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How "Conservatives" Pick Your Pockets

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By David Swanson

“Jacked: How ‘Conservatives’ Are Picking Your Pocket (Whether You Voted for Them or Not)” is a short book by Nomi Prins that makes an excellent education for those remaining Americans who still do not understand that right-wing politicians take from those who work and give to those who live in luxury off the sweat of others.

At the end of World War II, corporations paid half the cost of the federal government. They now pay 7 percent, and many of them pay read more

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Mary Pallant Plans to Unseat Elton Gallegly

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By David Swanson

California’s 24th District is grotesquely misrepresented by Cheney-Bush rubber stamper Elton Gallegly, who is ready to start his lobbying career on K Street but who was talked into running again by the Republican Party. People are energized to unseat him, and three Democrats are running in the primary. One of them stands out, and is standing next to me in the attached photo: Mary Pallant.

Pallant is for single-payer health coverage:

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Sympathy for Dick Cheney

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By David Swanson

Remarks delivered in Oakland, Calif., on April 24, 2008.

It’s wonderful to be here in the Bay Area and to discover that wherever Nancy Pelosi gets her ideas from, it’s not from her constituents. But I have some bad news for you. Last night I spoke in San Luis Obispo on why we should impeach Dick Cheney. The night before that was a speech in Ventura on why we should not dump another $178 billion into the occupation of Iraq and why we should impeach Dick Cheney. But read more

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War Funding, Impeachment, and Health Care

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By David Swanson
Remarks delivered in San Luis Obispo, California, on April 23, 2008

When I started giving speeches about Iraq and impeachment three years ago, I liked to list the major impeachable offenses for Bush and for Cheney, but as the list grew it became rather cumbersome. It got to the point where adding another crime to the list would bring to mind four others I needed to add, and then someone would discover a whole new field of criminality and report it in the news while I was on the read more

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Are Peace and Impeachment Possible?

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“Are Peace and Impeachment Possible? Strategies for Saving our Constitution, Economy, and Environment”
By David Swanson
Remarks delivered in Ojai, California, on April 22, 2008

I’m going to talk for a while and then take some questions, and maybe even some corrections, since unlike the Pope and George W. Bush I do make mistakes. Our president, as far as I know, has never admitted a mistake. And of this I am sure, I have never publicly done anything as brave as what members of read more

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Can Grandmothers End Wars?

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By David Swanson

Here is the perfect Mother’s Day gift for your mother, your mother in law, your grandmothers, and in fact for the men in their lives as well – who ought to be shamed into action. Joan Wile has published a book called “Grandmothers Against the War: Getting Off Our Fannies and Standing Up for Peace.” As far as I know, this is her first book. It is very much an account of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. If more people did the same, we would read more

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The 2008 Election Will Be Stolen

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By David Swanson

A new collection of essays edited by Mark Crispin Miller called “Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, 2000 – 2008,” tells the story better than any single source I’ve seen yet.

The Supreme Court stopped a recount in Florida in 2000 that would have made Al Gore president. This is not speculation. The recount was later done.

Numerous elections were stolen in 2002, in Colorado, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and elsewhere, including read more

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