This Wednesday, December 3rd:

Upper West Side - 7:00pm, Cosi (the back room) - 2186 Broadway (btwn 77 and 78 street), with host Merle Mceldowney.

West Village - 7:00pm, Kettle of Fish, 59 Christopher St. (near 7th Ave.) with host Josh Silverstein.

Astoria, Queens - 7:00pm, - Mezzo Mezzo, with host Jeremiah Frei-Pearson.

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn - 7:00pm, (new location this month), 1952 E.23rd Street between Avenues S & T

Congressman Jerrold Nadler has introduced H.RES 1531 , a resolution "Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should not issue pardons to senior members of his administration during the final 90 days of his term of office." 

Although this resolution may be a step toward preventing President Bush from leaving office absolved of any responsibility for the actions of his administration, those who have been urging for so long that Congressman Nadler open impeachment hearings, believe that whatever the merits of  H.RES1531, impeachment hearings are the only way Congress has to prevent Bush from issuing these pardons. 

On Thursday, December 4, at 6:00 p.m., Congressman Nadler will be appearing on a panel with Scott Horton, Elizabeth Holtzman, Burt Neuborne, Michael Ratner, and Antonia Taguba, at an event titled "After Torture: A Harpers' Magazine Forum on justice in the post-Bush era."  

There remains a strong belief, that impeachment hearings were and are still the remedy "in response to President Bush’s widespread abuses of power and potentially criminal transgressions against our Constitution."  (quoted from H.RES 1531)

Here are actions you can take:

Support Congressman Nadler's H.RES 1531 .  Call or write to him and/or go to Democrats.com and sign their petition.

Attend "After Torture: A Harpers' Magazine Forum on justice in the post-Bush era."   and listen and question Nadler yourself.  http://harpers.org/archive/2008/11/hbc-90003871

Flyer with other impeachment advocates outside prior to the "After Torture" forum at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, to remind Congressman Nadler and those attending the forum that his responsibility to the Constitution and the rule of law is to initiate impeachment hearings.

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Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Location: Mezzo Mezzo, 31-29 Ditmars Blvd

Subway: N/W to Ditmars Blvd - Astoria

A message from DFNYC's Steve Behar:

WE DID IT! Now we need to celebrate!

Thanks to millions of grassroots volunteers like you, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will our next President and Vice President. We had meetings, we opened a campaign office, we had voter registration drives, we hosted debate watch parties and we sent so many people to Pennsylvania in each of the last SIX weekends before Election Day! I salute each of you for a job well done! WE TOOK BACK OUR COUNTRY!!!

Please join Northeast Queens for Obama, Astorians for Obama, Queens County Young Democrats, Democracy for NYC, Democrats for New Politics and the St. John's University College Democrats as we celebrate President-elect Barack Obama's victory.

This will be an opportunity to get together with other grassroots activists and celebrate our hard work and victory.

**We will also be collecting cans of food for distribution to local food pantries that night. Any donations of canned food would be greatly appreciated**.

Bring your friends. All are welcome. Cash bar.

Tuesday, November 18 from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Mezzo Mezzo (Astoria, NY)

31-29 Ditmars Blvd

Astoria, NY 11105

I hope to see you all!!

Steve