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ABC Lying About National Security Whistleblowers
Saturday, 11 October 2008, 9:48 pm | David Swanson
On Thursday, ABC News reported a big new break in the story of illegal and unconstitutional spying that our government has engaged in for years now, except that there was nothing new in the story and the important parts were left out. More >>
Why Cville Should Oppose Attacking Iran
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 1:46 pm | David Swanson
Tonight, Monday, October 6, 2008, a group of citizens in Charlottesville, Va., organized by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, will attend the City Council's meeting to urge the Council to take up at its November meeting a resolution opposing ... More >>
Michael Moore Releases Book Guide To 2008 Election
Monday, 6 October 2008, 1:49 pm | David Swanson
Michael Moore's new book is called "Mike's Election Guide 2008," and it's a nice combination of the comical and the useful. The comical comes first. More >>
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 11:41 am | David Swanson
Why would anyone phone the United States and ask for lawyers, guns, and money? Primarily because, other than bad movies, that's most of what the United States produces. What else could you phone home for if you wanted to? We produce weapons and movies about ... More >>
Bailout Round II: A New Shade of Lipstick
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 9:24 pm | David Swanson
We demanded a No vote and for the first time in recent memory we were listened to. Thank you! Three cheers for the American people! More >>
David Swanson: Calming the Fearful Mind
Sunday, 28 September 2008, 8:59 pm | David Swanson
Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who in 1964 was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr., has published a new book of advice to Americans and to U.S. Congress members called "Calming the Fearful Mind: A Zen Response to ... More >>
Foreign Policy Debate All About War
Sunday, 28 September 2008, 8:49 pm | David Swanson
There was only one foreign policy asked about in Friday night's foreign policy debate: war and potential wars. More >>
David Swanson: The Eight Year Bailout
Monday, 22 September 2008, 11:59 am | David Swanson
Every time there's a new Cheney-Bush scandal, every time we discover that Dick Cheney lied to Dick Armey, or another top Iraqi informed the White House there were no weapons, or another missile kills another large family in Afghanistan, or the wars in Pakistan ... More >>
Viewing the Constitution from the Right
Monday, 22 September 2008, 12:02 am | David Swanson
Bruce Fein's new book "Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy," is written by someone who admits he voted for Bush and Cheney twice, supported the appointments of John Roberts and Samuel Alito with no ... More >>
Xmas Letter to Obama: How You Could Have Won
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 12:25 am | David Swanson
I'm sending this early, Senator, because of my confidence that you won't open it until Christmas and my concern that when you do you'll say I should have spoken up sooner. More >>
John McCain Supports Torture
Monday, 15 September 2008, 12:35 am | David Swanson
1788 United States ratifies Constitution, ordaining that all treaties made under the authority of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land. More >>
Imagine There's No Heaven
Monday, 8 September 2008, 12:37 am | David Swanson
Article VI. of the U.S. Constitution says that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." More >>
Why We're Planning to Prosecute Cheney and Bush
Monday, 8 September 2008, 12:28 am | David Swanson
Next weekend in Andover, Mass., a group of attorneys, academics, and activists will gather to plan the prosecution of Dick Cheney, George Bush, and the lawyers and advisors who, together with them, are responsible for war crimes. The conference is open to ... More >>
How to Put Rove Behind Bars for Years
Friday, 8 August 2008, 11:39 am | David Swanson
Last August, a group of Congressman Henry Waxman's constituents met with him and urged him to make use of inherent contempt. They were then obliged to explain to him what inherent contempt is. While the current (110th) Congress has probably seen ... More >>
President's Job Is to Pardon
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 12:12 am | David Swanson
In the evolving neocon scheme of unconstitutional US governance, the job of running the country may belong to the office of the Vice President, while the primary duty of the president (other than following orders and acting like he's in charge) may ... More >>
Two Things War Supporters Are Least Likely to Know
Monday, 4 August 2008, 12:01 am | David Swanson
There are still people alive in the United States who support the continued occupation of Iraq, and in many cases the same people are open to supporting an aggressive attack on Iran. While they inhabit a very different worldview from my own, they are able ... More >>
Pelosi Tells Why She Won't Impeach
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 11:18 am | David Swanson
Katrina vanden Heuvel: "On balancing politics and staying true to values... If the book's subtitle is A Message to America's Daughters, what is your message to those daughters who will ask what our representatives did to hold this President and Administration ... More >>
Pelosi to Oppose Impeaching President McCain
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 11:05 am | David Swanson
The current president, like the last one, and like his party, is a total failure. He's not a leader. He has no judgment, he has no knowledge, he has no plan. I've been saying that for years. I am a long-term planner, and I am working toward long-term ... More >>
How to Get a Job By Shooting Up a Church
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 4:31 pm | David Swanson
Imagine being so angry that you couldn't find a job that you were able to decide, as a man in Tennessee just did, that the way to solve your problems was to attack liberals - the people who support (albeit ineffectively) workers' rights, union rights, ... More >>
Bush Lied, Thought It Was Funny and Killed 1M+
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 1:02 pm | David Swanson
Borrowing heavily from Congressman Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment, but adding and removing bits and pieces, here's a case against the current occupant of the White House: More >>
