January 2010

Give to the Congress Information on the State of the Union

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By David Swanson

Those are the words used in Article II Section 3 of the US Constitution. The president is also to “recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” Why does this not come up in Article I with all the other supreme powers of our Commander in Chief? Well, because only the military has one of those, and Article I is devoted to the most powerful branch of our government, the Congress.

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Gone a Week and You Trash the Country

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By David Swanson

Wow, I was gone less than a week to the Conch Republic, and now return to a nation in which I would heartily recommend to any city, county, or state that it follow the example of the Florida Keys and secede from the so-called union.

We now have an official presidential list of Americans to be assassinated — by America’s government. A pollster says Fox News is the read more

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David Swanson in West Palm Beach on Monday

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West Palm Beach, FL
January 25, 2010

David Swanson will discuss and sign copies of “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union”

7:30 p.m. at
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1601 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

Sponsored by:
The Palm Beach Florida Democratic Club

FREE and OPEN to the Public

CONTACT THE ORGANIZER:
Anthony Jordan
tonyjordan57 at hotmail dot com

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Obama's Argument Leads to Impeachment of Supreme Court Justices

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Here’s the president:

“When this ruling came down, I instructed my administration to get to work immediately with Members of Congress willing to fight for the American people to develop a forceful, bipartisan response to this decision. We have begun that work, and it will be a priority for us until we repair the damage that has been done.”

Forget the “bipartisan” BS, the point is that this statement advocates a forceful response from Congress. What could such a thing read more

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Powerful Video Response to SCOTUS Inc.

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By David Swanson

Jamin Raskin, professor of constitutional law and the First Amendment at American University, has spoken out powerfully on behalf of a new campaign at FreeSpeechForPeople.org that aims to undo the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to remove limitations on corporations’ election spending.

Here’s a short video made together with Congresswoman Donna Edwards.

Here’s Raskin on Democracy Now!

And here’s Raskin debating a corporatist chump on C-Span.

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