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âWeâve got to come to grips with the fact that weâve got to do some retraining here,â she said. âWeâve got to do some work.â
Isnât that special. You might want to start here if youâre concerned about the rates of incarceration:
Lobbyists for two major prison companiesâCorrections Corporation of America and the Geo Groupâare serving as top fundraisers for Hillary Clintonâs presidential campaign.
âThe implication is that laws governing crime and incarceration will deliver more inmates and profits to private prison companies if Clinton is elected.â
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So sheâll have to repudiate her husbandâs crime bill and pretend that she never made the âpredatorâ statement and return the money that she receives from the for-profit prisons which benefited.
Only kidding about that last part.
Itâs all in a dayâs work for the Clinton campaign revising history and adapting to the breezes.
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The Chameleon Strikes Back!
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Yes, Hillary there is much work to be doneâŚso lets roll up the sleeves and get the job done!
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In fairness to HRC, her campaign stopped taking private prison donation about a year (?) ago. A protester interrupted her during a speech and thatâs when it hit the media.
But I feel stupid saying âin fairnessâ because she stopped taking GEOâs bag money once her campaign got caught. Is there anything more insidious than private prisons?
Iâll vote for her if she becomes the nominee but what is it about the Clintons that they always seem to push the envelop or play by their own rules when it concerns money and politics. And worst of all they do it when they donât have to!
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Large lobby firms seek represent both sides of the aisle and have numerous clients. The fact that one of their clients does not mean Hillary is associated with the client.
She has advocated for getting rid of the for profit prisons.
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Hillary Clinton advocates for whatever she thinks will help her get ahead.
Ever wonder what she did when she was elected president of the Wellesley Young Republicans Club?
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Iâll make it easy for you. Itâs also on the link above.
As immigration and incarceration issues become central to the 2016 presidential campaign, lobbyists for two major prison companies are serving as top fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.
Corrections Corporation of America and the Geo Group could both see their fortunes turning if there are fewer people to lock up in the future.
Last week, Clinton and other candidates revealed a number of lobbyists who are serving as âbundlersâ for their campaigns. Bundlers collect contributions on behalf of a campaign, and are often rewarded with special favors, such as access to the candidate.
Richard Sullivan, of the lobbying firm Capitol Counsel, is a bundler for the Clinton campaign, bringing in $44,859 in contributions in a few short months. Sullivan is also a registered lobbyist for the Geo Group, a company that operates a number of jails, including immigrant detention centers, for profit.
As we reported yesterday, fully five Clinton bundlers work for the lobbying and law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison company in America, paid Akin Gump $240,000 in lobbying fees last year. The firm also serves as a law firm for the prison giant, representing the company in court.
Akin Gump lobbyist and Clinton bundler Brian Popper disclosed that he previously helped CCA defeat efforts to compel private prisons to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests.
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Do you really think itâs fair to reprint a July 2015 article without noting that Clinton cut her ties with both these lobbyists in October? Câmon.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/23/3715544/clinton-private-prisons/
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See above. And does that make everything âOKâ?
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All politics are local. âWork to doâ translates into throwing out every Republican at every level, all the way down to the mayors who hire the police commissioners.
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Except she hasnât fully cut ties with the PAC who DO use Private Prison cashâŚ
âDespite the refunds, Clinton campaign continues to benefit handsomely from the fundraising assistance of some closely connected to the private prison business. In another report filed Sunday night, the campaign disclosed that Richard Sullivan of Capitol Counselâuntil recently, a Raleigh, N.C.-based federally registered lobbyist for the for-profit prison operator GEO Groupâbundled $69,363 in donations for Clinton in the fourth quarter, bringing his total for the year to a whopping $274,891.â
Dream on. Merely buying into the Repub. prolifeed. Check out her actual record.
What the hell does that mean? Itâs not for me to build an argument for HRC. Thatâs your job.
She already got her money and doesnât need them until the next election .
Shapiro has around 30 clients according to OpenSecrets.com. Among those are Pew Charitable Trusts, American Against Bigger Trucks (funded by railroads), and Wal-Mart. Some are unsavory to be sure, but itâs a real leap to argue that his bundling (i.e. contributions he convinces others to give Hillary) represents a quid pro quo for one of those clients.
What we need is to elect a Senate that will confirm justices with integrity, which means that we need to nominate a Democratic candidate who will help get senators elected in purple seats And we need to elect a Congress that will pass legislation to counter Citizens United, which means millennials, Latinos, blacks and other groups that tend not to show up in non-presidential years need to start doing that.
From the special interestsâ perspective, Capitol Counsel, is a largely Democratic firm that spreads the goodies so they can hedge their bets. From the Clinton campaignâs perspective, sheâs acquiring the resources to be competitive against a Republican candidate who when â allâs said and done â will have more money. Until campaign finance reform is put in place, thatâs a logical strategy.