Democrats in the House of Representatives are planning to file five articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday. The measure, which has virtually no chance of passing given the current Republican majority in the legislative chamber, is likely a symbolic move as the Trump administration’s unpopular war in Iran continues, and Americans’ views of Hegseth have…
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A wave of momentum behind impeaching President Donald Trump for his genocidal threats toward Iran on Tuesday came to a screeching halt by the end of the week as Democratic leaders like Senate and House minority leaders Chuck Schumer (New York) and Hakeem Jeffries (New York) hand-wrung over such a process being a “distraction,” reporting says. After Trump threatened that “a whole civilization…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has reiterated that the call for President Donald Trump to be impeached or removed from office remains as urgent as ever after his genocidal threat toward Iran, regardless of the president’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire on Tuesday evening. In a post on X, Ocasio-Cortez said the deal “changes nothing.” “The President has threatened a…
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President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that carrying out war crimes against Iran is justified because Iranian leaders are “animals” — using the same language Israeli leaders have used to describe Palestinians, which has been cited by judges in the Hague in determinations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. A journalist asked Trump on Monday: “How would it not be a war…
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As calls for Donald Trump to be impeached flooded social media after his genocidal threats toward Iran on Tuesday, the Senate’s Democratic leaders put out a statement late in the day that merely condemned Trump’s comment without any vow to take action. In a joint statement on Tuesday afternoon, Democratic leaders Senators Chuck Schumer (New York) and Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)…
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US Rep. Yassamin Ansari, the lone Iranian American Democrat in Congress, said on Monday that she will soon introduce articles of impeachment against Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth, the most prominent cheerleader of President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran. In a statement, Ansari (Ariz.) said that Hegseth has “repeatedly” violated his oath of office and his duty to the Constitution.
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