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BREAKING NEWS: Cheney Denies Being Human

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By David Swanson

Every corporate media outlet in the country believes a story that Democrats.com reported months ago is the top news of the day. Here’s the Los Angeles Times version:

BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Craig denies being gay

“I am not gay,” Sen. Larry Craig said twice during a 10-minute statement today following news that he had pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being arrested at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on suspicion of lewd behavior in a men’s read more

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Secret to Forcing Compliance with Subpoenas

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By David Swanson

On April 10th, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department for papers and Emails related to the apparently politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys. The deadline passed. The DOJ did not comply.

On April 25th, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify about the forged documents used as evidence that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons. Rice publicly refused to comply, arguing that she read more

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Honor the Dead, Add No More to Their Number

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By David Swanson

[Remarks at Peace Vigil in Charlottesville, VA, on August 28, 2007]

Thank you all for coming. My name is David Swanson.

Ken Zelin who organized tonight’s vigil asked me to welcome everyone and say a few words.

This event is one of over 500 taking place today all over the country organized by Moveon and many other organizations.

Moveon provided me with suggested things to say, but – for better or worse – and with gratitude for their organizing work, I’m going to make read more

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Made Love, Got War

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By David Swanson

“Made Love, Got War” is the title of Norman Solomon’s latest book, an autobiographical account of the peace and disarmament movements in the United States over the past half century. Better than his other books, I think, this one achieves the level of artistic composition found in Solomon’s brilliant and frequent columns on the media, war, and peace. But the value of “Made Love, Not War” lies in the lessons it provides for current and future read more

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The 18 Percent Congress

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By David Swanson

If you were a member of Congress, wouldn’t you behave completely differently from how most members of Congress behave? I mean, if you had not gone through the process required to become a congress member, but just suddenly became one tomorrow, wouldn’t you behave as though you had an ounce of decency? Wouldn’t you take your responsibility at least as seriously as your power and your ego? Wouldn’t you at a bare minimum seek to represent the wishes of the read more

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Bill Fletcher Weighs in on Impeachment

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By David Swanson

The one thing protesting for impeachment at Congressman John Conyers’ office on July 23rd accomplished beyond doubt (I think it also helped push a number of other Congress Members to sign on for impeachment, but can’t prove it) is that it stirred up a great deal of discussion, both of impeachment and of racial divisions. I think that’s all for the good.

Sadly, the discussion includes commentary from people I respect opposing impeachment. In this read more

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Report on Cost of War Delivered to Rep. Virgil Goode

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By David Swanson

I made the following remarks in front of Rep. Virgil Goode’s office in Charlottesville, Va., today. This is a substantially modified version of a script provided by Moveon.org.

Thank you all so much for coming. It’s so great to see you all out here. It’s the middle of August. Lots of folks are on vacation. And yet we’re all here. Our group today may be relatively small, but it’s mighty. We’re representing MoveOn members and other citizens and activist read more

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How Congress Will End the Occupation

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By David Swanson

Public pressure on Congress to end the occupation of Iraq resulted in a fundamental breakthrough on July 19th when 70 congress members sent a letter to the president. The key sentence in the letter was the first one:

“We are writing to inform you that we will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq before you leave office.”

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