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June 18, 2016
Earlier this week, a hacker, calling himself Guccifer 2.0, breached the DNC servers and was able to obtain opposition research on Donald Trump, as well as other financial documents. The hacker today released additional financial documents and contribution records. The DNC confirmed the hack but hasnt confirmed whether the files released were authentic or not. Some of the contributions go back to 2013. The first report shows that just over a 100 donors contributed over $9.2 million to the DNC.
see images at site
A second report shows that 39 contributors donated over $4.2 million in campaign contributions.
Clintons Campaign Actively Fundraising for Super PACs Despite Previous Claims
In the Democratic debate in Milwaukee, Hillary Clinton claimed that her campaign doesnt coordinate with her super PACs. She said:
I have already refuted Clintons claim in the past. Guccifer 2.0s latest dump also contains a memo from her campaign directing fundraisers to contribute directly to Clintons Super PACs. Fundraisers were also instructed to advise donors that Super PACs are essential for winning general elections: We cannot win this election without [Preferred Super PAC]. You should support them. The memo names three Super PACs Priorities USA, American Bridge, and WOMEN VOTE! that donors should consider donating too. The law allows campaigns to ask donors to donate a maximum $5,000 for a specific Super PAC. However, the message used by fundraisers is positioned in a way to make it clear to donors that they can donate as much as they would like to (emphasis mine):
Fundraises probably wink to donors after making the above statement. Guccifer 2.0 also exposed other financial and strategy documents. The hacker claims that he extracted tons of files and [documents], and hell release more files in the future. As of the writing of this article, the DNC and the Clinton campaign have not responded to our requests for comment. We will update this article as we learn more about this latest development.
http://progressivearmy.com/2016/06/18/guccifer-2-0-releases-new-dump-dnc-hillary-clinton-financial-documents-donor-information/
Guccifer 2.0 Releases a NEW DUMP of DNC and Hillary Clinton Financial Documents and Donor Info
Earlier this week, a hacker, calling himself Guccifer 2.0, breached the DNC servers and was able to obtain opposition research on Donald Trump, as well as other financial documents. The hacker today released additional financial documents and contribution records. The DNC confirmed the hack but hasnt confirmed whether the files released were authentic or not. Some of the contributions go back to 2013. The first report shows that just over a 100 donors contributed over $9.2 million to the DNC.
see images at site
A second report shows that 39 contributors donated over $4.2 million in campaign contributions.
Clintons Campaign Actively Fundraising for Super PACs Despite Previous Claims
In the Democratic debate in Milwaukee, Hillary Clinton claimed that her campaign doesnt coordinate with her super PACs. She said:
I cant speak for the Koch brothers. Youre referring to a Super PAC that we dont coordinate with, that was set up to support President Obama, that has now decided that they want to support me. They are the ones who should respond to any questions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/11/transcript-the-democratic-debate-in-milwaukee-annotated/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/11/transcript-the-democratic-debate-in-milwaukee-annotated/
I have already refuted Clintons claim in the past. Guccifer 2.0s latest dump also contains a memo from her campaign directing fundraisers to contribute directly to Clintons Super PACs. Fundraisers were also instructed to advise donors that Super PACs are essential for winning general elections: We cannot win this election without [Preferred Super PAC]. You should support them. The memo names three Super PACs Priorities USA, American Bridge, and WOMEN VOTE! that donors should consider donating too. The law allows campaigns to ask donors to donate a maximum $5,000 for a specific Super PAC. However, the message used by fundraisers is positioned in a way to make it clear to donors that they can donate as much as they would like to (emphasis mine):
Finally, you should support [Preferred Super PAC A] and [Preferred Super PAC B]. We cannot win without them. The law allows us to ask our supporters for $5,000 each for [Preferred Super PAC A and B]. That is what we are doing.
Fundraises probably wink to donors after making the above statement. Guccifer 2.0 also exposed other financial and strategy documents. The hacker claims that he extracted tons of files and [documents], and hell release more files in the future. As of the writing of this article, the DNC and the Clinton campaign have not responded to our requests for comment. We will update this article as we learn more about this latest development.
http://progressivearmy.com/2016/06/18/guccifer-2-0-releases-new-dump-dnc-hillary-clinton-financial-documents-donor-information/
June 18, 2016
By The End of 2020, If HRC Were Elected President..
That would make it 32 years of time lapsed between 1988 to 2020.
As such, the Presidency will have been controlled by only 2 families (Bushes & Clintons) for a period of 24 of the 32 years........with a brief 8 year pause by the Obama presidency.
Is this the best we can do?
As such, the Presidency will have been controlled by only 2 families (Bushes & Clintons) for a period of 24 of the 32 years........with a brief 8 year pause by the Obama presidency.
Is this the best we can do?
June 18, 2016
Hacker Shows DNC WAS-ALL-IN On Hillary Clinton From The Very Beginning
A hacker named Guccifer 2.0 revealed a DNC memo from May 26, 2015 that detailed goals and strategies for getting Hillary Rodham Clinton (HRC) elected. It proves that despite many public pronouncements, the DNC never had any interest in treating Bernie Sanders or the voters with respect and fairness.
June 18, 2016
As Bernie Sanders delivered a livestream address to his supporters on Thursday about the future of his movement, he signaled an eventual end to the campaign. Encouraging his supporters to get involved, Sanders vowed to help Hillary Clinton defeat Trump conditional upon the Democratic Party adopting a real progressive agenda. However, earlier in the day news broke about a different story that undercut the Vermont Senators calls for eventual party unity. On the same website that published the DNCs 200-page Donald Trump oppo file, the hacktivist known as Guccifer 2.0 released what appears to be an internal email from the DNC discussing strategy, which served to confirm what many of Sanders supporters have felt all along: The Democratic Party leadership has had its thumb on the scale for Hillary Clinton in the primary. The email, dated May 26, 2015, about a month after Sanders announced his candidacy, revealed that at least some in the DNC were planning for a Clinton nomination:
In something right out of the Cold War, the DNC has claimed that these releases are part of a Russian disinformation campaign, but, according to FAIR, has provided no supporting evidence. But whatever the reason behind it, this leak has further incensed Sanders' supporters, and that is telling. It has been a long road to this point, but the fact that the 'Bernie Or Bust' Movement has grown to somewhere in the range of 3 to 4 million people (roughly a quarter to a third of Sanders' supporters) is as much a criticism of Hillary Clinton as a candidate as it is a condemnation of how the party has handled the primary. From the outset, there has been a perception of favoritism by the DNC leadership. Some of those concerns were due to the very fact that the DNC Chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz was also Hillary Clinton's co-campaign chair in 2008. When Wasserman Schultz scheduled just six sanctioned debates at odd times when viewership would be predictably low, and after crucial deadlines to change one's voter registration in states like New York, and then threatened to ban candidates from those if they participated in unsanctioned ones, any hopes she'd had of appearing impartial were dashed.
-snip-
But it wasn't just Debbie Wasserman Schultz who soured Sanders supporters on the DNC. When news broke of a joint fundraising agreement between Clinton's campaign and the Democratic Party, many eyebrows were raised. Lee Fang of The Intercept then reported via Twitter that the DNC was funneling money into pro-Clinton super PACs. So close is the apparent relationship between the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party, it could hardly be seen as shocking when Vice reported that the Democratic Party even shared a headquarters in Carson City, NV with the Clinton campaign.
cont'
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/06/forget-party-unity-the-new-dnc-email-leak-means-th.html
Forget Party Unity: The New DNC EMAIL LEAK Means There's NO Going Back For Bernie Sanders’ Democrats
"..Thus far Guccifer 2.0s leak is seen as vindication that the process was skewed and manipulated. As far as Clinton is concerned, she, her supporters, and the DNC can all argue that Bernie Sanders lost because of votes, but at the end of the day, it wont matter. Nothing anyone, including Sanders, can say will change the fact that his voters feel they werent treated fairly by the party, and to a large extent, theyre right..."
As Bernie Sanders delivered a livestream address to his supporters on Thursday about the future of his movement, he signaled an eventual end to the campaign. Encouraging his supporters to get involved, Sanders vowed to help Hillary Clinton defeat Trump conditional upon the Democratic Party adopting a real progressive agenda. However, earlier in the day news broke about a different story that undercut the Vermont Senators calls for eventual party unity. On the same website that published the DNCs 200-page Donald Trump oppo file, the hacktivist known as Guccifer 2.0 released what appears to be an internal email from the DNC discussing strategy, which served to confirm what many of Sanders supporters have felt all along: The Democratic Party leadership has had its thumb on the scale for Hillary Clinton in the primary. The email, dated May 26, 2015, about a month after Sanders announced his candidacy, revealed that at least some in the DNC were planning for a Clinton nomination:
In something right out of the Cold War, the DNC has claimed that these releases are part of a Russian disinformation campaign, but, according to FAIR, has provided no supporting evidence. But whatever the reason behind it, this leak has further incensed Sanders' supporters, and that is telling. It has been a long road to this point, but the fact that the 'Bernie Or Bust' Movement has grown to somewhere in the range of 3 to 4 million people (roughly a quarter to a third of Sanders' supporters) is as much a criticism of Hillary Clinton as a candidate as it is a condemnation of how the party has handled the primary. From the outset, there has been a perception of favoritism by the DNC leadership. Some of those concerns were due to the very fact that the DNC Chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz was also Hillary Clinton's co-campaign chair in 2008. When Wasserman Schultz scheduled just six sanctioned debates at odd times when viewership would be predictably low, and after crucial deadlines to change one's voter registration in states like New York, and then threatened to ban candidates from those if they participated in unsanctioned ones, any hopes she'd had of appearing impartial were dashed.
-snip-
But it wasn't just Debbie Wasserman Schultz who soured Sanders supporters on the DNC. When news broke of a joint fundraising agreement between Clinton's campaign and the Democratic Party, many eyebrows were raised. Lee Fang of The Intercept then reported via Twitter that the DNC was funneling money into pro-Clinton super PACs. So close is the apparent relationship between the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party, it could hardly be seen as shocking when Vice reported that the Democratic Party even shared a headquarters in Carson City, NV with the Clinton campaign.
Lee Fang ?@lhfang
Here's DNC paying (more) $ to American Bridge, which funds & shares office w/Hillary's Super PAC Correct the Record
Lee Fang ?@lhfang
Over the last 7 months the DNC has provided $216,000 to American Bridge, which is part of the Brock/Hillary SuperPAC network.
Here's DNC paying (more) $ to American Bridge, which funds & shares office w/Hillary's Super PAC Correct the Record
Lee Fang ?@lhfang
Over the last 7 months the DNC has provided $216,000 to American Bridge, which is part of the Brock/Hillary SuperPAC network.
cont'
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/06/forget-party-unity-the-new-dnc-email-leak-means-th.html
June 17, 2016
Bob Scheer: Bernie Sanders' Accomplishments MIRACULOUS
Bob Scheer: Bernie Sanders' Accomplishments MIRACULOUS
June 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE
Thousands of Potential Candidates Respond to Sanders Appeal
JUNE 17TH, 2016
BURLINGTON, Vt. Less than 24 hours after U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders called on his supporters to run for office at the local or state level, nearly 6,700 people have signed up on BernieSanders.com/Win to learn more.
In total, almost 11,000 supporters expressed interest in running for office or volunteering for other Sanders supporters who run.
Sanders called the response extraordinary.
I have no doubt that with the energy and enthusiasm our campaign has shown that we can win significant numbers of local and state elections if people are prepared to become involved, Sanders said. This will be part of transforming our country from the bottom on up.
Since 2009, some 900 legislative seats have been lost to Republicans in state after state throughout this country. In fact, the Republican Party now controls 31 state legislatures and controls both the governors mansions and statehouses in 23 states.
That is unacceptable, Sanders told supporters on Thursday, during a live online address.
The 6,685 supporters who expressed interest in running cover 51 percent of state house districts, 69 percent of state senate districts and every congressional district in the country.
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/thousands-potential-candidates-respond-sanders-appeal/
Thousands of Potential Candidates RESPOND to Bernie Sanders’ Appeal
PRESS RELEASE
Thousands of Potential Candidates Respond to Sanders Appeal
JUNE 17TH, 2016
BURLINGTON, Vt. Less than 24 hours after U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders called on his supporters to run for office at the local or state level, nearly 6,700 people have signed up on BernieSanders.com/Win to learn more.
In total, almost 11,000 supporters expressed interest in running for office or volunteering for other Sanders supporters who run.
Sanders called the response extraordinary.
I have no doubt that with the energy and enthusiasm our campaign has shown that we can win significant numbers of local and state elections if people are prepared to become involved, Sanders said. This will be part of transforming our country from the bottom on up.
Since 2009, some 900 legislative seats have been lost to Republicans in state after state throughout this country. In fact, the Republican Party now controls 31 state legislatures and controls both the governors mansions and statehouses in 23 states.
That is unacceptable, Sanders told supporters on Thursday, during a live online address.
The 6,685 supporters who expressed interest in running cover 51 percent of state house districts, 69 percent of state senate districts and every congressional district in the country.
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/thousands-potential-candidates-respond-sanders-appeal/
June 17, 2016
TrustVote Election FRAUD Lawsuit Interview with Bob Fitrakis
Interview with Bob Fritakis on Trust Vote/Institute for American Democracy & Election Integrity lawsuits and fraud that has occurred in California and the rest of thttp://trustvote.org/he fifty states throughout the Democratic Presidential Primary election. I had a few tech/sound issues with Googe Hangout at very beginning of interview, so my apologies for any sound pops. Important updates and answers to your questions around the filings!
June 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE
Sanders Live Online Address
JUNE 17TH, 2016
BURLINGTON, Vt. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday spoke directly to grassroots supporters in a live, online video message.
The political revolution continues, said an email message to volunteers and supporters notifying them of the event at 8:30 p.m. from Burlington, Vermont.
To read the full remarks, click here.
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-live-online-address/
Bernie Sanders Live Online Address
PRESS RELEASE
Sanders Live Online Address
JUNE 17TH, 2016
BURLINGTON, Vt. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday spoke directly to grassroots supporters in a live, online video message.
The political revolution continues, said an email message to volunteers and supporters notifying them of the event at 8:30 p.m. from Burlington, Vermont.
To read the full remarks, click here.
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-live-online-address/
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