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Rep. John Conyers Backs Impeachment
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 9:59 am | David Swanson
Advocates for impeachment can take some measure of encouragement not just from the 85 cities and towns and 14 state Democratic parties that have passed impeachment resolutions, or the 11 state legislatures that have introduced them (Maine was #11 ... More >>
13 State Democratic Parties Demand Impeachment
Friday, 25 May 2007, 10:48 am | David Swanson
It took 13 colonies to throw out the last King George. Thirteen state Democratic parties have now passed resolutions demanding impeachment, nine of them since Nancy Pelosi ordered the Democratic Party away from impeachment. More >>
W Stands for Wisconsin Impeachment Summer
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 3:42 pm | David Swanson
Speech delivered at Town Hall meeting on impeachment at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, May 21, 2007. More >>
Peace Movement Not So Good With Media or Elections
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 3:02 pm | David Swanson
The corporate media in the United States will not allow a real peace candidate any time or substantive or respectful coverage. It will slander and mock and, above all, ignore. Then it will find people outside the media to quote as saying that they don't ... More >>
Yr 5, Do You Know Where Your Senators Are?
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 11:03 am | David Swanson
On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Senate voted on a proposal from Senator Russ Feingold (D., Wisc.) to end the war by next March. The amendment would have really ended the war, in so far as it would have cut off funding to illegally continue it. More >>
Detroit City Council Passes Impeachment Resolution
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 11:03 am | David Swanson
A resolution calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney was passed today by the unanimous vote of the Detroit City Council. The resolution was recommended by the Detroit & Michigan Chapter of the ... More >>
Agnew v Cheney: How Did the Good Guys Finally Win?
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 10:36 am | David Swanson
Nailing Dick Cheney for tax evasion would be like nailing Al Capone for tax evasion. But the last time a U.S. president faced a strong movement for impeachment for actual impeachable offenses, one of the major road blocks was fear that an unpopular vice ... More >>
Accusing Bush of Abandoning Troops Via His Veto
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 12:11 am | David Swanson
I object to the idea that the Dems should accuse Bush of "abandoning the troops." If we don't FOR CHRISSAKE STOP ONCE AND FOR ALL PRETENDING THAT WARS ARE FUNDED FOR THE TROOPS, WE WILL NEVER EVER END ANY WARS. Sorry for the caps, but I don't know ... More >>
What Do These Crimes Have in Common?
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 12:10 am | David Swanson
Another day, another impeachable offense. If this one were on a television show we'd all flip it off in disgust as too unlikely. The President phones up a hospital to demand that the ailing Attorney General (who has turned over his duties and is ... More >>
For Five Years We've Called It Blood for Oil
Monday, 14 May 2007, 12:57 am | David Swanson
The law has long been drafted, and it opens up two-thirds of Iraq's oil to ownership by foreign corporations (widely expected to be dominated by U.S. corporations). Congress Members who voted against the bill, including Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Rep. Lynn ... More >>
David Swanson: Questions for Candidates
Monday, 14 May 2007, 12:47 am | David Swanson
If, like General Electric and Fox News, ordinary citizens were permitted to ask questions of candidates for U.S. President, these are a few of the questions I think they might ask: More >>
David Swanson: They're Not Benchmarks
Monday, 14 May 2007, 12:42 am | David Swanson
The new war money bill passed by the House on May 10 does not include even a nonbinding end date for the war. It does fund the war for a shorter period of time at one shot, but the Senate doesn't like that idea, and the bill must be reconciled with whatever ... More >>
Powell's Chief of Staff Proposes Impeachment
Friday, 11 May 2007, 10:54 am | David Swanson
On Thursday, May 10, 2007, Lawrence Wilkerson, speaking on National Public Radio, proposed impeaching President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. More >>
David Swanson: More War, With A Peace Label
Friday, 11 May 2007, 12:36 am | David Swanson
8:12 p.m. There are now 12 heroes in the House, up from 10 at the last Supplemental vote. At this rate we'll end the war this century for sure. The heroes are the two Republicans who voted No who we know oppose funding the war: Ron Paul and John Duncan, ... More >>
David Swanson: Puzzling Out Pelosi
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 11:39 am | David Swanson
President Bush vetoed a war spending bill because it included a deadline for ending the war, albeit a non-binding one. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has proposed to hold a vote on Thursday on a new bill that will not include even a nonbinding ... More >>
Rep. Maxine Waters Speaks Out For Impeachment
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 11:25 am | David Swanson
Congresswoman and House Judiciary Committee Member Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) has spoken up in support of impeaching President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Waters said she advocates impeaching Cheney first, which is the same approach taken by Congressman ... More >>
Swanson: The Hard Bigotry of the New York Times
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 9:46 am | David Swanson
A New York Times editorial on May 7th is titled "The Soft Bigotry of Iraq," and begins: "Whether out of blind loyalty or blind denial, most Congressional Republicans are prepared to back up President Bush's veto of the Iraq spending bill." More >>
I Told You It Was Off the Table, You Don't Listen!
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 9:39 am | David Swanson
Stage set: a dining room at left, an office at right A woman enters the office where the phone is ringing. She answers it. NP: Hello? Why do you ask? Yes, I'm sure. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Impeachment is off the table. Now let me tell ... More >>
David Swanson: Anti-U.S. Uproar Sweeps Italy
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 9:59 am | David Swanson
The U.S. government has proposed to make Vicenza, Italy, the largest US military site in Europe, but the people of Vicenza, and all of Italy, have sworn it will never happen. More >>
Pelosi, Conyers, the People, and Impeachment
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 9:55 am | David Swanson
I want to thank Maine Impeach dot org for putting this event together. This is a wonderful crowd! The paper on grounds for impeachment drafted by Maine Lawyers for Democracy is incredibly well done: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/me More >>
