Why Leahy Is Afraid to Subpoena Yoo

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By David Swanson

We’re about to witness the pretense of war lawyer hearings without the war lawyers (commonly known as torture lawyers by those willing to ignore their role in “legalizing” aggressive war). This may highlight for many observers the little-known fact that Congress no longer has the power of subpoena.

During 2007-2008 Democratic congressional committees subpoenaed dozens of Bush officials, who simply refused to comply. Although any committee has the undisputed power read more

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This Week in St. Louis, Chicago, and Boston

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David Swanson speaking about his new book “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.”
https://davidswanson.org/book

St. Louis, MO
February 22, 2010
7 p.m. at
Left Bank Books
399 North Euclid at McPherson in the Central West End
St. Louis, MO 63108
Sponsored by:
Veterans for Peace
CONTACT THE ORGANIZER:
Charles Smith
vfpch61@riseup.net

Chicago, IL
February 23, 2010
7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Northwestern University, the Evanston Campus
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Yoo, Bybee, and Disinformation

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By David Swanson

Everything you’re reading about torture lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee getting off the hook is wrong. They are not torture lawyers, they are not off the hook, there never was any hook, they may not be lawyers for long, impeachment and indictment are on the agenda, and you have a role to play.

Calling these men “torture lawyers” is dramatically dumber than labeling Al Capone a tax cheat. These are people who provided “legal” cover for aggressive wars, read more

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Top 50 New Names for War on Iraq

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By David Swanson

On Friday afternoon, I posted the following announcment online:

CONTEST: Obama Calls War on Iraq “A New Dawn” — What Do You Call It? (Limit 8 Words)

I’ll start the entries:
Operation Funnel Unlimited Cash to Killing (OFUCK)

The winner will be announced on an aircraft carrier with a banner! Plus job offer possible for video editing work to insert “rename” in place of “end” in campaign speeches.

Winner gets signed copy of Daybreak, read more

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Three-Percentism – or – What's the Matter With Palm Beach?

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By David Swanson

What the liberal activist world is doing for healthcare bears a striking similarity to what Christianists do for billionaires. Supporting tax breaks for the richest three-percent of Americans because you hate gay people or women or blacks or sex does not at first look much like supporting a “public option” for three percent of the poorest of Americans.

But both shape national policy around a supposedly national program that in reality will benefit only some small read more

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Lawsuit: Obama Hurting Sales of My Book "Daybreak" By Naming an Illegal War "New Dawn"

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By David Swanson

I don’t think I have any choice but to help stimulate the economy by hiring a lawyer.

Whoever owns George Orwell’s estate better jump on this as well.

Iraq War To Be Rebranded ‘Operation New Dawn’
By Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s administration plans to rebrand its military operation in Iraq “Operation New Dawn,” beginning September 1, a Pentagon memorandum shows.

The memo, signed by US Defense Secretary Robert read more

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The CA Dem Party: What Is It Good for?

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By David Swanson

I’ve followed the struggles of progressives within the California Democratic Party from the opposite coast and admired their achievements but wondered about their limitations. They’re the first to pass resolutions opposing wars, but for the most part their members in Congress vote to fund the wars just the same. I’d rather have a party that “supported” wars but didn’t fund them, if that option were available. I’d rather have a brand read more

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Obama Spokesman Criminally Threatens War on Iran

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By David Swanson

I recently blogged on the conclusive evidence that Dick Cheney has committed felonies. In response bewildered Americans asked why he wasn’t being prosecuted or investigated.

But the reasons are public knowledge: Obama is continuing the crimes. Obama controls the Department of Justice. Obama controls the Congress.

If I had been paying attention, I would have noted that the day before I posted that blog Obama’s press secretary committed one of the crimes of which read more

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