasserman: Take care, everybody! Mike Hersh: No more dirty energy. See you on PDA's Zoom tonight. Sunny Wasserman: We'll see you Monday. Oh, yes, and join the PDA Zoom tonight, please. We'll see everybody on Monday. No nukes.