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Wealthy Right-Wing and Anti-Muslim Mega Donors Breaking for Hillary
Top Jeb Donor Says He'd Vote For Clinton over The Donald: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bush-donor-vote-clinton-trumpClinton Super PAC Donor Is Former Goldman Exec and Foreclosure Crisis Profiteer:
https://theintercept.com/2015/12/04/clinton-super-pac-donor-is-former-goldman-exec-and-foreclosure-crisis-profiteer/
When Bernie Sanders brought up Hillary Clinton’s prodigious fundraising from Wall Street at the Nov. 14 Democratic presidential debate, Clinton called it an attack on her “integrity.” And in an interview this week, she said that “anybody who thinks they can influence me on that ground doesn’t know me very well.”
But the fact remains that the Clinton campaign is fundraising heavily from Wall Street. Contributions from the securities and investment industries comprise her fourth-largest pile of campaign money, totaling $2,044,471. Commercial banks have given $443,519 directly to her campaign.
One major donor to her Super PAC, Priorities USA, is Donald Mullen Jr., a man who was singularly able to profit from the financial crisis both before and after the crash of the housing bubble.
Mullen, while a Goldman Sachs employee, pioneered the trades that allowed the mega-bank to profit from the collapse of the housing market. Mullen’s team utilized financial instruments called collateralized debt obligations to essentially bet against subprime mortgages.
A 2010 Senate investigation brought to light emails between Mullen and his Goldman colleagues. As his colleagues began to see the decline of the market, Mullen wrote cheerfully, “Sounds like we will make some serious money.”
But the fact remains that the Clinton campaign is fundraising heavily from Wall Street. Contributions from the securities and investment industries comprise her fourth-largest pile of campaign money, totaling $2,044,471. Commercial banks have given $443,519 directly to her campaign.
One major donor to her Super PAC, Priorities USA, is Donald Mullen Jr., a man who was singularly able to profit from the financial crisis both before and after the crash of the housing bubble.
Mullen, while a Goldman Sachs employee, pioneered the trades that allowed the mega-bank to profit from the collapse of the housing market. Mullen’s team utilized financial instruments called collateralized debt obligations to essentially bet against subprime mortgages.
A 2010 Senate investigation brought to light emails between Mullen and his Goldman colleagues. As his colleagues began to see the decline of the market, Mullen wrote cheerfully, “Sounds like we will make some serious money.”
Clinton donor walks back supportive Assad comments: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/12/03/hillary-clinton-donor-walks-back-supportive-comments-syrian-leader-bashar-assad/BntPg2F32ncESVkDsVS2XL/story.html
Bobby Sager, who is also the chairman of the board of Polaroid, sent the e-mail in March 2011 after a trip to Syria where he met Assad and said he came to believe that if properly pushed, the leader would improve the direction of the country.
Clinton’s Biggest Donor: ‘More Scrutiny’ for Muslims
http://www.thenation.com/article/clintons-biggest-donor-more-scrutiny-for-muslims/
In an interview with the Hollywood industry site the Wrap published on the same day as Clinton’s CFR speech, Saban said (with my emphasis):
Many members of the Hollywood community are very liberal and they value their civil liberties more than they value life. I disagree with that. You want to be free and dead? I’d rather be not free and alive. The reality is that certain things that are unacceptable in times of peace—such as profiling, listening in on anyone and everybody who looks suspicious, or interviewing Muslims in a more intense way than interviewing Christian refugees—is all acceptable [during war]. Why? Because we value life more than our civil liberties and it’s temporary until the problem goes away.
But to say this is shameful—I disagree. … I’m not suggesting we put Muslims through some kind of a torture room to get them to admit that they are or they’re not terrorists. But I am saying we should have more scrutiny
But to say this is shameful—I disagree. … I’m not suggesting we put Muslims through some kind of a torture room to get them to admit that they are or they’re not terrorists. But I am saying we should have more scrutiny
Top Clinton donor and “Koch Brother of Israel” supports profiling and “intense” interrogation of refugees
http://www.salon.com/2015/11/20/top_clinton_donor_and_koch_brother_of_israel_supports_profiling_and_intense_interrogation_of_muslims/
“Profiling, listening in on anyone and everybody who looks suspicious, or interviewing Muslims in a more intense way than interviewing Christian refugees is all acceptable,” according to top Hillary Clinton donor and prominent pro-Israel activist Haim Saban. The billionaire entertainment executive and media mogul, who is among the 500 richest people in the world, made these remarks in an interview with The Wrap.
Canadian Mining Tycoon gave $100 million to Clinton Foundation; State Dept. Appropriated $150 million for Port Construction:
http://freebeacon.com/issues/friends-in-high-places-3/
Giustra, a Canadian mining tycoon, has committed over $100 million to the Clinton Foundation since 2005. Pacific Rubiales—an oil company founded by Giustra that also owned a 49 percent stake in the Cartagena port project—has pledged millions to the Clinton Foundation as well.
By the end of 2013, the International Finance Corporation agreed to invest $150 million in the port construction, despite reservations about the environmental and social effects. The IFC’s U.S. funding is linked to State Department appropriations.
By the end of 2013, the International Finance Corporation agreed to invest $150 million in the port construction, despite reservations about the environmental and social effects. The IFC’s U.S. funding is linked to State Department appropriations.
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and now the Washington Free Beacon.
Didn't know you were such a fan of right-wing websites.
Keep up the good work.
Sid
Why don't you compile a list of all the news sources that are not allowed here...
AND THEN TELL YOUR COHORTS TO STOP USING THEM!
Sheesh.
And while you're at it.. WOULD REMOVING THE ONE NOGOOD TERRIBLE ICKY SOURCE from this OP make it any less IMPACTFUL? I think not.
Just because it calls out BULLSHIT that your HERO PERSONALITY has done, doesn't make it wrong. And ALL OF THE ABOVE in the OP show that SHE IS A PATTERNED CONSUMER OF WEALTHY DONORS REGARDLESS OF WHO OR WHAT THEY REPRESENT.
links to right wing websites.
I've seen a lot of folks who have been here a long time flame out like this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Free_Beacon
No need to play coy.
Now tell me why it's not a right wing website and why the admins should use their bandwidth for you to link to that site? Why drive traffic to that site?
I don't play the "facts are facts" game. Not when it comes to politics. I would prefer that right wing propaganda not be given a platform and legitimized. I'm sure I'm not alone, but I don't know if I'm in the majority on that here anymore.
No need to play coy.
Now tell me why it's not a right wing website and why the admins should use their bandwidth for you to link to that site? Why drive traffic to that site?
I don't play the "facts are facts" game. Not when it comes to politics. I would prefer that right wing propaganda not be given a platform and legitimized. I'm sure I'm not alone, but I don't know if I'm in the majority on that here anymore.
Just in: Liz Warren endorse Hillary's Wall Street plan:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251880885
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251880885
It's also disingenuous to make promises you can't keep to get one up on somebody who won't make promises because he or she knows they can't keep them. 
Save your pity for someone who needs it.
