Democrats in the White House and Senate have the power until January 20th to take strong action on the ever-deepening climate crisis. They need to use that power!

Even after Trump takes office Democrats in both the House and the Senate will have the power to put up fierce resistance to Trump and MAGA's plans to severely set back the (too slow) progress that was made over the last four years to shift away from dirty fossil fuels to clean renewable energy. They can speak out loudly and clearly against those regressive plans. They can mobilize their constituents to bring political pressure to bear. They can issue strong statements and speak out through the mass media. They can use the 60-vote rule in the Senate for non-budget legislation. They can filibuster, days-long, multi-speaker filibusters! They can use all the tools available to put roadblocks in the way of the plans to strengthen the power of the polluting fossil fuelers as well as on many other important issues.

When some leading thinkers at the London School of Economics saw fascism take hold in the 1930s, Oxford history professor Ben Jackson said in a recent BBC interview, they “argued that in those circumstances the people with economic power in society, the property owners, are willing to cancel democracy, cancel civil liberties, and make deals with political organizations like the Nazis if it guarantees their economic interest.”

We start with an amazing, uplifting poem from our poet laureate MIMI GERMAN.

MIKE HERSH tells us that “everything is hackable.”

To report your voting problems go to https://seesaynow.org recommended to us by our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO.

MYLA RESON call for an autopsy & a forensic investigation, with a well-deserved slam on Bill Clinton

From balmy Minnesota we hear from HEDY TRIPP enumerate the disturbing vote breakdown in Minneapolis.

An intriguing interactive chart of voter preferences comes to us from DONALD SMITH.

The mechanics of our election are examined by the great RAY LUTZ, one America’s true experts on vote count audits.

Infiltration of the vote counting process is examined by KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA.

Legendary No Nukes activist JOHN LA FORGE reminds us of his life-long opposition to nuclear weapons and tells us about a truly great Judge.

The Christian Nationalist/Zionist alliance is analyzed by radio host LYNN FEINERMAN.

Jeremy Rifkin’s AQUA PLANET is summoned for us by JOHN STEINER, who reminds us that it’s a “time for Bothisattvas”.

This article first appeared in the Buckeye Flame.

The Ohio Senate passed a bill on Wednesday prohibiting transgender students – kindergarten through college, at both private and public schools – from using multi-person restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity.

The vote on SB 104, which in a particularly dark turn occurred during Transgender Awareness Week, passed 24-7 along party lines and now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature.

The trans bathroom ban originated as HB 183, which its Republican sponsors named the “Protect All Students Act.” But on June 26, Ohio House Republicans tacked HB 183 onto SB 104 at the very end of a nearly 12-hour session. By amending a bill that originated in the Senate and had already been approved by that body, House Republicans circumvented the normal legislative process, in which HB 183 would have to be heard through Senate committee hearings.