Showing posts with label Bill Clinton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Clinton. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s War On Women

Brandon Turbeville
March 2, 2016

During the height of Bill Clinton’s sex scandals, Hillary ran interference that would have made any PR manager or mafia Don proud. Adding to the suspicion that Clinton’s marriage was nothing more than a marriage of convenience and political expediency, Clinton searched out almost all of the women accusing Slick Willy of sexual harassment, assault, and rape and launched a “smear campaign” against them.

While Clinton campaigns on Democratic party wedge issues like the “war on women” when it comes to issues like abortion, feminism, and the phantom pay gap, her real history with women’s issues is much more troubled.

As Brent Scher wrote in his article “Hillary Clinton’s Long History of Targeting Women,” for the Washington Free Beacon,

Hillary Clinton’s expected presidential campaign is being built around women’s issues, but women who have gotten in the way of her family’s political goals in the past have often been subjected to her wrath. 
As Clinton has appeared at multiple events for women over the past several weeks, her record as an advocate for women has come under increased scrutiny.[1] [2] [3]
Women who have accused her husband, former President Bill Clinton, of sexual misconduct have received special criticism from the former first lady. 
One victim of Clinton’s wrath was Monica Lewinsky, whom Clinton called a “narcissistic loony toon” in private conversations with close friend Diane Blair.[4]
Lewinsky was not the only woman who had a sexual relationship with Bill targeted by Hillary: she called Gennifer Flowers “trailer trash.”[5] 


Monday, January 25, 2016

The Clinton Foundation: Hillary's Conflict Of Interests - Beholden To Banks, Corporations, And Foreign Governments

hillary-clinton-foundation-money-cashBrandon Turbeville
Activist Post
January 25, 2016

Much has been made of the questionable actions and connections held by Clinton’s foundation enterprise over the last year.[1] Many allegations have been made but what is entirely undebatable is the fact that the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation works closely with Wall Street banks and is also heavily funded by them. As Ellen Simon of Investopedia sums up,

Bill Clinton started a public health non-profit in 2002 that has since grown into The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation. The Clinton Global Initiative, which holds forums for international leaders, was separately incorporated from the foundation in 2010 at the request of the Obama Administration while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.[2] After she stepped down as secretary of state, the two funds were reunited.[3] 

The Clinton Global Initiative discloses its donors by range, not by specific amount. Barclays Capital, Citi Foundation and Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund have all given the Clinton's foundation between $1 million and $5 million.[4] Bank of America Foundation, Barclays PLC, Citigroup Inc., McKinsey & Company and UBS Wealth Management USA have given between $500,000 and $1 million.[5] Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Americas, Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. have all given between $251,000 and $500,000.[6]

The Clinton Foundation(s) are notoriously mercurial. Funding comes in and funding goes out but no one is ever that clear on the details of where it came from, where it is going, and/or what it is being used for. Labeled an “atypical business model” by “charity watchdog” group Charity Navigator, the Clinton Foundation has earned its position on the list of “suspicious charities.”[7]