{"id":146756,"date":"2014-11-24T23:22:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T23:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/?p=10157"},"modified":"2014-11-24T23:22:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T23:22:43","slug":"the-hunt-continues-a-personal-note-from-greg-palast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/the-hunt-continues-a-personal-note-from-greg-palast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hunt Continues… A personal note from Greg Palast"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span><\/strong><\/span>hree weeks ago, we blew the lid off \u201cInterstate Crosscheck\u201d\u2013the 6.9 million voter purge list put together by 27 wannabe Katherine Harrises.<\/p>\n

It took us six months of detective work to get our hands on these lists of millions of Americans tagged as ‘suspected double-voters’ \u00a0\u2014 and the sneaky and sick method used to disenfranchise more voters of color.\"\"<\/a>But the Purge\u2019n Generals are not done. So far, they\u2019ve only knocked off a few hundred thousand voters. That was enough to flip the Senate; but they\u2019re in the process of removing nearly a million voters by 2016 to get the White House.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not done either: We are still digging, still uncovering more games like Crosscheck\u2013and the billionaires behind the vote swindles.<\/p>\n

We need your support to continue the investigation of these ballot bandits \u2014 and expose all<\/em> their tricks.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We are halfway through our production of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits – The Movie<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, based on my New York Times bestseller.<\/p>\n

Let me be blunt: We\u2019ve depleted our funds\u2013but we can\u2019t stop now.<\/p>\n

I rarely ask \u2014 but I have to ask now…<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Help us complete the film by making a tax-deductible donation of $100<\/a> or more and you will get an on-screen credit as a Supporter plus the signed DVD once the film has wrapped.<\/p>\n

Or make a tax-deductible donation of $50<\/a> \u2014\u2014 and, once the film has wrapped, you will receive the signed DVD.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Or chip in whatever you can<\/a> to help us get it done.<\/p>\n

For those with deeper pockets, we really need Producers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a tax-deductible donation of $1,000 or more you will get an on-screen Producer<\/a> credit, or a Co-Producer<\/a> credit for a donation of $500. (You can, of course, choose to remain anonymous.)<\/p>\n

Or, for a donation or $40 get a signed DVD of my investigations compendium Vultures and Vote Rustlers<\/a> (Palast Investigates Vol. 2).<\/p>\n

Better yet, get<\/span> the signed DVD combo of Palast Investigates Vol. 1 & 2<\/a>\u00a0for a donation of $65.<\/p>\n

Or donate $50 and get a signed copy of my New York Times bestseller Billionaires & Ballot Bandits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can also visit our\u00a0store<\/a> and check out our Gift Packs<\/a>, Books<\/a>, DVDs<\/a>\u00a0and Downloads<\/a> \u2014 or simply support our work by making a no-gift donation<\/a> for whatever amount<\/a> you can spare.<\/p>\n

Our Crosscheck expos\u00c3\u00a9 got big applause and re-telling in the\u00a0New York Times, LA Times\u2013indeed, media all over the planet.<\/p>\n

Esquire wrote:\u00a0\u201cPalast has been on the voter-caging story ever since people like Pastor Whiting got screwed 14 years ago. And, this week, writing for the Al Jazeera America news site<\/a>, Palast dropped a bomb into [the Mid-Term]\u00a0elections that has left credibility shrapnel all over the democratic process, if anyone cares to look for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank you. But that don\u2019t pay the bills. \u201cGreg Palast\u201d is not a person but a team of investigators and journalists including the Academy Award nominee Richard Rowley, gonzo photojournalist Zach D. Roberts and the extraordinary Ms. Badpenny\u00a0and others. \u00a0They all need food, shelter and memory chips.<\/p>\n

[If you haven\u2019t seen the Crosscheck report, watch<\/a> the Democracy Now replay; and read<\/a> it here.]<\/p>\n

Will you support our efforts? Yes, our TV and print outlets cover some costs. And we are grateful for crucial support from Puffin and Cloud Mountain foundations. But we are, ultimately, citizen funded: without your help there is just no way we can do the unique, deep detective work that makes our reports like no one else\u2019s.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just ballot trickery that we expose. We have the investigative skills to crawl into the file drawers of the rich and shameless: the billionaires who fund the ballot-bending shenanigans. \u00a0(Wait until you hear my Koch Brothers tape.)<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s exposing disenfranchisement games, the vulture financiers or petroleum porkers behind the poisoning of the body politic, no other news team has produced so many investigative bombshells year after year.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re ready to keep digging: please hand us the shovels by donating<\/a>\u00a0right now.<\/p>\n

And, on behalf of a tired, hungry crew, our true thanks for your years of support.<\/p>\n

Yours, with gratitude,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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\nFor 15 years, Greg Palast has been uncovering voter suppression tactics in investigative reports for BBC Television, The Guardian, Harper\u2019s and Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n

Greg Palast is the author of several\u00a0New York Times<\/em> bestsellers\u00a0including\u00a0The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and<\/em>\u00a0Billionaires & Ballot Bandits<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Get a signed copy of Palast’s latest film Vultures and Vote Rustlers<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Make a tax-deductible donation<\/a> and support our ongoing investigation into voter suppression.<\/p>\n

Subscribe to Palast’s\u00a0Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0podcasts<\/a>.
\nFollow Palast on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

www.GregPalast.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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