Greg Palast (Rolling Stone, Guardian, BBC) is the author of The New York Times bestsellers, Armed Madhouse, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits and the book and documentary, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. His latest film is Vigilantes Inc.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen. Palast is currently working on a new documentary Long Knife, exposing the Koch Brothers' theft of Osage oil, to be released in 2025. Support The Palast Investigative Fund with a donation and keep our work alive. Become a monthly Contributor. Subscribe to Palast's Newsletter
Being right never felt so horrid. Before the election, I wrote, “How Trump Won.” And on Election night I waited for the returns to make a fool of me. Instead, the returns made the fool a President. And so, my vacation’s cancelled. My life’s cancelled; that is, a life of anything but sleuthing and exposing the details of the heist of our democracy.… READ MORE
You must watch this warning from a soldier who has everything on the line. … READ MORE
[Nov 3, 2024: Atlanta, GA] No, I don’t have a crystal ball. But I do have 25 years’ experience investigating voting trickery. And what I see here in Georgia is ugly. What I’ve seen in Arizona, Texas, Michigan and Wisconsin is uglier. So, I’m warning right now: unless action is taken, and now, by the… READ MORE
Don’t be fooled by press releases from Georgia’s Republican voting chiefs. The reason there is “record turn-out” on each day of voting so far is that, under new GOP-written law, the number of early voting days have been slashed, so that more voters with fewer voting days will create “record” turn-out — also boosted by a… READ MORE
Carry Smith wrote her PhD thesis on the Voting Rights Act and challenges to the right to vote in Georgia. Now dig this: Smith, the expert on challenges to voting rights, lost her vote because a Republican vigilante challenged her registration—along with 900 other Savannah voters—until she was forced to… READ MORE
[Duluth, Georgia] It was a fashion show with a bullet. Derek Molenhour was showing off one of his T-shirts that sported a scary looking dude pointing a pimped-out assault rifle at you. The Palast Investigative Team had worked its way into Wednesday’s Trump rally in Duluth, Georgia. One theme is crystal clear: if Harris wins,… READ MORE
We have learned that five of our eight Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters featured in our film Vigilantes Inc. were on the dock gangway that collapsed and killed seven people on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Blessedly, all of our cast members survived, but Bertha McKnight and Joann Ross are still in the hospital.… READ MORE
There’s a long history of vigilante vote challenges in America, especially in the Deep South. In the 1960s, the GOP Southern Strategy included Operation Eagle Eye, which challenged Black and Hispanic voters right in the polling station. Now, Operation Eagle Eye is back — on steroids — with the help of AI technology to create the challenge lists.… READ MORE
Think you’re registered? Think again, Chuck-o.
I was at a polling station in Atlanta, filming one Black person after another getting the heave-ho from the poll, told they couldn’t vote, including Christine Jordan, 92-years old in a walker.
They literally… READ MORE
Put it in your calendar: MAGA militants will riot on December 11.
This time, you won’t have to wait for January 6.
Why is December 11 the new January 6?
January 6 is the date the Constitution sets for the Vice President to… READ MORE
Martin Sheen was on his way to the White House to meet with President Biden when he took time to join me in an interview with The Hill, the political Bible of Washington.
Martin is the Executive Producer of our film, Vigilantes Inc., America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen. You can watch it for no charge.
As Martin warns… READ MORE
Vigilantes Inc. is busting out across the nation, with screenings planned in Atlanta (with Black Voters Matter, NAACP), Madison, Houston, DC (with the Congressional Black Caucus), Chicago (with RainbowPUSH). We will… READ MORE
