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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

Superhero Palast fights the evil election supervillians

Less than two weeks to go until Election Day – what can you do? Begin by reading Greg Palast’s How Trump Stole 2020: The Hunt for America’s Vanished Voters and then go out and stop the theft. Not only is Palast one of our premier investigative reporters he is also a great storyteller, and the best part, the stories are all factual. This latest tome reads like a rogue’s gallery of real crime. Because they are rogues and they committed real ... READ MORE

Georgia, do I really have to sue you again?Palast legal counsel demands purge list review - NOW

[October 19] Today, our legal counsel for the Palast Investigative Fund wrote a letter to the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
“Your office over the past six years has conducted a virtual ethnic cleansing of the voter rolls, capturing victims such as,... READ MORE

Kidnapping Plans, Nooses and the Boogaloo Militia

Nine months ago, I sat across the table sharing a pizza and a beer with a man who almost certainly was armed. I asked him, "How do you think tomorrow is going to go?" He replied, "Either nothing's going to happen or we're going to... READ MORE