Tag: US Senate

Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares, Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump’s Absurd and Dangerous ‘Board of Peace’

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Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares The so-called “Board of Peace” being created by President Donald Trump is profoundly degrading to the pursuit of peace and to any nation that would lend it legitimacy. This is a trojan horse to dismantle the United Nations. It should be refused outright by every nation invited to join. In its Charter, the Board of Peace (BoP) claims to be an “international organization that seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict.” If this sounds familiar,…

Jim Fetzer, Impeachment Half-Time: Assessment of How Things Stand

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Jim Fetzer “Even if we impeach this guy, he will get reelected”—Contra Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Watching the House present its case against the President, it became apparent why Nancy Pelosi had stalled for nearly a month before sending the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate. As a retired professor who has thousands of hours of public speaking experience, including hundreds of PowerPoint presentations, it was obvious that the mode, style and timing of the presentations by the House Managers were too slick, too smooth and too professional to have…

Jim Fetzer, Why the Impeachment Trial may Come to an Abrupt End

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Jim Fetzer                     “If we don’t impeach this guy, he will get reelected”–Rep. Al Green (D-TX)   For only the third time in American history, a President of the United States has been impeached by the House of Representatives, in this case, on the grounds of Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. The first article purports to be based upon a phone call with the President of Ukraine, where he is alleged to have withheld foreign aid unless Ukraine were…