By Dave Lindorff

There are two ways to view the news that the House Judiciary
Committee will be holding a hearing on impeachable crimes by President
George W. Bush.

One view would be that this is all a charade and that after all, it
will not be a real impeachment hearing, but rather, simply a hearing
into the impeachable crimes of the Bush administration. As committee
Chair Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) put it, “We’re not doing impeachment,
but he [Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who introduced 36 articles of impeachment]
can talk about it.” Viewed that way, this is not such a big deal. Rep.
Kucinich gets to make his case that the president is committing high
crimes and misdemeanors and abuses of power and war crimes, but then
Congressional Democrats will continue to ignore all the crimes as it
has done since taking control of Congress in November 2006.

By Dave Lindorff

Laid-off American workers will be getting temporary extended
benefits as the nation sinks into recession, thanks to Congressional
Democrats, who cleverly tacked a funding provision onto a bill giving
the president all the money he asked for (and then some) to fund the
Iraq and Afghanistan wars on out through next June. Veterans of the
Iraq War will also be getting tuition benefits equal to the full cost
of in-state public college tuition plus $1000 a year for books and
supplies.

Adam Kokesh of Iraq Veterans Against the War (Part 1)

Kokesh Reams Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) for Backing the War (Part 2)

Dave Lindorff on the Bush/Cheney Push for War with Iran (Part 1)

Dave Lindorff on the Bush/Cheney Push for War with Iran (Part 2)

I just got off the phone State Senator Regina Thomas, and I can't tell you how excited I am!

Thomas is running against BushDemocrat John Barrow in Georgia's 12th District in a primary on July 15, just 4 weeks away. Barrow voted with George Bush on every issue we track, including Iraq, Iran, habeas corpus, and wiretapping. His district is 45% black, yet he votes like a southern rightwing Republican.

Born in 1963 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Rebecca Schneider grew up in rural western Pennsylvania in a middle class neighborhood.  Rebecca graduated from Mars High School in 1982 and Slippery Rock University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.  During the course of attending College and working two, sometimes three jobs to pay her way, she set the course of her career when she began working in the library and currently works as a Library Supervisor for Arizona State University.

In Kentucky's First Congressional District, we are fighting to defeat one of the most shameless enablers of George W. Bush and Mitch McConnell, Exxon Ed Whitfield. We have fielded an awesome grassroots Democrat named Heather Ryan to do just that.

Heather is young, energetic, and highly intelligent. She is educated, and is a veteran, wife, and mother. She believes strongly in Progressive ideals and wants to expand our Congressional majority with a "Fighting Democrat" that isn't afraid to fight for us. She has already shown she is not afraid to fight the Mitch McConnell machine, and the failed Republican agenda.

My question is, Have you seen Heather Ryan? If not, you are missing a rising star in Kentucky's Democratic Party, and a great Democratic candidate to expand our Congressional majorities with.

David Dreier has been a shameless rubber stamp for Bush for the past seven years and shameless hypocrite on gay issues.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dreier)  His district is the closest one to Los Angeles that is held by a Republican.  If you live elsewhere in the L.A. area, your district is safe.  Do you want to help take the fight a little bit to the east?

From our friends at AskNadler2Impeach.org: 

Adam Sullivan has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge Jerry Nadler for blocking impeachment hearings on the House Judiciary Committee.

Adam Sullivan is a theater artist who has been living and working in the Eighth Congressional District of New York for the last eleven years. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Brandeis University in 1991, and hails originally from Hartford, Connecticut. A highly-trained improvisational performer and actor, he has directed and produced theater and radio drama on the professional, workshop and showcase levels. A skilled communicator, he has also taught theater arts and production, improvisation, scene study and more to students of all ages.

By David Swanson

Tonight, June 4th, from 8-9 p.m. ET, I'll have the pleasure of interviewing, with your help, Byron DeLear, Democratic candidate for Congress from Missouri's 2nd District. Go to: http://thepeoplespeakradio.net to learn more. Go to http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/listen-live to listen live. You'll find instructions there to enter a paltalk chat room where you can post questions. You can also phone in and ask your questions on the air. Call in tollfree from anywhere in the United States or Canada at 888-228-4494 or anywhere else in the world at 877-489-6350. Following the show, the audio file will be posted at http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/audio/2008 and you can find there now the recordings of numerous shows with amazing guests, including Cindy Sheehan, Lincoln Chafee, Brad Friedman, Shirin Ebadi, Phil Donahue, Mark Crispin Miller, William Odom, etc.

Tomorrow night, June 5th, at the same time and place: Vincent Bugliosi, author of "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder."

Listen to pro-peace, pro-impeachment candidate Donzella James, (GA-13, Democrat, versus DINO David Scott), today on the Urban Journal:
http://www.theurbanjournal.org