By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian UK The Bush administration formally committed America yesterday to a long-term military presence in Iraq, pledging to protect the government in Baghdad from internal coup plots and foreign enemies. The cooperation pact, endorsed by George Bush and the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, during a video conference yesterday morning, will…
By Matthew Wolfe, Kings Courier Residents lined up to ask questions of Representatives Nadler, Clarke, and Weiner at a Town Hall meeting held in Park Slope’s Old Church. Brooklyn residents lashed out at local congressman over their inability to end the war in Iraq at a Park Slope meeting recently. What was billed as a…
Salon.com — During the past six years, leading Republicans in Congress have prioritized allegiance to a Republican president above all other governmental and constitutional concerns. But there was a time when U.S. lawmakers, regardless of party affiliation, actually voted the way of their conscience. There was a time when a president could not break the…
After Downing Street — A local and national coalition of impeachment activists is planning to stage various protests and demonstrations throughout the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California, on New Year’s Day. The convergence of groups is called the White Rose Coalition in honor of the resistance movement that emerged in Munich Germany in 1942….
