Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Kucinich's Fight to Impeach Bush is No Longer So Unrealistic

Rep. Dennis Kucinich continued his seemingly quixotic crusade to impeach President Bush last week. But with Speaker Pelosi suggesting the House Judiciary Committee may hear his argument, Kucinich might get his day very soon. The American News Project has a new video explaining Kucinich's ongoing fight.

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Friday, July 11, 2008

PARDON Me...???

Thursday, July 10, 2008

It's Confirmed: Congress Gives Telecoms Immunity for Spying

The Democratic-led Congress this afternoon voted to put an end to the NSA spying scandal by approving a bill to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, terminate all pending lawsuits against them, and vest whole new warrantless eavesdropping powers in the President. The vote in favor of the new FISA bill was 69-28.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Bush Committed a Felony With Wiretaps But No One Cares

Last night on MSNBC’s Coundown, law professor Jonathan Turley noted that just this week, a federal judge rejected President Bush’s claim that his “constitutional authority as commander in chief trumped” the FISA wiretapping law. Turley said last night that this is an “inconvenient fact” for many in Congress to admit that bush committed a felony.

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The Constitution Dies Tomorrow

Over 200 years ago, we enshrined the rule of law as the only monarch in America. Tomorrow, the Senate will likely vote to shred that precedent. Democrats, "compromising" with Republicans, will act together, in a bipartisan fashion, to destroy your right to be free from search without a warrant.

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