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Greg Palast
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Greg Palast is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, Armed Madhouse and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and the highly acclaimed Vultures' Picnic, named Book of the Year 2012 on BBC Newsnight Review. His books have been translated into two dozen languages. Palast is known for complex undercover investigations, spanning five continents, from the Arctic to the Amazon, from Caracas to California, using the skills he learned over two decades as a top investigator of corporate fraud.
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Superman vs. Josh Fox
Superman could leap a tall building in a single bound. That ain’t nothing compared to Josh Fox. Fox created the anti-fracking movement in a single movie, Gasland.Until Josh showed up in Pennsylvania with a little point-and-shoot camera, no one knew what the hell hydraulic fracturing…
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America at 250, of Thee I Sing
When it comes to America’s semiquincentennial birthday, I feel like someone whose husband has gotten fat and surly and announced he’s going vegan.You just have to keep reminding yourself of those Good Old Days when he was a promising young poet and not promising riches with something called “…
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Trump’s Cage Fight Genius
Just when the Democrats thought they had it clinched because of high gas prices from the “little excursion” in Iran, Trump pulls off one of the most brilliant political moves of the last 60 years: a UFC match on the White House Lawn.It’s a double genius move, like a 1/6 in Wordle. (I’m translating…
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If Trump Stood the White House on its Side
Our President holds up a chart showing that if you stood up the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool on its side, it would be taller than the Empire State Building!But apparently, no one told Trump that if you stood the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool on its side, ALL THE WATER WOULD RUN OUT!And now…