Greg Palast

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!
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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.
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Election Crimes Bulletin: Wisconsin & Florida

In the first of a daily series of Election Crimes Bulletins, Dennis Bernstein and Greg Palast discuss the unique problems voters face in Wisconsin and Florida.

Greg Palast on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour — Oct 25, 2020

Palast and Nader discuss the ultimate constitutional crime.

Hard Knock Radio: VP Debate Special with Greg Palast

Vice presidential debate analysis with political commentators Pastor Mike McBride and George Galvis and investigative reporter Greg Palast.

Greg Palast on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour — Aug 1, 2020

Donald Trump apparently won Michigan by 10,700 votes. But in Detroit, over 75,000 ballots were never counted. The barriers to voting are enormous, and yet even when people make it through those barriers, their vote, isn't always counted. Greg Palast tell us what we can do to help protect the vote.

Election Crimes Bulletin: We Still Have Apartheid Elections

They're hostile to counting the vote in the United States for voters of color and for young people, that's just the truth. We still have an apartheid vote counting system and they will do everything to get in your way... There were 7.9 million votes not counted or voters blocked in the 2016 election. That figure’s from the United States Election Assistance Commission, which keeps track not only of our votes, but the votes we throw away, the votes we don't count. Other nations would be flabbergasted to learn that we literally throw away millions of ballots, but they're not of any color. It’s 900% more likely that your vote will be disqualified if you're black than if you're white.
In this edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin, Palast and Bernstein got on the hunt for America's vanished voters, and encourage you to take action to protect your vote now!

Election Crimes Bulletin: How Trump Could Be ”Reelected” Even If He Loses The Electoral College

The Republicans could use the fraudulent hysteria they’ve whipped up about vote-by-mail fraud to steal the presidency in the event that Donald Trump fails to win the Electoral College. Constitutional expert Thom Hartmann and I are concerned the GOP-controlled Legislatures could claim that mail-in ballots are fraudulent and thereby refuse to certify a Democratic win in states such as Wisconsin and Georgia. By refusing to send electors to the Electoral College and thereby denying any candidate 270 votes in the Electoral College, under Article XII of the Constitution, the election shifts to the House of Representatives whose members will cast one vote per state — Wyoming gets the same vote as California. Trump would then be “reelected” even if he loses both the popular vote and the Electoral College. That’s what happened in 1824 when John Quincy Adams LOST the popular vote and electoral vote but was elected by the House — a total swindle!
In this edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin, Palast and Bernstein explore the real and present danger presented by Article XII of the Constitution. They also reveal how the GOP have used and abused the legal system to snatch victory from the jaws of recent defeats in Texas and Wisconsin, and how Georgia’s Brian Kemp has colluded with right-wingers in the judiciary to do away with an election altogether, because why bother stealing an election if you can simply cancel it and appoint a winner instead?
To learn more and to get a transcript of the show, or a copy of Palast's new book, How Trump Stole 2020, visit: https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-could-be-reelected-even-if-he-loses-the-electoral-college/

Flashpoints ECB: How Trump Stole 2020

Greg Palast previews his new book, How Trump Stole 2020, which serves as a warning and a blueprint for how we can steal the election back!

Palast on Between The Lines: 25 Million Ballots Could be Lost in Shift to Mail-in Voting

s the deadly coronavirus pandemic spread across the U.S., Democratic primary elections in many states have been delayed, owing to public health officials’ urging Americans to maintain social distance. But when Tony Evers, the Democratic governor of Wisconsin, issued an executive order to postpone the primary and a contest for a Supreme Court seat and other local offices until June 9, the Republican-controlled legislature and Republican-dominated State Supreme Court opposed the move. After the U.S. Supreme Court Republican majority blocked an extension for absentee voting, state residents were forced to risk COVID-19 exposure while waiting in long lines in a small number of understaffed polling places. Democrats charged that Republicans had exploited the pandemic for political advantage, given that a smaller voter turnout usually favors GOP candidates.
The spring election battle in Wisconsin foreshadows the tough choices ahead for state governments as they navigate the coronavirus pandemic to ensure primaries and this November’s presidential election, go forward with wide participation. Legislators including Rep. Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin and co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar are urging legislation to enact a national vote-by-mail requirement in all 50 states for every federal election in 2020.
Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Greg Palast, well known for his investigative reports for BBC television, Rolling Stone and The Guardian focusing on massive voter purges that result in voter disenfranchisement. Here, he cautions against the rush to mail-in ballots without first recognizing the hazards and the need to implement safeguards to ensure every vote counts in this November’s critical presidential election.