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News from the Bill of Rights Defense Committee:

The Senate Judiciary Committee caved in, but the people will not!

NORTHAMPTON, MA-The Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) expressed disappointment over the Senate Judiciary's approval today, on party-line votes, of two bills that would legalize President Bush's illegal warrantless wiretapping of Americans. The grassroots group vowed to continue mobilizing ordinary people around the country to call on their Senators to reject this unprecedented expansion of presidential power.

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News from the DNC:

MUST READ: President Bush's Reality

Washington, DC - Instead of using the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as an opportunity to unify the country, President Bush instead marked the solemn occasion by using divisive and misleading rhetoric once again falsely conflating the war in Iraq and the war on terror. An editorial in today's New York Times notes that "Iraq had nothing to do with the war on terror until the Bush administration decided to invade it." The President claims that America is safer today because of the Iraq War. Unfortunately, the opposite is true.

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News from the Democratic National Committee:

Say What?
Bush: "One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror"

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Veterans and Military Families to Open Camp Democracy September 5th

September 5th in Washington DC will witness the opening of a 17-day event called Camp Democracy, a non-partisan camp for peace, democracy, and the restoration of the rule of law. Camp Casey will move from Crawford , Texas , to Washington, D.C., to create a larger camp focused not only on ending the war but also on righting injustices here at home and on holding accountable the Bush Administration and Congress.

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News from SaveTheInternet.com:

Outpouring of Support for Net Neutrality Sweeps the Country

Local SavetheInternet.com Coalition members deliver thousands of petitions to Senate offices in 25 cities

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News from Korean Americans Against War and Neoliberalism (KAWAN):

Korean Farmers and Workers, American Labor and Activists to Protest the
South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement Talks his September 6-9 in Seattle

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News from the Democratic National Committee:

As President Bush kicks off his latest PR campaign in an attempt to regain public support for his failed policies in Iraq and the war on terror leading into the midterm elections, a new document from DNC research outlines how the Bush Administration's policies have made America less safe at home and around the world.

FROM MISSION ACCOMPLISHED TO LOWERED EXPECTATIONS

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News from the Democratic National Committee:

Washington, DC - With President Bush's foreign policy blunders becoming clearer with each day, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld again engaged in partisan political attacks today at the American Legion national convention in Salt Lake City, despite a promise by the Commander-in-Chief that the White House would not question the patriotism of their opponents.

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Will Cheney Duck and Run From Bush's Promises?

Washington, DC - As Vice President Cheney continues on the campaign trail raising special interest cash for Republicans, the question remains if the Vice President will continue to mislead the public by trying to link the 9/11 attacks to Iraq. Despite repeated efforts to do so, the American public is no longer buying it. [NY Times/CBS poll, 8/22/06] In his news conference Monday, President Bush finally admitted that there was no link between the 9/11 attacks and Iraq, and pledged to stop attacking the patriotism of people who criticize his failed policies.

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News from the Democratic National Committee:

Bush Renounces Smears, But Will Cheney, Rove and Mehlman Follow?