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Local Official Caught Imprisoning Children

By David Swanson

Ooops. Scratch that. It was not a local official. No need to get excited. No need to end the practice or hold the criminal accountable. No need to mention the scandal in news reports. It’s actually President George W. Bush. There’s nothing to see here. Move along. Shop. Eat. Vote. Sleep. Perish.

Or take seriously the following article of impeachment introduced on Monday evening by Congressman Dennis Kucinich:

Article XX
IMPRISONING CHILDREN

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Torture Is Over (if we want it)

By David Swanson

Chairman John Conyers’ reasons not to impeach Bush or Cheney do not even include an assertion that they have not committed impeachable offenses or crimes. How could they, when Conyers is selling a book listing many of Bush and Cheney’s impeachable offenses and crimes? Conyers’ reasons do not include an assertion that he can end the ongoing crimes through some other approach. And they do not include any claim that a successful impeachment wouldn’t end read more

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Nixon's Reputation Restored

By David Swanson

Once upon a time, the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary passed the following article of impeachment (one of three) against President Richard M. Nixon:

“In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, contrary to his oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his read more

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Kucinich Makes Case for War Crimes Prosecution

By David Swanson

If George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are ever impeached, they will certainly be prosecuted and convicted for war (and other) crimes. If they are not impeached, they may still be eventually convicted, but it won’t be as easy. Court rooms are not scientific laboratories sealed in a vacuum. What happens in a criminal’s society matters, and “My people never impeached me” is a defense that has to be taken seriously.

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Blaming Bush for His Greatest Achievement

By David Swanson

For those who stayed riveted through the end of Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s five-hour reading of his 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush on Monday night, the three articles at the very end of the list must have come as something of a jarring surprise. As everyone knows, managing to get the World Trade Center blown up, or at least just BEING president when it happened, is George W. Bush’s greatest all-time achievement, the only action (or nonaction) read more

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Questions for Republicans, Democrats, and Others

By David Swanson

A question for Republicans: Do you want to hand a President Barack Obama the right and power to spy on any American citizens he chooses, including his political opponents, without any court-ordered warrant, in blatant violation of the law and the Fourth Amendment?

A question for Democrats: Do you want to hand a President John McCain, who has already openly said he will use it, the right and power to spy on any American citizens he chooses, including his political opponents, without read more

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Full Text of Articles of Impeachment

Congressman Dennis Kucinich Introduced 35 Articles of Impeachment Against President Bush on Monday Night

The full text of the articles is available at:
http://chun.afterdowningstreet.org/amomentoftruth.pdf

Extensive documentation to accompany each article will be posted later today. Watch these websites:
http://kucinich.us
http://democrats.com
http://afterdowningstreet.org

Congressman Kucinich has laid out an extensive indictment of the president. Here is the index of article titles:

Article I
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Kucinich Shows How To Block Attack on Iran

By David Swanson

A recent poll found that a full 7 percent of Americans want to attack Iran: http://dontattackiran.org But 93 percent agreement and a dollar won’t even get you a Metro ride in Washington, D.C. The Congressional Progressive Caucus held a press event on Tuesday and publicly urged the Bush Administration to engage in diplomacy, which is sort of like asking a mule to dance in the ballet. We’ve read more

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No Body Armor? No Presidency!

By David Swanson

What if you were the president of the United States and you chose to fight an aggressive war against another nation and to occupy it indefinitely, and you scheduled the war to suit your political timing? And then what if you learned that most of the deaths and injuries of U.S. soldiers were the result of a lack of body armor and vehicle armor, but you continued the occupation for years and years without bothering to provide the needed armor, as the casualties mounted and you dumped read more

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