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In reply to the discussion: Time to debunk the "Hillary takes cash from private prison corps" nonsense [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)191. Taking dirty money, by any other 'splain, is still taking dirty money.
Bundling is a great way to let corrupt politicians take money from malicious sources so that they can claim "We Didn't Know!"
No human being with any shred of integrity would ever knowingly accept bundled money from lobbyists who take money from such unspeakably wicked incarcerate for profit operations.
The only people you are going to fool with your Third Way propaganda 'splain are fools.
QUESTION (to Hillary Clinton, asked by BLM Activist): But youryou and your family have been personally and politically responsible for policies that have caused Health and Human Services disasters in impoverished communities of color (inaudible) the domestic and international War on Drugs that you championed as First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State. And so I just want to know how you feel about your role in that violence and how you plan to reverse it?
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Were in a meeting about drugs. Americas first drug is free black labor, and turning black bodies into profit and the mass incarceration system mirrors an awful lot like the prison plantation system. Its a similar thread, and until someone takes that message and speaks that truth to White people in this country so that we can actually take on anti-Blackness as a founding problem in this country, I dont believe that there is going to be a solution.
Because what the conversations that are happening now and why there is so much cohesion across the divide, the red side and the blue side, its because of money, right, we are spending a lot of money on prisons. Were spending more money on prisons than we are on schools, but if we look at it from lens of lets solve this financial problem, and we dont look at the greater bottom line that African-Americans who are Americans are suffering at greater rates than most other people, every other people, for the length of this country then its not going to go away. Its just going to morph into something new and evolved. You know, I genuinely want to know, you, Hillary Clinton, have been in no uncertain way, partially responsible for this. More than most. There may have been unintended consequences.
But now that you understand the consequences, what in your heart has changed thats going to change the direction of this country? Like what in younot your platform, not the things youre supposed to saylike, how do you actually feel thats different than you did before? Like what were the mistakes, and how can those mistakes that you made be lessons for all of America for a moment of reflection on how we treat black people in this country?
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Were in a meeting about drugs. Americas first drug is free black labor, and turning black bodies into profit and the mass incarceration system mirrors an awful lot like the prison plantation system. Its a similar thread, and until someone takes that message and speaks that truth to White people in this country so that we can actually take on anti-Blackness as a founding problem in this country, I dont believe that there is going to be a solution.
Because what the conversations that are happening now and why there is so much cohesion across the divide, the red side and the blue side, its because of money, right, we are spending a lot of money on prisons. Were spending more money on prisons than we are on schools, but if we look at it from lens of lets solve this financial problem, and we dont look at the greater bottom line that African-Americans who are Americans are suffering at greater rates than most other people, every other people, for the length of this country then its not going to go away. Its just going to morph into something new and evolved. You know, I genuinely want to know, you, Hillary Clinton, have been in no uncertain way, partially responsible for this. More than most. There may have been unintended consequences.
But now that you understand the consequences, what in your heart has changed thats going to change the direction of this country? Like what in younot your platform, not the things youre supposed to saylike, how do you actually feel thats different than you did before? Like what were the mistakes, and how can those mistakes that you made be lessons for all of America for a moment of reflection on how we treat black people in this country?
Private Prison Lobbyists Are Raising Cash for Hillary Clinton
Last week, Clinton and other candidates revealed a number of lobbyists who are serving as bundlers for their campaigns. Bundlers collect contributions on behalf of a campaign, and are often rewarded with special favors, such as access to the candidate.
Richard Sullivan, of the lobbying firm Capitol Counsel, is a bundler for the Clinton campaign, bringing in $44,859 in contributions in a few short months. Sullivan is also a registered lobbyist for the Geo Group, a company that operates a number of jails, including immigrant detention centers, for profit.
As we reported yesterday, fully five Clinton bundlers work for the lobbying and law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison company in America, paid Akin Gump $240,000 in lobbying fees last year. The firm also serves as a law firm for the prison giant, representing the company in court.
Last week, Clinton and other candidates revealed a number of lobbyists who are serving as bundlers for their campaigns. Bundlers collect contributions on behalf of a campaign, and are often rewarded with special favors, such as access to the candidate.
Richard Sullivan, of the lobbying firm Capitol Counsel, is a bundler for the Clinton campaign, bringing in $44,859 in contributions in a few short months. Sullivan is also a registered lobbyist for the Geo Group, a company that operates a number of jails, including immigrant detention centers, for profit.
As we reported yesterday, fully five Clinton bundlers work for the lobbying and law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison company in America, paid Akin Gump $240,000 in lobbying fees last year. The firm also serves as a law firm for the prison giant, representing the company in court.
Hillary / DNC: Cut ties with private prisons!
The Clinton campaign recently engaged two sets of such bundlers from the private prison industry's lobbyists.
Private prison companies make billions from our broken and discriminatory criminal justice system by disproportionately locking up Black and brown people in the country's most dangerous prisons, for profit. Furthermore, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is required to keep at least 34,000 immigrants locked up to meet a draconian federal quota at a cost to taxpayers of $2 billion per year, much of this going to enrich private prison companies. And nearly 20% of immigrant detainees are locked up for traffic offenses. Imagine the devastation we'll suffer if the industry's lobbying power determines and influences the next president.
Join us in urging Secretary Clinton to disavow the private prison industry and demand that the Democratic Party oppose private prisons in their 2016 platform.
The Clinton campaign recently engaged two sets of such bundlers from the private prison industry's lobbyists.
Private prison companies make billions from our broken and discriminatory criminal justice system by disproportionately locking up Black and brown people in the country's most dangerous prisons, for profit. Furthermore, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is required to keep at least 34,000 immigrants locked up to meet a draconian federal quota at a cost to taxpayers of $2 billion per year, much of this going to enrich private prison companies. And nearly 20% of immigrant detainees are locked up for traffic offenses. Imagine the devastation we'll suffer if the industry's lobbying power determines and influences the next president.
Join us in urging Secretary Clinton to disavow the private prison industry and demand that the Democratic Party oppose private prisons in their 2016 platform.
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Time to debunk the "Hillary takes cash from private prison corps" nonsense [View all]
MaggieD
Aug 2015
OP
yea. we are back. and ya, another bullshit, and we know this. but still, so much fun
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#1
guess i am gonna have to bookmark cause i am sure the smae ole, will continue to use this source
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#5
A quick read through cleared up pretty quick that this isn't a right-wing propaganda outlet.
Bubzer
Aug 2015
#113
You need to read the article again yourself. It wasn't written by Greenwald, nor is he the editor.
DisgustipatedinCA
Aug 2015
#66
I asked her to quote the inaccurate part. She hasn't been able to do that yet.
DisgustipatedinCA
Aug 2015
#45
Exactly. The article for the most part is intrinsically correct but there are implications...
George II
Aug 2015
#92
Does the intercept article make any false claims? If so, please quote and debunk.
Vattel
Aug 2015
#13
So you concede that you can't find any errors in the article. Thanks for your honesty.
Vattel
Aug 2015
#47
I did join in on that question as well, but I don't find it all that interesting.
Vattel
Aug 2015
#72
It states that her chosen fundraisers work for a private prison lobby firm
AgingAmerican
Aug 2015
#42
So you are now smearing a progressive group that has been around for 6 years that supports Latinos
davidpdx
Aug 2015
#186
Actually I want to make an addendum to my post above because you CLAIM you have no idea
davidpdx
Aug 2015
#177
You should read up about left libertarianism. It is about as far from being right wing as one can
Vattel
Aug 2015
#43
Who knew that Rachel Maddow, Michael Moore, and Bill Moyers were right-wing Libertarian stooges?
MannyGoldstein
Aug 2015
#52
Going through CCA and GEO on open secrets...DWS name shows up WAYYY too often.
MBplayer
Aug 2015
#75
This entire thread is filled with substantive comment that you prefer to ignore or dismiss..
frylock
Aug 2015
#103
I'm just trying to understand how someone could consider GG a RW Libertarian
RufusTFirefly
Aug 2015
#137
There's a correct the record youtube channel and website. Her campaign doesn't push it, IDK why. n/t
freshwest
Aug 2015
#178
You are taking away the one mass media Clinton Hunters "issue" the left wing is still clinging to, Maggie.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#176
Your first sentence started with a fabrication and set the tone for the many that followed.
last1standing
Aug 2015
#182
As I said, that is the exact line repubs have used for years to avoid accountability.
last1standing
Aug 2015
#187
Let me know when you stop supporting politicians taking money from the private prison industry.
last1standing
Aug 2015
#189