Impeachment

By David Swanson

The leaders of today’s Congress have made clear through numerous lobby visits that unless we can produce polls that show congressional elections in November 2008 hang on the question of impeachment, nobody’s going to be impeached. Bush and Cheney can continue to ignore subpoenas, spy illegally, kidnap, torture, murder, and rewrite laws. They can launch another illegal war. They can rig the elections. They could barbeque babies on the White House lawn. It doesn’t read more

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By David Swanson

[Remarks at September 15, 2007, impeachment rally in Miami, Fla., organized by www.floridaimpeach.org ]

It’s great to see such a crowd and so many groups represented. I especially want to thank Veterans for Peace. Dave Cline was a great leader and will be badly missed. We should all go out and do as much as he did with his admirable life.

On a lighter note, I went to a party yesterday in Washington, D.C. You might think we have very little to celebrate, but this was a party read more

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South Florida Impeachment Coalition
Coming Together to Save Our Nation

SATURDAY, September 15, 2007, at 3:30 p.m.
at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 7701 SW 76th Ave., Miami, FL 33143

Featuring David Swanson, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org
With Information, Videos, Music, Actions, Regional Planning
More Information and find out what you can do: 305-595-5630
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By David Swanson

Every corporate media outlet in the country believes a story that Democrats.com reported months ago is the top news of the day. Here’s the Los Angeles Times version:

BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Craig denies being gay

“I am not gay,” Sen. Larry Craig said twice during a 10-minute statement today following news that he had pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being arrested at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on suspicion of lewd behavior in a men’s read more

By David Swanson

On April 10th, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department for papers and Emails related to the apparently politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys. The deadline passed. The DOJ did not comply.

On April 25th, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify about the forged documents used as evidence that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons. Rice publicly refused to comply, arguing that she read more

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By David Swanson

The one thing protesting for impeachment at Congressman John Conyers’ office on July 23rd accomplished beyond doubt (I think it also helped push a number of other Congress Members to sign on for impeachment, but can’t prove it) is that it stirred up a great deal of discussion, both of impeachment and of racial divisions. I think that’s all for the good.

Sadly, the discussion includes commentary from people I respect opposing impeachment. In this read more

By David Swanson

The Portside listserve, whose moderators have chosen to send out several articles over the past few weeks criticizing those activists who sat in at Congressman John Conyers’ office on July 23rd to demand impeachment, today sent out a lengthy article by Mark Solomon.

Three-quarters of the article simply recounted Conyers’ record of service in Congress, hitting only the positive notes. The rest of the article is quoted below with commentary:

More than a year ago, Conyers read more

By David Swanson

Former members of the House Judiciary Committee often have excellent advice for current members. Former Congresswoman Liz Holtzman, who served on the committee when it passed articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, has published a book and spoken at numerous events arguing for the impeachment of President George W. Bush.

As far as I know, nobody has heard lately from former Congressman Don Edwards. He was the chair of the subcommittee on civil and constitutional read more

By David Swanson

I’ve been a reader and contributor to the Black Commentator since it began, as well as to the Black Agenda Report, which split off from it. The July 23rd sit-in in Congressman John Conyers’ office, in which I took part, has led to quite a brouhaha in both publications. Last week the Black Agenda Report printed a column I wrote about that action, and the Black Commentator published a column by Rev. Lennox Yearwood who also took part, as well as a response from Larry read more

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