

Greg Palast
Greg Palast
Greg Palast is an investigative reporter, whose stories appear on BBC Television, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and Rolling Stone. You can read/watch his reports at GregPalast.com. He is the author of the NY Times bestsellers The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, Armed Madhouse, and the highly acclaimed Vultures’ Picnic. You can stream his new film, Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman — introduced by Martin Sheen and narrated by Rosario Dawson — for a limited time at: VigilanteMovie.com
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Mar 23, 2021 • 14min
Why Asian-Americans were the main target of GOP vote suppression in Georgia
Even before this act of terror happened, I can’t overemphasize how brutal the voter suppression was aimed at the Asian-American community — particularly in Georgia. And when you don't have political power, you don't have protection. The intimidation factor is very high — and it's coming from the top.
Learn More: https://www.gregpalast.com/voting-gangnam-style-the-rise-of-kim-crow/

Mar 18, 2021 • 22min
Election Crimes Bulletin: It’s not just Jim Crow, now it’s Kim Crow.
The Asian-American community is the fastest growing community in Atlanta and it’s the one that put Warnock and Ossoff over the top — and that scares the out of Georgia Republicans. So the Asian-American community are the prime target of their vote suppression attacks — it’s not just Jim Crow, now it’s Kim Crow.

Mar 13, 2021 • 13min
#DCRiots: Why Did They Let The Perps Go?
The FBI is congratulating themselves on finding and arresting Capitol rioters — BUT WHY DID THEY LET THEM OUT OF THEIR CUSTODY IN THE FIRST PLACE?
The FBI manual REQUIRES sealing off a murder crime scene — and arresting or at least getting the names and CELL PHONES with incriminating photos.
Instead the rioters were given a f#@!ing police escort out of the crime scene.
The investigation of January 6 must include the decision to let killers walk away — and FBI/police sympathy or even infiltration.
Greg Palast on The Chip Franklin Show — March 12, 2021

Nov 28, 2020 • 7min
GOP Trail of Tears: Giving Thanks to Indigenous Voters
For those of you who wanted to see Donald Trump skedaddled from the White House, this is the week you should be celebrating Thanksgiving giving thanks to Indigenous peoples for giving Biden the White House. The Native People’s vote provided the margin for Biden in Wisconsin, Nevada, and Arizona.
In Arizona, for example, the Tohono O’odham nation voted 98% Democratic!
If it were up to White folk, Trump would have walked away with Arizona, but Indigenous precincts in Navajo Nation lands reported a 60% to 90% vote for Biden-Harris.
The Indigenous vote has been crucial before. In 2004, Native Nations gave John Kerry the votes he needed to win New Mexico and the presidency, but Kerry was never inaugurated… Because those native votes were never counted.
That’s right. Never counted.
Learn more: https://www.gregpalast.com/gop-trail-of-tears/

Nov 22, 2020 • 6min
In scorched earth move, Trump Treasury orders Fed to shut down essential loan guarantee program
The Trump Treasury has ordered the Federal Reserve to shut down its program backing loans to small business and local government. This is like Hitler in his bunker who ordered his minions to blow up bridges, railways and the electric system when his demise was clear. The difference is, that in Hitler’s case, even his underlings refused the order to sabotage their nation. This is no joke: it’s a program to push the American economy over a cliff by Inauguration Day. Sick, vindictive, treasonous.

Nov 21, 2020 • 30min
The Far Right Fights for Trump
The fight over what’s left of the soul of the Republican Party has moved from Washington DC to Georgia with the far right continuing to rally for Trump.
Learn more: https://www.gregpalast.com/white-power-and-the-recount/

Nov 13, 2020 • 18min
Georgia: Ossoff / Purdue race was a straight up steal
The Jon Ossoff / David Purdue race looks to me like a straight up steal. For example, in Gwinnett County, which is a suburban county of Atlanta, a staggering 30% of mail-in votes have been rejected, and we know it's overwhelmingly Democratic. There's also a massive number of provisional ballots that weren’t counted. I understand that it's 10,000 — at least — in Atlanta and the surrounding area. And we know 40% of all provisional ballots nationwide are thrown out.
URGENT: We need to get ALL the 198,351 voters wrongly purged from Georgia's voter rolls reinstated/re-registered in time to vote in the January 5 run-off elections — registration deadline: Dec 7.
Learn more: https://www.gregpalast.com/how-to-stop-the-purge-from-stealing-the-georgia-runoff/

Oct 31, 2020 • 12min
Election Crimes Bulletin: The Purged — The Vanishing Voters of Trump’s America
Greg Palast and Dennis Bernstein discuss The Purged — The Vanishing Voters of Trump's America.
The Election Crimes Bulletin offers essential election protection in the run up to the big day — and beyond!
Tune in at 5PM PT weekdays between now and #ElectionDay for more Election Crimes Bulletins or catch up by visiting the Flashpoints' archives at: https://kpfa.org/program/flashpoints/

Oct 30, 2020 • 13min
Election Crimes Bulletin: The Post Office Has Been Sabotaged
In light of the fact that the Post Office has been sabotaged, Greg Palast and Dennis Bernstein offer strategies to ensure you don't accidentally sabotage your own vote.
The Election Crimes Bulletin offers essential election protection in the run up to the big day — and beyond!
Tune in at 5PM PT weekdays between now and #ElectionDay for more Election Crimes Bulletins or catch up by visiting the Flashpoints' archives at: https://kpfa.org/program/flashpoints/

Oct 29, 2020 • 12min
Election Crimes Bulletin: How The Unholy Election Trinity Could Appoint President Trump
Thomas Jefferson didn't imagine that we would have a reality TV show star who would start an insurrection by Twitter.
Tune in at 5PM PT weekdays between now and #ElectionDay for more Election Crimes Bulletins or catch up by visiting the Flashpoints' archives at: https://kpfa.org/program/flashpoints/