An aide called www.ImpeachforPeace.org from the offices of Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) moments ago saying that Rep. Ellison has signed House Resolution 333 as authored by Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) calling for impeachment hearings to commence against Vice President Dick Cheney.
Members of ImpeachforPeace had met with Rep. Ellison in April at which …
On a clear April night, the white plastic tables in the garden fill up with an assortment of Green Zone archetypes: broad-shouldered security contractors walk in with dates in tight tops and high heels; a handful of diplomats mingle in blazers; a construction worker wearing a fishing vest that reads BAGHDADDY meets his friends at the end of a….
Coulter allegedly cast her ballot in the wrong precinct in a Palm Beach election after registering with an address that wasn’t hers. The FEC could impose $2,000 in fines.
Back on April 19, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified, under oath, that he had not spoken with “witnesses” in the U.S. Attorney scandal about the events surrounding the purge because it would have been inappropriate.
As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers. “There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse,” Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005.
A previously undisclosed exchange of letters shows that President Bush was told in advance by his top Iraq envoy in May 2003 of a plan to “dissolve Saddam’s military and intelligence structures,” a plan that the envoy, L. Paul Bremer, said referred to dismantling the Iraqi Army.
Bill Moyers has put together a 90-minute video documenting the lies told to sell the Iraq war to the American public, with a special focus on how the media led the charge. 9:00pm on April 25… You’ll never watch television news again – not even on PBS, which comes in for its own share of criticism.
On May 23, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging him to “prepare plans for the phased redeployment of U.S. forces.” She requested that the Pentagon provide congressional oversight committees with “briefings on what current contingency plans exist for the future withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.”
Congressman Albert Wynn of Maryland joins representatives William Lacy Clay, Jr. of Missouri and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois as a co-sponsor of the articles of impeachment filed against Cheney on April 24. Wynn calls Cheney “the architect of the Administration’s deception about the war”. Why haven’t you heard about this on the nightly news?
Today, Wednesday April 18th, students from high schools and colleges all over Seattle will walk out to protest the war in Iraq, and military recruiters in our schools.
