Dear Friend,

The evidence of Trump's crimes is overwhelming.

He attempted to bribe Ukraine into interfering in our democracy—and then did everything in his power to cover it up. And he's almost surely continuing to seek help from foreign governments in his reelection campaign.

But Mitch McConnell and the Trump White House are doing everything possible to bury the evidence and turn the Senate impeachment trial into a kangaroo court.

Moments like this are why independent journalism is so important for democracy—and what Common Dreams was created for.

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In the face of Trump's massive assault on the truth and our democracy, we simply can't afford a news media that plays "both sides" equally.

Unfortunately, we can't count on the corporate media to do its job and hold Trump accountable. They're too afraid of backlash from their advertisers and corporate owners to risk telling the truth.

The good news is that the American people aren't buying Trump's lies or Mitch McConnell's obstruction.

Tonight, on the eve of the historic vote to impeach President Trump, hundreds of thousands of Americans are rallying at more than 600 events all over the country to tell Congress that "Nobody Is Above the Law."

And earlier today, 750 historians across party lines released an open letter describing Trump as a "clear and present danger" to our democracy and arguing that Trump's abuse of power is "precisely what the Framers had in mind" when they asserted Congress should have the right to impeach a president.

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