Had Enough Yet?

Rep. Dennis Kucinich will present his petitions supporting impeachment of George W. Bush at a news conference which will be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in room 2456 of the Rayburn House Office Building. If you can make it, please join us! Even if not, please sign the petition: http://www.kucinich.us/
Rep. Kucinich laid out the case for impeachment at a meeting with the Progressive Democrats of America in Denver on Thursday, August 29. Watch the video of Dennis Kucinich as he addresses and begins the panel discussion held at Progressive Central:Dennis Kucinich addresses impeachment at PDA event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOrn9sIdBwo
Also during the Democratic Convention, PDA and The Nation hosted a panel discussion entitled Restoring and Maintaining our Constitutional Rights with Congressmen Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) Moderated by John Nichols with Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of The Nation. PDA hosted a second panel, Constitutional Law and Congress with John Nichols moderator; joined again by Rep. Keith Ellison, with Steve Cobble, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and PDA Advisory board member; Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator United for Peace and Justice; and Jamie Raskin, Maryland State Senator, Law Professor at American University, and author.
Listen to the PodCasts of Progressive Central events: http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=2075
Vincent Bugliosi, author of "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder also spoke at Progressive Central. You can see him in Virginia at various events coming up. Stay tuned for more details.
Please ask your Representative to cosponsor H Res 1258: Call his or her office at 202-224-3121 (Capitol Switchboard) this Monday and/or use our action alert to send them an email and find the direct number to call.
Contact the national and local media: Demand they cover impeachment and the effort to pass H Res 1258
Support our Impeachment efforts: Order buttons, bumper stickers, shirts and ImpeachMINTS
Read the articles of impeachment here: http://afterdowningstreet.org/bush

Veterans for Peace Back Up Congressman Kuchnich: They Have Their Own Impeachment Petition

What a perfect opportunity for a combination punch! Let's help the Vets get into the People's House to meet with Congressman John Conyers. The Vets' impeachment petition is below, along with information about their next convention. There will be a tribute to David Cline and other Vets who have been freed from this life.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Introduced 35 Articles of Impeachment Against President Bush on Monday Night
Submitted by david swanson on Tue, 2008-06-10
TUESDAY EVENING: The Clerk of the House is expected to read the articles of impeachment, which should take about 5 hours, at the conclusion of which Rep. Kucinich will make a motion. Watch C-Span! http://c-span.org
Rep. Robert Wexler is the first to cosponsor and will be on Keith Olbermann today.
CALL THE MEDIA!
Email Your Congress Member - Congress has 72 hours to table it, send it to committee, pass it, or reject it.
The full text of the articles is available at:
http://chun.afterdowningstreet.org/amomentoftruth.pdf
Extensive documentation to accompany each article will be posted later today. Watch these websites:
http://kucinich.us
http://democrats.com
http://afterdowningstreet.org
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/bush
Veterans for Peace members have been trying to meet with Representative John Conyers to deliver an Impeachment petition.
Wednesday, June 11, members of Veterans For Peace will be delivering 22,000 signatures demanding impeachment of President George Bush to Representative John Conyers' office. Representative Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has refused to meet with the members of VFP for the past two months. Upon arriving at Representative Conyers' office, members from New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio and the District of Columbia have decided to conduct a sit-in until he agrees to meet with them.
In light of Congressman Dennis Kucinich putting forth 35 Articles for Impeachment and reading those Articles on the floor of the House of Representatives last night, 6-09-08...
YOU CAN HELP VFP
Call Representative Conyers (202-225-5126), ask that he meet with members of Veterans For Peace and accept the 22,000 signatures that call for the Impeachment of the President.
View the Press Release here - PDF
Read VFP's Case for Impeachment - PDF
This Country needs the Accountibility called for in our Constitution and must Act for the sake of Country and that Constitution and Right the Wrongs Committed 'In Our Names'!
http://imagineaworldof.blogspot.com/2008/06/tell-rep-conyers-to-meet-with-veterans.html#li nks
Tell the world: My America Doesn't Torture!
Convention Updates The convention is only 11 weeks away. Have you reserved your room yet? Convention registration is $200 and available online. Below are some updates and special events happening that weekend
Special Seminar on Justice for Victims of Agent Orange - Join us on Wednesday, August 27 for this half day seminar
Travel by Rail - Several VFP members are encouraging people to travel to the Convention by Amtrak.
Tributes - There will be tributes to David Cline and other VFP members who have passed this year.
Roommate - Are you looking to share a room at the Convention?

Push Impeachment Down Their Throats

Conyers Says He's on Edge of Starting Impeachment
By David Swanson
On Thursday, Chairman John Conyers' House Judiciary Committee held a hearing at which Attorney General Michael Mukasey said that he would not investigate torture (video) or warrantless spying (video), he would not enforce contempt citations (video), and he would treat Justice Department opinions as providing immunity for crimes (report).
[...] Following the hearing, he and two staffers met for an hour and 15 minutes with two members of Code Pink to discuss impeachment.
Conyers expressed fear of what might happen following an impeachment, fear of installing a Bush replacement or losing an election. The "corporate power structure", he said, would not allow impeachment without unleashing "blowback." Conyers told Ellen Taylor and Manijeh Saba: "You need to be more than brave and courageous. You need to be smart."
[...] The Chairman told Taylor and Saba that he is listening to several advocates for impeachment, including Liz Holtzman and this author, and asked "So how would it look if I allowed two women to push me over the edge?" Conyers leaned out of his chair for dramatic effect.

Push Conyers Over the Edge
Only impeachment hearings:

1. will make it on TV

2. will force compliance with subpoenas by eliminating "executive privilege",

3. will hold brazen criminals accountable, and

4. will convince voters that Democrats care about the Constitution.
Call 202-225-5126, Fax 202-225-0072
Email john.conyers@mail.house.gov
For more info: http://wexlerwantshearings.com
[...] the people Conyers is really listening to are too smart for their own good but lacking a bit in the bravery and courage area. Their wise strategy places the outcome of elections ahead of preserving the democracy in which those elections are held or even the verifiability of those elections. And, on their own terms, they are probably wrong. Nothing (except perhaps hand-counted paper ballots) would benefit the Democrats in the next election more than a real fight to stand up for justice. If Congress chooses to cede all power to the White House and move to the back of the bus, Conyers' legacy will not be what it might have been.
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/30858

We Demand Impeachment

Our congressman, Jerrold Nadler has usually been supportive of progressive, human rights causes and advocated research into illnesses caused by the toxic air after 9/11. You might think he'd be at the forefront of holding the Bush administration accountable for the crimes perpetuated in America, Afghanistan, Iraq and the world, but read David Swanson's report:
Nadler Is Blocking Impeachment
http://www.democrats.com/node/15492
[...] Wednesday's meeting was handicapped, of course, because no-one says aloud what the reasons are for opposing impeachment. That Cheney and Bush have committed impeachable offenses is universally understood. But the arguments against impeaching them (other priorities,
bipartisanship, we don't have the votes, etc.) usually sound like lame cover for whatever the real reason is. I suspect the real reason is built into Nadler's plan of wasting a year in order to pass bills next year. He assumes that in 2009 there will be either a better Congress or a better president (he backs Hillary Clinton), or both.
Sadly, history says otherwise. For 230 years, the party that brings impeachment wins, and the party that fails to do so when it's called for loses. Conyers was there when the Democrats moved to impeach Nixon and then won big. He was there when they refused to impeach Reagan and then lost. And most of the current committee was there when the Republicans impeached Clinton against the will of the public for a non-impeachable offense and still won both houses of Congress and the White House.
[...] [Robert] Wexler proposed opening impeachment hearings on Cheney. Conyers committee staffer Perry Appelbaum laid out instead a schedule for non-impeachment hearings over the coming 11 months. Conyers' notion is to hold non-impeachment hearings on "the imperial presidency" and run out the clock .[...]
[...] Wednesday's meeting was handicapped, of course, because no-one says aloud what the reasons are for opposing imp eachment. That Cheney and Bush have committed impeachable offenses is universally understood. But the arguments against impeaching them (other priorities, bipartisanship, we don't have the votes, etc.) usually sound like lame cover for whatever the real reason is. I suspect the real reason is built into Nadler's plan of wasting a year in order to pass bills next year. He assumes that in 2009 there will be either a better Congress or a better president (he backs Hillary C linton), or both.
Sadly, history says otherwise. For 230 years, the party that brings impeachment wins, [my bold] and the party th at fails to do so when it's called for loses. Conyers was there when the
Democrats moved to impeach Nixon and then won big. He was there when they refused to impeach Reagan and then lost. And most of the current committee was there when the Republicans impeached Clinton against the will of the public for a non-impeachable offense and still won both houses of Co ngress and the White H ouse.

http://asknadler2impeach.org/

Phone for Impeachment

Wednesday, January 16, 2008, National Call-In Day

Congressman Robert Wexler is organizing his colleagues to ask House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers to begin Cheney impeachment hearings. Wexler is asking his fellow Judiciary Committee Members to co-sign a letter to Conyers. We support Wexler in this, and we are also asking congress members not on the committee to send their own letters to Conyers. Please Email your Congress Member here: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/125

Resolve to Impeach This Administration

Cheney Impeachment Cracks Corporate Media
Congressman Robert Wexler writes:
"The mainstream media has awakened to this movement and to the extraordinary support you have given it. Your calls, letters, and emails have clearly made a difference. Already 140,000 people have joined us in demanding impeachment hearings for Vice President Dick Cheney."
Congress is watching, so... Add your name http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com
The op-ed posted at that site was originally rejected by corporate newspapers. Now, the Philadelphia Inquirer has published it, the Miami Herald has published an edited version, and numerous newspapers have reported on the growing push for impeachment in the House Judiciary Committee.
Listen to Rep. Wexler, Bob Fertik, David Swanson, and Dave Lindorff on a recent online radio show HERE.
Let the Speaker of the House and members of the Judiciary Committee know you want the Cheney impeachment to begin:
http://democrats.com/topelosiandjudiciary
Ask your local newspapers to publish the op-ed, and ask the national media to cover impeachment: http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/1084
Learn and do more: http://impeachcheney.org
Start a Cheney Chain E letter by forwarding this Email to everyone you know and asking them to do the same!
Join Gore Vidal, Dennis Kucinich, and David Swanson
On Sunday, January 6, from 8-10 p.m. ET, you can participate in a forum on "Separation and Balance of Power" live video streamed at http://www.kucinichtv.com
The Panelists are:
* Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio, Candidate for President of the United States.
* David Swanson, Co-founder of www.afterdowningstreet.org
* Gore Vidal, World renowned author, playright and peace activist.
This program will will feature live audience participation along with questions received by email from the viewing audience. If you are in New Hampshire, please join us live at 540 N. Commercial Street in Manchester.
Cries for Justice to Converge on DC on 1/11
On December 1st, a former college professor named John Nirenberg left Boston, Massachusetts, to begin a one-man march to Nancy Pelosi's office in Washington, D.C., to demand that she restore our Constitution and lift her ban on the use of its most central check on abuses of power: impeachment. John plans to arrive in Washington, D.C., on January 11th, and we should all be there to welcome him: http://www.marchinmyname.org
Close Guantánamo
Friday, January 11, 2008, is also the day for actions in Washington, D.C., and around the country aimed at closing the illegal U.S. prison in Guantánamo. January 11th will be the 6-year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to Guantánamo.
Last year on the same date, 500 people marched, 150 risked arrest, and 88 were arrested in Washington, many of them refusing to provide their names and instead using the names of men held in Guantánamo. This year, events will begin with a rally on the National Mall co-sponsored with Amnesty International and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture followed by a “prisoner procession” to the Supreme Court.
Learn more and find out how to hold an event in your town on 1/11: http://www.witnesstorture.org
What People Are Saying About "Impeach Bush and Cheney" Bracelets
Katherine B. writes: "I just wanted to let you know that I was thrilled I got the bracelets in time for the Springsteen show in DC. We (the members of a popular website for Springsteen fans) had a big pre-party before the show I used the bracelets to help raise money for our charity, HUNGRY FOR MUSIC which was founded by ESB guitar player, Nils Lofgren. I had no problem selling them and I probably could have sold another 25 of them. We ended up raising $500 for the charity. They were a hit and I hope to get one to The Boss himself when he returns to the US. I wear mine proudly. Thanks again." GET YOURS: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/bracelet