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Bush should show Trump how you seize another nation’s oil

In one of my most elaborate undercover ops for BBC Newsnight, I got my hands on the secret plans for the invasion. Nope, not Trump’s attack on Iran. It was 2004 and the plan was drafted BEFORE Bush invaded Iraq. I’m only bringing up 20-year-old history to tell you that, while Bush’s hidden plan for the oil fields of Iraq evidenced greedy scheming to grab Iraq’s oil, at least we could say: EVEN GEORGE BUSH HAD A PLAN. … READ MORE

Gen Z Divorces MAGA

Ethan Lieberman recently joined the Palast team following completion of his degree in journalism (summa cum laude!). At 22, he is in the heart of Gen Z. So, I asked him, What the hell is going on with you kids today? (I know that makes me sound … READ MORE

Kings or Slaves?

Those who cannot choose their own leaders, who are forced by violence to bend to authority, are slaves. In America, we still have, for a moment, a choice: We can be Kings or we will be Slaves. Choose today.… READ MORE

Trump declares new blood-for-oil war

Donald Trump just announced he will pardon the former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, serving time after his conviction for flooding the US with cocaine — while at the same time all but announcing he’s going to murder Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela. Trump has declared a “no-fly zone” over Venezuela and laid siege to the nation, acts of war.  … READ MORE

Larry Summers, Epstein and the “End Game” Memo

Forgive me, but I have to send a little thank you to Jeffrey Epstein. The latest cache of the predator’s memos have finally brought down Lawrence Summers, once President of Harvard University, once US Secretary of the Treasury and the dark eminence behind banking deregulation and mass home foreclosures. And worse. The newly released emails revealed that Epstein agreed to be Summers’ “wing man,” advising… READ MORE

The Failure of No Kings Day
Frederick Douglass shakes his head

No Kings in San Diego was a helluva party, 50,000 celebrating — while at the same time fearing for — that delicate thing called democracy. A thousand American flags fluttered. America at its best. Hell, it could turn you into a patriot. But what was our demand? What did we want to get from the march of seven million? What would we recognize as a victory? … READ MORE

Epstein and Larry Summers. Palast Investigates

Palast tears open the newly uncovered emails between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein — emails in which the very-married Summers leans on the convicted predator as his “wingman,” seeking tips on how to seduce a young economist he was mentoring.

Palast lays out how Summers helped engineer the global deregulation spree and returns to the infamous secret “End-Game” memo he first exposed in … READ MORE