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El Martillo – The Hammer strikes again!Greg Palast and Matt Sedillo join forces for an evening of political poetry

Wednesday night in San Francisco, 7pm, SunnyCo Studio Gallery will present “the greatest living political poet” Matt Sedillo, and El Martillo – The Hammer (is that really Greg Palast working undercover as a poet?!?!), who will perform his poem... READ MORE

Vigilantes Inc.: Trump Plan for 2024 Taken from KKK Plan of 1946If We Don’t Expose It, this Old Klan Scam Will Pick Your President

I cannot make this up. In 1946, the Ku Klux Klan incorporated itself in Georgia as “Vigilantes Inc” – specifically to eliminate every Black citizen from the voter rolls. It worked. “Vigilantes Inc.,” a private group, elected their... READ MORE

John Barrow Busts Brian Kemp’sSelf-Made Man Myth

How Brian Kemp always ended up with a golden shovel, as explained by former Congressman John Barrow, who's facing off against the Kemp appointed justice Andrew Pinson in the Georgia State Supreme Court judgeship race ... READ MORE

John Barrow busts Brian Kemp’s self-made man myth

How Brian Kemp always ended up with a golden shovel, as explained by former Congressman John Barrow, who's facing off against the Kemp appointed justice Andrew Pinson in the Georgia State Supreme Court judgeship race ... READ MORE

On the Line: The Osage Nation v. The Koch BrothersAn upcoming documentary details how Charles and David Koch made billions off of the Osage people's oil money.

No one becomes a billionaire without victims. Charles and David Koch were no... READ MORE

When Kyle Rittenhouse Came to Kent StateThe young acquitted murderer is being paraded around campuses to stir up controversy.

[April 16, 2024: Kent, OH] Kyle Rittenhouse, spoke on April 16 at an event sponsored by the right wing organization Turning Points USA (TPUSA) held at ... READ MORE

Don’t Buy Exxon’s Fable of The Drunken Captain

Today, March 24, the 35th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster will be commemorated with the re-telling of lies. The official story is, “Drunken Skipper Hits Reef.” Don’t believe it. Days after the oil tanker slimed 1,200 miles of Alaska’s coastline, I was in Prince William Sound, launching an investigation for the Chugach Natives of Alaska. It was their coastline. This story remains... READ MORE

Before Scorsese’s film, before Grann’s book, there was a poemElise Paschen reads Wi’-gi-e, the inspiration for Killers of the Flower Moon

Osage poet Elise Paschen reads "Wi’-gi-e", the poem which gave the title to the film and book, Killers of the Flower Moon. We filmed her special reading of the poem which she dedicates to Lily Gladstone who portrays Osage Native Mollie Burkhart in ... READ MORE

Which Will Die First, American Democracy Or CPAC?

[Feb 24, 2024: National Harbor, MD] The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) met last weekend at the Gaylord National Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland for its annual meeting, bringing together conservatives from across the United States, and the world. Ten years ago, when ... READ MORE

70-Year Old Russian Oleg Orlov imprisoned for Dissent from Ukraine invasionExclusive report for the Palast Investigative Fund

This Tuesday, one week after Alexei Navalny’s death, Oleg Orlov, a 70-year-old human rights advocate and co-chairman of the Nobel-Prize winning human rights group Memorial, was convicted under the newly-instituted crime of ... READ MORE