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MoveOn Is Not New to Supporting War

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By David Swanson

While General David “Betray Us” Petraeus must be thrilled with his conversion from traitor to saint in the eyes of the pseudo-left and amazed that such things can be accomplished simply by changing the political party of the president, the group that formerly bashed him with an ad in the New York Times and now supports whatever Obama does is not as new to supporting wars as this simple story suggests.

Sure, MoveOn tripled its membership by opposing the invasion of Iraq read more

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Happy Birthday Cesar Chavez!

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No, he’s NOT the president of Venezuela. 

Yes, he was the man who popularized the slogan "Yes, we can!"  Only he said "Si’ se puede!" 

Cesar Chavez, American young people should know, was an American who 40 years ago was inspiring young people to work long, hard hours for social justice.  And not only did they do so in great numbers, but they actually achieved social justice, they won victories that kept them going.  And many of them are read more

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Another Signing Statement, Another Law Smashed, Another Smudge on the Constitution, Another Yawn From Partisanized Americans

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By David Swanson

President Obama has once again chosen neither to veto a bill nor to sign and execute it, but rather to imitate Bush by signing the bill and announcing that he will violate a portion of the new law:

Section 8203 of the Act provides that the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint certain members of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission “based on recommendations from each member of the House of Representatives, the district of which encompasses the Corridor.” read more

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Muchas Gracias Compadres

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By David Swanson

Spain has begun a criminal investigation into six of Bush and Cheney’s torture lawyers, and our own Justice Department has got some ‘splaining to do.

You see, it’s actually required by our laws and by international law and treaties that we prosecute our own torturers. It’s not optional. It doesn’t matter whether our television stations can handle more than one news story at a time, or whether our president wants to avoid anything that might limit read more

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It's a Shame We're All So Scared to Part With Our Beloved Health Insurance Companies

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If we weren’t, there’d probably be a lot of us pushing for single-payer.

Oh, wait.

A strong majority of Americans keeps telling pollsters we want single-payer.

HR 676 has 72 cosponsors and is endorsed by:
U.S. Conference of Mayors and
City of Austin

Oh, and also …

1. Erie, PA (Word Document)
2. Baltimore, MD (Word Document)
3. Morehead, KY (Word Document)
4. Warren County, TN (Word Document)
5. Wilmington, DE
6. University City, MO
7. Lorain, OH (Word Document)
8. Oberlin, OH
9. Lorain County, OH (PDF Document)
10. Louisville, KY (PDF Document)
11. Santa Cruz, CA
12. Tuskeegee, AL (Word Document)
13. West Hollywood, CA
14. Ithaca, NY (Word Document)
15. Wilkinsburg, PA (Word Document)
16. Cortland County Legislature, NY
17. Bloomington, IN (Word Document)
18. Kentucky House of Representatives (Word Document)
19. City-County Council of the City of Indianapolis and of Marion County, IN (Word Document)
20. City Council of Camden, NJ
21. Alachua County Board of Commissioners, Gainesville, FL
22. Boyle County, Danville, KY (PDF Document)
23. New Hampshire House of Representatives (Word Document) Web page
24. Allegheny County Council, Pittsburgh, PA (PDF Document)
25. Rensselaer County Legislature, NY (PDF Document)
26. City Council, City of Chicago, IL
27. Board of Beaver County Commissioners, Western PA
28. Bergen County Bd. of Freeholders, NJ
29. Hudson County Bd. of Freeholders, NJ
30. New York State Assembly (Word Document)
31. Hamtramck City Council, MI (Word Document)
32. Flint City Council, MI
33. Detroit City Council, MI
34. San Francisco City Council, CA
35. Wayne County, Detroit, MI (PDF Document)
36. Albany County Legislature, NY
37. New Albany, IN News article
38. Philadelphia City Council, PA News article
39. Seattle City Council, WA Web page
40. Borough of Ambridge, PA (PDF Document)

Not to mention …

505 union organizations in 49 states, including 121 Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations and 39 state AFL-CIO’s (KY, PA, CT, OH, DE, ND, WA, SC, WY, VT, FL, WI, WV, SD, NC, MO, read more

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Duke Loses at Basketball and Law

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The Duke Law School Blog just coughed up this airball:

“Whatever else we might say about the signing statement that President Obama issued, each of its objections could be raised by a President who disagrees with [the] expansive theory of presidential power that the Bush Administration accepted.”

That shot is rejected by a review of the objections Obama raised. No doubt Obama describes his expansive theory of presidential power read more

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Watching the Obama Online "Town Hall"

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By David Swanson

Obama’s “town hall” featuring questions submitted online produced some interesting comments from our president. In response to a question from college students he explained that making student loans directly, without passing them through banks and giving profits to banks from public money, makes more sense. But he claimed that giving far more money than we’ve ever loaned to students to banks to loan to businesses is the only way to save our economy.

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Townhall Talk and a New Way Forward

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By David Swanson

Obama’s Thursday “town hall” featuring questions submitted online produced some interesting comments from our president. In response to a question from college students he explained that making student loans directly from the government, without passing them through banks and giving profits to banks from public money, makes more sense. But he claimed that giving far more money than we’ve ever loaned to students to banks in hopes that they will loan it to read more

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