Greg Palast

How RFK Saved MLK’s Life

What would Bobby Kennedy Jr.'s father, Robert F. Kennedy, the man who saved Martin Luther King’s life, think of his son now?
By endorsing Trump, Bobby Kennedy Jr. has endorsed everything he ever fought against.
Trump is undoing all the environmental laws that Bobby fought for. To Bobby, the issue of global warming was paramount. And now he’s joined up with Agent Orange to say let the planet burn.
Bobby, what’s happened to you?
Trump won the election by removing voters he didn’t like. And we’re just at the beginning of that — that’s the dangerous thing. Bobby was a voting rights advocate.
How could he stand there next to that man who is mass challenging voters of color?
Bobby used to say — and it was kind of creepy, but I understood ‘cause he had his mental issues and he went through trauma — that he thought “daddy” was watching his every action and could still reward or punish him like a parent. He would suddenly become a little boy and talk about his daddy looking at him from Heaven and watching him. Well, hey, Bobby, if your daddy’s looking at you from Heaven now, what do you think he’s thinking?
What do you think he’s thinking?
As I told Off The Record host Egberto Willies in this clip, Bobby’s father saved Martin Luther King’s life. Not many people know this story. Read it, then imagine what King would say to Bobby Jr. now. https://www.gregpalast.com/rfk-saved-mlks-life/
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I was on the phone with RFK Jr. when he lost his mind

RFK Jr. is putting lives at risk — I can’t stay silent. His attacks on mRNA research and science funding aren’t politics — they’re threats to our health and future.
This is painful. This is horrible and feels a bit like a betrayal. But I have no choice. Bobby Kennedy Jr. was my friend and co-author. We wrote stories together for Rolling Stone. Bobby introduced my New York Times bestseller and wrote a chapter for Billionaires and Ballot Bandits. And, with Jesse Jackson, we co-authored the Number 1 selling adult single issue comic book of all time, Steal Back Your Vote. But then, Bobby lost his mind...
This is my story: https://www.gregpalast.com/i-was-on-the-phone-with-rfk-jr-when-he-lost-his-mind/

From Reagan to Trump, the Hidden History of a Scheme

Thom Hartmann lays bare the origins of the scheme to take from the poor and give to the rich in his brilliant book, The Hidden History of Neoliberalism. 
 
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Bobby, why are you threatening my life?

Bobby Bobby, Bobby Kennedy, my dear dear friend of so many years, my co-author at Rolling Stone, Bobby, why are you threatening my life? Why are you threatening lives across America and even our not-yet-born great-grandchildren? You’ve blocked mRNA vaccine research. RESEARCH!!!!
Bobby, you know damn well that mRNA is our best hope for an anti-cancer vaccine. What are you doing to us, Bobby?
Bobby, my friend, you are sick, physically and mentally. I’m sympathetic, but don’t make everyone else as sick as you.
If you want to know about my years-long friendship with RFK Jr., and why I am compelled to go public with this private information about him, read my story, “I was on the phone with RFK Jr. when he lost his mind."  https://www.gregpalast.com/i-was-on-the-phone-with-rfk-jr-when-he-lost-his-mind/

Flashpoints: “If we get rid of FEMA, people will die. It's just that simple.”

The flood in Kerrville, Texas, was not an Act of God, it was an Act of Trump. My new 1-hour special, All Washed Away, shows the horrific connection between the drownings in Texas and in New Orleans — 20 years ago this month — and the Trump/DOGE scheme to sell off FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Trump and his DOGE buddies had, just before the Texas flood, cut the heart out of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA. The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slashed one out of three FEMA staff employees just before the Texas flood. The head of FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center, Jeremy Greenberg, whose job was to warn of such floods, was forced out just weeks before the Texas catastrophe. And since the DOGE massacre of April, FEMA’s San Antonio office has had no permanent Warning-Coordination Meteorologist.
Trump has announced he’s planning to close FEMA by this December. His fantasy is, ultimately, to privatize emergency evacuation.
Been there. Done that. The privatization of emergency evacuation led to over a thousand Americans floating face down in New Orleans in 2005. 
Back in 2006, I did an investigation of the drownings in New Orleans for a program called Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman.
Watch the film of the investigation, All Washed Away, which I've just updated with an exposé of the Trump drownings of 2025 — available for free on YouTube and Substack. ▶️ https://gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/all-washed-away

Got Purged? Counterpoint’s Scott Harris and Palast Discuss the Antidote to Voter Suppression

In this episode of Counterpoint, host Scott Harris talks to Greg Palast about his latest article, “The Evil Scheme to Purge Half a Million Voters,” which reveals how control of the US Senate could come down to ugly ethnic cleansing of the voter rolls.
 
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Are You Sick of 'Winning' Yet?

Palast discusses Trump, tariffs, FEMA and that birthday parade with WVON Midday Show host Cleopatra Draper.
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The Great American Tariff Scam — A Thom Hartmann Program Daily Song

"Steel was strong, but the truth is cold, He sold out the workers for a bar of gold."
This song, which was created by the Thom Hartmann Program, was inspired by Greg Palast's latest article for the Hartmann Report,The Great American Tariff Scam — read it here.
 
The Great American Tariff Scam Lyrics
 
[Verse 1]He stood in a mill with his red tie tightTold the boys in hard hats, “I’ll stand and fight”But behind that grin and the photo flashWas a deal with the devil and a payday stash
Steel was strong, but the truth is coldHe sold out the workers for a bar of goldLaid off in Gary, gone in DuluthWhile the billionaires laughed in their tailored suits
[Chorus]🎶 It’s the Great American Tariff ScamA fist full of promises, a smoke screen shamJobs fall down while the prices climbAnd the ones who get rich are the friends of the crimeHe said “I’m here to help,” then he took what he can—That’s the Great American Tariff Scam 🎶
[Verse 2]Steel rolls rustin’ by the railroad trackWhile Wall Street wolves keep slappin’ our backsThey killed the deal that could save the plantNow the furnaces cool and the wages slant
Imports rise with a tariff taxDomestic jobs? Ain’t comin’ backFrom cars to cables, we all pay moreWhile they cheer from behind their private doors
[Chorus]🎶 It’s the Great American Tariff ScamWrapped in a flag with a glory camHe blocks the fix and blames the flameSays “I’m the hero!”—but he lit the gameHe’s the arsonist in a fireman’s van—That’s the Great American Tariff Scam 🎶
[Bridge]He said, “I’m here for the working man”But he hands the loot to the richest handsFrom Nippon Steel to the union hallIt’s always the worker that takes the fall
[Verse 3]Now the ladle’s dry and the silence loudAs the union boys stand heads unbowedThey know the truth from the spin and smokeFrom every empty promise that the huckster spoke
[Final Chorus]🎶 It’s the Great American Tariff ScamWith a hard hat lie and a photo glamThe jobs went south, the truth went coldBut he sold you pride like it’s solid goldSteel don’t bend, but a worker can—In the Great American Tariff Scam 🎶
[Outro – spoken over a slow fade]“Praise me,” he said, “I stopped the fire.”But he was the one with the gasoline and the lighter.
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Driving It Home: Don't Count On Political Parties To Save Your Vote

Don't count on government or political parties to save your vote. 
You need to get active.
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Election Crimes Bulletin: How Trump Has Already Fixed 2026

You can ignore Trump slyly hinting to the Lord’s chosen that he just might call off the next election.
But don’t ignore this: Trump won’t be calling off the election because he doesn’t have to. The Fix for 26 is already in.
“Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote any more, my beautiful Christians.”
The Republican plan is to win next year’s election this year. Yes, the voting will be bent, jacked and hammered this year, 2025, one year before the official voting.
Find out how. Listen to this Election Crimes Bulletin and read my latest report at: GregPalast.com
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