David Swanson

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

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07 February 2007
How a bill becomes a signing statement
David Swanson
At the House Judiciary Committee hearings on Bush's use of signing statements on Wednesday, two exchanges at the end were quite revealing.  Four hours into a...
01 February 2007
Live blogging from Congressional Progressive Caucus Committee Chairs Conference
David Swanson
Prior to this I just sat through a hearing which Pelosi scheduled 12 votes in the middle of, exactly as the Republicans used to do. Conyers subpoenaed no...
01 February 2007
Live blogging from House Judiciary Committee Hearings on Bush's Signing Statements
David Swanson
Open this article for blogging, beginning at 10:15 a.m. ET.

10:13 a.m. I'm in the room, but you can view a live webcast here. I've just been...
01 February 2007
Lobbying for impeachment: remarks at United for Peace and Justice Pre-Lobby Day Event on Jan. 28, 2007
David Swanson
It's an honor to be part of this obviously growing movement for peace and justice.  Our president took us into war before Congress gave its so-called...
27 January 2007
Don't let Dick Cheney get me!
David Swanson
This country has learned to be afraid… of Dick Cheney.  The number one reason a significant minority of Americans still hesitates to get behind impeachment of...
27 January 2007
Bush's four anti-terror successes all fictional
David Swanson
President Bush claimed in his State of the Union speech to have prevented four terrorist plots.  Phew!  It's a good thing to know that we tossed out our Bill...

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