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dixiegrrrrl

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Sat Mar 2, 2013, 12:13 PM Mar 2013

Jon Stewart Teams Up With CODEPINK Against Drones!

Good to know there is a site called Drone Watch...
and that Stewart is interested in the issue.


"Last week, we did a segment on The Daily Show about President Obama’s refusal to release the classified memos justifying his use of killer drones. Now, I’ve always said that I’m a comedian, even after my role in Big Daddy. But this story got me thinking a little more seriously.

Then I got a call from my friend Medea Benjamin, cofounder of CODEPINK. She saw that my correspondent Aasif Mandvi had the memos and wanted us to release them. But ever since he read them, Aasif’s been too scared to come out from under his desk. So Medea asked me to join her in demanding that Congress do something........"
http://droneswatch.org/2013/02/27/jon-stewart-teams-up-with-codepink-against-drones/

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Jon Stewart Teams Up With CODEPINK Against Drones! (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 OP
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