Dennis Kucinich on the Responsibility to Speak Out About Gaza

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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The former congressman says, “You can’t just stay silent when you see a massacre of people going on.” Also: Washington, D.C., will decide whether to legalize marijuana.

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Guests, in order of appearance: Michael Cindrich, Dennis Kucinich.

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Dennis Kucinich Makes Fox News Debut With Bill O'Reilly (VIDEO) Will Obama’s gun plan pass congress?

Dennis Kucinich made his official debut as a Fox News contributor on Thursday's "O'Reilly Factor."

The left-wing ex-congressman probably startled many supporters when he announced that he was on the Roger Ailes payroll on Wednesday, but he appeared eager to chat when O'Reilly introduced him.

"Wow, what a conversion!" O'Reilly joked. "Congressman, how did that happen? You know all the people on Fox News are far-right crazy people!"

"Together again at last, Bill," Kucinich said. "So you're the same left-wing nut we know and love," O'Reilly said. Kucinich pointedly noted that, unlike "another network," Fox News had allowed him to participate in a presidential debate.

The two then spent a few minutes sparring gently over things like Al Franken (O'Reilly: "he's a weasel." Kucinich: "well, I can't say that") and gun control.

"Bill, we'll talk again," Kucinich said as the segment ended.

"Alright, you," O'Reilly replied. "We're glad you're on board, Congressman."

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Kucinich Legislation Reins in NATO, Reclaims Constitutional War Powers of Congress

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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is today urging Members of Congress to support legislation, H.R. 6290, to prevent future presidents from using the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to circumvent Congress’ constitutional authority to declare war.

“NATO has become a sock puppet to conduct military operations abroad absent congressional authorization, as required by Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. This practice undermines our Constitution and global security as it allows the president to perpetrate violence without congressional oversight. Congress must fight to regain its basic constitutional right to declare war,” said Kucinich.

Kucinich Calls Out Monsanto About GMO Labeling

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H.R.3553 - Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

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Kucinich Legislation Reins in NATO, Reclaims Constitutional War Powers of Congress

Dennis Kucinich

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is today urging Members of Congress to support legislation, H.R. 6290, to prevent future presidents from using the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to circumvent Congress’ constitutional authority to declare war.

“NATO has become a sock puppet to conduct military operations abroad absent congressional authorization, as required by Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. This practice undermines our Constitution and global security as it allows the president to perpetrate violence without congressional oversight. Congress must fight to regain its basic constitutional right to declare war,” said Kucinich. 

Kucinich: It's Time for Congress to Stand Up To the Fed

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Kucinich Explains the Importance of Auditing the Fed

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US lawmakers file suit over Obama's Libya war

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WASHINGTON (AFP) -  The White House will deliver a report to Congress Wednesday explaining its involvement in Libya, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers filed suit charging US military action in the war-torn nation is unconstitutional.

The report will include legal analysis arguing that President Barack Obama did not overstep his powers in the conflict in the north African nation.

"The president has acted in a manner that is consistent with the War Powers Resolution," White House spokesman Jay Carney said, arguing the 30-page report would show the "success" of the mission to protect Libyan civilians.

Obama's Libya policy fell under the spotlight in court as anti-war Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich filed the lawsuit challenging what it described as the Obama administration's circumvention of Congress in using military force in a protracted effort to oust longtime ruler Moamer Kadhafi.

"With regard to the war in Libya, we believe that the law was violated. We have asked the courts to move to protect the American people from the results of these illegal policies," said Kucinich, who was joined in the suit by nine other House members including Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.

Kucinich: We must reclaim our monetary system for the people (Video)

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Correspondence With The Empire; an attempt to make a difference

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Without monetary reform we cannot go forward and we cannot address any of the crucial issues facing us. Most importantly, without such reform, we cannot restore freedom to our country.

Unless this step is taken, unless this reform is enacted, the United States will soon enter the ranks of the third world. Please, join me.

Whether you vote Democrat, Republican, Independent or Green, whether you're a Tea Party or Coffee Party member, whether you're gay or straight, white or black, whatever your ethnic or religious persuasion may be; PLEASE, put aside your differences. If we do not stand together now, that is how we will all fall.

Write, call, fax and email your "representatives" repeatedly. Tell them, don't ask, that you demand the passage of H.R. 6550, The National Emergency Employment Defense Act. 

Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich on Freedom Watch (Video)

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MUST SEE: Kucinich Exposes the Entire Libya Agenda on The House Floor (Video)

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Congresman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) speaks for a powerful hour on the House floor about the illegality of the Libya war.  This is a MUST SEE speech as he reveals the entire agenda behind the Libya attack. He connects the dots to the CIA quite convincingly.  And he asked the big philosophical questions: "Our dear nation stands at a crossroads. The direction we take will determine not what kind of nation we are but what kind of nation we will become. Will we become a nation which plots in secret to wage war? Will we become a nation that observes our Constitution only in matters of convenience? Will we become a nation which destroys the unity of the world community painstakingly pieced together from the ruins of World War II, a war which itself followed a war to end all wars?"


You MUST WATCH Part 2 and beyond to hear Kucinich thrash Obama and the Congress

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US lawmaker targets Libya strike funding

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US lawmaker on Tuesday called military strikes to enforce a UN-approved no-fly zone in Libya "yet another war we cannot afford" and said he would seek to deny US funds for the operation.

Representative Dennis Kucinich, who is from the left flank of President Barack Obama's Democratic party, said he would try to attach an amendment blocking spending for the effort to a broader bill.

"We have already spent trillions of dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, both of which descended into unwinnable quagmires. Now, the president is plunging the United States into yet another war we cannot afford," Kucinich said in a statement.

The lawmaker, who has repeatedly offered legislation aimed at pulling US forces out of Afghanistan, also accused Obama of a "clear subversion" of the US Constitution, which reserves the right to declare war for the US Congress.

And he complained that Obama had yet to notify the congress "of long-term plans or goals following initial air strikes in the country."

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Kucinich: Fake Taliban Leader, Fake Elections, Fake Deadline, Real Trouble

Afghanistan War, Nightmare without End for Troops, Innocent Civilians and US Taxpayers  

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Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, a leading proponent of peace, today renewed his call to end the Afghan war after it was revealed that a self-proclaimed senior Taliban negotiator working with President Hamid Karzai and NATO officials was in an imposter. 

“The war in Afghanistan is taking place in a netherworld where facts and common sense have no place. Elections are fake. Our deadline to withdraw is a fake.  Now, we learn that a fake Taliban leader has been leading us to believe that NATO was facilitating high-level talks between Taliban leadership and the corrupt Afghan central government we’re propping up.  It was truly amazing that our government said we were negotiating with high-level Taliban leadership while at the same time we were stepping up air strikes to wipe them out. 

“Evidence abounds that the Karzai regime in Kabul is among the most corrupt in the world.  President Karzai rules through crony capitalism.  He works to protect his cronies rather than the Afghan people. Our tax dollars are going to the Karzai family and its supporters to buy villas in Dubai. We know that our tax dollars fund both sides of the conflict.  We know that our ‘allies’ pay the enemy not to attack our troops and that they also may be bribing insurgents to attack our troops.   We also know that U.S. tax dollars fund Afghan warlords.  NATO officials have become so skilled in self-deception that a senior NATO official recently claimed that Kabul is safer for children than most western cities. Meanwhile those who continue to advocate for the war apply the dark arts of  public relations to manufacture support for a war which is neither winnable, nor moral nor sane.  It is time for Congress to start asking General Petraeus some direct questions.

“The War in Afghanistan is longer than any other war America has ever fought. It has cost U.S. taxpayers more than a trillion dollars. More than 1300 Americans have died, thousands more wounded. Countless innocent Afghan civilians have died.   “The only real thing about this war is the dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, the wasted tax dollars and the mounting evidence telling us to get out.”

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Kucinich: 911 Truth and Reconciliation

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Please view the following video message and read the special speeches that Congressman Kucinich gave immediately after the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States and the subsequent analysis he presented just before the vote on the Iraq War. 9/11 Statement Statement on Authorizing Force Iraq War Resolution Analysis

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