Greg Palast's Blog, page 36

Georgia tries to block new voters ahead of runoffProposed new registration rule would require car registered in state.

Georgia’s Board of Elections is trying to sneak through a new rule that could block new registrations before the Senate runoff to people who don’t have a car registered in the state. This knocks out students and lower income urban voters (i.e. Black Atlantans) without cars. Of course, you can’t ... READ MORE

White Power and the RecountThe Far Right Fights for Trump

[November 19th, 2020, Atlanta, GA] The fight over what's left of the soul of the Republican Party has moved from Washington DC to Georgia with the far right continuing to rally for Trump.
When I first drove by the rally, a Christian white nationalist and anti-immigrant named... READ MORE

How to Stop The Purge from Stealing the Georgia Runoff— and Swiping the U.S.Senate!

The Republicans are panicked. Despite wrongly purging nearly 200,000 young, low-income, and voters of color in an attempt to fix the election (as exposed by us), Georgia Republicans lost the state for Trump, and now they could lose control of the US Senate.

Georgia: ‘Stacey Abrams Shill’ Says What We Must DoHow to prevent Jim Crow from Stealing US Senate

“It is unfortunate that the ACLU hired [Greg Palast] a known Stacey Abrams shill.” So said the flak for the GOP Sec. of State of Georgia. And I’m sure that GOP Senator David Perdue thinks it “unfortunate” as well – now that their program to systematically purge Black voters in Georgia was busted, and David Perdue must face ... READ MORE

Election Day Mayhem Began Two Years AgoWith Massive Voter Purges

Two years ago, the Supreme Court’s right-wing five authorized a new method of “cleaning” voter rolls. The Court agreed with GOP voting officials, beginning with Ohio and Georgia, to purge voter rolls of those who “moved.”
The idea sounds fair in theory: If you don’t live in Atlanta, you shouldn’t vote there, and to do so is a felony crime. But in practice,... READ MORE

The Civil War Began on November 4The Trump Coup to Come?

[January 20, 2021, Washington DC] While President Donald Trump takes his oath of office today in the White House bunker, the capital remains subdued, quiet except for the shriek of sirens and the black unmarked SUVs rushing to pick up the “Antifa rioters,” as Trump called them, shortly before... READ MORE

3 Constitutional Ways Trump Can Overturn the Vote

James Madison did us no favor when he drafted Article II of the Constitution. Of course, our Founding Fathers couldn’t have imagined a psychopathic narcissist with an itchy Twitter finger. The Constitution includes no right of citizens to vote for... READ MORE

Debra Messing, DiCaprio and Palast Release ‘The Purged’14 Minutes to Save this Election - Watch Now!

The Purged, which Leonardo DiCaprio shared a snippet of earlier this month, is produced by his father, George DiCaprio, and stepmother, Peggy DiCaprio; Yvette Nicole Brown; Thom Hartmann and the founders of Black Voters Matter. It follows investigative reporter Greg Palast’s journey uncovering... READ MORE

Debra Messing Lends Her Voice To The Purged

“I hope that this film, and the images from this year’s election, will be the catalyst for election reform,” says Will & Grace star Debra Messing. “We shouldn’t have to wait in line for hours on end in order to vote. And in this day and age, we can get a lot of things done that are very complicated. And this seems like we should be able to do better.” ... READ MORE

The Uncounted: America’s Ghost Voters

The dirty little secret of American elections is that we don’t count all the ballots—and we sure as hell don’t allow every citizen to vote.
In total, no less than 5,872,857 ballots were cast and never counted in 2016. In addition, a minimum of... READ MORE