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Election Crimes Bulletin: Dominion v. Fox, et al.

What happened in the Dominion case against Fox? What about Smartmatic, the voting machine company which Hugo Chavez helped launch that’s also suing Fox? Why has Fulton County DA Fani Willis filed a motion to remove the attorney representing 10 of the Georgia fraudulent electors? And what’s happening with... READ MORE

My Apologies to the Family of Mrs. Thatcher

10th Anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's death.I strenuously object to the dissemination of this scurrilous doggerel, falsely attributed to me, on the passage of... READ MORE

Trump indictment, even conviction, won’t bar him from Presidency

I hate to rain on the parade, but Trump’s indictment — even felony conviction — will not bar Trump from holding office. While I’ve reported on Trump as a one-man crime wave, the cold truth is, if convicted, it will be his first offense for low-level felony — so forget jail time.... READ MORE

Vote Vigilante Group ordered to Trial in Georgia

In May 2022, Donald Trump launched the film 2000 Mules, accusing literally hundreds of Black men (the “mules”) of stuffing ballot dropboxes in Georgia and elsewhere causing Trump his re-election. Problem: Every single person accused by True the Vote, the makers of 2000 Mules, has been proven innocent — every one. Now, True the Vote’s operatives will face civil action in federal court and could pay heavily for their... READ MORE

Vote Vigilante group ordered to trial in Georgia

In May 2022, Donald Trump launched the film 2000 Mules, accusing literally hundreds of Black men (the “mules”) of stuffing ballot dropboxes in Georgia and elsewhere causing Trump his re-election. Problem: Every single person accused by True the Vote, the makers of 2000 Mules, has been proven innocent — every one. Now, True the Vote’s operatives will face civil action in federal court and could pay heavily for their... READ MORE

The Madness of King Powell

As a recovering economist, I can tell you that Fed Chair Jerome Powell increasing interest rates yesterday was no more than shooting the wounded. The wounded: working Americans who’ve seen their real wages get clobbered, down by 1.9% in 2022 on top of a 2.1% hit in 2021. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, working Americans are ... READ MORE

Reagan’s Treason: October Surprise and the $23 Million Payoff

This week, a Texas pol, Ben Barnes, confessed that he was personally involved—and therefore an eyewitness to–high treason: The Ronald Reagan campaign’s successful secret deal with the Iranian government to hold 52 Americans hostages so that Reagan could defeat... READ MORE

Reagan’s treason: October Surprise and the $23 million payoff

Now we have the confession, proving the “October Surprise,” that Ronald Reagan’s campaign secretly cut a deal with the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran to hold Americans as hostage until Reagan could be elected. The New York Times got the story from former Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Ben Barnes. But they never asked why Barnes has been silent for decades. It might have to do with a payment of $23 million... READ MORE

Why Putin kidnapped Ukrainian children — despite facing arrest for this war crime

The UN’s International Criminal Court in The Hague today ordered the arrest of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for seizing Ukrainian children from their families and deporting them to Russia for forced adoption. The court charged Putin with the “war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children).” Estimates range from... READ MORE

Vigilante Screening & Journalism Master Class with Palast Fri, Sat Ithaca

The Park Center for Independent Media present a screening of Vigilante (April 1) and a journalism Master Class (March 31) with Greg Palast in Ithaca, NY ... READ MORE