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2016 Elections

Meet The Jews Who Protested Trump’s AIPAC Speech

March 23, 2016 Jack Jenkins & Alice Ollstein, www.thinkprogress.org , ,
By Jack Jenkins & Alice Ollstien for Think Progress - When businessman and Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump took the stage for his controversial speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference on Monday evening, the largely Jewish crowd at the Verizon Center stadium erupted into raucous applause. Trump grinned as he waved and shook hands with attendees of the massive gathering convened by the influential Israel lobbying group, beaming in the spotlight as he waited several seconds to allow the cheering to subside.

Confused On Health Care When The Answers Are Obvious

March 22, 2016 Lori Robertson, www.factcheck.org , , ,
By Lori Robertson for Fact Check - Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton said, “I don’t know where [Bernie Sanders] was when I was trying to get health care in ’93 and ’94.” Actually, Sanders cosponsored a single-payer health insurance bill in 1993, and Clinton thanked him for his work on the issue that year. Clinton made the comment at a campaign rally in St. Louis, starting at the 18:23 mark, after she talked about standing up against “powerful forces.”

More Funders Hide Their Campaign Donations

March 22, 2016 Andrea Germanos, www.commondreams.org , ,
By Andrea Germanos for Common Dreams - Campaign finance reform advocates have rallied against super PACs' ability to influence elections since their creation in 2010, and new reporting by the Washington Post puts a spotlight on how "ghost corporations" are pumping money into these committees, with their big money contributors hiding behind a veil of secrecy. As the Center for Responsive Politics explains: "super PACs may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, then spend unlimited sums to overtly advocate for or against political candidates,"...

Exposing Libyan Agenda: A Closer Look At Hillary’s Emails

March 14, 2016 Ellen Brown, www.commondreams.org , ,
By Ellen Brown for Common Dreams - The brief visit of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Libya in October 2011 was referred to by the media as a “victory lap.” “We came, we saw, he died!” she crowed in a CBS video interview on hearing of the capture and brutal murder of Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi. But the victory lap, write Scott Shane and Jo Becker in the New York Times, was premature. Libya was relegated to the back burner by the State Department, “as the country dissolved into chaos, leading to a civil war that would destabilize the region...

Newsletter: The Times Are A-Changing

March 12, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org , , , , , , , ,
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. Sometimes, when in the midst of transformational change, it is difficult to recognize that it is happening. We are in a transformational moment now. The new political culture that erupted with the occupy movement in 2011, but which has roots going back decades, and its evolution into activism on key fronts of struggle such as wages, racism, trade, militarism, capitalism and other issues, has grown to be so impactful that it is fracturing the two corporate political parties. A lot of change is occurring on many fronts. That should encourage all of us to keep building the movement of movements so we can create the transformation we need.

Breitbart Reporter Files Charges Against Trump Campaign Manager

March 12, 2016 Jesse Byrnes, www.thehill.com ,
By Jesse Byrnes for The Hill - A Breitbart reporter is filing a criminal complaint against Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski alleging that he grabbed her at a press conference this week, The Hill has learned. The Jupiter Police Department confirmed in a statement shared with The Hill that it was investigating an alleged battery from Tuesday night at Trump National. The police report was filed Friday morning. Breitbart's president and CEO earlier Friday rejected the Trump campaign's claim that Fields may have made up the story.

What I Know About America After Getting Thrown Out Of A Trump Rally

March 12, 2016 Ronnie C. Rouse, www.huffingtonpost.com , , ,
By Ronnie C. Rouse for The Huffington Post - As I woke up this morning, the reality and depth of the situation started to finally set in. Seventy-plus interviews later, my childhood friend and I are on national news because we decided to attend a presidential campaign event. My childhood friend and I are on national news because we were exercising our civic rights as Americans. At a Donald J. Trump campaign event March 9, 2016, my friend Rakeem and I sawwhat being American is all about.

Why Are There Suddenly Millions Of Socialists In America?

March 4, 2016 Harold Meyerson, www.theguardian.com , , ,
By Harold Meyerson for The Guardian - In 1906 German sociologist Werner Sombart wrote an essay entitled Why Is There No Socialism in the United States? that sought to explain why the US, alone among industrialized democracies, had not developed a major socialist movement. Today, however, we need to pose a different question: why are there socialists in the United States? In this nation that has long been resistant to socialism’s call, who are all these people who now suddenly deem themselves socialists? Where did they come from? What do they mean by socialism?

Hecklers Disrupt Trump Rally, Photographer Shoved To Ground

March 1, 2016 Doina Chiacu, www.reuters.com ,
By Doina Chiacu for Reuters - WASHINGTON - A Donald Trump rally in Virginia was repeatedly disrupted on Monday by protesters, including some from the Black Lives Matter movement, in a stark display of the divisions the Republican front-runner's presidential campaign has long been accused of sowing. A Time magazine photographer trying to document the exit of dozens of black protesters from the rally in southwestern Radford, Virginia, was grabbed by the neck and shoved to the ground by a U.S. Secret Service agent.

What You Probably Don’t Know About Hillary Clinton’s Record

March 1, 2016 Staff, www.otherworldsarepossible.org ,
By Staff of Other Worlds Are Possible - Missing from the discussion of Hillary Rodham Clinton's record has been her work in Haiti, where she blatantly manipulated and threatened Haitian government officials to control electoral outcomes. In that country, too, she and her husband have led the way in promoting a sweatshop-led development model. Other Worlds has compiled a list of articles that take a closer look into Clinton's work in Haiti and what her Presidency could portend for other nations.

The End of the Reagan Era

February 25, 2016 Staff, www.piketty.blog.lemonde.fr , ,
By Staff of Le Monde - How should we interpret the incredible success of the ‘socialist’ Bernie Sanders in the American Primaries? The Vermont senator now has the lead over Hillary Clinton amongst the Democrat supporters under 50 years and only the senior citizens’ vote has enabled Hillary to maintain her advantage. Faced with the Clinton electoral machine and the conservatism of the major media, Bernie will perhaps not win the primary. But it has been demonstrated that another Sanders, possibly younger and less white, could one day soon win the American presidential elections and change the face of the country.

Black Lives Matter Activists Interrupt Hillary Clinton

February 25, 2016 Tyler Tynes, www.huffingtonpost.com , , ,
By Tyler Tynes for The Huffington Post - Two Black Lives Matter activists interrupted a private Hillary Clinton fundraising event Wednesday night in Charleston, South Carolina. Youth activist Ashley Williams demanded that the Democratic presidential candidate account for inconsistencies in her record on race, specifically around comments she made about crime in 1996. Williams said she and a colleague, whom she did not identify, contributed $500 to attend the Clinton event, which was held at a private residence and was attended by around 100 guests.

The Not-So-Hidden Fracking Money Fueling The 2016 Elections

February 10, 2016 David Turnbull, www.priceofoil.org , , ,
By David Turnbull for Oil Change International - The New York Times today has pulled together a list of all the individuals who have contributed over 1 million dollars in the 2016 election…and there’s some major fracking money hiding in plain sight. If you take a quick glance at the Times’ list of big contributors, you’ll see a hodgepodge of hedge fund managers, CEOs of major companies, and, of course oil industry executives. But, if you dig a little deeper, one family quickly emerges as a major player in the 2016 race: The Wilks family.

100 Billionaires Give More Than 2.2 Million People To Campaigns

February 9, 2016 Kenneth P. Vogel and Isaac Aarnsdorf, www.politico.com , ,
By Kenneth P. Vogel and Isaac Aarnsdorf for Politico - The 100 biggest donors of 2016 cycle have spent $195 million trying to influence the presidential election ― more than the $155 million spent by the 2 million smallest donors combined — according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance data. The analysis found that the leading beneficiaries of checks from the top 100 donors were Jeb Bush’s floundering campaign for the GOP nomination (a supportive super PAC received $49 million from donors on the list), Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton (super PACs dedicated to her raised $38 million from top 100 donors) and Ted Cruz’s insurgent GOP campaign ($37 million).

Pharma Executives Worry Presidential Candidates Demand Reform

February 8, 2016 Lee Fang, www.theintercept.com , ,
By Lee Fang for The Intercept - Responding to tough talk by presidential candidates about price gouging by drug companies, pharmaceutical executives have told investors that they are working actively to influence the political debate. And in a move that reveals how much leeway drug firms actually have over pricing decisions, some are even saying that they have minimized price hikes in recent months to avoid attracting attention. Democratic contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have both called for the government to do much more to bring down the price of medications.
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