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How to Steal Back the Election and Unrig DemocracyDr. Naomi Wolf in conversation with Daniel G. Newman and Greg Palast

Former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton and author of End of America, Dr. Naomi Wolf talks to fellow authors Daniel G. Newman (Unrig) and Greg Palast (How Trump Stole 2020) about the challenges voters — and the very institution of democracy in the U.S. — face in the upcoming ... READ MORE

ACLU, GA Releases Palast Fund ‘Georgia Voter Purge Errors’ ReportState Likely Removed Nearly 200,000 Citizens from the Voter Rolls

ATLANTA – Today, the ACLU of Georgia released a report by the Palast Investigative Fund titled Georgia Voter Roll Purge Errors that concluded the State had likely removed in 2019 the voter registrations of nearly 200,000 Georgia citizens on the grounds... READ MORE

ACLU Releases Palast Fund ‘Georgia Voter Purge Errors’ ReportState Likely Removed Nearly 200,000 Citizens from the Voter Rolls

ATLANTA – Today, the ACLU of Georgia released a report by the Palast Investigative Fund titled Georgia Voter Roll Purge Errors that concluded the State had likely removed in 2019 the voter registrations of nearly 200,000 Georgia citizens on the grounds... READ MORE

ACLU, citing Palast investigations, stops Crosscheck in Indiana

Our 2016 report for Rolling Stone exposing Kris Kobach’s Interstate Crosscheck purge program was cited several times in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU for Common Cause as the evidence that Kobach's system of removing tens of thousands of voters in Indiana was both wildly inaccurate and racially biased in the extreme. This past week, Federal District Judge... READ MORE

James Brown Voted 568 Times

You have people registered in two states. They’re registered in New York and in New Jersey. They vote twice. There are millions of votes in my opinion. – Donald Trump Don’t laugh. Trump’s claim that millions of Americans are voting twice, a felony crime, is the principal reason... READ MORE

LaTosha Brown: They’re constantly skimming votesPalast in conversation with the co-founder of Black Voters Matter

“We're seeing the same old problems that our community has seen in the past, which we know are all forms of voter suppression,” laments Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown. “We've got to hold people accountable… And there's some people that have got to, not only be held accountable in the sense of being put out of office, but there are some people that should face some charges... READ MORE

Why didn’t the Justice Dept indict Kobach as well as Bannon?

The wire transfers of $250,000 and $100,000 that Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage were indicted for would have to be approved by the We Build the Wall foundation’s general counsel — Kris Kobach. The payments were in direct violation of the foundation’s by-laws. Furthermore, Kobach used the non-profit’s donor list to raise money for his Senate run, normally a felony crime. I worked with the Justice Department on racketeering cases. You don’t... READ MORE

Steve Bannon, Kris Kobach and the ‘We Build the Wall’ Scandal

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, creator of the Crosscheck voter purge program, is once again in the middle of a corruption scandal.
Kobach is founding attorney for the self-styled “non-profit,” We Build the Wall, whose co-founding board members have been indicted for... READ MORE

Kris Kobach Fights the Alien Invasion

When we last parted, Kobach was screaming, “Liar! Liar!” while backing away to escape from me, the plastic spoon from the vanilla ice cream still in his mouth. I had hired a combat-trained ... READ MORE

Election Crimes Bulletin feat. Rev Yearwood and Ralph NaderJim Crow in the Mailbox: Blocking Voters of Color — Fri, Aug 21 at 4.45 PM PT

Join Dennis Bernstein and Palast on Friday for the first in a series of two special Flashpoints Election Crimes Bulletins broadcast on Facebook LIVE. This Friday's program will explore how voting by mail discriminates against voters of color and will feature special guests Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., the founder of Hip Hop Caucus, and Ralph Nader... READ MORE