CounterPunch Exclusives

CounterPunch Exclusives

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When you closely observe the media, it is astonishing to discover how many very newsworthy stories both camps ignore.

1. Impeachment of Trump—every week, Tyrant Trump adds new acts to his “dangerous dictator” rap sheet. He is the most Impeachable president in American history by far. So why isn’t the media doing more reporting on impeachment, the only accountability mechanism he can’t control?

The New York Times has written over a dozen devastating editorials about Trump’s impeachable offenses, but hasn’t mentioned the “I” word or concluded with the Impeachment remedy.

The two large “No Kings” rallies of millions of people did not lead with or stress Impeachment. The independent press sometimes mentions it, but is not reporting the split between the Democratic Party leaders—Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries—who still want no mention of the “I” word and legislators like Rep. Jamie Raskin, who has said that “a shadow hearing” on Impeachment was a “good idea” before Jeffries shut him down.

Constitutional law scholars believe that, were the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the authors of our Constitution here today, NOT ONE would oppose impeaching and removing Trump from office. He is exactly the kind of “monarch” they revolted against and secured safeguards against by putting the Impeachment authority exclusively with Congress, not reviewable by the courts.

Today’s GOP legislators are acting disgracefully againsr the wisdom of the early patriots  by covering for Trump, who openly declares he “can do whatever he wants as President.” He is serially violating federal laws and our Constitution daily.  Trump has no reluctance to start undeclared wars, spend money illegally and not appropriated by Congress, and evilly plan the disruption of the November elections, which are exclusively conducted under state laws.

2. One of these undeclared wars is against the Palestinians in Gaza, where, as a co-belligerent with the Israeli genocider Netanyahu, over 600,000 Gaza civilians have been killed and additional people in the West Bank. The media knows full well that the Hamas self-serving count of nearly 75,000 deaths is a vast undercount. Hamas and Netanyahu want such an undercount for different reasons (See my March 5, 2024 column titled, “Stop the Worsening UNDERCOUNT of........

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