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David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, February 8, 2008 Impeach Dick Cheney, If You Will
A recent national poll on impeachment, conducted by the American Research Group last November, found that 52 percent of Americans believed Vice President Dick Cheney had committed impeachable offenses.
SHARE Thursday, February 7, 2008 The Speech McCain Should Give
I may be a United States Senator and a candidate for President and the Republican frontrunner. But I am, more importantly (assuming you'll take my word for it) a man who has been tortured.
(12 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 7, 2008 Conyers Says He's on Edge of Starting Impeachment
Conyers asked "So how would it look if I allowed two women to push me over the edge?" Conyers leaned out of his chair for dramatic effect.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, February 4, 2008 Vote Against Clinton
Vote in the primaries on Tuesday for the corporate mediocrity with the charismatic and vacuous platitudes. It's important.
SHARE Sunday, February 3, 2008 Editorial Pages Report the News
Increasingly, all the news that's fit to print does not include the news that editorial writers deem significant. The New York Times and many other newspapers have developed the habit of writing lengthy editorials about news stories that never make it into the news section. One example of this trend is the story of last Monday's presidential signing statement. If you don't know what a signing statement is, you should consider
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, February 1, 2008 Omaha: Root of All Evil?
What if a single nation on this planet were to pour more resources into its military than the rest of the nations combined, set up military bases in 80 percent of the other nations, stockpile more nuclear weapons than all other nations combined, develop new nuclear weapons intended for aggressive first-strike use, completely dominate the militarization of space, erase any policy lines between space and ground warfare and
SHARE Thursday, January 31, 2008 Liveblogging Obama v. Clinton v. CNN
Hillary Is blaming the Iraqis. I flip on the debate and that's the first thing I have to hear. Sheesh.
SHARE Thursday, January 31, 2008 Your Vote Will Be Thoughtful, But Will It Be Counted?
By the time November 2008 rolls around, you will have endured over two years of breathless horse-race election coverage. (I, for one, am going to spend the next few days pushing Obama over Clinton, and then tune back in on Halloween to decide whether to vote for Obama, Nader, or McKinney. There are too many important things to work on in between.) But the big question (and one of the important things to work on) is this:
(6 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Signing Statement Silence
This week President Bush signed the Defense Authorization bill into law, and then added a statement announcing his right to violate these four provisions. And the silence is deafening.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 29, 2008 One of Key SOTU Lies Was a Rerun
And did you notice that even in the 2008 State of the Union, when Bush claims new powers, Congress cheers?
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 29, 2008 State of the Union Came With a Signing Statement
On the day of the State of the Union, apparently hoping nobody would notice, President George W. Bush posted a statement on the White House website announcing his intention to violate major sections of the Defense Authorization bill that he just signed into law.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, January 28, 2008 Road to Impeachment and Peace Runs Through Cleveland
Congressman Dennis Kucinich is facing a tough primary in five weeks in his working class district in Cleveland, Ohio. He's up against better funded opponents and the concerted effort of the corporate and media powers of Cleveland that have opposed him since long before he took that seat away from a Republican.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 26, 2008 No More Investigations Please
In a December 31, 2007, editorial, the New York Times faulted the current president and vice president of the United States for kidnapping innocent people, denying justice to prisoners, torturing, murdering, circumventing U.S. and international law, spying in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and basing their actions on "imperial fantasies."
SHARE Saturday, January 26, 2008 The Whisper Was for Romney
Some of you may recall the powerful evidence in 2004 that George W. Bush was cheating in the debates by wearing an earpiece. The New York Times famously (well, at least somewhat famously) documented the evidence and then refused to print it because it might have had an effect on the election: