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November 4, 2015
Transcript via MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes:
The idea that the Koch brothers are out to help ordinary people is laughable to anyone who follows politics, but the mainstream press is very willing to kiss the Koch ring and give the brothers a platform to redefine themselves as altruistic patriots who are looking out for the little guy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders was one of the first leaders on the left to speak out against the Koch agenda, and he absolutely destroyed the myth of the benevolent brothers Koch with a little bit of recent history. The Koch brothers want the government to have no role in anything domestic that does not involve aiding the wealthy and corporations. The Kochs’ idea of helping people involves taking away Social Security, Medicare, government regulations that protect people from environmental hazards, eliminating rules that help to keep our and water clean and safe, tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, and rolling back every bit of progress that has been made for working Americans since the New Deal. The Koch brothers have money, but Bernie Sanders has a movement of millions of Americans behind him.
cont'
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/04/bernie-sanders-blows-koch-publicity-tour-ten-megaton-truth-bomb.html
Bernie Sanders BLOWS UP The Koch Publicity Tour With A Ten Megaton Truth Bomb
Bernie Sanders stopped the Koch propaganda tour dead in its tracks by delivering the facts about the Koch brothers agenda on MSNBC.
Transcript via MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes:
HAYES: That’s Charles Koch expressing his commitment to ending corporate welfare. Do you buy that, Senator?
SANDERS: Making life for people better – no doubt. Look, in 1980, Chris – and we don’t talk about this enough – David Koch ran for vice president of the United States on the libertarian party’s ticket. What his agenda was was not to cut Social Security or Medicare, but to end Social Security, end Medicare, end Medicaid, end the EPA, end the concept of the Environmental Protection Agency. Basically, he wanted to eliminate virtually every program developed since FDR designed to help working people end the middle class. That is their agenda. And to tell you the truth, you know, 30 years have come and gone. I don’t think that agenda has changed at all. What these guys are doing is spending unbelievable sums of money, from $900 million on this campaign cycle, to support right-wing candidates for going to war. Big-time against working families and the middle class. No, I do not think the Koch brothers want to make life better for ordinary people.
SANDERS: Making life for people better – no doubt. Look, in 1980, Chris – and we don’t talk about this enough – David Koch ran for vice president of the United States on the libertarian party’s ticket. What his agenda was was not to cut Social Security or Medicare, but to end Social Security, end Medicare, end Medicaid, end the EPA, end the concept of the Environmental Protection Agency. Basically, he wanted to eliminate virtually every program developed since FDR designed to help working people end the middle class. That is their agenda. And to tell you the truth, you know, 30 years have come and gone. I don’t think that agenda has changed at all. What these guys are doing is spending unbelievable sums of money, from $900 million on this campaign cycle, to support right-wing candidates for going to war. Big-time against working families and the middle class. No, I do not think the Koch brothers want to make life better for ordinary people.
The idea that the Koch brothers are out to help ordinary people is laughable to anyone who follows politics, but the mainstream press is very willing to kiss the Koch ring and give the brothers a platform to redefine themselves as altruistic patriots who are looking out for the little guy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders was one of the first leaders on the left to speak out against the Koch agenda, and he absolutely destroyed the myth of the benevolent brothers Koch with a little bit of recent history. The Koch brothers want the government to have no role in anything domestic that does not involve aiding the wealthy and corporations. The Kochs’ idea of helping people involves taking away Social Security, Medicare, government regulations that protect people from environmental hazards, eliminating rules that help to keep our and water clean and safe, tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, and rolling back every bit of progress that has been made for working Americans since the New Deal. The Koch brothers have money, but Bernie Sanders has a movement of millions of Americans behind him.
cont'
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/04/bernie-sanders-blows-koch-publicity-tour-ten-megaton-truth-bomb.html
November 4, 2015
Today's Quinnipiac poll finds Bernie with a record high of 35% support nationally, trailing Hillary's 53%.
Bernie's previous high was 33%, achieved in last week's IDB/TIPP and Ipsos/Reuters polls.
Bernie has a big advantage in favorability:
42 - 52 percent for Hillary;
39 - 36 percent for Sanders.
General election matchups are a mixed bag:
Carson 50, Clinton 40
Carson 51, Sanders 39
Clinton 46, Trump 43
Sanders 46, Trump 44
Rubio 46, Clinton 41
Rubio 47, Sanders 41
Cruz 46, Clinton 43
Cruz 45, Sanders 44
Christie 46, Clinton 41
Christie's 45, Sanders 42
Clinton has the lowest rating for honesty as American voters say 60 - 36 percent she is not honest and trustworthy.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/04/1444404/-Bernie-hits-new-high-in-national-poll-Hillary-53-Bernie-35
Bernie Sanders Hits NEW HIGH In National Poll: Hillary 53, Bernie 35
Today's Quinnipiac poll finds Bernie with a record high of 35% support nationally, trailing Hillary's 53%.
Bernie's previous high was 33%, achieved in last week's IDB/TIPP and Ipsos/Reuters polls.
Bernie has a big advantage in favorability:
42 - 52 percent for Hillary;
39 - 36 percent for Sanders.
General election matchups are a mixed bag:
Carson 50, Clinton 40
Carson 51, Sanders 39
Clinton 46, Trump 43
Sanders 46, Trump 44
Rubio 46, Clinton 41
Rubio 47, Sanders 41
Cruz 46, Clinton 43
Cruz 45, Sanders 44
Christie 46, Clinton 41
Christie's 45, Sanders 42
Clinton has the lowest rating for honesty as American voters say 60 - 36 percent she is not honest and trustworthy.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/04/1444404/-Bernie-hits-new-high-in-national-poll-Hillary-53-Bernie-35
November 4, 2015
What a load.......
What a Load: Hillary Super PAC Releases Video
“….Hillary and I would walk in and you can see this row of men in their pin-striped suits and their power-yellow ties tighten up and get very tense because they were prepared to be yelled at by a strident feminist…”
What a load.......
A super PAC that supports Hillary Clinton for president has released a video designed to highlight what the former Secretary of State means to people who knew her before she entered the national spotlight. It's the third video released in Correct the Record's "Let's Talk Hillary" series, which launched last week.
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/11/96820/clinton-supporters-highlight-softer-side
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/11/96820/clinton-supporters-highlight-softer-side
November 4, 2015
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Bernie Sanders Wants to END DEATH PENALTY, Hillary Clinton Wants to Keep It
–Another difference surfaces as Bernie Sanders says he wants to end the death penalty, while Hillary Clinton expresses opposition to ending capital punishment
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November 3, 2015
~snip~
Sanders recently identified himself as a feminist (which he said means that he has a commitment to fighting for women’s rights), and his stances on women's issues and equality for everyone back up the claim. He isn't shy about standing up for the other half of the population and our right to equal treatment, either — his campaign website even has a page dedicated to women's rights. The liberal presidential candidate calls out others who don't have feminist values, and has attacked Republicans for their attempts to defund Planned Parenthood and limit women's access to medical care.
If you want to know where Sanders stands on feminist issues, just look at these seven times he stood up for women.
cont'
http://www.bustle.com/articles/121154-7-fantastic-times-bernie-sanders-stood-up-for-women-their-rights
7 Fantastic Times Bernie Sanders STOOD UP For Women & Their Rights
~snip~
Sanders recently identified himself as a feminist (which he said means that he has a commitment to fighting for women’s rights), and his stances on women's issues and equality for everyone back up the claim. He isn't shy about standing up for the other half of the population and our right to equal treatment, either — his campaign website even has a page dedicated to women's rights. The liberal presidential candidate calls out others who don't have feminist values, and has attacked Republicans for their attempts to defund Planned Parenthood and limit women's access to medical care.
If you want to know where Sanders stands on feminist issues, just look at these seven times he stood up for women.
On The Violence Against Women Act
Sanders voted for the Violence Against Women Act in 2013, which protects and provides support for victims, as well as strengthening the legal response to abuse. When President Obama signed it into law, Sanders issued a statement which read:
The Violence Against Women Act is an extremely important law and has helped protect women in Vermont and across our country for nearly 20 years. While the incidence of domestic violence has been reduced, too many women and girls are still suffering from domestic violence and sexual abuse.
On Equal Pay
In his 12-point economic plan he outlined for the Senate in December, Sanders advocated for equal pay for equal work. One portion of the plan read:
Provide equal pay for women workers who now make 78 percent of what male counterparts make.
On The "War On Women"
In an op-ed Sanders wrote for The Huffington Post in 2012 about the "war on women," he said:
We are not returning to the days of back-room abortions, when countless women died or were maimed. The decision about abortion must remain a decision for the woman, her family and physician to make, not the government.
On A Female President
In an interview with a Washington Post reporter in September, Sanders explained that he wants to see more women in office, but that voters need to choose a candidate based on their agenda and record. He said:
I do understand there is a desire on the part of many women, perfectly understandable, to see a woman being elected president. And we all want to see that. We want to see women hold more political offices. But I also would hope that, in these enormously difficult times, where it is absolutely imperative that we stand up to the billionaire class, bring our people together, to fight for a progressive agenda, that all people — women — look at that candidate who has the record to do that.
On Planned Parenthood
In a September Facebook post, Sanders called out Republicans for trying to defund Planned Parenthood. He said:
When you tell a woman that she cannot control her own body, that’s extremism. Let's say it loud and clear: women control their bodies, not the government.
On Maternity Leave
As a part of his "family values agenda," Sanders advocated for 12 weeks of paid leave if an employee gives birth or is diagnosed with a serious medical condition. He said:
Simply stated it is an outrage that millions of women in this country give birth and then are forced back to work because they don’t have the income to stay home with their newborn babies.
On The Equal Rights Amendment
Sanders' campaign website vows that he'll pass the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal rights for women, if elected president. It says:
And, not only are we going to expand policies that advance gender equality, we are going to fight to pass the long-overdue Equal Rights Amendment and vigorously defend the critical laws and programs which protect all working people in our country.
Sanders voted for the Violence Against Women Act in 2013, which protects and provides support for victims, as well as strengthening the legal response to abuse. When President Obama signed it into law, Sanders issued a statement which read:
The Violence Against Women Act is an extremely important law and has helped protect women in Vermont and across our country for nearly 20 years. While the incidence of domestic violence has been reduced, too many women and girls are still suffering from domestic violence and sexual abuse.
On Equal Pay
In his 12-point economic plan he outlined for the Senate in December, Sanders advocated for equal pay for equal work. One portion of the plan read:
Provide equal pay for women workers who now make 78 percent of what male counterparts make.
On The "War On Women"
In an op-ed Sanders wrote for The Huffington Post in 2012 about the "war on women," he said:
We are not returning to the days of back-room abortions, when countless women died or were maimed. The decision about abortion must remain a decision for the woman, her family and physician to make, not the government.
On A Female President
In an interview with a Washington Post reporter in September, Sanders explained that he wants to see more women in office, but that voters need to choose a candidate based on their agenda and record. He said:
I do understand there is a desire on the part of many women, perfectly understandable, to see a woman being elected president. And we all want to see that. We want to see women hold more political offices. But I also would hope that, in these enormously difficult times, where it is absolutely imperative that we stand up to the billionaire class, bring our people together, to fight for a progressive agenda, that all people — women — look at that candidate who has the record to do that.
On Planned Parenthood
In a September Facebook post, Sanders called out Republicans for trying to defund Planned Parenthood. He said:
When you tell a woman that she cannot control her own body, that’s extremism. Let's say it loud and clear: women control their bodies, not the government.
On Maternity Leave
As a part of his "family values agenda," Sanders advocated for 12 weeks of paid leave if an employee gives birth or is diagnosed with a serious medical condition. He said:
Simply stated it is an outrage that millions of women in this country give birth and then are forced back to work because they don’t have the income to stay home with their newborn babies.
On The Equal Rights Amendment
Sanders' campaign website vows that he'll pass the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal rights for women, if elected president. It says:
And, not only are we going to expand policies that advance gender equality, we are going to fight to pass the long-overdue Equal Rights Amendment and vigorously defend the critical laws and programs which protect all working people in our country.
cont'
http://www.bustle.com/articles/121154-7-fantastic-times-bernie-sanders-stood-up-for-women-their-rights
November 3, 2015
The New York Times published a piece over the weekend about the political prospects of Bernie Sanders, a politician who apparently does not kiss enough babies: "[Sanders] rarely drops by diners or coffee shops with news cameras in tow, unlike most politicians. He hardly ever kisses babies, aides say, and does not mingle much at fund-raisers. "His high-minded style carries risk. As effective as his policy-laden speeches may be in impressing potential supporters, Mr. Sanders is missing opportunities to lock down uncommitted voters face to face in Iowa and New Hampshire, where campaigns are highly personal." The media response to the Sanders campaign has been alternately predictable, condescending, confused and condescending again.
The tone of most of the coverage shows reporters deigning to treat his campaign like it's real, like he has a chance. John Cassidy of The New Yorker, for instance, swore he wouldn't be patronizing about the Sanders run. "Indeed, I welcomed Sanders to the race!" Cassidy wrote recently. But Cassidy's hokey "Welcome to the 2016 Race, Bernie Sanders!" piece from last spring had a small catch. It basically said that Sanders was welcome because he would be a boon to the real candidate, Hillary Clinton. "[Sanders] can't win the primary," Cassidy wrote. "And he will occupy the space to the left of Clinton, thus denying it to more plausible candidates, such as Martin O'Malley." (!) Noting that Sanders held positions that were "eminently defensible, if unrealistic," Cassidy nonetheless said he was glad Sanders was running, because he would "provide a voice to those Democrats who agree with him that the U.S. political system has been bought, lock, stock, and barrel."
This passage he wrote just after arguing that Sanders cannot win and was only useful insofar as he would help the bought-off candidate win. So what Cassidy really meant is that the Sanders campaign was allowing people who are justifiably pissed about our corrupted system to blow off steam, before they ultimately surrender to give their support to the system candidate. And he welcomed that! But he wasn't being condescending or anything. Cassidy referred back to that old piece recently, after he became among the first of many pundits pronouncing Hillary the knockout winner of a debate that most actual human beings seemed to think Sanders handled quite well. Cassidy went so far as to ask, "Did the media get the Democratic debate wrong?" He thought and thought on this, then decided he/it didn't. "Based on Clinton's manner," he wrote, "and her deftness in evading awkward questions, I think she delivered the best performance."
~snip~
Successful politicians today on both sides of the aisle are sprawling celebrity franchises. They seem always to be making piles of money and hobnobbing with Beautiful People when they're finished moving the status quo in some incremental direction, which some hack somewhere will always be willing to call change. Whether it's the Clintons with their foundations or Al Gore with his movies and his carbon-trading interests or the Bush/Cheney axis of hereditary politics and energy commerce, we expect the politicians who make it to the big time to cash in somewhere along the line because, hey, this is America. Donald Trump, if elected, would find a way to turn being the president into a moneymaking operation. Sanders is a clear outlier in a generation that has forgotten what it means to be a public servant. The Times remarks upon his "grumpy demeanor." But Bernie is grumpy because he's thinking about vets who need surgeries, guest workers who've had their wages ripped off, kids without access to dentists or some other godforsaken problem that most of us normal people can care about for maybe a few minutes on a good day, but Bernie worries about more or less all the time.
cont'
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-case-for-bernie-sanders-20151103
The Case For Bernie Sanders: His critics Say He’s Not Realistic – But They Have It BACKWARDS
"...I first met Bernie Sanders ten years ago, and I don't believe there's anything else he really thinks about. There's no other endgame for him. He's not looking for a book deal or a membership in a Martha's Vineyard golf club or a cameo in a Guy Ritchie movie. This election isn't a game to him; it's not the awesomely repulsive dark joke it is to me and many others. And the only reason this attention-averse, sometimes socially uncomfortable person is subjecting himself to this asinine process is because he genuinely believes the system is not beyond repair...."
The New York Times published a piece over the weekend about the political prospects of Bernie Sanders, a politician who apparently does not kiss enough babies: "[Sanders] rarely drops by diners or coffee shops with news cameras in tow, unlike most politicians. He hardly ever kisses babies, aides say, and does not mingle much at fund-raisers. "His high-minded style carries risk. As effective as his policy-laden speeches may be in impressing potential supporters, Mr. Sanders is missing opportunities to lock down uncommitted voters face to face in Iowa and New Hampshire, where campaigns are highly personal." The media response to the Sanders campaign has been alternately predictable, condescending, confused and condescending again.
The tone of most of the coverage shows reporters deigning to treat his campaign like it's real, like he has a chance. John Cassidy of The New Yorker, for instance, swore he wouldn't be patronizing about the Sanders run. "Indeed, I welcomed Sanders to the race!" Cassidy wrote recently. But Cassidy's hokey "Welcome to the 2016 Race, Bernie Sanders!" piece from last spring had a small catch. It basically said that Sanders was welcome because he would be a boon to the real candidate, Hillary Clinton. "[Sanders] can't win the primary," Cassidy wrote. "And he will occupy the space to the left of Clinton, thus denying it to more plausible candidates, such as Martin O'Malley." (!) Noting that Sanders held positions that were "eminently defensible, if unrealistic," Cassidy nonetheless said he was glad Sanders was running, because he would "provide a voice to those Democrats who agree with him that the U.S. political system has been bought, lock, stock, and barrel."
This passage he wrote just after arguing that Sanders cannot win and was only useful insofar as he would help the bought-off candidate win. So what Cassidy really meant is that the Sanders campaign was allowing people who are justifiably pissed about our corrupted system to blow off steam, before they ultimately surrender to give their support to the system candidate. And he welcomed that! But he wasn't being condescending or anything. Cassidy referred back to that old piece recently, after he became among the first of many pundits pronouncing Hillary the knockout winner of a debate that most actual human beings seemed to think Sanders handled quite well. Cassidy went so far as to ask, "Did the media get the Democratic debate wrong?" He thought and thought on this, then decided he/it didn't. "Based on Clinton's manner," he wrote, "and her deftness in evading awkward questions, I think she delivered the best performance."
~snip~
Successful politicians today on both sides of the aisle are sprawling celebrity franchises. They seem always to be making piles of money and hobnobbing with Beautiful People when they're finished moving the status quo in some incremental direction, which some hack somewhere will always be willing to call change. Whether it's the Clintons with their foundations or Al Gore with his movies and his carbon-trading interests or the Bush/Cheney axis of hereditary politics and energy commerce, we expect the politicians who make it to the big time to cash in somewhere along the line because, hey, this is America. Donald Trump, if elected, would find a way to turn being the president into a moneymaking operation. Sanders is a clear outlier in a generation that has forgotten what it means to be a public servant. The Times remarks upon his "grumpy demeanor." But Bernie is grumpy because he's thinking about vets who need surgeries, guest workers who've had their wages ripped off, kids without access to dentists or some other godforsaken problem that most of us normal people can care about for maybe a few minutes on a good day, but Bernie worries about more or less all the time.
cont'
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-case-for-bernie-sanders-20151103
November 3, 2015
When the Democratic presidential primary kicks off in Iowa in February 2016, the state will also be gearing up for the U.S. Senate race to unseat incumbent Senior Senator, Republican Chuck Grassley, who has held the position since 1981. Three Democrats have declared they are running. One of them—former Iowa State Senator, Democratic Caucus Chair in the precinct of Clarence, Iowa, and bankruptcy lawyer, Tom Fiegen—has formally endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president, and is one of his greatest allies in the battle to win the first Democratic presidential primary of the 2016 election cycle.
Mr. Fiegen shares similar stances with Senator Bernie Sanders, including repealing Citizens United.
What works for corporations doesn’t work for small businesses. We need to help them keep their doors open. Mr. Fiegen cites an NPR story from 2012 about convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In the piece, Mr. Abramoff explains how he donated $100,000 to Mr. Fiegen’s opponent, incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, in exchange for allowing his client, Tyco International, to evade paying billions in taxes. For the past 27 years, Mr. Fiegen has specialized in bankruptcy cases and currently runs his firm out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was inspired by his parents, who nearly lost their farm in the 1980s.
Many of Mr. Fiegen’s clients have suffered a major health crisis. Left with thousands of dollars in expenses with no way to pay, their only alternative is to declare bankruptcy. Small businesses fall under the same bankruptcy laws as corporations, which makes them suffer even more.
cont'
http://observer.com/2015/11/tom-fiegen-bernie-sanders-biggest-ally-and-candidate-for-u-s-senate/
Tom Fiegen: Bernie Sanders’ BIGGEST ALLY and Candidate for U.S. Senate
"...Farmer's kid looks to grow a progressive base in the Hawkeye State.."
"...A champion of labor unions, Mr. Fiegen advocates for raising the minimum wage and creating the opportunity for workers to form a collective bargaining unit — especially those at Wal-Mart, who, according to Mr. Fiegen, is “the crack in the dam allowing working people to sink into poverty.” Mr. Fiegen vocalized his support for Mr. Sanders after many of his own supporters implored him to do so. His campaign issued a formal endorsement this week..."
"...A champion of labor unions, Mr. Fiegen advocates for raising the minimum wage and creating the opportunity for workers to form a collective bargaining unit — especially those at Wal-Mart, who, according to Mr. Fiegen, is “the crack in the dam allowing working people to sink into poverty.” Mr. Fiegen vocalized his support for Mr. Sanders after many of his own supporters implored him to do so. His campaign issued a formal endorsement this week..."
When the Democratic presidential primary kicks off in Iowa in February 2016, the state will also be gearing up for the U.S. Senate race to unseat incumbent Senior Senator, Republican Chuck Grassley, who has held the position since 1981. Three Democrats have declared they are running. One of them—former Iowa State Senator, Democratic Caucus Chair in the precinct of Clarence, Iowa, and bankruptcy lawyer, Tom Fiegen—has formally endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president, and is one of his greatest allies in the battle to win the first Democratic presidential primary of the 2016 election cycle.
“The first time I heard Bernie Sanders speak was in May 2014,” said Mr. Fiegen in a phone interview with the Observer. “He came to a little county on the eastern edge of Iowa, Clinton County, to speak in a little town called Goose Lake. There’s a wedding hall there. 300 people came to hear him, more than there are people in that little Town of Goose Lake. After he spoke, the mood was electric, and people were saying to each other, ‘This man should run for president,’ and he hadn’t even hinted at presidential ambitions that night.”
Mr. Fiegen shares similar stances with Senator Bernie Sanders, including repealing Citizens United.
“I want to fix the bribery of politicians in the guise of campaign contributions,” Mr. Fiegen said. “People throw around the reference to Citizens United, but the problem is much more systemic and ingrained than that.”
What works for corporations doesn’t work for small businesses. We need to help them keep their doors open. Mr. Fiegen cites an NPR story from 2012 about convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In the piece, Mr. Abramoff explains how he donated $100,000 to Mr. Fiegen’s opponent, incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, in exchange for allowing his client, Tyco International, to evade paying billions in taxes. For the past 27 years, Mr. Fiegen has specialized in bankruptcy cases and currently runs his firm out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was inspired by his parents, who nearly lost their farm in the 1980s.
“I was volunteering at a farm aid clinic in the eighties where lenders were taking family pets as collateral and selling them at short sale,” Mr. Fiegen said. “Congress passed chapter 12 reorganization bankruptcy legislation, and immediately the landscape changed. Lenders started negotiating in good faith so people could keep their farms. If elected, I would make it legal for people to restructure their home mortgages under chapter 13 bankruptcy. In 2009, a bill to that effect failed in the senate by two votes. Senator Grassley was one of those opposed. If chapter 13 had been amended to allow homeowners to restructure their mortgages, I guarantee there would be millions of people who would’ve kept their homes coming out of the 2008 recession, who are now renting or living with relatives because they were foreclosed and they had no way to cure their mortgage overages.”
Many of Mr. Fiegen’s clients have suffered a major health crisis. Left with thousands of dollars in expenses with no way to pay, their only alternative is to declare bankruptcy. Small businesses fall under the same bankruptcy laws as corporations, which makes them suffer even more.
cont'
http://observer.com/2015/11/tom-fiegen-bernie-sanders-biggest-ally-and-candidate-for-u-s-senate/
November 3, 2015
by Jack Balkwill
Right now, you’re probably asking yourself, “What does Jack think of Hillary Clinton?” Well, I’m glad you asked In fact, Madam Hillary, the leading candidate for CEO of the United States of Corporate Empire, is being buried in money by environmental polluters, defense cheats, banksters, and other oligarchs and plutocrats because she’s shown unwavering loyalty to these scum of the earth all her life. Shall we go back to the beginning? In one of her older, smoldering lies, Hillary claimed to have been named after Sir Edmund Hillary, famous for climbing Mount Everest. The problem with this is that Sir Edmund didn’t climb Mount Everest and become famous until six years after Hillary Rodham was born. During the October 13th debate she began her comments with “I have been very consistent over my entire life, I have always fought for the same values and principles.” She often fabricates that she has always been a progressive, but her “values and principles” are not progressive. Even in her teens, when Hillary worked on the Nixon campaign, and later became a Goldwater Girl, in support of two of the most right wing Republican politicians in US history. In college, she was president of Wellesley Republican Youth. Does this sound like “always been progressive?”
~snip~
In her last run for the presidency, in 2008, none other than Rupert Murdoch held a fundraiser for Hillary. Should one ask why the king of right wing media would support a “progressive” candidate? Murdoch is not known for wasting money. He knew she would represent his “values.” Even the Clinton family friends appear to be Republican. During the 2008 race, Bill Clinton remarked that he didn’t know how Hillary would be able to run against their friend John McCain. It’s been reported that when Obama got the nomination, Bill Clinton advised John McCain during the 2008 campaign. Former First Lady Barbara Bush praised family friend Bill Clinton “I think that he thinks of George a little bit like the father he didn’t have, and he’s very loving to him. And I really appreciate that.” If the Clintons are progressive, why do they have right wing friends? Even daughter Chelsea, who married a Wall Street banker, is a friend of Ivanka Trump, daughter of The Donald who leads Republican candidates at this time. Bill and Hillary attended Trump’s last wedding. One almost expects to hear the déjà vu of Bill whining that he doesn’t know how Hillary can run against her friend Trump. In fact, in his current election campaign, Trump is running a video highlighting praise from Bill Clinton, ending with “Thank you Bill.” The Trump campaign opens the video with a suggestive question: “An endorsement from Bill Clinton?”
When in the Senate, Hillary voted for the Bush agenda — the Patriot Act, Iraq War, the fascist line. She co-sponsored a bill that would make it a crime to burn the American flag, long a favorite of Republicans, and she supports the death penalty, which is opposed by nearly all progressives. After Hillary pushed for war with Libya and President Obama obliged by bombing that suffering nation (which has not recovered to a functioning government), she was delighted that President Gaddaffi was savagely tortured to death, after having been shot several times, remarking: " target="_blank">“We came, we saw, he died,” followed by a maniacal laugh. On the campaign trail, Hillary often cites her time on the board of the Children’s Defense Fund in an attempt to show that she is progressive, but she doesn’t talk about her husband’s “Welfare Reform,” which threw poor children into the streets (two-thirds of those on welfare were children). The founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, Marion Wright Edelman, said of that move by Bill Clinton, “His signature on this pernicious bill makes a mockery of his pledge not to hurt children.” Edelman’s husband resigned from the Clinton Administration over Clinton’s cruelty toward these disadvantaged children.
Selling out the American people pays handsomely. Bill Clinton left the White House falling into immense wealth, as his corporate friends paid him off for his service to them, with $200 thousand a night speeches. It’s been reported that he’s made over $100 million from speeches alone since leaving the White House. Simply putting the money into his bank account would have looked too much like the payoff of bribes. Hillary brings in similar loot from speech fees, book deals and other sources, capitalizing on what she calls “public service,” as though she cared a wit about the public interest. Hillary tells us, in another of her lies, that she and Bill left the White House “dead broke.” But we we find that “In 1999, they bought a five-bedroom home in Chappaqua, N.Y., for $1.7 million. In December 2000, just as they were leaving the White House, they bought a seven-bedroom house near Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. The price was $2.85 million.” Hillary Clinton is not a progressive, but the opposite, a classic fascist. She is currently running her campaign on a platform of lies, and if she is elected president, will reverse her faux progressive positions on anything of importance and sell out the American people, together with the people of the planet, in order to please those whom she’s always served, the wealthy and their corporations, at any cost to the public interest.
cont'
http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/10/corporate-media-wont-tell-you-hillary-clinton-is-a-lying-fascist/
"What Does Jack think of Hillary Clinton?”
"...But the mainstream press have been pushing Hillary for years, long before she announced her decision to run for President. Hillary represents the same thing as corporate media—rule by plutocratic oligarchy, so the disgusting corporate “journalists” are kneeling and kissing her butt to find favor with their establishment bosses..."
by Jack Balkwill
Right now, you’re probably asking yourself, “What does Jack think of Hillary Clinton?” Well, I’m glad you asked In fact, Madam Hillary, the leading candidate for CEO of the United States of Corporate Empire, is being buried in money by environmental polluters, defense cheats, banksters, and other oligarchs and plutocrats because she’s shown unwavering loyalty to these scum of the earth all her life. Shall we go back to the beginning? In one of her older, smoldering lies, Hillary claimed to have been named after Sir Edmund Hillary, famous for climbing Mount Everest. The problem with this is that Sir Edmund didn’t climb Mount Everest and become famous until six years after Hillary Rodham was born. During the October 13th debate she began her comments with “I have been very consistent over my entire life, I have always fought for the same values and principles.” She often fabricates that she has always been a progressive, but her “values and principles” are not progressive. Even in her teens, when Hillary worked on the Nixon campaign, and later became a Goldwater Girl, in support of two of the most right wing Republican politicians in US history. In college, she was president of Wellesley Republican Youth. Does this sound like “always been progressive?”
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In her last run for the presidency, in 2008, none other than Rupert Murdoch held a fundraiser for Hillary. Should one ask why the king of right wing media would support a “progressive” candidate? Murdoch is not known for wasting money. He knew she would represent his “values.” Even the Clinton family friends appear to be Republican. During the 2008 race, Bill Clinton remarked that he didn’t know how Hillary would be able to run against their friend John McCain. It’s been reported that when Obama got the nomination, Bill Clinton advised John McCain during the 2008 campaign. Former First Lady Barbara Bush praised family friend Bill Clinton “I think that he thinks of George a little bit like the father he didn’t have, and he’s very loving to him. And I really appreciate that.” If the Clintons are progressive, why do they have right wing friends? Even daughter Chelsea, who married a Wall Street banker, is a friend of Ivanka Trump, daughter of The Donald who leads Republican candidates at this time. Bill and Hillary attended Trump’s last wedding. One almost expects to hear the déjà vu of Bill whining that he doesn’t know how Hillary can run against her friend Trump. In fact, in his current election campaign, Trump is running a video highlighting praise from Bill Clinton, ending with “Thank you Bill.” The Trump campaign opens the video with a suggestive question: “An endorsement from Bill Clinton?”
When in the Senate, Hillary voted for the Bush agenda — the Patriot Act, Iraq War, the fascist line. She co-sponsored a bill that would make it a crime to burn the American flag, long a favorite of Republicans, and she supports the death penalty, which is opposed by nearly all progressives. After Hillary pushed for war with Libya and President Obama obliged by bombing that suffering nation (which has not recovered to a functioning government), she was delighted that President Gaddaffi was savagely tortured to death, after having been shot several times, remarking: " target="_blank">“We came, we saw, he died,” followed by a maniacal laugh. On the campaign trail, Hillary often cites her time on the board of the Children’s Defense Fund in an attempt to show that she is progressive, but she doesn’t talk about her husband’s “Welfare Reform,” which threw poor children into the streets (two-thirds of those on welfare were children). The founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, Marion Wright Edelman, said of that move by Bill Clinton, “His signature on this pernicious bill makes a mockery of his pledge not to hurt children.” Edelman’s husband resigned from the Clinton Administration over Clinton’s cruelty toward these disadvantaged children.
Selling out the American people pays handsomely. Bill Clinton left the White House falling into immense wealth, as his corporate friends paid him off for his service to them, with $200 thousand a night speeches. It’s been reported that he’s made over $100 million from speeches alone since leaving the White House. Simply putting the money into his bank account would have looked too much like the payoff of bribes. Hillary brings in similar loot from speech fees, book deals and other sources, capitalizing on what she calls “public service,” as though she cared a wit about the public interest. Hillary tells us, in another of her lies, that she and Bill left the White House “dead broke.” But we we find that “In 1999, they bought a five-bedroom home in Chappaqua, N.Y., for $1.7 million. In December 2000, just as they were leaving the White House, they bought a seven-bedroom house near Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. The price was $2.85 million.” Hillary Clinton is not a progressive, but the opposite, a classic fascist. She is currently running her campaign on a platform of lies, and if she is elected president, will reverse her faux progressive positions on anything of importance and sell out the American people, together with the people of the planet, in order to please those whom she’s always served, the wealthy and their corporations, at any cost to the public interest.
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http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/10/corporate-media-wont-tell-you-hillary-clinton-is-a-lying-fascist/
November 3, 2015
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Third Way, the centrist Democratic Think Tank, believes that Bernie Sanders is taking the Party too far to the left, and they've introduced a string of policy .
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The Ring of Fire started as a weekly syndicated radio show in 2004 for the purpose of exposing Wall Street thugs, environmental criminality, corporate media .
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has past front-runner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. Sanders leads Clinton 44% compared to her 37% .
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