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"Oh yeah, Billy? then give me the bad news first."
Bad News (for democrats) - Hillary is back!
Good News (for republicans) Hillary is back!
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/864211960732295168
http://theweek.com/articles/699189/hypocrisy-hillary
Bad News (for democrats) - Hillary is back!
Good News (for republicans) Hillary is back!
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/864211960732295168
http://theweek.com/articles/699189/hypocrisy-hillary
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
So the old proverb instructs.
When that didn't work out for Hillary Clinton, she discovered another one: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
During the 2016 campaign, Clinton took every opportunity to promise a reversal of the 2010 Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case. Starting in May 2015, the Democrat told a gathering of her top donors that she planned to use the court's decision on political speech and campaign finance as a litmus test for her nominees to the Supreme Court, eventually hoping for a reversal of the precedent. That position remained unchanged all the way through to the final presidential debate with Donald Trump, when Clinton argued that America needed "a Supreme Court ... that will stand up to Citizens United, a decision that has undermined the election system in our country because of the way it permits dark, unaccountable money to come into our electoral system."
Clearly, some kinds of dark and unaccountable money are more dark and unaccountable than others. After two failed attempts to win the presidency, Clinton has formed a new political group called Onward Together, which will raise money for, and encourage engagement in, so-called "resistance" groups that oppose President Trump and his agenda. "More than ever, I believe citizen engagement is vital to our democracy," Clinton explained in a series of tweets announcing the group. "We're launching Onward Together to encourage people to get involved, organize, and even run for office."
Just how will Onward Together reflect Clinton's values, as expressed during the 18 months she ran for the nation's highest office? The group has a familiar arrangement, as CNN reported. According to one source within Clinton's organization, Onward Together is a 501(c)(4) with an associated political action committee. That allows unlimited fundraising without any requirement to disclose donors, even though Clinton's mission for the group explicitly includes finding candidates to run for political office. An aide to Clinton confirmed to CNN that Onward Together would not choose to disclose its donors, either.