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First Page 139 of 139

September 23rd, 2003

"And Now a Chance to Bid Farewell to Mr. Bush" (from Michael Moore)

Last week, over 30,000 of you from my list sent letters to Wesley Clark urging to him to run. And, hey, um -- it looks like it helped! He announced on Wednesday and by Sunday he was #1 in the Newsweek poll on the 10 Democratic candidates. By yesterday, according ... continue reading

September 15th, 2003

Three Easy Pieces for Any Decent American (from Michael Moore)

There are many otherwise decent Americans who are either still on the fence about George W. Bush or they actually profess to like the man. They are the ones who make up the 58% approval ratings and the 64% who say they still believe the war was a good idea. ... continue reading

August 26th, 2003

How many times do we have to say it? Nearly 70 percent of Americans think Iraq is turning into a quagmire. There's only one solution: Rumsfeld's gotta go! Last year, a government auditor reported that Lockheed Martin overcharged the government for military aircraft programs. Now this poor guy has been ... continue reading

June 26th, 2003

The insurance industry and price-gouging doctors. Yet another example of how the GOP is smarter than the DNC. Bush, however, is the exception? and he?s flunked another test. An ex-Homeland Security adviser blasted Bush for not doing enough for security. Speaking of which, did Bush let Osama get away? Meanwhile, ... continue reading

February 24th, 2003

Listen to the radio! Protest Bush! Seven states sue Bush. Bush ignores our actual problems. According to Bush, the economy is looking up--though he's not sure why. Kill the innocent. The duct tape phenomenon explained. Voting in America (find even more here). Are car manufacturers ripping you off even more ... continue reading

February 12th, 2003

Listen to the radio! Protest Bush! Center for Rural Strategies is beating CBS chief into submission. Will Minnesota be the first state to protect gay rights and then rescind that protection? Medicate them, then kill them. State's move to issue pro-life license plates. Wall Street is wary of Bush policies. ... continue reading

November 27th, 2002

Protest Bush! Money shift leaves Democrats like Republicans, just without the money. Gov't changes websites to push abstinence. Shall we spank the donkey? Half of those with AIDS are women. AIDS protestors arrested outside White House. At play in the House of Saud . We love our Saudi oil. Bush ... continue reading

October 3rd, 2002

Doubts in Afghanistan. Bush's Permanent Revolution. Byrd: Bush is playing politics. A story of village life. Camejo vs. a couple idiots. Credit card co.'s want you to be late. Newt the newsman. Pentagon loses chem warfare suits. Give me your tired, huddled fingerprints . Bush fights for AIDS. Like father, ... continue reading

September 30th, 2002

US plans for war without Russia, France or China. War on North Korea next? The real goal of war on Iraq. Stop the insanity ! Two congressional Dems argue for arms inspections. Shame, shame, shame. The Chickenhawk Hall of Shame. Unasked questions. The FBI & CIA don't like hearings that ... continue reading

September 20th, 2002

Hail Bush: A new Roman empire. Questions on Iraq from a GOP Gongressman. Afghanistan is now tariff free and pipeline friendly. Gulf War II trading cards! Good Cop / Bad Cop at the White House. Bush, a children's book, and September 11. Government for the people and kept from the ... continue reading

September 19th, 2002

Former British Prime Minister (and Carlyle Group member and good friend of Papa Bush) threatens the use of nukes in Iraq. Bush bulldozes his way through Congress, seeking broad powers. A secret war in the Horn of Africa. War on Iraq to cost between $50-$200 billion. Commander of Aussie forces ... continue reading

September 18th, 2002

Oil makes the world go round. Crooks control our "democracy." How George Bush spent his summer vacation. Bush chooses only scientists who agree with him. Cheney and the Cronies in Arms. A Republican recruits minority voters, but is so scared of them, he sends along an NRA security force. Alfred ... continue reading

September 13th, 2002

Bush had no time for "sustainable development," but makes time for African oil. Florida's still trying to figure out "democracy." You will NOT criticize our lawmakers and they do NOT break laws! Breathing the air near Ground Zero. Virginia's death penalty is scrutinized. A retired Marine General speaks out. An ... continue reading

September 11th, 2002

There is no news today, and the television is turned off. Spend time with friends, family, and loved ones. Remember those lost a year ago, and those lost in the year since---in America, in Afghanistan, and around the world. They died needlessly and it is a tragedy. continue reading

September 9th, 2002

The victims of 9/11 get a warship in the US Navy named in their honor. The US and the UN ignored warnings from a member of the Taliban prior to 9/11. An FBI informant lived with two of the hijackers in 2000, while they attended flight school. Senator Leahy talks ... continue reading

August 27th, 2002

Surprise! Who cares about the constitution? Junior needs a spanking, or he could just listen to Tom DeLay. Definitely don't listen to the people. No one is giving Afghanistan any money and our Saudi allies already gave enough. Wilmington, Del. mayor should be the next Attorney General. Of course, you ... continue reading

August 22nd, 2002

Bush's answer to forest fires? Cut down the forests. He must not have read this and he probably won't read this. In search of victory, Osama has become Saddam and Saddam is Hitler. Let the war begin! Unleash the PR people! Food is a biological weapon and, if you remember, ... continue reading

August 20th, 2002

U.S. companies sold Iraq the ingredients to make the weapons of mass destruction that "justify" a US invasion. Of course, we didn't mind Iraq using WMD in the Iran-Iraq war--where we funded both sides so they could kill each other. The military's July "war games" were rigged. Sadly, the war ... continue reading

June 28th, 2002

The Guardian: US admits it tested nerve gas on its sailors Between 1963 and 1970, the United States deliberately sprayed nerve gas on sailors in the Navy in a secret operation titled Project Shad. Of course, they'd never do anything like this again, not in the Gulf War, not in ... continue reading

February 13th, 2002

It Was Headed to the Shredder, Now They Say It's a Bestseller. Go Figure.

Dear friends, Thanks for all the letters since my email to you last week about the struggle I've been through trying to get my book released. And thanks for ordering it. The response has been overwhelming. Two months ago, it looked like 50,000 copies of Stupid White Men might head ... continue reading

December 20th, 2001

Hail George, Conqueror of Evildoers!

Dear George W. Bush: Hats off to you, sir, for a job well done! The Soviets tried for ten years to do what it took you only two months to accomplish in Afghanistan. How did you do that? It's funny how a couple months ago there were all these Taliban, ... continue reading

October 8th, 2001

All I Am Saying Is Give War a Chance

Dear Friends, It's about time! I was beginning to worry that George II didn't have it in him, that he might wander off to vacation in Omaha again. But finally, the bombs are raining down on Afghanistan and, as Martha Stewart says, that's a good thing. Oh, don't get me ... continue reading

September 19th, 2001

Lost in America, Closer to Home

Dear Friends, We have made it to Columbus, Ohio for the night and are staying just a couple of blocks from the state capitol building where Governor Rhodes gave the order on May 4, 1970, to send the National Guard to Kent State. There they opened fire on hundreds of ... continue reading

September 14th, 2001

Across America Tonight

Dear friends, I am on the road tonight, the only way to get out of L.A. and back home to our daughter and our friends in New York City. Oddly enough, I have never driven across this vast country. My wife and I have now stopped in Flagstaff for a ... continue reading

September 12th, 2001

Death, Downtown

Dear friends, I was supposed to fly today on the 4:30 PM American Airlines flight from LAX to JFK. But tonight I find myself stuck in L.A. with an incredible range of emotions over what has happened on the island where I work and live in New York City. My ... continue reading

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Rest in peace, Michael Hastings, author of 'The Operators': BuzzFeed Reporter Dies In Car Crash At Age 33 www.huffingtonpost.com Journalist Michael...

Jun 18th
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After Newtown shooting, mourning parents enter into the lonely quiet www.washingtonpost.com After the shooting and the politics, the Barden family suffers all...

Jun 18th
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From This Modern World, about Edward Snowden and the NSA: Daily Kos: Sensible thinkers www.dailykos.com Click to embiggen Support independent cartooning:...

Jun 17th
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Edward Snowden Q&A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions www.guardian.co.uk The whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history is...

Jun 17th
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From the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Biden in 2006 debates Obama in 2013 over NSA spying program Watch then-Senator Joe Biden from 2006 as he directly...

Jun 14th
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Senator caught in strip club with his pants down When money wins, we all lose. Join the fight to stop bribery & corruption at...

Jun 14th
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RootsAction | No New War in Iran or Syria act.rootsaction.org Sign the petition opposing war by the United States or NATO in Iran or Syria.

Jun 14th
3:15 PM
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ICYMI -- Stop Watching Us | Stop Watching Us optin.stopwatching.us We write to express our concern about recent reports published in the Guardian about the...

Jun 13th
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We really should have listened to Shia LaBeouf five years ago: Shia Labeouf: One-In-Five Phone Calls Are Recorded (2008-09-16) Clip from The Tonight Show...

Jun 13th
12:13 PM
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Bradley Manning Has Done More for U.S. Security Than SEAL Team 6 ...by Chase Madar www.michaelmoore.com Thanks to Bradley Manning, our disaster-prone elites...

Jun 11th
3:10 PM
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Historic challenge to support the moral actions of Edward Snowden ...by Norman Solomon www.sfbg.com

Jun 10th
11:48 AM
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RootsAction | Thank NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden act.rootsaction.org Sign a thank-you note that will be delivered to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. And...

Jun 10th
11:42 AM
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12pm Union Square: Rally Supporting #NSA Whistle Blower Edward Snowden www.sparrowmedia.net 12pm EST activists, journalists & concerned New Yorkers will...

Jun 10th
10:56 AM
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Daniel Ellsberg: "In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and...

Jun 10th
10:00 AM
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NSA surveillance as told through classic children's books www.guardian.co.uk As news of the NSA's secret surveillance programs spread this weekend,...

Jun 9th
7:28 PM
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Thank you, Edward Snowden -- destined to go down as one of the greatest whistleblowers in American history.

"I don't want to live in a...

Jun 9th
3:44 PM
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ICYMI -- Husain Bazzi of Mike's High School Newspaper will co-chair a panel at the 2013 Left Forum at Pace University in NYC. Today, Sunday at 3 pm,...

Jun 9th
12:34 PM
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Report by Mike's High School Newspaper from day 2 of the Left Forum in New York: Left Forum Day 2 Tweets | Michael Moore | High School Newspaper...

Jun 9th
12:33 PM
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MORE from Glenn Greenwald. Someone near top of the U.S. government is very, very worried about what the NSA is up to: Boundless Informant: the NSA's...

Jun 8th
4:45 PM
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Welcome to PRISM Internet Backup Service jcfrog.com I do hereby declare my allegiance to the USA and swear to their God that I will never try to hide any part...

Jun 8th
1:18 PM
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Jeremy Scahill's film 'Dirty Wars' opens TODAY in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC. Couldn't be more timely: Dirty Wars...

Jun 7th
8:15 PM
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MORE from Glenn Greenwald. Someone near the top of the government is very worried about Obama and the ever-growing National Security State: Obama orders US...

Jun 7th
6:25 PM
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Glenn Greenwald's follow up to his blockbuster Verizon story -- it turns out the *all* the biggest internet companies (including Facebook) are turning...

Jun 7th
12:20 PM
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You probably thought Glenn Greenwald's scoop would be the biggest the biggest story about the National Surveillance State this year. Well...

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Jun 6th
7:09 PM
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Husain Bazzi of Mike's High School Newspaper will co-chair a panel at the 2013 Left Forum at Pace University in NYC. This Sunday at 3 pm, please come if...

Jun 6th
6:56 PM
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ICYMI yesterday -- Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World www.michaelmoore.com...

Jun 6th
11:57 AM
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Today/this week/this year's must read, from Glenn Greenwald and the Guardian: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily...

Jun 6th
11:52 AM
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Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World www.michaelmoore.com Shouldn't every town –...

Jun 5th
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RootsAction.org | Bradley Manning's Nobel Peace Prize act.rootsaction.org Whistleblower Bradley Manning has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize....

Jun 3rd
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Across the world, people say: thank you, Bradley Manning: Free Bradley Manning: The World Is Not The Enemy ...by Emma Kaplan www.michaelmoore.com Bradley...

Jun 1st
12:31 PM
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