Tag: US Congress
Impeachment Safety 101
Posted by David Swanson | Jul 26, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints | 1 |
Attacking Syria: Implications for the Rule of Law
Posted by Richard Falk | Apr 19, 2018 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics | 0 |
Illegitimate Public Purpose: Conflict of Interest ...
Posted by L. Michael Hager | Dec 9, 2017 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics | 2 |
‘The Palestine Exception’: War on BDS is now a War...
Posted by Ramzy Baroud | Aug 11, 2017 | Palestine, Politics, US, Viewpoints | 10 |
Trump Is Being Moved Aside So That Conflict with R...
Posted by Paul Craig Roberts | Jul 28, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints | 1 |
Why Is Trump the Only Candidate with a Budget Proposal?
by David Swanson | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every presidential candidate ought to produce a basic outline of a federal discretionary budget to give taxpayers some idea of how they intend to spend.
The Radical Underuse of Impeachment
by David Swanson | Dec 20, 2019 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
Impeachable offenses the US Congress ignores include launching the endless wars, imprisoning without trial, torturing, and mass warrentless spying.
What the U.S. House’s Impeachment Inquiry Wouldn’t Ask Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
by David Boyajian | Dec 4, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US
It is disgraceful that the US State Department continues to play diplomatic word games to avoid describing the Armenian genocide as genocide.
The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope
by Paul Craig Roberts | Nov 18, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
There are many issues on which Democrats could legitimately challenge Trump in the next presidential election but they remain focused on hoax scandals.
The Latest False News on the Trump Impeachment
by Paul Craig Roberts | Nov 18, 2019 | Europe, Politics, US, Viewpoints
We all need to ask ourselves why it is Trump who is under investigation and not Biden and Obama. We already know the reason.
What Does the Pelosi Posse Want?
by David Swanson | Nov 15, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
If the purpose were to remove Trump from office, the House would have long since impeached him for numerous abuses that are beyond dispute.
She Deserves Our Support: Betty McCollum Wants US to Stop Subsidizing Torture of Palestinian Children
by Ramzy Baroud | Oct 26, 2019 | Palestine, Politics, US, Viewpoints
By arguing that Israel must respect the rights of Palestinian children, Congresswoman Betty McCollum has broken several major taboos in the US government.
For the First Time in My Life I’m Against Impeaching the President
by David Swanson | Sep 14, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
It didn’t have to be this way. I have been far from alone in demanding impeachment for the right reasons since before inauguration day.
Humanity Denied: What Is Missing from the Omar, Tlaib Story
by Ramzy Baroud | Aug 28, 2019 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US
Palestinians will continue to endure hardship under racist Israeli laws and policies long after the two Congresswomen’s story dies down.
Here Are 5 Big Holes in Mueller’s Work
by Aaron Maté | Aug 2, 2019 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
After determining that there never was a Trump-Russia conspiracy, Mueller showed no interest in investigating why so many high-placed officials said they believed there had been.
Does Washington D.C. Need a U.S. Embassy?
by David Swanson | May 1, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The old joke that the U.S. government is never overthrown because it’s in the one capital that doesn’t have a U.S. embassy rings unfunnily true.
The Secretary of the Navy Lied to Congress
by David Swanson | May 1, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The Pentagon has forced open every schoolhouse door and still can’t manage to gather its cannon fodder. Perhaps someone will ask why that is.
Things Congress Could Do for Peace, From Easiest to Hardest
by David Swanson | Jan 18, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Here’s a list of thing the US Congress could do if it wanted to help usher in an era of world peace, starting with the simplest.
Dual Citizens in Congress? We Need to Know
by L. Michael Hager | Dec 10, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
It’s important for citizens to know if their representatives have dual citizenship because both real and apparent conflicts of interest erode public trust.
Delusion Upon Fantasy Upon Lie Based on Propaganda
by David Swanson | Oct 1, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
A Congressionally approved attack on Iran would be exactly as catastrophic as a non-Congressionally approved attack on Iran.
Yemeni Children Matter
by David Swanson | Aug 14, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
People will care if you show them what to care about and make clear that their political party identification need not conflict with caring.
Impeachment Safety 101
by David Swanson | Jul 26, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
If Russia is eventually proven to have done everything it’s been accused of, moving toward nuclear war would still remain unwise.
Trumperial Presidency
by David Swanson | Jun 4, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
How did we get to the point that the US Executive Branch maintains that the president can pardon himself for his crimes and the Congress goes along with it?
New War Opponents
by David Swanson | May 21, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
While the left’s anti-war activism evaporated upon Obama’s election and remains disappointingly absent under Trump, on the brighter side, there are large, well-funded organizations beginning to edge toward opposition at least to certain wars.
Democrats Confirm Torturer as Director of CIA
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 21, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Please, let us not hear again about America liberating other nations and defending human rights, or having a moral conscience, or being a light unto the world.