Greg Palast's Blog, page 40

1,913,369 Ballots Thrown AwayHow Trump did—and will—Disqualify your Vote

Here’s what you know: In 2016, Donald Trump won Michigan by 10,704 votes. Officially.
Here’s what you don’t know: 75,355 ballots were never counted. That’s official, too. Just “spoilage,” that is, ballots that were, for some technical reason, un-tallied. But not just anyone’s vote “spoiled.” Most of these vanished votes were cast in... READ MORE

22% of Mail-In Votes Never Get CountedJim Crow is Hiding in the Mailbox

“Oh, Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood.”

I’ve been singing that Animals’ tune for a month. I move my lips, but I’m not sure my words are understood.
It begins with a stone-cold fact: Mail-in ballots are lost by the millions—especially the ballots of ... READ MORE

Brian Ross Investigates: How Trump Stole 2020

November's presidential election is now just 16 weeks away. In the primaries we saw all sorts of chaos and mayhem — long lines, few polling places, few polling workers — and the worst is yet to come. Palast's new book, How Trump Stole 2020 , reveals how the fix is in to steal the election — and how we can unfix it.

Mary Trump won’t tell you…

Mary Trump’s book tells you how little Donald was a whiny grifter even as a toddler.
That’s history. This is now: How Trump Stole 2020 tells you how Trump’s minions have already erased 16.7 million from the voter rolls (guess their color)—I show you how to ... READ MORE

John Lewis (1940-2020)

John Lewis, whom we filmed in 2016, was nearly beaten to death in Selma, Alabama in 1965, so that all Americans could vote. He made history. What will WE make? And when?

Mary Trump won’t tell you…(+Audiobook no charge today)

Mary Trump’s book tells you how little Donald was a whiny grifter even as a toddler.
That’s history. This is now: How Trump Stole 2020 tells you how Trump’s minions have already erased 16.7 million from the voter rolls (guess their color)—I show you how to ... READ MORE

Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky Launch Palast’s How Trump Stole 2020A Facebook Live! Event: Watch NOW!!!

Join us for live for the launch of my new book How Trump Stole 2020 . YOU and your questions for Greg Palast on the book that Noam Chomsky calls, "Scary" but Josh Fox calls "F$#@!ng hilarious." It’s both: my deepest ... READ MORE

Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky Launch Palast’s How Trump Stole 2020A Facebook Live! Event + Free Audiobook

Join us for live for the launch of my new book How Trump Stole 2020 . YOU and your questions for Greg Palast on the book that Noam Chomsky calls, "Scary" but Josh Fox calls "F$#@!ng hilarious." It’s both: my deepest, most mind-blowing investigative reporting — and the ... READ MORE

Trump Re-elected by Five Votes

...It was the Supreme Court—or, more accurately, the Supreme Republican Five—that, only five months before Kemp’s election, blessed Kemp’s Big Purge.
The ruling in June 2018, Husted v. APRI, is likely to determine control of the ... READ MORE

This is it, folks…A personal request

This morning, Rev. Jesse Jackson said, "Buy Greg Palast’s book now—we need to put it on the New York Times bestseller list as we did with The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." If we slam the Amazon and Times bestseller lists again, they'll have to ... READ MORE