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Palast on Staying Home with Josh Fox: All we’re asking is that the voters choose the politicians and not the opposite way around

There is much to fear, especially for minority and young voters, with a switch to all-mail voting — unless our system is fixed. Palast and Fox discuss the challenges our democracy faces during the coronavirus pandemic and what we need to do to

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Deepwater Horizon: BP’s SECOND BlowoutThe Secret History - 10 Year Anniversary

Ten years ago, April 20, 11 men on the Deepwater Horizon were incinerated when the BP/Transocean oil rig blew out and exploded. Just 17 months before the Deepwater Horizon destroyed 600 miles of Gulf Coast, BP covered up a

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Rush to Vote-by-Mail could cost Dems the ElectionMail-in Voting puts Millions of Minority Ballots at Risk

I get it:  We all must vote by mail—or we die. 

There is really no other safe choice. But there is much to fear, with a switch to all-mail voting—unless our broken absentee ballot system is fixed. Here’s what the “Go Postal” crowd doesn’t tell you

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How Trump Stole 2020: A Facebook LIVE Event

Sat, April 18 @ 1 PM PT / 4 ET — a special Facebook LIVE Event to preview Palast’s new book, which reveals how Trump’s already got the November election in the bag, featuring exclusive reports from the scene of the crime. Hosted by Thom Hartmann and incl. interviews with Barbara Arnwine, Lee Camp, Nomi Prins, David Cay Johnson, Dennis Bernstein, Cary Harrison, Josh Fox

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The Coronavirus is Voting for Donald TrumpVoting by mail is no cure; we're heading for a "pretend election"

Mail-in voting, as it currently exists, is likely to guarantee Trump's victory in the 2020 election. However, new Democratic mail-in voting proposals can be improved so the will of the people can be fully realized at the ballot box.

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25 Million Ballots Could be Lost in Shift to Mail-in Voting

We may have to vote by mail or we die. But 22% of mail-in ballots are never counted — that’s well over one out of five. That means, if we go to 80% mail-in voting, we’ll have 25 million lost votes in November. If it were random, it obviously

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Our Choice May Be Vote By Mail Or DieElection Crimes Bulletin: Pandemic Edition

Greg Palast and Flashpoints host Dennis Bernstein discuss the problems we face exercising our democratic rights during a pandemic. Voting by Mail may seem like the solution, but mail-in ballots could deliver the election to Trump

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Elections in the Era of COVID-19How we can vote without killing ourselves — and ensure every vote counts!

We need to embrace mail-in ballots so we can vote without the risk of dying in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are pitfalls. Urgent changes to our voting system must be implemented to ensure every mail-in ballot counts. Palast breaks down what these essential fixes are

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Rev. Joseph Echols Lowery (1921-2020)

Civil Rights leader Rev. Joseph Echols Lowery died at home, surrounded by his daughters, on Friday, March 27, at the age of 98. He did not put down his sword until his last day. It was Rev. Lowery who agreed to have Helen Butler, the Executive Director of his organization, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda, join me as a co-plaintiff in our successful federal suit against Georgia’s GOP Sec. of State, now Governor, Brian Kemp. Sadly, this is

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Corona Crow: The virus is a racist

You hear from every pol and pundit: The coronavirus does not distinguish between Black and White, rich and poor, Republican or Democrat. That’s just bullshit. This virus is one highly partisan little bug. And a racist. Call it “Corona Crow.”

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