More Fallout From Cortez Masto’s Fundraiser Flap

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May 27, 2015 by

“‘Our focus is driving negative news narratives against [Hillary Rodham] Clinton,’ said Colin Reed, executive director of America Rising PAC, a formidable Republican operation with scores of staffers scouring campaign events, public filings, social media and any other resource they can find for nuggets that might harm the Democratic candidate.

This self-styled “new generation of Republican research and rapid response” is split into two organizations. The PAC distributes material generated by a much bigger private company staffed with researchers. The higher the profile the PAC creates, the more clients the business side reels in.”

Click here to read the full story from the LA Times. 

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May 27, 2015 by

California Democrat Scott Peters is under heavy pressure from the AFL-CIO and other labor unions to vote against fast-track authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. [Read more…]

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May 27, 2015 by

Another report about the Clintons and undisclosed business dealings led the morning news. The Associated Press reports that WJC, LLC was set up in 2008 by Bill Clinton as a shell company to funnel payments the former President received for consulting various companies. [Read more…]

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May 26, 2015 by

Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discussed the Associated Press’ story that revealed the existence of an LLC that was used to pay for Bill Clinton’s work for Teneo Consulting. That LLC was previously omitted from Personal Financial Disclosure forms for years. [Read more…]

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May 26, 2015 by

A new report by The Associated Press has exposed Bill Clinton’s until now undisclosed company, WJC LLC:

The newly released financial files on Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s growing fortune omit a company with no apparent employees or assets that the former president has legally used to provide consulting and other services, but which demonstrates the complexity of the family’s finances.

The company, which was set up in 2008, has not appeared on a single Clinton financial disclosure filing, including the form filed this month by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. And while the Clinton campaign claims they were not required to disclose the company because it lacked assets, the AP found that a number of Bill Clinton’s consulting agreements flowed through the secret LLC:

The purpose of Bill Clinton’s U.S.-based company was not disclosed in any of the corporate filings in Delaware and New York, but State Department files recently reviewed by the AP show that WJC, LLC surfaced in emails from Bill Clinton’s aides to the department’s ethics officials.

In February 2009, Clinton’s counselor, Douglas Band, asked State Department ethics officials to clear Bill Clinton’s consulting work for three companies owned by influential Democratic party donors. Memos sent by Band proposed that Bill Clinton would provide “consulting services regarding geopolitical, economic and social trends affecting the entity and philanthropic opportunities” through the WJC, LLC entity.

State Department officials approved Bill Clinton’s consulting work for longtime friend Steve Bing’s Shangri-La Industries and another with Wasserman Investments, GP, a firm run by entertainment executive and Democratic party donor Casey Wasserman. The ethics officials turned down Bill Clinton’s proposed work with a firm run by entertainment magnate and Democratic donor Haim Saban because of Saban’s active role in Mideast political affairs.

WJC, LLC was also cited by Band in a June 2011 memo sent to State Department ethics officials asking for clearance to allow Bill Clinton to advise Band’s international consulting company, Teneo Strategy LLC. Band’s request said Teneo would use “consulting services provided by President Clinton through WJC, LLC.” State Department officials approved the three-year contract between the two companies.

This report provides further proof the Clintons would prefer to not be straightforward and upfront with the American people when it comes to the sources of their millions.

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May 26, 2015 by

Ann Kirkpatrick has tried to paint herself as a bipartisan member of Congress. In her video announcing she’s running for Senate, she says she’s “putting Arizona first.” And while that all sounds great, her record tells another story. [Read more…]

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May 26, 2015 by

Last week, Politico reported that “Democrats are nervous” about their chances to win a Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Joe Sestak’s anemic fundraising and embarrassing walking tour have gone so poorly, that Dems are looking for someone, anyone, to run against him. [Read more…]

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May 26, 2015 by

The Clintons use words in ways that almost nobody else does. To make it easier, we’ve defined many of her strangely-used words below, so you know what they actually mean.

glowing book

almost no

[awl-mohst noh]

adjective.

definition: $400,000

“‘Over the last 15 years, I’ve taken almost no capital gains and I’ve given 10% away.’
The tax returns from 2000-2006, however, which are publicly available online, show during that period the Clintons made nearly $400,000 in capital gains.” – Buzzfeed

campaign finance reform

[kam-peyn fi-nans ree-fawrm]

noun.

definition: commonly stated ideal for money in politics. Usually stated as a goal, then followed by contradictory action.

At the very same time Hillary Clinton was decrying “unaccountable money” in Iowa, Clinton’s campaign chairman was raising “unaccountable money.”

charity

[char-i-tee]

noun.

definition:

1. means by which one can fund political activity without worrying about federal contribution limits;

2. means by which foreign governments and corporations can contribute to one’s political cause covertly.

See also: “Slush fund”

dead broke

[ded brohk]

adjective.

definition: owning two multi-million dollar mansions and making roughly four times the salary of an everyday American.

“…we came out of the White House not only dead broke but in debt…”

everyday Americans

[ev-ree-dey uh–mer-i-kuh ns]

noun.

definition: highly-vetted Democratic activists.

Reference: Hillary Clinton’s Quiet NH Visit Didn’t Go As Planned

reset

[rēˈset]

verb.

definition:

1. when a first attempt has failed, pretending one did not already make that attempt, and trying again.

Reference: Hillary Clinton’s campaign reset

2. attempting to mend a relationship by making it infinitely worse.

Reference: Hillary Clinton’s Russia Reset

transparency

[trans-pair–uh n-see]

noun.

definition: word used ironically to describe a standard of accountability and openness that one never actually intends to actualize.

Reference: 1992 to 2015.

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May 24, 2015 by

ABC This Week highlighted the Associated Press report that one of Hillary Clinton’s emails was so sensitive in nature, that the FBI had required it to be classified before the State Department was allowed to release the emails to the public.

While on CNN, the Associated Press reporter Julie Pace said about the emails, “this is something that is going to trail her basically through the Iowa caucuses and the primaries.”

USA Today’s Susan Page said about communications between Hillary Clinton and Sidney Blumenthal “that this raises questions,” such as whether the administration was being upfront with the American people about Benghazi.

Even potential running mate Julián Castro admitted he used his government-issued email for work.

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May 22, 2015 by

It was another rough week for Hillary Clinton and her campaign; it started off in the midst of a 4-week long media black out.

On Tuesday news broke that long time Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal had written a series of memos to then-Secretary Clinton regarding the situation in Libya, which it turns out he was trying to profit from.

This led MSNBC Joe Scarborough to say, “There is always a dollar sign attached somewhere a co-mingling of friendships, state department business and moneymaking, right?”

Later that day Fox News’ Ed Henry dared to ask Hillary Clinton a question, during her Mason City, Iowa stop. The former Sectary was none too happy about this:

Wednesday was a particularly bumpy day for Clinton’s Presidential ambitions.

A Bloomberg focus group of Iowa Democrats couldn’t name a single accomplishment that Hillary Clinton had while serving as Secretary of State. The silence in the room was deafening.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Clinton State Department, “scrutinized politically sensitive documents requested under public-records law and sometimes blocked their release, according to people with direct knowledge of the activities.”

CNN’s Jeff Zeleny called the report “scathing” and that it was just another sign that transparency would be a dogging issue for her campaign.

Politico also reported that the Clinton Foundation had not properly disclosed donations made by Fred Eychaner’s foundation, the Alphawood Foundation.

On Thursday the New York Times released emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server. According to these emails Sidney Blumenthal sent then-Secretary Clinton a memo regarding the Benghazi terrorist claiming ‘demonstrators’ who were upset over a “sacrilegious internet video on the prophet Mohammed” conducted the attacks.

Clinton forwarded this memo to Jake Sullivan asking for more information about Mr. Blumenthal’s claim.

Later on that day news broke that the Clinton Foundation hadn’t disclosed $26 million of revenue. The New York Times’ Nick Confessore said:

NICK CONFESSORE: Well, the problem here Jose is that they keep being sloppy about this. They sign this agreement and it seems like every week there is a new example of them saying whoops, we actually made a mistake, here’s some more income, here’s some more grants, here’s some more fundraising. So if it’s within the letter of the agreement or not, they keep changing the rules a bit and saying here’s more money, here’s more money. At best it looks very sloppy. It looks like they weren’t taking very seriously the obligations they imposed on themselves back in 2008.

With all these scandals starting to pile on the Clinton campaign, McClatchy published an article highlighting the growing frustration amongst ‘everyday Americans’ with the Clinton “bubble.”

On Friday the State Department released additional emails pertaining to Benghazi. The AP reported that Hillary Clinton received now-classified information about the Benghazi attacks on her private email server. This revelation might contradict Clinton’s claim that she received no classified material on her private email server.

The growing number of scandals seems to have culminated with Clinton’s favorability hitting its lowest point in eight years, according to the Pew Research Center.

The week seems to have taken a toll on Hillary Clinton, who forgot where she was during a New Hampshire campaign event on Friday.

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