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Oops! Jane let the reality birdie go - pushed off another platform now http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate-backlash-223625
The real reason Bill Clinton thinks Hillary should be president
Bill Clinton campaigns for his wife, Hillary Clinton, at Edison High School. 5/27/16 Photo by John O'Boyle for NJ Advance Media
By Claude Brodesser-Akner | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on May 28, 2016 at 9:00 AM, updated May 28, 2016 at 9:42 PM
WOODBRIDGE In an interview with NJ Advance Media on Friday, former President Bill Clinton argued that serving as U.S. secretary of state is the best training for the presidency than at any other time in modern memory.
"This is the first time I can remember the domestic and international responsibilities are so tied up together," Clinton said during a visit to the Reo Diner in Woodbridge.
The former president made the comments shortly after appearing at a rally at nearby Edison High School to campaign for his wife, Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state who is now the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.
"There's turmoil in elections everywhere," Bill Clinton said. "You've been watching it in Europe. You know, they had a very close election in Austria over whether they should basically close the borders."
Earlier this week, Austrians went the polls to elect their own president, and were faced with an eerily similar version of Donald Trump: Norbert Hofer, a right wing populist, had campaigned with a Trump-inspired slogan of "putting Austria first," a promise build a fence along Austria's southern border and to "stop the invasion of Muslims."
Hofer won the first round of voting but narrowly lost in a run-off election.
"It's very important that the next president be strong enough in international relations," Clinton said. "You know, keep us safe, but also: Give us the space we need to keep growing (economically). Because if we get stronger, it'll drag the right world in the right direction, and a lot of these tensions will go down."
The former president argued that Hillary Clinton's expertise in global diplomacy wasn't merely helpful, but practically a job requirement for a president who'll run a nation that's nearly a fourth of the economic output of the global economy.
"We just had a report in the last couple weeks that America's growth was dragged down in the last quarter," the former president said. "At a time when we're hiring people, wages are finally rising, we're coming back, was dragged down by all this trouble in the world."
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Sanders fails to oust Clinton backers from convention roles | AP
May. 28, 2016 1:41 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic officials have rejected Bernie Sanders' request to remove two high-profile Hillary Clinton supporters from leadership positions at the party's summer convention.
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Democratic officials responded to Sanders' request on Saturday, saying in a letter that Malloy and Frank were elected under party rules and that Sanders wasn't alleging any violations of that process.
The DNC says it reviewed the challenge, found it failed to meet the criteria and "we are compelled to dismiss it."
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a9a368ce98164309aa0a3f4cd74ad6c8/sanders-fails-oust-clinton-backers-convention-roles
Hillary News & Views 5.27.16: HRC & Advocacy Edition
Guest post by jabberwoky - Hillary HQ - www.hillaryhq.com
This is not meant to be an exhaustive compilation of HRCs involvement in social advocacy or a recitation of her land-mark speeches and most of the items I have included are more obscure and may not be considered worthy of front-page coverage in the MSM (because HRC does not need constant positive reinforcement from the media to do what she thinks is right). In addition, these causes and initiatives are specifically related to Womens Rights, not because they are the more important than any other issue, but because they are as equally important as any other issue.
Finally, you may have seen these videos, read these stories, know the successes or failure rate of any given advocacy etc...Thats great and please share your views this edition of HNV is not to proclaim HRC the most successful champion/politician/woman of all time, it is simply to highlight her deep connection to, and advocacy for womens issues. Cheers.
Here are a few quotes from HRC on this issue and links to a few stories and organizations HRC has had some involvement with in the past.
Hillary Clinton Catches Up With Her Hero Nujood Ali
Stopping child marriage is not just a must for moral or human rights reasonsit lays the foundation for so many other things we hope to achieve. Primary education. Improved child and maternal health. Sustainable economic development that includes girls.
http://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-exclusive-hillary-clinton-catches-up-with-her-hero-nujood-ali
More at Hillary HQ
State Rep OH - Alicia Reece - of Rainbow coalition background
Is on Joy Reid, touting Hillary getting her on the platform committee. She has avoided criticizing Cornel West, instead focusing on voting rights, and giving Hillary kudos for support it.
Hillary Clinton: $25 billion could pay for This or Trumps Wall
Hillary Clinton Verified account
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$25 billion could pay for:
1,500 new schools.
Clean energy to power 5 million homes.
or...
Trump's wall:
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The state of our infrastructure is an emergency and an opportunity.
Last year, I released an ambitious infrastructure plan that would leverage public and private investment to repair our crumbling bridges and roads, build world-class airports, and connect all American households to the internet.
But thats just a down payment. We have to do even more. As a share of the economy, federal infrastructure investment is roughly half of what it was 35 years ago. That underinvestment is hurting our economy and our future.
In my first 100 days as president, I will send a plan to Congress making the biggest, most forward-looking investment in American infrastructure since the construction of the Interstate Highway System.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/736248351939776521
https://medium.com/hillary-for-america/the-state-of-our-infrastructure-is-an-emergency-and-an-opportunity-baa5444dcdaf#.z5vv6e53s
'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli endorses Donald Trump
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Martin Shkreli, former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, said on Thursday that he will support Donald Trump. (Martin Shkreli via Spreecast)
BY Christopher Brennan
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Friday, May 27, 2016, 8:32 AM
The self-aggrandizing Pharma Bro known for hiking up the price of an AIDS drug has thrown his political support behind a man with another giant ego: Donald Trump.
Martin Shkreli, the 33-year-old former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, said on Twitter Thursday that he would vote for the presumptive Republican nominee in his likely general election matchup.
I haven't been called by the Trump camp. I support him vs. Hillary, he said, adding that the brash billionaire should pick an experienced vice presidential candidate.
Shkreli, who is currently awaiting trial for securities fraud, said later that all you people who don't like trump are jealous, stupid and poor! don't make me laugh!
Continued at NY Daily News
Excuse Us, Bernie Sanders, But Nobody Appointed You Savior of the Democratic Party
By Melissa McEwan
May 27, 2016
In a Q&A with TIME, Bernie Sanders positions himself as arbiter of the Democratic Partys future, goes hard negative on the Clintons, calls a progressive activist (and a BNR founder) scum of the Earth, and reiterates one of the most delusional talking points of 2015that hes the strongest candidate to beat Donald Trump. We are longtime activists, advocates, and Democrats, and we reject the hubris that would have one man disparage the work of millions who dont happen to agree with him.
Dear Bernie,
Reading your recent TIME interview, we felt the need to respond.
First, it says so much that youre willing to use the term scum of the earth about someone who has helped build progressive infrastructure, but not about Donald Trump and his sleazy operatives, who youre obsequiously hoping will breathe new life into your campaign.
Second, when you speak about the Democratic Party as its self-appointed savior, do you realize how that offends millions of rank and file Democrats who support the nominee-to-be Hillary Clinton? Not to mention the thousands of elected Democrats who have worked their hearts out to promote Democratic and progressive causes?
Do you really imagine that, at the local level, Democratselected and activistsare only debating whether or not they are beholden to Wall Street billionaires? Were working ourselves to early graves fighting for clean water, good schools, early childcare programs, abortion access, jobs programs, equality measures, library funding, needle exchanges, infrastructure improvements, dog parks, lunch programs, fair housing, and countless other issues that are more immediate and personal than the sweeping broadsides you make against the establishment.
Continued at Blue Nation Review
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Clinton questions whether Trump is as wealthy as he claims | Wash Post
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at IBEW Local 11 in Commerce, Calif., on Tuesday May 24, 2016. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hillary Clinton upped the pressure on Donald Trump to release his tax returns on Thursday, suggesting that he is trying to hide unflattering revelations about his finances.
Either hes paying no taxes or hes paying very little, Clinton said. The only way to find out which it is is for him to release.
Ether hes as wealthy as he claims or maybe hes not, the only way to find out is for him to release.
Trump, now the likely Republican nominee, has refused to release his tax returns, which is not a requirement but a longtime practice for candidates running for president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/26/clinton-questions-whether-trump-is-as-wealthy-as-he-claims/
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