Danny Schechter and David Swanson
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Citizens United Disaster Spreads, Resistance Builds
By David Swanson, FreeSpeechForPeople
The damage from the Supreme Court’s decision in “Citizens United v. FEC” continues to spread as feared. Newly emboldened corporations are suing to overturn state laws that restrict corporate spending on politics:
“A pro-natural resource development group [how’s that for spin?] and a Bozeman painting company asked a Helena District Court on Monday to strike down Montana’s 1912 ban on corporate donations and expenditures to political
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Rove's Ruminations and Revisions
By David Swanson
I haven’t read Karl Rove’s book and don’t plan to, but this is what I gather from those who have.
Despite serving on the White House Iraq Group and lying about the war, Rove claims everyone was careful not to overstate or exaggerate.
Despite having routinely told Fox News what the news would be, Rove now blames himself for not being aggressive enough in pushing his lies into the media.
Despite having pushed WMD lies after settling on that as the best approach to
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Real News Video: Single-Payer Healthcare Moves to the States
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Will Health Bill Allow States to Do Better?
By David Swanson
http://afterdowningstreet.org/letstatesdoit
The health insurance bill currently under consideration in Congress would forbid states from providing their residents with healthcare. An amendment correcting that problem was passed in committee last July and then quietly removed. A new campaign is asking the Democrats who voted for that amendment to withhold their votes on the bill until it is reinstated.
Several states’ legislatures are close
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States Begin to Fix Our Prison System
By David Swanson
David Cole of Georgetown University and formerly of the Center for Constitutional Rights has been doing some good writing, not only on our failure to enforce laws against powerful people, but also on our out-of-control epidemic of incarceration which has struck those too unimportant to gain immunity.
Cole argues persuasively that we lock up a dramatically higher percentage of our people than any other nation because it is mostly poor African-American communities that get hit. He
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Thanks for Investigating Those Outrageous Rumors About the US Executing Handcuffed Children
By David Swanson
At the first of the year, a story hit the news about US-led troops executing 8 handcuffed kids in Afghanistan. I blogged about it. The outrage was tremendous. How dare I comment on such atrocious reporting? Didn’t I know the president was now a Democrat and wars were tools of peace? Surely I was just making it all up.
So, I blogged again, citing all the sources of information. Of course, I couldn’t know what happened,
Yoo and Jefferson
By David Swanson
As John Yoo’s visit to Mr. Jefferson’s university here in Charlottesville approaches, one is tempted to ask the same question people around here ask about everything: WWJD? What would Jefferson do?
Of course, it’s almost taboo among the most serious peace and justice advocates to cite positive precedents from Jefferson, because he was a slave owner. But Jefferson’s views on the structure of a government don’t actually become less admirable (or more)