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Ross Perot tried to save Democrats from themselves.How Democrats’ NAFTA-love lost the Working Class.

Ross Perot (1930-2019) was a bit of a flake. But he also tried to save the Democratic Party from itself by attempting to warn it away from NAFTA. Clinton and Gore wouldn’t listen to him — nor would

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My friend Stephanie Blumenthal needs a kidney

My friend Stephanie Blumenthal needs a kidney within the year. (BTW no one needs two.) I know we’d like to save the world. Let’s start with Stephanie.

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Greg Palast Incites Riotat Memorial for Art Kunkin of LA Free Press

Art Kunkin founder of the Los Angeles Free Press, was the most visionary, most influential journalist in the history of of Southern California. In 1965, Art founded the Free Press as an antidote to the Enslaved

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Greg Palast to Incite Riotat Memorial for Art Kunkin of LA Free Press

Saturday, July 6 - 2pm (open to public).

Echo Park United Methodist Church, 1226 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles

Art Kunkin founder of the Los Angeles Free Press, was the most visionary, most influential journalist in the history of

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Hand me the Butter: Biden’s Toast

Hand me the butter: Biden’s toast. Talking with Rev. Jesse Jackson this morning. Biden’s opportunistic anti-busing crusade, and his odious anti-integration 1975 statement that, “To ‘desegregate’ is different than to ‘integrate,’” means he cannot get African Americans to the polls in November, even

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Clarence Darrow, Attorney for the Damned

It’s Christmas and I’m waiting for that call, “Dad’s dead. You should get on a plane.” I’ll leave the kids under the palm tree And the piña colada which I bravely don’t touch, Leave my wife with the dirty shreds …

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My Daughter Didn’t Call on Father’s Day

A dad couldn't ask for more. My daughter wrote an essay, "The Best Dad in the Whole World." It went on, story after story, about the unforgettable things we did together.

Here’s a few seconds from the poem she added:

That was ten years ago.

The last thing she wrote to me, this year, was, "I don’t have a single happy memory from my childhood."

And she had a court change her last name.

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When does the unforgettable get forgotten?

And will the forgotten be remembered again?

Investigative reporters are supposed to

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Greg Palast acepta el Premio Internacional de Periodismo por Investigaciones Especializas

Club de Periodistas de México Ciudad de México, junio 2019 Sra. [Celete] Sáenz de Miera, Mis estimados hermanos periodistas, Si los estadounidenses parecen ignorantes y locos como los Chihuahuas, que tontamente eligen a personas como George Bush y Donald Trump, …

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Mexico City: Palast Wins Journalism Award

The Association of Mexican Journalists has awarded Greg Palast their 2019 prize for International Reporter for his exposés on the theft of elections from Georgia to Mexico and his reporting from

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Palast Awarded Prize for Investigative Reporting by Mexico’s Journalist Association

The Association of Mexican Journalists has awarded Greg Palast their 2019 prize for International Reporter for his exposés on the theft of elections from Georgia to Mexico and his reporting from Venezuela.

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