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=== Iraq war opposition === TrueMajority co-sponsored protests and advertisements against the Iraq war in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/anti-iraq-ad-features-leader-of-bushs-church|title=Anti-Iraq Ad Features Leader of Bush's Church|work=Fox News|date=January 31, 2003|access-date=Feb 19, 2009}}</ref> The organization published anti-war advertisements in the ''[[New York Times]]'' and ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', but its ads were refused by television networks including [[CNN]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[MTV]], and [[Comedy Central]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/28/1048653857413.html|author1=James, Steve |author2=Weinraub, Mark |title=Hollywood declares, hell no, this time we won't go|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 29, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030329/asp/foreign/story_1819152.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913021856/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030329/asp/foreign/story_1819152.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2012|title=Anti-war groups allege ad block on airwaves|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India|date=Mar 29, 2003}}</ref> TrueMajority also supported [[Howard Dean]] in the 2004 Democratic primary, mounting a letter-writing campaign and arguing for his support on the grounds of his [[opposition to the Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/liberals-keep-close-watch-on-dean|title=Liberals Keep Close Watch on Dean|work=Fox News|date=February 26, 2005|access-date=Feb 19, 2009}}</ref> In 2008 TrueMajority gathered over 20,000 petitions to urge [[CalPERS]] to investigate [[KBR (company)|KBR]] for [[war profiteering]], including in the petitions accusations of [[rape]] and [[murder]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/18/18508549.php|author=Bacher, Dan|title=CalPERS targeted Thursday for supporting KBR, accused of rape and murder in Iraq!|work=San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center: Central Valley|date=Jun 18, 2008|accessdate=Feb 19, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://yubanet.com/california/20-000-petitioners-ask-CalPERS-Thursday-to-get-tough-on-KBR-now-linked-to-massive-fraud-rape-and-massacre.php|title=20,000 petitioners ask CalPERS Thursday to get tough on KBR, now linked to massive fraud, rape, and massacre|work=YubaNet.com|date=Jun 19, 2008|accessdate=Feb 19, 2009|archive-date=June 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626162456/http://yubanet.com/california/20-000-petitioners-ask-CalPERS-Thursday-to-get-tough-on-KBR-now-linked-to-massive-fraud-rape-and-massacre.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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