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Join Us for a Live Interview With the Director of "Uncounted," David Earnhardt

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By David Swanson

As we muddle our way through primary elections fraught with errors, fraud, and suppression, it’s useful to look back at the elections of 2004 and 2006. So, on Wednesday February 20th, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET I’ll be interviewing David Earnhardt live online, and you can phone in with your questions.

In the past few elections, and in the recent primaries, we’ve seen such probems as: precincts turning out more voters than exist (is 110% voter turnout an achievement in read more

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Obamessives and Obamicans

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By David Swanson

A friend just described to me the scene last weekend in Richmond, Va., prior to the Tuesday Virginia primary in which Obama trounced Clinton. Both of them spoke at a Democratic Party dinner in Richmond, and a huge crowd outside and inside cheered and screamed, reportedly mostly for Obama. My friend said she’d not felt the same thing since the 1963 march on Washington. She said the crowd was mixed in terms of age and race in a way she hadn’t seen since then. She, read more

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Live Interview 8-9 p.m. ET Tonight with Creator of Resolution to Ban Military Recruitment of Minors

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http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/2008/dave-meserve/

Showtime: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 – 8:00pm-9:00pm Eastern
Listen Live on BBSRadio or you may also join us live in our virtual auditorium!

Dave Meserve lives and works in Arcata, California where he served as a city council member from 2002 to 2006, after running on the platform that “The federal government has gone stark, raving mad. Therefore, we must organize locally to protect our civil liberties, defend the Constitution, and read more

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Democrats Pass Contempt, Republicans Leave the Room

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The Corpse Wiggles: Live Blogging Congress (Six Months Late) Voting on Contempt for Two of the Many
By David Swanson

I know a lot of you may hold Congress in contempt, but on Thursday Congress voted to hold someone else in contempt. Here’s what happened:

PRELUDE

10:01 They are praying to their lord.

10:04 They are pledging to their flag under God.

10:04 Rep. Grijalva is lauding the guy who led the prayer and the late Congressman Lantos.

Get your pro-contempt phone calls in ASAP.

10:06 Rep. Marsha read more

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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren Writes to John Conyers About Impeachment

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By David Swanson

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D., Calif.), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, has written a letter to Committee Chairman John Conyers (D., Mich.) on the topic of impeachment. Lofgren refers to the possibility of opening impeachment hearings on Vice President Cheney, President Bush, or a federal judge. She suggests that the impeachment of a federal judge may soon be on the agenda for the committee.

Lofgren says that she is aware of the efforts of some of her committee colleagues read more

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Building a New World Conference: May 22-25 in Radford, Virginia

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In 2008 many of us understand that our nation – and even the entire planet – are in a state of crisis. The deep longing for positive, lasting change is the bedrock upon which this conference is based. How do we fix our country and our world? And how can we form one mass movement to address the crisis?

In Radford, Virginia on May 22-25, thousands of activists, academics, journalists, poets, musicians and policymakers will converge at the 2008 “Building a New World” Conference. read more

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New National Poll on Impeachment Possible

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One of the reasons it’s hard to convince Congress Members to support opening Cheney impeachment hearings is that they are not fully aware of the level of support among the public for impeaching the least popular vice president in history. There have been very few mainstream national polls done on the topic, primarily because polling companies have not done them on their own (or not published the results) and have refused to do them for money. The few polls that have been published are posted read more

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Conyers' Phone Rings Steadily for Two Days

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By David Swanson

There’s a new rule on Capitol Hill: the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee can remove impeachment from the Constitution, but cannot also use telephones, Email, or fax machines, because the flood of pro-impeachment communications from outraged citizens is overwhelming each of those devices. Don’t believe me? Try phoning, Emailing, or faxing John Conyers’ office.

Congressman John Conyers’ telephone, by many reports, rang endlessly on Monday, approximately read more

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Iraq Occupation Worse Than Ever

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By David Swanson

Two weeks ago an article in the Cville Weekly by Josh Levy ( http://tinyurl.com/3ckznf ) told us that the “surge” was going to win the “war” in Iraq. “Victory has not yet arrived,” he cautioned, “and it may be years before we can mark its arrival with confidence, but we can reasonably hope to see it.”

Somehow, I can’t. First I would need someone to tell me what it would look like. There is no “war” in Iraq in the read more

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