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March 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s record on the War on Drugs sets her apart from other the other candidates – and not in a good way. From her criminal justice agenda as First Lady to her foreign policies as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has proven herself to be one of the greatest drug warriors of our generation. At a time when two-thirds of Americans support ending the War on Drugs, it’s crucial for her record on the issue to be brought to light.
Over the course of Bill Clinton’s presidency, Hillary Clinton publicly supported tough-on-crime criminal justice reforms that escalated and emboldened the War on Drugs.
As First Lady, Hillary Clinton pushed for the largest crime bill in the history of the United States: the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. This 1994 crime bill called for 100,000 more police officers, provided billions of dollars of funding to prison construction, and ramped up the use of mandatory minimum sentences. This law became a signature accomplishment of Bill Clinton’s presidency.
Under this law, drug users were more easily incarcerated and more likely to serve long sentences – which fueled even more draconian patterns of mass incarceration. By the time the Clintons had left the White House in 2001, the number of Americans in prison had increased nearly 60 percent.
Their contribution to mass incarceration rivaled that of the greatest drug warriors.
According to Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, “Clinton escalated the drug war beyond what conservatives had imagined possible a decade earlier.” As Donna Murch points out in The New Republic, “the total numbers of state and federal inmates grew more rapidly under Bill Clinton than under any other president, including the notorious Republican drug warriors Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.”
Hillary Clinton’s involvement with the War on Drugs didn’t stop there.
As Secretary of State, Clinton waged the War on Drugs abroad. Under Hillary Clinton’s leadership, the State Department fueled the Mexican Drug War by funding efforts to combat drug trafficking. Through its Mérida Initiative, Clinton’s State Department hired American defense contractors to take part in the conflict and sold billions worth of weapons to Mexico – leading it to become one of the world’s top purchasers of U.S. military arms and equipment.
Over the course of Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, the Mexican Drug War spiraled into chaos, killing over 160,000 people and displacing millions of others.
Worse still: As Clinton’s State Department gave billions in drug war aid to Mexico, it turned a blind eye to the widespread human rights abuses perpetrated by the country’s government. Even as the United Nations acknowledged that Mexican authorities were involved in kidnappings and disappearances, Clinton’s State Department continued to support the offensive.
More here: http://marijuanapolitics.com/make-no-mistake-hillary-clinton-is-a-drug-warrior/
Make No Mistake: Hillary Clinton is a Drug Warrior
Hillary Clinton’s record on the War on Drugs sets her apart from other the other candidates – and not in a good way. From her criminal justice agenda as First Lady to her foreign policies as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has proven herself to be one of the greatest drug warriors of our generation. At a time when two-thirds of Americans support ending the War on Drugs, it’s crucial for her record on the issue to be brought to light.
Over the course of Bill Clinton’s presidency, Hillary Clinton publicly supported tough-on-crime criminal justice reforms that escalated and emboldened the War on Drugs.
As First Lady, Hillary Clinton pushed for the largest crime bill in the history of the United States: the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. This 1994 crime bill called for 100,000 more police officers, provided billions of dollars of funding to prison construction, and ramped up the use of mandatory minimum sentences. This law became a signature accomplishment of Bill Clinton’s presidency.
Under this law, drug users were more easily incarcerated and more likely to serve long sentences – which fueled even more draconian patterns of mass incarceration. By the time the Clintons had left the White House in 2001, the number of Americans in prison had increased nearly 60 percent.
Their contribution to mass incarceration rivaled that of the greatest drug warriors.
According to Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, “Clinton escalated the drug war beyond what conservatives had imagined possible a decade earlier.” As Donna Murch points out in The New Republic, “the total numbers of state and federal inmates grew more rapidly under Bill Clinton than under any other president, including the notorious Republican drug warriors Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.”
Hillary Clinton’s involvement with the War on Drugs didn’t stop there.
As Secretary of State, Clinton waged the War on Drugs abroad. Under Hillary Clinton’s leadership, the State Department fueled the Mexican Drug War by funding efforts to combat drug trafficking. Through its Mérida Initiative, Clinton’s State Department hired American defense contractors to take part in the conflict and sold billions worth of weapons to Mexico – leading it to become one of the world’s top purchasers of U.S. military arms and equipment.
Over the course of Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, the Mexican Drug War spiraled into chaos, killing over 160,000 people and displacing millions of others.
Worse still: As Clinton’s State Department gave billions in drug war aid to Mexico, it turned a blind eye to the widespread human rights abuses perpetrated by the country’s government. Even as the United Nations acknowledged that Mexican authorities were involved in kidnappings and disappearances, Clinton’s State Department continued to support the offensive.
More here: http://marijuanapolitics.com/make-no-mistake-hillary-clinton-is-a-drug-warrior/
March 9, 2016
NATIONAL (VFB) – 95 year-old Nancy Richey, a WWII Veteran living in Mississippi, proudly cast her vote today for Bernie Sanders, according to her daughter Andrea Gale.
In the 1940s, Ms. Richey – who currently resides in Gulfport, MS – was stationed in El Toro, CA, where she worked on instrument panels for fighter planes. Richey answered her nation’s call in 1942, and served three years as a U.S. Marine until 1945.
Nancy Richey, WWII Vet, on horseback in California circa 1945
Initially, someone told Richey she couldn’t vote because she “wasn’t registered with the city.” In the confusion, her daughter had to call the circuit clerk and local election office and learned there was no such registration requirement.
Once the air had been cleared, Richey took a bus to her polling station and proudly cast a ballot for Bernie Sanders.
According to her daughter, Richey is one of Bernie’s biggest supporters. “Every time I speak with her she talks about Bernie, and how she wants him to win,” she said. “As soon as she cast her vote for Bernie, she called to tell me. She was so excited.”
http://vetsforbernie.org/2016/03/wwii-vet-voted-for-bernie/
95 Year-Old WWII Vet Voted for Bernie Sanders Today in Mississippi
NATIONAL (VFB) – 95 year-old Nancy Richey, a WWII Veteran living in Mississippi, proudly cast her vote today for Bernie Sanders, according to her daughter Andrea Gale.
In the 1940s, Ms. Richey – who currently resides in Gulfport, MS – was stationed in El Toro, CA, where she worked on instrument panels for fighter planes. Richey answered her nation’s call in 1942, and served three years as a U.S. Marine until 1945.
Nancy Richey, WWII Vet, on horseback in California circa 1945
Initially, someone told Richey she couldn’t vote because she “wasn’t registered with the city.” In the confusion, her daughter had to call the circuit clerk and local election office and learned there was no such registration requirement.
Once the air had been cleared, Richey took a bus to her polling station and proudly cast a ballot for Bernie Sanders.
According to her daughter, Richey is one of Bernie’s biggest supporters. “Every time I speak with her she talks about Bernie, and how she wants him to win,” she said. “As soon as she cast her vote for Bernie, she called to tell me. She was so excited.”
http://vetsforbernie.org/2016/03/wwii-vet-voted-for-bernie/
March 8, 2016
Trump's campaign is casting a fake Latina assistant to rave about him. Job pays nothing....
March 8, 2016
Love this tweet
Adrian Lee ?@leesolid808 · Feb 28
@BernieSanders One can only anticipate when Hillary will begin to call her campaign a "political revolution" too.
@BernieSanders One can only anticipate when Hillary will begin to call her campaign a "political revolution" too.
March 8, 2016
Video: https://www.facebook.com/PeopleForBernie/videos/1763614480525425/
There is still hope...
Video: https://www.facebook.com/PeopleForBernie/videos/1763614480525425/
March 8, 2016
People4bernie response from the Cook County Democratic Party....
(excuse the language, made me mad)
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