Krystal Kyle & Friends Episode 214: Greg Palast
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Feb 23, 2025 
Greg Palast, a legendary investigative journalist renowned for his work on vote suppression, dives deep into the alarming tactics impacting the 2024 election. He discusses the severe voter suppression in Georgia, drawing parallels to Jim Crow laws, and highlights the disproportionate effects on Black voters. Palast further explores the decline in Democratic approval and rising discontent among constituents, urging action against political complacency. He also critiques the media's role in perpetuating misinformation about election integrity, advocating for greater transparency in the electoral process.
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Purged Voters
- In Georgia, 198,000 voters were wrongly purged from rolls, including Martin Luther King's 92-year-old cousin.
- Greg Palast highlights this to show how widespread the issue is.
Vigilante Challenges
- True the Vote challenged 317,886 voters using an old KKK tactic.
- One GOP official, Pam Reardon, challenged 32,000 neighbors in Cobb County alone.
Challenged Soldiers
- Major Gamaliel Turner, a black soldier, was challenged and had to fly 5,000 miles roundtrip to vote.
- 4,000 other soldiers, mostly black, were also challenged.
