Greg Palast's Blog

Palast, Hartmann Speak in San Diego, LA this Friday, SaturdayTwo evening talks — plus Palast at No Kings this Saturday

Greg Palast joins Thom Hartmann to take the crown off King Donald’s comb-over. Three chances to catch their act.... READ MORE

The LAST American PresidentGot democracy?

Thom Hartmann’s new book, The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party and a World on the Brink, is one giant fact check on the Whopper-in-Chief, and much more — a disturbing dive into the roiling miasma of self-aggrandizing, self-deluding, psychologically shattered, wailing man-child who is Commander-in-Chief. ... READ MORE

Mom would’ve kicked Pete Hegseth’s a**

On Tuesday, our newly-dubbed “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth told our military’s top brass that they must restore the "male warrior spirit" to the armed forces. “Male” spirit, Pete? Excuse me, Pete. My mother, Gladys Palast, was ... READ MORE

Bobby, why are you threatening my life?

Bobby Bobby, Bobby Kennedy, my dear dear friend of so many years, my co-author at Rolling Stone, Bobby, why are you threatening my life? Why are you threatening lives across America and even our not-yet-born great-grandchildren. You’ve blocked mRNA vaccine research. Research! Bobby, you know damn well that... READ MORE

Bobby, you are sick, physically and mentally…but don’t make everyone else as sick as you.

RFK fils, my (former?) friend and co-author is, no doubt, threatening my life, your life and your not-yet-born great-grandchildren’s lives by blocking mRNA vaccine research. MRNA was our best hope for an anti-cancer vaccine. I need you to ... READ MORE

Thom Hartmann on the Hidden History of NeoliberalismHow Reagan gutted America through a corporate coup d’etat

The brilliant historian-cum-journalist Thom Hartmann has torn back the curtain on the corporate lock-up of America which, in Trump 2.0, is reaching its armed conclusion ... READ MORE

Trump Fires FEMA Whistleblowers on Katrina Anniversary

Be afraid. The Trump Administration has “put on leave” — effectively fired — 35 experts from FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for signing a letter to Trump saying that his mass elimination of emergency experts is threatening the lives of Americans. Another 130 signed but masked ... READ MORE

“If We Let FEMA Die, Americans Will Die With It.”

I need you to read this before Friday, the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.  It’s by a Coast Guardsman assigned to pull the dead from the waters. Now, as Supervisor in a small town in Illinois, he’s concerned that Trump will ... READ MORE

“His arm slid off like a chicken wing.”Trump plan to kill FEMA will drown small town America

Twenty years ago this month, Coast Guardsman Patrick was one of the first responders sent in after hurricane Katrina drowned Gulfport and New Orleans.  He told me about recovering the bloated bodies of pregnant women, or pieces of pregnant women, out of the water. He tried to pull one corpse from the flood, but the... READ MORE

All Washed Away: Trump drowns FEMA—Palast investigatesWatch this 1-hour special…then take swimming lessons.

The flood in Kerrville, Texas, was not an Act of God, it was an Act of Trump.  Our investigation shows the horrific connection between the drownings in Texas and in New Orleans — 20 years ago this month — and the Trump/DOGE scheme to sell off FEMA ... READ MORE