Greg Palast's Blog, page 32

Squash The Vote: The GOP Plan to Thwart DemocracyPalast on the Bill Press Pod

We'll be studying the significance of the November election for years, but this much is certain: more people voted than ever before. Biden racked up more votes than any winning candidate for president ever — and Trump for any losing candidate ever. So what are Republicans going to do about it? Celebrate high voter turnout while convincing more people to vote for Republicans? Hell no! Just the opposite. Egged on by Trump, they've launched a ... READ MORE

Smoking Gun for Impeachment: Proof Trump’s Call to March on Capitol was a Crime

Here is the smoking gun. Trump’s GOP defenders say that Trump merely called for a march to the Capitol, a legal act of protest. Except for this: it wasn’t legal. And Trump and his team knew it. During Wednesday’s trial, Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) laid out the evidence the Palast team first broke in Consortium News: The sponsors of the January 6 rally at the Ellipse repeatedly... READ MORE

Why were Capitol Rioters Allowed to Leave a Murder Crime Scene?

On January 6, during the riots and the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. a police officer was murdered when he had his head crushed by a fire extinguisher. In the aftermath, it was astonishing that the police did not seal and secure the Capitol and identify, if not arrest, everyone leaving. Why were criminals allowed to simply ... READ MORE

Why were Capitol rioters allowed to leave a murder crime scene?Palast and Zach D. Roberts on Brian Ross Investigates

On January 6, during the riots and the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. a police officer was murdered when he had his head crushed by a fire extinguisher. In the aftermath, it was astonishing that the police did not seal and secure the Capitol and identify, if not arrest, everyone leaving. Why were criminals allowed to simply ... READ MORE

Insider: White House was Warned March was IllegalTrump’s Call to March Broke Organizer's Promise to DC Police

Before Donald Trump exhorted the Jan. 6 rally to march on the Capitol, the White House had been warned by the rally sponsor that there was no permit for a march, that DC Metro Police were promised there would be no march, and that such an... READ MORE

Raffensperger Ignored Evidence of Wrongful Purges Before Runoff

Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no hero. Since the release of the tape in which Raffensperger is heard resisting Donald Trump’s bullying attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory, the Georgia politician has been portrayed as a defender of democracy. The record says otherwise.... READ MORE

Why did the Georgia GOP team up with a Riot Instigator?“WE’LL LIGHT THE WHOLE SH*T ON FIRE!”

The star of the GOP’s get-out-the-vote door-knocking program in the Georgia Senate run-off, standing next to Alex Jones, was blasting his threat through a megaphone in front of the Governor’s home. “We’ll light the whole sh*t on fire!” Ali Alexander’s threat in December would become... READ MORE

Democracy Now! Stealing Georgia198,000 Georgia Residents Were Illegally Purged

Democracy Now! airs our report on vote theft in Georgia, narrated by Debra Messing, and speaks with activist LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter and the co-plaintiff in our case against Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger ... READ MORE

Stealing Georgia: Raffensperger is No HeroThe Real Story of Jim Crow Tactics in the Senate Runoff Race

Despite the hype, an investigative report released today reveals Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no hero defending democracy from Trump. Rather, in this investigative film Raffensperger is exposed for using vote suppression Jim Crow tactics — even misleading a federal court to keep... READ MORE

Sec. of State Raffensperger Speaks with Forked TongueThe Georgia Fraud Story You Haven’t Heard

News has been that GA’s Sec. of State, Brad Raffensperger, bravely stood up to Trump’s claim of voter fraud in the 2020 election and continues to do so now that Georgians are heading to the polls to decide a crucial runoff election that will decide who controls the Senate. Journalist Greg Palast exposes what’s... READ MORE