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Take Action – Call Senators to Oppose Alito

Take Action – Call Senators to Oppose Alito

Call your senators today to voice your opposition to Alito. His record and his support for executive powers (at the expense of the other two branches of government) pose a threat to our rights and our future. Still not sure? Read this: Alito’s Record As research continues into Judge Samuel Alito’s extensive record, here are some of his most troubling opinions: 1. Privacy: In dissent, Alito would have upheld the strip search of a mother and her ten-year old daughter,…

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Beyond Iraq – MLK Revisited

Beyond Iraq – MLK Revisited

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Someone thought it was appropriate to have a military jet flyover to honor MLK, America prophet (and martyr) of peace and justice? Yesterday’s (somewhat incoherent and) hypocritical Presidential Statement: “It seems fitting on Martin Luther King Day that I come and look at the Emancipation Proclamation in its original form. Abraham Lincoln recognized that all men are created equal. Martin Luther King lived on that admonition to call our country to a higher calling. And today we celebrate the life…

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Pinter Spoke Difficult Truths

Pinter Spoke Difficult Truths

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Shame, America – you are bloodguilty. You have allowed a great nation to begin its collapse. You bring dishonor on the memories of those who fought for your rights and freedoms. You dishonor yourselves. And in your silence, you will be a source of shame for your descendents. You have fallen into all the traps, you have allowed yourselves to be manipulated for the benefit of the very few. Underestimating its value, you have surrendered your birthright. Wake up. Open…

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Bush Protest January 31

Bush Protest January 31

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The World Can’t Wait Nationwide demonstrations are set for January 31 – the night of Bush’s State of the Union address – to be followed by a massive demonstration in Washington, D.C. on February 4. The demand? BUSH STEP DOWN. The world can’t wait for there to be more Abu Ghraibs and Alitos. The world can’t wait, lest the controversy over Iran turn into another unjust war, perhaps even more horrendous than the one still raging in Iraq. It can’t…

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2 Groups to Sue on Eavesdropping

2 Groups to Sue on Eavesdropping

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Two Groups Planning to Sue Over Federal Eavesdropping – New York Times The two lawsuits, which are being filed separately by the American Civil Liberties Union in Federal District Court in Detroit and the Center for Constitutional Rights in Federal District Court in Manhattan, are the first major court challenges to the eavesdropping program. Both groups are seeking to have the courts order an immediate end to the program, which the groups say is illegal and unconstitutional. The Bush administration…

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Gore Defends American Values

Gore Defends American Values

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The Raw Story | In Martin Luther King Day address, Gore compares wiretapping of Americans to surveillance of King In an address delivered in Washington to multiple standing ovations, Vice President Al Gore repeatedly attacked the Bush Administration for the expansion of executive power — the ability of the government to wiretap its own citizens without legal authority and kidnap Americans abroad. His speech — which compares the wiretapping of Martin Luther King to the broad surveillance now imposed on…

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