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NEWTON, IOWA — Mike Pence sought to dissuade a supporter from advocating a “revolution” if Hillary Clinton wins the election, urging her at a campaign rally Tuesday to drop such talk.
Amid cheers from the crowd, an attendee told Pence she was deeply afraid of voter fraud in the presidential election and suggested extreme measures. Continue reading “Pence tamps down rally-goer’s talk of anti-Clinton revolution”
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The Intercept – by David Dayen
EXCERPTS OF HILLARY CLINTON’S previously secret speeches to big banks and trade groups in 2013 and 2014 show her exalting the work of her hosts, hardly a surprise when these groups paid her up to $225,000 an hour to chat them up.
Far from chiding Goldman Sachs for obstructing Democratic proposals for financial reform, Clinton appeared to sympathize with the giant investment bank. At a Goldman Sachs Alternative Investments Symposium in October 2013, Clinton almost apologized for the Dodd-Frank reform bill, explaining that it had to pass “for political reasons,” because “if you were an elected member of Congress and people in your constituency were losing jobs and shutting businesses and everybody in the press is saying it’s all the fault of Wall Street, you can’t sit idly by and do nothing.” Continue reading “Behind Closed Doors, Hillary Clinton Sympathized With Goldman Sachs Over Financial Reform”
Government officials from Mexico are quietly paying to help thousands of Haitians who are living illegally in the United States, according to an internal Homeland Security document, The Washington Times reported.
The document also details the route taken by immigrants, thousands of dollars paid to human smugglers along the way, and also highlights the role of the neighboring governments of the U.S. Continue reading “Report: Mexico Silently Helping Haitian Illegal Immigrants to Enter US”
A fresh batch of emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and former counselor to President Obama, John Podesta, has been released by Wikileaks.
As many as 1190 new emails comprise part of the latest release, adding to the more than 4,000 emails from Podesta already released by the whistleblowing website. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange claims they are sitting on a trove of 50,000 messages. Continue reading “Wikileaks release Part 3 of Podesta emails”
The government of Saudi Arabia is now employing 10 lobbying firms in Washington as it grapples with a new law that would allow families of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to sue the country.
The Saudis have hired King & Spalding to provide “advocacy and legal services” related to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, according to a contract filed with the Justice Department. It’s the fifth firm to be hired by the country in recent weeks. Continue reading “Saudi Arabia hires 10th lobby firm”
SAN DIEGO – Immigration authorities caught just over half of the people who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico last year, according to a report commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security that offers one of the most detailed assessments of border security ever compiled.
The report found that 54 percent of people who entered illegally between border crossings got caught in the 2015 fiscal year. That’s much lower than the 81 percent success rate that Homeland Security cited publicly using a different counting method. Continue reading “Authorities caught barely half of illegal border crossers last year, report finds”
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has released a second batch of emails from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign chairman John Podesta. The new release features 2,086 hacked emails out of a trove that Julian Assange says includes 50,000 messages.
Former President Bill Clinton features prominently in the latest leaks, as highlighted by Wikileaks’ Twitter feed. In one, People close to the power couple pushed for Mr. Clinton, referred to as “WJC” for William Jefferson Clinton, to be less involved with his wife’s presidential campaign due to his extramarital affairs. Continue reading “WikiLeaks releases 2nd batch of 2,000+ emails from Clinton campaign chair”
You knew this was happening, and you knew they would never admit it during an election year, but here we are:
The Obama administration is delaying deportation proceedings for recent immigrants in cities across the United States, allowing more than 56,000 of those who fled Central America since 2014 to remain in the country legally for several more years. Continue reading “Your Federal Government, Working Against You for the Greater Good”
Another huge Trump rally in Wilkes-Barre, PA the day after his second debate with Hillary. Angry Trump supporters chant ‘CNN sucks!’ and embarrassed Clinton News Network/ CNN turns off camera after crowd starts yelling. Trump criticized dishonest media, particularly CNN.
“I’m telling you, they are so dishonest. Without the media, Hillary Clinton couldn’t be elected dog catcher. CNN is a disgrace.” Continue reading “10,000 Trump Supporters Chant ‘CNN Sucks!’ at Wilkes-Barre Rally in Pennsylvania, CNN Turns Off Camera”
In an effort to win votes from social conservatives during the 1996 presidential race, Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign ran a controversial radio ad that touted his signing of the Defense of Marriage Act, his role in expanding the death penalty, and his support for a ban on late-term abortions with exceptions.
The ad was reported on extensively at the time and has been referenced in the years after in the context of Clinton’s position on same-sex marriage, but recordings of the spot had been seemingly lost to time — until now. CNN’s KFile has obtained partial audio of the radio ad.
Continue reading “Listen to Bill Clinton’s 1996 radio ad touting his passage of DOMA”
FORT WORTH – Fort Worth police say a man accused of kidnapping a six-year-old girl from her home also raped her before she was found.
Police say Edis Moya Alas kidnapped the girl Saturday from her home in southeast Fort Worth. The girl’s father said he noticed the front door was open and the girl was gone about 5 a.m. Continue reading “Illegal alien accused of kidnapping, raping 6-year-old girl in Texas”
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican drug gang bosses furious at suspected turncoats sent commandos aided by local police to seize dozens — perhaps hundreds — of people, murder them and dispose of their bodies in a town near the Texas border, yet state and federal officials ignored the massacre for years, according to a government-backed report released Sunday.
The long delay in the investigation makes it impossible to determine just how many people were killed in the town of Allende in 2011, according to the report sponsored by the federal Executive Commission for Attention to Victims. The Coahuila state file lists 42 missing people related to the case. But a Zeta drug gang member told a U.S. court in 2013 that 300 died, though it was not clear if all the deaths occurred in the same incident. Continue reading “Report accuses Mexican state officials of ignoring massacre near Texas border”
ST. LOUIS – Shortly before Donald Trump took the stage here in St. Louis, he finished a Facebook Live video press conference with Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick—a more dramatic response to the tape on which he boasted of groping women than anyone could have imagined.
Of course, it’s been hard to imagine much of this reality-show campaign, but its most sensational, trash-talking elements—from Hillary Clinton’s possible role in her husband’s sexual misconduct to Trump talking about pursuing a married woman on “Access Hollywood”–collided on the Washington University stage. Continue reading “The sex, lies and videotape debate: Trump struggles early but finishes strong”
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In a few weeks Americans will be asked to choose between Hillary and Donald.
This is like being asked to choose between Capone and Gambizi.
No matter what you do, it’s wrong. Continue reading “Advantages of Just Saying—-No! — and Boycotting the Election”
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Two missiles fired from the Yemeni shore targeted a US Navy guided missile destroyer, a Pentagon spokesman has said. The rockets, which failed to hit the ship, allegedly came from territory controlled by Houthi rebels.
“USS Mason detected two inbound missiles over a 60-minute period while in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. Both missiles impacted the water before reaching the ship,” Reuters quoted Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis as saying. Continue reading “US Navy destroyer comes under missile attack off Yemen coast – Pentagon”
Washington lawmakers have tried and failed in recent years to make polluters pay for their carbon emissions to fight climate change. Now, voters will get to decide.
An initiative on the November ballot asks voters whether the state should impose the nation’s first direct carbon tax on the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and gasoline. Continue reading “Washington State Voters To Decide On Nation’s First Carbon Tax”
A good Samaritan is expected to recover after being shot more than a week ago by an illegal immigrant trying to kidnap a woman, according to a report.
Fox 31 Denver reported Friday that former paratrooper Brian Geer was shot when the woman, a total stranger, ran up to his house and frantically banged on the front door for help. Continue reading “Good Samaritan shot trying to stop kidnapping by illegal immigrant, report says”
A Long Island Rail Road train carrying approximately 600 passengers derailed Saturday night east of New York City, leaving 33 people injured and of those, four seriously injured, officials said this morning.
The eastbound commuter train derailed east of New Hyde Park, around 9:10 p.m., officials said.
“When you look at the actual damage to the situation, the silver lining is we are fortunate that more people weren’t seriously hurt,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a news conference this morning, adding that the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate into the cause of the incident. Continue reading “Commuter Train Derails East of NYC, Injuring 33”
New York Post – by Isabel Vincent
The Clinton Foundation failed to properly file non-profit paperwork required by New York state for years and did not disclose government grants on its filings as required by law, yet Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave it a pass.
A search of the New York charities database by The Post found that for the years 2010 through 2014, the Clinton Foundation was years late in submitting the required paperwork to raise money in New York — waiting until 2016. Continue reading “Clinton Foundation was late to file paperwork, but got pass from AG”