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An Anti-War Response to Obama's Iraq Plan

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If you are in agreement with this statement, please make a copy of it, sign it, and send it to the White House and your representatives in Congress. This is a critical time to weigh in. Putting this in the regular mail, as opposed to email, can give it more political weight. It is more effort, but it is worth it.
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On February 27, 2009, President Barack Obama outlined “a new strategy to end the war in Iraq through a transition to full Iraqi responsibility.”

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Guess Who Wants to Appoint a Special Prosecutor

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142 Organizations Agree With Leading Senators and Congress Members: The Crimes of Bush, Cheney, and Other Top Officials Must Be Prosecuted

Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials

We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department of read more

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Power Shift in the Air

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By David Swanson

This weekend in Washington, D.C., there was a lot of preparation for Monday’s massive civil disobedience for clean energy at the Capitol power plant. Nonviolence trainings, sign creation, conferences. On Sunday night, just before it began snowing hard, I attended a gathering of authors, poets, singers, and the lead organizers of the action in a large university auditorium, and blogged as follows:

I’m at the big stop-carbon, pro-environment, Power Shift, Chesapeake read more

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Why Dems Liked Mukasey Better Than Holder

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By David Swanson

Democrats in Congress respected former Attorney General Michael Mukasey beyond any measure he appeared to have earned, and to the extent of fully expecting him to perform his duties even in the most difficult circumstances. In contrast, the same Congress members do not believe Attorney General Eric Holder is up to the job.

As exhibit 1 in a demonstration of the above claims, let me offer a letter that 56 Democratic members read more

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A Healthcare Forum With Rep. Perriello

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A forum on healthcare at the Senior Center in Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday, April 14, from 1 – 2:30 p.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to engage the public in expressing its concerns and recommendations to the panel which will include Carolyn Engelhard, co-author of HEALTH CARE HALF TRUTHS, City Councilor Holly Edwards, Delegate Rob Bell, and Congressman Tom
Perriello.

The question of whether Rep. Perriello will cosponsor H. Res. 676 will have to be asked by members of the public. read more

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Groups Request Special Prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, et alia

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Organizations and individuals can add their names to this statement at http://prosecutebushcheney.org

Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials

We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department of Justice whose memos sought to justify read more

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Congressman Perriello and Healthcare

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We were disappointed last night when Congressman Tom Perriello apparently did not send a staff person as promised to our public forum on healthcare, but today we learned that the congressman’s father was taken gravely ill and that his staff was tied up with that problem. In addition, his legislative aide who works on healthcare has expressed willingness to meet and discuss the issue. Our thoughts are with Congressman Perriello’s family.

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PDA ENDORSES GEOGHEGAN: RHYMES WITH REAGAN, SOUNDS LIKE WELLSTONE

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WASHINGTON, DC – Progressive Democrats of America has endorsed Tom Geoghegan in his bid to replace Rahm Emanuel in the House seat representing Illinois’ 5th Congressional District.

Following the endorsement of the local PDA chapter on Feb. 9, PDA members across the country were encouraged to vote in an online poll, which closed at midnight last night. Geoghegan won the endorsement with 99% of votes.

Geoghegan is the real deal. Thomas Frank of the Wall Street Journal called Geoghegan read more

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