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Related: About this forumSenator Cory Booker on why Hillary is the best candidate. JUST INCREDIBLE. WATCH THIS GUY!
AWESOME SENATOR CORY BOOKER!!
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Senator Cory Booker on why Hillary is the best candidate. JUST INCREDIBLE. WATCH THIS GUY! (Original Post)
RBInMaine
Feb 2016
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Indepatriot
(1,253 posts)1. This the same guy?
Marty McGraw
(1,024 posts)11. watch out
somebody's apt to watch what this man has to say...
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)2. "Wall Street's favorite Senator"
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) received $1.87 million from the securities and investment industry, making him the top recipient of Wall Street money this election cycle, NPR reports. Booker also received more money from real estate groups than any other member, as well as more from the entertainment and tech industries, accountants, and groups considered to be pro-Israel.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) got the second highest draw from Wall Street $1.26 million.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) got the second highest draw from Wall Street $1.26 million.
Wall Street's Favorite Senator
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)3. Cory Booker and the $100M gift to Newark Public Schools
Facebook founder and Winklevii nemesis Mark Zuckerberg announced a $100 million donation to Newark schools to blunt PR damage from the release of The Social Network help school children. The money would not be going into the struggling citys budget but would be privately controlled with Newark Mayor Cory Booker providing guidance.
Yes, money used to transform Newark public schools would be administered privately and, until recently, in secret from the people of Newark.
Privatizing schools in Newark was already a tough task this year after the crown jewel of charter schools in the city was caught up in a cheating scandal. Apparently telling teachers they get paid more/remain employed if their students do better on tests leads to gaming the test system who knew monetary incentives lead to the pursuit of self-interest? The strategy was clear, use the private money to launch attacks on public schools and keep anyone from seeing how.
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https://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/cory-booker-and-the-100m-gift-to-newark-public-schools-or-cory-booker/
The city originally stated it did not have any documents about the donation. It later admitted in a January court hearing that emails existed, but argued they did not have to release them because they were shielded by mayoral executive privilege, contain personal information and are deliberative in nature. The city also argued Newark Mayor Cory Booker was not acting in his official capacity as mayor when he accepted Zuckerbergs pledge on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Judge Rachel N. Davidson rejected all those arguments, noting for instance that a press release on the City of Newarks own website touts Bookers involvement in the donation as mayor and that all of the emails in dispute are maintained by Bookers executive assistant in Newark City Hall. The judge also noted that Bookers role as mayor is repeated in statements about the donation that are mentioned on his campaign website, as well as in some of the emails that are being sought.
Judge Rachel N. Davidson rejected all those arguments, noting for instance that a press release on the City of Newarks own website touts Bookers involvement in the donation as mayor and that all of the emails in dispute are maintained by Bookers executive assistant in Newark City Hall. The judge also noted that Bookers role as mayor is repeated in statements about the donation that are mentioned on his campaign website, as well as in some of the emails that are being sought.
https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2012/12/20/judge-orders-newark-release-emails-about-facebook-donation
MZs money is not going in to classrooms, Booker aide Sharon Macklin wrote on Sept. 19, 2010. Instead, aides discussed how to allow small donors to fund individual projects, and Macklin suggested they would get a lot of local props for that.
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/12/25/booker-facebook-emails-about-100-million-schools-gift-released/
Old Crow
(2,212 posts)4. Well, this thread sure didn't go where the OP was expecting.
What I got out of it: Birds of a feather flock together.
Kudos to the other posters in this thread who did the research.
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Gene Debs
(582 posts)6. It should have ended like this:
I'm still laughing as I type this. That was perfect!
earthshine
(1,642 posts)8. You're right. It was incredible!
Literally, meaning lacking in credibility.
I knew Booker was a smug, self-important, shill for Wall Street. But, after reading the comments above, replete with specifics, I have to say it's far worse than I thought.
Thanks for posting the video and having us open up this dialog. It simply exposes one more endorsement by the establishment.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)9. Senator Cory Booker Berniebroed!
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)10. Yup, typical Bernie folks. Trashing this VERY good man. So typical.