Impeachment

On the Fourth, Read the Declaration of Impeachment

By David Swanson

Veterans for Peace has drafted a Declaration of Impeachment using nothing but excerpts from the Declaration of Independence (plus a few words in parentheses). It reads as follows, and should be read at picnics and protests on the Fourth of July:

…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, read more

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4,435 Dead in Vain

By David Swanson

Supporting our troops and working to ensure that they not have died in vain are notions that no longer apply to the soldiers who died in the fields around my house in Virginia. The statute of limitations has expired, and the 4,435 who died to rid America of a King George are now in fact required – as a matter of patriotic duty – to have died in vain.

In vain their deaths to free us of a unitary executive.

In vain their deaths to establish freedom of assembly.

In vain their read more

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How to Impeach a President

Beginning today, you can go to http://www.articlesofimpeachment.net to learn about a “National Teach-In” on impeachment organized by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Melville House, launching nationwide on July 19 in cities and towns across the country.

Please join the effort:­ visit www.articlesofimpeachment.net and organize a Teach-In in your home or community center. An “action read more

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Nine State Democratic Parties Back Impeachment: Whose Table Is It, Nancy?

By David Swanson

Nominal leader of the Democrats in Congress Nancy Pelosi, following talking points produced by the Republican National Committee, recently told her fellow Dems to keep impeachment off the table. This past weekend, the Democratic Parties in Maine, New Hampshire, and Hawaii passed resolutions demanding impeachment. This, of course, raises the question: Whose table is it, Nancy?

Whose table? Our table!

These states joined the Democratic parties of Nevada, New Mexico, California, read more

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Peace in a Gas Pump or Bringing Pharaoh's Armed Madhouse Home

By David Swanson

May 28 — This evening here in Virginia, Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band jammed for hours at an outdoor pavilion, leading tens of thousands of us in protest songs, including a powerful rendition of “Bring Them Home.” The concert was held at the Nissan Pavilion, a characterless monument to automobiles surrounded by an ocean of the things, cars and trucks and SUVs which spent hours creeping in and out before and after the show. Many of us devoted read more

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OP-ED: California Can Impeach Bush and Cheney, PCH Press

OP-ED: California Can Impeach Bush and Cheney, PCH Press
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by DAVID SWANSON afterdowningstreet.org | 5-27-06

There are three paths leading to impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. All three are being led by California.

37 HEROES

The first path is through a bill in Congress.

There are 398 Members of the House of Representatives who do not believe Congress should investigate the Bush Administration’s abuses of power, specifically its fraudulent case read more

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RNC Line on Impeachment: Verily, This Is That

By David Swanson

Black is white. War is peace. Impeachment is good for Republicans. Haven’t you heard? The Republicans say so. The Democrats say so. It just must BE so.

And yet there isn’t a shred of evidence to support it. Usually when we hear that a minimum wage is bad for low-income workers or tax cuts for billionaires benefit the poor, or any such apparently upside-down fantasy, we are at least given semi-plausible theories for how those lies could be truths.

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The Case for Impeachment

By David Swanson

In the United States, our best journalism is published in books now and talked about on the radio and the internet. If you get your news from a television or a newspaper, you live in another world. This no doubt contributes to how divided we are politically. Dave Lindorff’s and Barbara Olshansky’s book could help bridge this national divide. The genius of this book is in its brevity. Lindorff and Olshansky have boiled the list of Bush and Cheney’s documented crimes read more

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So, How WOULD a Patriot Act?

By David Swanson

Glenn Greenwald’s new book “How Would a PATRIOT ACT? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok,” lays out a powerful, concise, and well-researched argument that President Bush is a threat to our government’s system of checks and balances and to our individual liberties.

Greenwald makes a point of saying that he used to be a supporter of Bush and trusted him as long as he was able. The voices Greenwald quotes are those of conservatives, the group read more

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Be a Part of the Growing Pro-Impeachment Grassroots Movement

By David Swanson, PDA National Board Member / Co-Founder, AfterDowningStreet.org

Remarks at Progressive Democrats of America Lobby Training, May 21, 2006, Washington, D.C.

On Friday our President attended a fundraiser in Virginia Beach for a Republican Congress Member. But the Congress Member didn’t show up. This has happened a number of times, with both Bush and Cheney. Yesterday, the LA Times ran an article on the way in which AH-nold is backing away from Bush. Republicans are beginning read more

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