Midterm Election Mania | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas
About this episode
Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas discuss concerns about the 2026 midterm elections and escalating tensions in the Middle East with guest Greg Palast.
Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM Eastern time. Today we discuss: • There are major anxieties about interference in the 2026 midterm elections . Will the Trump administration use executive orders or declare a national emergency to sow confusion? Will there be federal agents at polls, ballot seizures, and restricted mail-in voting? Gerrymandering and eroded trust compound fears that results could be delegitimized or overridden. Investigative journalist Greg Palast joins Ted and Jamarl to tell us what fears are real. Greg Palast is an investigative journalist and author whose reporting for the BBC, Guardian , and Rolling Stone has exposed voter-roll purges, Crosscheck programs, and suppression tactics since Florida’s 2000 election. His bestsellers The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Billionaires & Ballot Bandits , plus films like Vigilantes Inc ., document how officials and contractors have disenfranchised millions, especially voters of color. • Middle East Escalation: A wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia wounds more than 70 people and ignited fires at several oil facilities and…
People in this episode
Hosts: Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas
Guest: Greg Palast
Topics covered
- midterm elections
- voter suppression
- political analysis
- Middle East conflict
- oil prices
- investigative journalism
Keywords
- midterm elections
- Trump administration
- voter-roll purges
- Houthi attacks
- oil prices
- Gerrymandering
- investigative journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC, Guardian, Rolling Stone
Books & works: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, Vigilantes Inc.
Places: Florida, Saudi Arabia, Bab al-Mandeb strait, Strait of Hormuz
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