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Can This Anti-Mafia RICO Law REALLY Stop Trump?Palast discusses Fani Willis’ case against Donald Trump with Thom Hartmann

The first count of Fani Willis’ indictment is for Violation of the Georgia RICO Act — that’s the state’s anti-racketeering law. All 19 defendants have been charged with ... READ MORE

Willis has Trump in a hammerlock

Just read through Fani Willis’ RICO indictment. I worked with the Department of Justice on the very first billion-dollar white-collar RICO case in 1988, and also did a Georgia RICO investigation shortly thereafter, so I know the US and Georgia law well. Willis’ case is even stronger than Jack Smith’s — though a state conviction can’t... READ MORE

Georgia announces new purge of 191,473 voters

Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has just announced another “cleansing” of the voter rolls. This time a total of 191,473 voters are set to be purged. Congratulations to Raffensperger for cleaning the voter rolls whiter than white. We’re going back down to... READ MORE

A photo for Bobby

Bill McKibben and I speak today at the Colors of Ostrava Festival; I’m on at 7pm Czech time. My host, John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hitman) suggests I stop on the way from the airport at Auschwitz. My family has already visited. Never returned. Maybe I’ll just ... READ MORE

Declaration of IndependenceOne Paragraph was Removed

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence with only one paragraph removed: Jefferson’s... READ MORE

Confessions of an Affirmative Action BabyHow an “undeserving” kid like megot admitted to Stanford

There’s no way you’d been reading this – and I could not write this – if it weren’t for affirmative action. And there’s no way on earth I could have gotten accepted to fancy-ass schools—without affirmative action. Because I flunked basic... READ MORE

Confessions of an Affirmative Action BabyHow an “undeserving” kid like me got admitted to Stanford

There’s no way you’d been reading this – and I could not write this – if it weren’t for affirmative action. And there’s no way on earth I could have gotten accepted to fancy-ass schools—without affirmative action. Because I flunked basic... READ MORE

Paul Singer funded SCOTUS case that gutted Voting Rights ActJustice Alito was the surprise deciding vote

The media missed the big one in the story about how Paul “The Vulture” Singer hooked Justice Samuel Alito. Singer’s big case, in which he invested millions, was Shelby v. Holder. Alito was the surprise deciding vote that destroyed the Voting Rights Act, Singer’s priority, key to GOP power... READ MORE

Paul Singer: The Vulture Chewing Argentina’s Living Corpse

Yesterday it was reported that Paul “The Vulture” Singer flew Justice Samuel Alito on a private jet to Alaska for a luxury fishing vacation in early 2008. Singer subsequently had multiple cases before the Supreme Court — including, significantly, his vulture attack on Argentina, which forced the nation into default. Here’s the real story... READ MORE

Vulture Paul Singer, the GOP’s Baddie Sugar Daddie

The untold story of the sources of the loot controlled by Paul “The Vulture” Singer and why he needs to buy the White House. ... READ MORE