Finally! I have found someone else who sees history repeating itself here. I was beginning to think I was the only person who remembered how ACORN came down.
Anhvinh DoanvoBecome a fanResearch assistant for the Global Initiative for Civil Society and Conflict. Writer for The Hill.
Posted: 09/06/2015 9:14 pm EDT Updated: 09/08/2015 11:59 am EDT
Hannah Giles, James O’Keefe, Peter Schweizer, and David Daleiden: These are names the American public should know. Their writing, which thrives on catchy headlines and specious content, has embodied modern-day yellow journalism. Their investigations have masqueraded as a “public service”. But in reality, they have aimed to eviscerate political enemies, regardless of whether their targets have committed any wrongdoing. In fact, time after time, these hatchet jobs against Planned Parenthood, Hillary Clinton, and Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) have been debunked by federal investigations. Our demand for accountability of our politicians and national institutions has been poisoned by a failure to demand the same from our media and liars operating under the façade of journalism.
Fast forward to the scandals of 2015 and we see quite comically, the same incidents have occurred. Soon after a Republican-dominated panel found that no wrongdoing was committed in the Benghazi scandal, Peter Schweizer published Clinton Cash. In the book, he alleged that the Clintons used their positions in government to benefit financial donors, including human rights violators like Russia. Although the headlines have had some truth to them, in that the Clinton Foundation’s donation policies might need some reform, they are ultimately deceptive to the American public. Multiple instances cited in the book, like one where Clinton “could have stopped” Russia from buying a uranium mining company in the U.S., have been debunked by organizations like FactCheck.org. When asked about the matter, Schweizer himself noted that there was no direct evidence of wrongdoing, though he remained unrepentant, saying that such evidence is not necessary to attack Clinton’s record.
David Daleiden’s dishonest Planned Parenthood activities have been even more disconcerting. He’s ignited a political firestorm, with conservatives claiming that Planned Parenthood has profited off fetal tissue, just as they claimed that ACORN intentionally committed voter fraud. However, five investigations in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Indiana, South Dakota, and Massachusetts, all thankfully early enough to help defuse the issue, have found that no wrongdoing has been committed by the organization. Conservatives have become so desperate to find any mud to sling at the organization that Florida Governor Rick Scott attempted to scrub statements on evidence clearing Planned Parenthood in his investigation.
Hillary has a message for the politicians attacking Planned Parenthood and trying to cut off millions of Americans from lifesaving health care for women and families—and Republicans should take note. Hillary Clinton supports and stands with Planned Parenthood. #standwithPP>>>>>>>
With Hillary Clinton’s campaign fundraising going into full swing, the New York Times strikes again! Continuing its attempt to capitalize on its deal with the Peter Schweizer, author of the evidence-free, Koch-funded opus, Clinton Cash, the NYT offers this header.
I will not bother sharing the text. You can go there if you want. Jeffrey D. Sachs has a history of work on Africa with the Clinton administration developing the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), but we have seen disaffected Clintonites in the past and are certain to see more as time goes on. In a codicil, Rappeport notes that President Clinton defended foundation work. How very New York Timesy to link to another NYT article rather than to the true and detailed story sent out by the Clinton Foundationthis week.
Friend, For the past week, President Clinton and Chelsea have been in Africa meeting people who are directly implementing, participating in, and benefiting from our projects. This is life-changing work that has been made possible through your support, and I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you. Along with our partners and CGI commitment makers, we’re working hand-in-hand with smallholder farmers in Tanzania to help them improve their harvests and increase their incomes, building new technology to combat climate change in Kenya, and bringing lifesaving vaccines to people in hard-to-reach places. Across all this work, one thing is clear: when people work together, extraordinary progress is possible. And while this work may not make headlines, it is making a difference in the lives of so many. You have been part of our amazing journey, and we hope you’re as proud as we are of the results. You can see some of those results on our site, which features interactive stories, videos and maps of our work in Africa – and shares why we couldn’t be more optimistic about the future. We appreciate all that you do. Thank you for your commitment to building a better world. Sincerely, Bruce R. Lindsey Chairman of the Board Clinton Foundation
At the foundation website, President Clinton encourages us to follow the trend lines.
“Underneath the headlines, the trend lines are going in our direction. You must not be discouraged by the fact that doing good is not often considered good news.”
Where are the headlines about this work? The Times apparently is more dedicated to promoting a book full of meritless accusations than to showing the good the foundation does. What is the real target? What is the point? The answer has been clear for weeks. The Schweizer book and the deal with the Timeshave always been intended to target Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. The allegations might mean something if Koch funds were curing blindness and providing hearing aids in Africa rather than publishing a miscategorized work of fiction which, incidentally, I will not further fictionalize by pretending to have read much less to have purchased in order to read. The $18 – $21 dollars Amazon lists it for is better spent at HillaryClinton.com and the Clinton Foundation. They, assuredly, will put hard-earned cash to better purpose than the Kochs and company ever would.
You and I both know that Republicans will latch on to whatever far-flung theories they can find in order to try and distract from Hillary’s record of fighting for everyday Americans.
That’s why we’re kicking off The Briefing, your go-to source for the facts you need to set the story straight.
Today, we’re debunking some of the worst conspiracy theories in Clinton Cash, the latest “book” trashing Hillary’s record of service.
The Briefing will be your regular download on what you can do to help fight back against attacks like these. We’ll keep you current on the latest news stories — both fact and fiction — so you can pass on the truth to your friends and family.
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Hillary Clinton entered this race to fight for solutions that will help everyday Americans get ahead and stay ahead. Already, in the first days of her campaign, she hit the road to discuss these ideas with ordinary Americans. In Iowa, she described the need to get unlimited, anonymous money out of our politics — and promised to push for a constitutional amendment if that’s what it takes. In a speech last week in New York, she discussed her ideas for reforming our criminal justice system in order to repair the broken trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. And tomorrow, in a visit to Las Vegas, Hillary will discuss the need to enact comprehensive immigration reform to address an unsustainable system that leaves families living in fear and denies our economy the full benefit of their labor.
Republicans, meanwhile, are far less interested in discussing these important issues because they know their proposals are out of step with what most Americans need. Rather than focus on what truly matters in this campaign, Republicans seem to only want to distort Hillary Clinton’s record. It is clear that they have a two fisted strategy to try to undermine her, using unlimited dark money on the one hand and taxpayer funds on the other.
This strategy will not work, but that isn’t going to stop Republicans from trying. In recent weeks, the House Select Committee on Benghazi has signaled that it will allow proceedings drag into 2016, proving that they intend to turn what was once a legitimate inquiry into a partisan exercise. Now, within days of Hillary announcing her campaign for President, we are confronted with latest in a long list of partisan books attacking the Clintons.
During her nearly two-year public speaking tour, Hillary Clinton frequently criticized policy-making in Washington as operating in an “evidence-free zone.” Her point was that data-driven and evidence-driven policy is effective while ideology-driven policy can be questionable, faulty, and often ineffective.
The following day, Brian Fallon, Hillary For America’s national press secretary, issued a memo to friends and allies in which he quoted Think Progress.
Schweizer explains he cannot prove the allegations, leaving that up to investigative journalists and possibly law enforcement.
Schweizer, by his own admission, operates in an evidence-free zone. yet the New York Timesover the past two days has forged ahead in its attack on the Clinton Foundation and the unfounded allegations that donations somehow figured into decisions Hillary Clinton made as Secretary of State.
So clearly the New York Times is not at peace with the Clinton Foundation which, as Fallon points out, “is a world-class philanthropy that has helped millions of people around the world tackle issues from HIV/AIDS to children’s health to climate change.” Neither is the publication at peace with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign as it is very clear that the foundation alone is not the sole target of these attacks.
It is ironic, indeed mind-boggling that in light of all of the above, the Times teams up with the Daily Beast in sponsoring the Women in the World Summit with which Hillary Clinton has long been associated and at which she regularly appears and speaks.
Relying largely on research from the conservative author of Clinton Cash, today’s New York Times alleges that donations to the Clinton Foundation coincided with the U.S. government’s 2010 approval of the sale of a company known as Uranium One to the Russian government. Without presenting any direct evidence in support of the claim, the Times story — like the book on which it is based — wrongly suggests that Hillary Clinton’s State Department pushed for the sale’s approval to reward donors who had a financial interest in the deal. Ironically, buried within the story is original reporting that debunks the allegation that then-Secretary Clinton played any role in the review of the sale.
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Friend, For the past week, President Clinton and Chelsea have been in Africa meeting people who are directly implementing, participating in, and benefiting from our projects. This is life-changing work that has been made possible through your support, and I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you. Along with our partners and CGI commitment makers, we’re working hand-in-hand with smallholder farmers in Tanzania to help them improve their harvests and increase their incomes, building new technology to combat climate change in Kenya, and bringing lifesaving vaccines to people in hard-to-reach places. Across all this work, one thing is clear: when people work together, extraordinary progress is possible. And while this work may not make headlines, it is making a difference in the lives of so many. You have been part of our amazing journey, and we hope you’re as proud as we are of the results. You can 
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