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Nanjeanne's JournalHillary Clinton Plans To Raise Money From Industries With Interests Before The Next President
No - taking money from these large corporations influences nothing - I tell you - NOTHING!
“You're not going to find anybody more committed to aggressive campaign finance reform than me,” Clinton said, promising to “crack down on corporations that game the system.”
Only days later, Clinton’s campaign is launching a fundraising blitz that includes events with representatives of industries that have significant business interests before the federal government. An International Business Times review of fundraising invitations found that the Clinton campaign’s nationwide tour includes events with corporate officials from the food, investment and energy sectors — all of which have vested financial interests in the policies that the next presidential administration will decide.
According to fundraising information collected by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation, former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to appear Friday at a Hillary Clinton campaign fundraiser in Cincinnati chaired by Allan Berliant , CEO of frozen food conglomerate Best Express Foods. The company is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, which in 2011 said it had discovered listeria and “significant violations” of food safety regulations at the company’s manufacturing facility in Michigan. (Three years later, the FDA said the company had addressed the violations but that future “inspections and regulatory activities will further assess the adequacy and sustainability of these corrections.”) The next president will be responsible for implementing recent rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act, which governs the FDA.
Three days later, Chelsea Clinton is scheduled to be in Columbus, Ohio, for a campaign fundraiser at the home of Susan Tomasky, who is listed as a board member of the multibillion-dollar energy behemoth Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG). The New Jersey company is one of the nation’s largest utilities, and has nuclear power plants and gas pipeline interests. In recent months, PSEG has lobbied federal regulators on nuclear energy issues, and lobbied Congress on environmental rules , energy regulations and issues related to nuclear waste disposal and a decontamination fee.
And there's more . . . http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/hillary-clinton-plans-raise-money-industries-interests-next-president-2302757
Clinton Endorsement NOT from Congressional Black Caucus but FROM Cong. Black Caucus SUPERPAC
On Democracy Now this morning.
Listening to Barbara Lee of the Congressional Black Caucus WHO IS NOT ENDORSING ANYONE - explain the difference. She is NOT a member of the CBC PAC. She said this is a group that raises money for specific candidates and they have a strong firewall between the actual CBC and the CBC PAC.
Wonder if the media will make the distinction?
I crack myself up!
You can read about the CBC SuperPAC here. It does good work--but it is definitely NOT the CBC. Do not conflate this with getting the endorsement of people like Barbara Lee.
http://www.cbcpac.org/leadership
Orange County Congressional Candidate Bao Nguyen Endorses Bernie Sanders
His two top opponents in the congressional race, Sacramento politicians, Lou Correa (who has an anti-Choice and pro-pollution record in the state legislature) and Joe Dunn, are both significantly to the right of Nguyen. And both have major money-raising capacity because of their times in the state legislature. Bao needs grassroots support if he's going to be part of the effort to make Congress more progressive. You can contribute to his campaign here.
Bao made his endorsement of Bernie official yesterday as New Hampshire Democrats headed to the polls to elect a real FDR candidate-- and, pointedly, not elect a politics-as-usual conservative Democrat mired in Wall Street filth. "It’s going to take a political revolution in order to move the United States onto a path toward greater income equality, social justice, and universal access to higher education," Bao told his supporters and the local media. "Bernie Sanders has the progressive values and political courage that is needed to take on the status quo, and implement bold new policies that will make a real difference in the lives of middle class families. I am proud to announce my endorsement of Bernie Sanders for President, and I look forward to helping him take on the billionaire-class and shake up the balance of power in Washington."
Read more: http://america.jokpeme.com/2016/02/orange-county-congressional-candidate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jokpeme%2FVXYa+%28US+and+World+News+-+United+States+of+America%27s+News%29
As we move toward SC - 1,000 Women SC Women Endorse Bernie Sanders (originally from October)
Thought it might be nice for an instant replay as SC comes up on the radar:
From Minority Eye
Charleston, S.C. – In a signal of the growing support for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign in South Carolina, more than 1,000 women across the state have endorsed his candidacy.
“We are thrilled to have such broad enthusiasm among local women for Sen. Sanders,” State Director Christopher Covert said Wednesday. “Sanders has fought for women’s rights and economic fairness throughout his life and the support in South Carolina reflects the national movement of American women joining our campaign.”
Christale Spain, the South Carolina Director of Political Outreach, said that “as a black woman and a single mother, it was crucial to support a candidate who has demonstrated a commitment to advocating for me and the issues that impact my community. Sen. Sanders has been a champion of civil rights and economic equality for women for thirty years, and I am proud to endorse him.”
Dr. Gloria Tinubu, the first African-American woman in the state to win the Democratic nomination for Congress, believes that “Sanders is in the tradition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who lead our parents and grandparents through one of the most challenging times in our nation’s history. Like President Roosevelt, Bernie is fighting to protect our democratic way of life and our four freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.”
A new Clemson University Palmetto Poll shows that nearly one in two South Carolina Democratic primary voters remain undecided about whom to support in the February primary.
http://www.theminorityeye.com/1000-south-carolina-women-endorse-bernie-sanders-for-president/
Did I just see 60% to 39% on MSNBC?
Isn't the NH primary turnout something everyone should be applauding?
It's what Bernie has been talking about.
The news of first time voters in a primary is democracy at work.
As Bernie and Thom Hartmann say "Democracy is not a spectator sport".
Just heard on MSNBC that Harry Belafonte will be
Endorsing Bernie.
It's obviously not official but Andrea Mitchell did mention it.
I love Belafonte. But more importantly, Harry is a very well respected activist and I hope this comes to pass.
My Response to History Lesson For a Young Sanders Supporter
I am posting this in response to a "history lesson" from Susan Bordo on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-bordo-/history-lesson-for-a-youn_b_9168076.html. My response reflects things said in this blog. I guess I'm just fed-up with this drum beat.
I am "over 65" woman. I do not feeling faceless. I don't have to clench my fists when Sanders is praised.
I am not supporting him because he is "authentic". I am supporting him because he is consistent in his values, his policy plans are the ones that I support and he speaks to me about what I think is important for the future of our country. He walks the walk and that makes him "authentic".
He is not the gatekeeper of progressivism. I AM. I stand at the gate of my own decision on who and what is progressive.
I am not voting for Sanders because he is a "charismatic male politico" telling women what issues are and aren't "progressive". I cannot think of a more condescending thing to say about someone. It is as offensive to read that statement to me, a 66 year old woman, as I imagine it would be to a 24 year old.
I don't need to be lectured about women's rights. I was long a member, a protestor, and someone who marched for women's rights, civil rights, LGBT rights. I can't speak to those who boo'ed Hillary but if this person is talking about the boos she received during the debate - they came because of her "artful smears" comment. And that comment struck a chord with people in the audience. What that has to do with feminism I have no idea.
I was born in 1950. Yes the 60s were intoxicating. You know why? Because we felt we had the power to change things. And you know what - many of us did. We marched for an end to the Vietnam War. And we were empowered. Some of us took part in demonstrations after Stonewall riots. And you know what - we made a difference. We marched on Washington and our voices were heard. We converged on Washington to protest the Kent State shootings and President Richard Nixon's incursion into Cambodia and our voices were heard. We marched for Equal Rights for Women and our voices were heard. Perhaps the younger generation want to participate the way we did - and have their voices heard too?
I am not supporting Bernie because I'm charmed by his scruffy white hair. That's an incredibly patronizing thing to say and I imagine it is to a 24 year old as well. Am I charmed by his unmodulated passion? Not charmed. But excited by. Inspired by. I have a feeling 24 year olds might be as well.
I do not mistake Hillary's caution as a sign of "inauthenticity". I take her ever-changing stances on policies as a sign of inauthenticity. I don't label her "strident" and "shrill" as a way to demean her because she is a woman. Is Bernie being called "strident" and "shrill" as a way to demean him as a man?
Please do understand that 66 year old Bernie supporters and 24 year old Bernie supporters can tell the difference between a "clear message" and the complexity of governing. Please don't tell us that we shouldn't vote for Hillary JUST because she is a woman and then write a long discourse pretty much telling me that I should vote for her because she is a woman.
Please do not talk down to me - as a 66 year old woman or a 24 year old woman -- and imply that I can't understand just how complex our political system is. I think I'm fully capable of analyzing the candidates' policy positions, their histories, their personalities and making up my own mind on who and why I will support Bernie Sanders.
And, you know what? I think the 24 year olds can too.
Putting To Rest "The Sanders Is Winning in NH Because He's From Vermont" silliness
Don’t tell New Hampshirites that they’re in Bernie Sanders’ backyard.
In an attempt to downplay expectations heading into the nation’s first primary, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is suggesting the Vermont senator has an inherent advantage because of geography.
“Their argument is—and it has got some strength to it—look, you are behind here, you are in your opponent’s backyard,” she said.
While it’s true that Clinton is undoubtedly the underdog at this point in the state’s primary race, that wasn’t always the case. A year ago, in a February 2015 poll, Sanders had only 6 percent support to Clinton’s 58 percent.
And 37 percent of New Hampshire respondents did not know who the Vermont senator was (Clinton was unknown to just 1 percent of the state).
That’s because New Hampshire doesn’t have much interaction with Vermont, University of New Hampshire political scientist Andy Smith told Boston.com.
Read rest: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/02/08/how-much-home-field-advantage-does-bernie-sanders-actually-have/63P8iz5l9AbLdBm9eeLmjM/story.html
More Latino Arizona Endorsements for Bernie Sanders
State Senator Martin Quezada (D-Phoenix) and Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Gallardo joined about a dozen other Latinos — most of them members of the Arizona Legislature — to announce their endorsement of Sanders. Among those endorsing him also were non-Latinos, including state Representative Reginald Bolding (D-Laveen) and state Senator Andrea Dalessandro (D-Sahuarita).
Quezada said he is behind Sanders because he believes the Vermont senator has stayed true to the ideals that Americans want in an elected official.
“He’s an individual who puts American ideals before special interests,” Quezada said. “He’s a candidate who puts the voters ahead of lobbyists. And he’s a candidate who puts people ahead of corporations. Those are things that so many politicians nowadays do not do anymore.”
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/bernie-sanders-gets-more-endorsements-from-arizona-latino-leaders-8040287
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