Tag Archives: Hillary

War Is Coming To The Democrats: Why Clinton vs. Sanders Is About To Get Very Ugly

Posted on September 17, 2015 by markt

By Jack Mirkinson Salon (9/15/15) A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Hillary Clinton’s vow to avoid negative attacks against Bernie Sanders would evaporate if Sanders starting causing Clinton any real problems. Sanders is now sailing past Clinton … Continue reading →

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If You Are A True Democrat Fighting For America’s Working Families The Choice Is Clear

Posted on September 15, 2015 by markt
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Hillary Goes To Militaristic, Hawkish Think Tank And Gives Militaristic, Hawkish Speech

Posted on September 12, 2015 by markt

By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept (9/9/15) Leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton this morning [9/9] delivered a foreign policy speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington. By itself, the choice of the venue was revealing. Brookings served as Ground Zero … Continue reading →

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Drip, Drip … Clintons Personally Paid State Department Employee To Maintain Email Server

Posted on September 6, 2015 by markt

By Rosalind S. Helderman & Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post (8/5/15) Hillary Rodham Clinton and her family personally paid a State Department staffer to maintain the private e-mail server she used while heading the agency, according to an official from Clinton’s presidential … Continue reading →

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Bush & Clinton Dynasties Hit Trump Bump

Posted on August 31, 2015 by markt

(Editor’s Note: FYI. A reader can get confused in this column. Columnist Maureen Dowd quotes former Bush family adviser Matthew Dowd. — Mark L. Taylor)  By Maureen Dowd The New York Times (8/29/15) Washington — PITY Poppy. When I went … Continue reading →

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With the FBI Investigating Clinton’s Emails, Bernie Sanders Should Be Considered the Democratic Frontrunner

Posted on August 23, 2015 by markt

Bernie Sanders is long past the viewpoint that he’s unelectable or “too liberal.” By H.A. Goodman www.hagoodman.com (8/21/15) Last year, if someone told you that by August of 2015, a poll would show Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton in New … Continue reading →

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Here’s The Problem With Hillary Clinton’s Email Explanation …

Posted on August 20, 2015 by markt

www.mrctv.org It’s pure spin. By Eugene Kiely FactCheck.org (8/19/15) Hillary Clinton gave an odd — and factually inaccurate — account of how the controversy over her email habits as secretary of state mushroomed into a public spectacle. Clinton chalked it … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump & Bill Clinton: Behind Their Chummy ‘Bromance’

Posted on August 7, 2015 by markt

www.washingtonpost.com Bill is known to have a mischievous streak, but even he could not have foreseen how well his encouraging his pal The Donald to run for president would work out. By Michael Daly The Daily Beast (8/5/15) Bill Clinton … Continue reading →

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PUHLEEZE! You Really Think There Is A Difference? Hillary Clinton’s Mega-Donors Are Also Funding Jeb Bush

Posted on August 5, 2015 by markt

Racetrack owners with links to bloody Zeta drug cartel, bankers, and chicken kings: Meet the ultra-rich bankrolling the Bush and Clinton dynasties.  By Jackie Kucinich & Matan Gilat The Daily Beast & Vocativ (8/4/15) For some wealthy donors, it doesn’t matter who takes the … Continue reading →

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Sorry, Hillary Fans: Like It Or Not, Her Email Errors Are Definitely Newsworthy

Posted on August 3, 2015 by markt

Despite campaign’s claim of persecution, anyone who cares about government transparency and security should demand information By Trevor Timm The Guardian (8/1/15) The Hillary Clinton presidential campaign and its supporters have spent the last week trying to paint the continuing … Continue reading →

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Profile In Duplicity: Hillary Clinton Cops Out On Keystone Question For Second Time In 2 Days

Posted on July 29, 2015 by markt

The best the corporate wing of the Democratic Party can muster.   By Samantha Lachman The Huffington Post (7/28/15) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton again declined to take a position on the construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Guess Who Else Is Fundraising For Clinton: Private Prison Lobbyists

Posted on July 25, 2015 by markt

By Sarah Lazare Common Dreams (7/24/15) In addition to Wall Street and the fossil fuel industry, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is turning to lobbyists for the two biggest private prison companies in the country, Corrections Corporation of America … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton’s Refusal To Reinstate Glass-Stegall Act Should Cause All To Doubt Her Talk Of Economic Reforem

Posted on July 17, 2015 by markt

For more than six decades Glass-Steagall worked exactly as it was intended to.    By Robert Reich Robert Reich’s Blog (7/15/15) Hillary Clinton won’t propose reinstating a bank break-up law known as the Glass-Steagall Act – at least according to … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: Hillary’s Clintonomics

Posted on July 15, 2015 by markt

By Robert Reich Robert Reich’s Facebook Page (7/14/15) Hillary’s Clintonomics is better than her husband’s was. She recognizes (as she said at the start of her campaign) that the “cards are still stacked in favor of those at the top.” … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Podcast: Wonderful Ideas On The BBC’s “In Our Time.”

Posted on July 1, 2015 by markt

By Richie Hoban The Daily Call (7/1/15) This week’s podcast focuses on the BBC podcast “In Our Time” with Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas. You can access the website with this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/downloads The American architect, … Continue reading →

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