president , Donald Trump ’s global business empire would represent one sprawling mess of conflicts of interest and ethical morasses for himself and , by extension , the United States . That ’s the big takeaway from a lengthy investigation by Newsweek ’s Kurt Eichenwald published Wednesday . Eichenwald documents what he describes as a “ web of contractual entanglements ” between the Trump Organization and foreign corporations with close ties to their own respective governments .
If Russia is indeed trying to influence our elections , it would be through Bernie or Bust authors like H.A. Goodman , or Jill Stein supporters who share Breitbart and Daily Caller articles as proof Hillary Clinton is just as bad as Donald Trump . As much as I enthusiastically supported Bernie Sanders during the primary , the rhetoric of the alt - left individuals backing him was rather concerning – especially those folks who said they would rather see Trump electedpersonnel.elect.nathan Hillary . How is the alt - left anti - science and prone to conspiracy nonsense ? Well , let ’s use the claim that Jill Stein is n’t against vaccines as an example .
You know , that may not be the model to go with . There are other forms of community - based decision - making , not unlike , you know , our elected bodies , except that the intention here is to exclude pay - to - play players from determining how these decisions are made . Nicholas Goldberg : As Jon pointed out , it ’s not our electedpersonnel.elect.nabodies that make decisions about where jobs should be created , by and large . Jill Stein : That ’s true , although decisions about public programs generally are made by them . Scott Martelle : What happens when you run into the same problem Obama did with the ACA [ Affordable Care Act ] , where there ’s no local buy - in ?
She was captured and put on trial in southern Russia , charged with complicity in the deaths of Russian journalists who were killed by artillery while covering the conflict . A Russian court in March sentenced her to 22 years in jail . While in Russian jail , she was electedpersonnel.elect.naa member of the Ukrainian parliament and is widely regarded in Ukraine as a symbol of resistance against Russia . Feygin tweeted on Wednesday that Savchenko was innocent of any crime , saying she had nothing to do with the deaths of the two journalists , Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin , who were working for state TV . Putin said he had pardoned Savchenko following a request from the journalists ’ families .
It ’s hard imagining a more deplorable candidate for any public office , unthinkable for the nation ’s highest . Her presidency , if electedpersonnel.elect.na, assures endless wars of aggression , possible confrontation with Russia and China , letting Wall Street , other corporate bandits and war - profiteers continue looting the nation ’s wealth , as well as likely advancing tyranny to full - blown , stripping the mask entirely off constitutional governance . Why any ordinary American would support a ruthless she - devil committed to undermining the lives , welfare and futures is shocking to imagine . A leaked transcript of Clinton ’s June 2013 speech to Goldman Sachs officials and likely guests gives insight into her deplorable agenda – expressing views not stated on the stump .
One was about the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform Act , and the need for lawmakers to be seen as being on top of the financial market meltdown that hurt many of their constituents . ‘ Political Reasons ’ “ There was a lot of complaining about Dodd - Frank , but there was also a need to do something because for political reasons , if you were an electedpersonnel.elect.namember of Congress and people in your constituency were losing jobs and shutting businesses and everybody in the press is saying it ’s all the fault of Wall Street , you ca n’t sit idly by and do nothing , ” Clinton said in the New York speech . In one speech , according to the transcript , Clinton said there ’s “ nothing magic about regulations ” and that people in the industry should be involved to get the right balance . “ How do you get to the golden key , how do we figure out what works ? ” she asked .
And there ’s not a lot of transparency or accountability about how that money gets spent , used , and what makes it down to the athletes , ” Nelson said . Despite enjoying the same legal entitlement to secrecy , the IOC does publish occasional financial reports that include some details , such as expected annual revenue ( $ 1.375 billion ) and payroll ( $ 62 million ) . Last year , as part of a move toward more transparency , the IOC published details about the perks packages it provides President Thomas Bach and the 115 electedpersonnel.elect.naIOC members , all of whom are considered “ volunteers . ” For Bach , a former lawyer and Olympic fencer from Germany , the IOC provides an annual “ allowance ” of about 225,000 Euros ( $ 251,000 ) and pays for his suite at the Lausanne Palace & Spa , “ an exceptional place of refinement ” that offers “ a superb view across Lake Geneva to the Alps , ” according to its website . It ’s unclear which type of suite Bach stays in , or whether the IOC gets a discount , but the Palace recently priced its cheapest suite at $ 1,068 per night , or just shy of $ 390,000 for an entire year .
Under Hillary Clinton ’s leadership as Secretary of State , the U.S. gave support to the Honduras military which ousted yet another democratically elected president . Here ’s Dana Frank ’s description in the New York Times on January 26 , 2012 . “ Ever since the June 28 , 2009 , coup that deposed Honduras ’s democratically electedpersonnel.elect.napresident , José Manuel Zelaya , the country has been descending deeper into a human rights and security abyss . That abyss is in good part the State Department ’s making .... This chain of events — a coup that the United States did n’t stop , a fraudulent election that it accepted — has now allowed corruption to mushroom .
He further says that deficient Russian institutions provide for the supremacy of arbitrariness and abuse . “ Our [ leaders ] like to rule manually , ” he said . Asked why , Gorbachev states : “ Because they were not electedpersonnel.elect.na, ” he comments , explaining that after the 1990 , Russian elections became less free than they were in Soviet times . In the 1996 presidential elections , Gorbachev says that the one who won was Gennady Zyuganov [ officially Boris Yeltsin won against the Communist leader , Gennady Zyuganov]. “ He [ Zyuganov ] knew he had won the elections , and was scared , ” Gorbachev said .