Voice for Peace Mass Mobilization in St. Paul, MN 9/23


The Nation John Nichols Ted Stevens — and Senate GOP — In Trouble Alaska Senator Ted Stevens is in big trouble. And when Stevens is in trouble, so are Senate Republicans. In a high-profile raid on the senator’s home, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service agents raided the home of 83-year-old senatorial schemer…
John Judge is a former staffer for former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA):
Michael Roston, rawstory.com A poll published Tuesday shows that close to 40% of Americans favor the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, according to an article at Townhall.com. “Few serious observers think things will ever get to actual impeachment. And yet the American public seems more open to the concept…
By Spencer Ackerman, TPMMuckraker Could Congress stop a Bush administration-brokered deal to garrison U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely? Not according to General Douglas Lute, the so-called “war czar.” Here’s Lute at today’s gaggle: Q General, will the White House seek any congressional input on this? GENERAL LUTE: In the course of negotiations like this, it’s…
By Murray Waas, The National Journal The Bush administration has withheld a series of e-mails from Congress showing that senior White House and Justice Department officials worked together to conceal the role of Karl Rove in installing Timothy Griffin, a protege of Rove’s, as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The withheld records…
After Downing Street, 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 Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio) in his bill, H. Res. 333. Waters…