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In the old Soviet Union, influential posts in government, industry, agriculture, and yes, the media were filled by Communist Party loyalists-Soviet elites. This system was called nomenklatura.
Category Archives: Bill Clinton
The arrogant greed that drives Clinton Inc. :0
This was an apt description of Doug Band, Bill Clinton's longtime right-hand man and the figure at the center of the latest WikiLeaks revelation. The quote comes from an unnamed former White House colleague of Band's in an illuminating 2013 New Republic profile by Alec MacGillis.
Ex-Bill Clinton aide memo roils wife’s campaign over ethics
" A 2011 confidential memo written by a longtime Bill Clinton aide during Hillary Clinton's State Department tenure describes overlap between the former president's business ventures and fundraising for the family's charities. The former aide also described free travel and vacations arranged for the Clintons by corporations, reinforcing ethics concerns about the Democratic presidential nominee.
Ex-Bill Clinton aide memo roils wifea s campaign over ethics
A 2011 confidential memo written by a longtime Bill Clinton aide during Hillary Clinton's State Department tenure describes overlap between the former president's business ventures and fundraising for the family's charities. The former aide also described free travel and vacations arranged for the Clintons by corporations, reinforcing ethics concerns about the Democratic presidential nominee.
Newt Gingrich – Newt Gingrich misleading in saying Bill Clinton paid $850,000 ‘penalty’
Did Newt Gingrich accurately describe a payment by Bill Clinton as a "penalty" during an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly? In a combative cable news interview that has gone viral, Fox News host Megyn Kelly and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- a prominent Donald Trump surrogate -- clashed over allegations that Trump had groped nearly a dozen women over the years. Among other things, Gingrich countered that the husband of Trump's opponent, former president Bill Clinton, has gotten off light after being involved in sex scandals during the 1980s and 1990s.
Trump targets Bill Clinton ; Michelle Obama boosts Hillary
Seeking to lash Hillary Clinton to her husband's sprawling post-presidential empire, Donald Trump accused the couple of turning to corruption to enrich themselves while in public service. Michelle Obama boosted Clinton at a North Carolina rally, meanwhile, as the candidate cheered her on.
Trump aide makes apparent threat against Megyn Kelly after on-air tiff
A top aide to Donald Trump made an apparent threat against Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly over a contentious interview with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, drawing more attention to the Republican presidential candidate's troubles with women. Dan Scavino, a senior aide to the Trump campaign, attacked Kelly late Tuesday after she sparred with Gingrich in a primetime interview regarding news coverage of allegations made by women against Trump - and whether it compares fairly to stories about the ongoing release of hacked emails from top aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Newt Gingrich to Megyn Kelly: You’re ‘fascinated with sex’
In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Moderator Megyn Kelly waits for the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich told Kelly she is "fascinated with sex" amid criticism of her coverage of sexual misconduct accusations against GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Bill Clinton contemplates new title
It's a conundrum many might classify as first world problems: What do you call the husband of the first woman president of the United States? Some have said to call him the "first husband" as the appropriate counterpart to "first lady." Others have suggested "first gentleman."
What kind of first lady would Melania Trump be?
No matter who wins the presidency on Nov. 8, one result is already clear: The job of first lady, as Americans have known it for a half-century, will drastically change. We've heard a lot about what Bill Clinton might do with the title of "First Gentleman," but little speculation about Melania Trump as first lady.
Policy Prescriptions: Clinton and Trump on taxes
One group of Americans will likely see huge changes to their tax bills after this year's presidential election: the wealthiest 1 per cent. They will see a big tax increase if Hillary Clinton wins, or enjoy a huge tax cut if Donald Trump wins.
Trump campaigner admits ‘we are behind’
Donald Trump's campaign manager has admitted the Republican presidential candidate is lagging behind Democrat Hillary Clinton with only two weeks to go before election day. Clinton had "tremendous advantages," Conway said, with her husband and previous president Bill Clinton, current president Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden all campaigning for her, and "all much more popular than she can hope to be."
Patrick McMullan ; AP
Doug Band, once one of Bill Clinton's closest advisers, accused the former president of having hundreds of conflicts of interest between his family's embattled foundation, its sponsors, and a connected consulting firm called Teneo Holdings LLC, according to purported emails produced by WikiLeaks. "I signed a conflict of interest policy as a board member of cgi," Band wrote in a November 2015 email to John Podesta.
Politics 101: Fact-checking (and explaining) the third Clinton-Trump debate
It was an exercise in mudslinging. At the final presidential debate Wednesday, Donald Trump doubled down on denying he ever sexually assaulted women, and on claims - refuted by - that the election is "rigged."
The Latest: Obama says no one keeps democracy in ‘suspense’
Michelle Obama says that Donald Trump's refusal to say he'd accept Nov. 8 election results if he loses is an insult to millions of Americans who are voting in the presidential election. She told more than 7,000 supporters of Hillary Clinton in Phoenix that Americans decide elections and Trump was threatening to "ignore our voices and reject the outcome of this election."
The Latest: Twitter says most debate tweets were about Trump
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, hands a microphone to former President Bill Clinton, left, as they visit a debate watch party at the Craig Ranch Regional Amphitheater in North Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, following the third presidential debate. less Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, hands a microphone to former President Bill Clinton, left, as they visit a debate watch party at the Craig Ranch Regional Amphitheater in North Las ... more Twitter says that the Republican nominee was the subject of nearly 60 percent of the tweets sent about the candidates.
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What Would President Hillary Mean for ObamaCare?
In one way, the fight to replace ObamaCare seems to be entering a final phase: ObamaCare is collapsing of its own weight before our very eyes, possibly more rapidly and conclusively than even its harshest critics anticipated. In another way, however, the battle can be seen as likely entering into a new and even tougher phase to replace ObamaCare with a patient-centered, free-market reform if Hillary Clinton, who has her own history with health care, becomes president.
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When former President Bill Clinton called parts of Obamacare "crazy," he put his wife Hillary Clinton on the defensive and gave much-needed ammunition to her Republican rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, who wants to scrap it. Bill Clinton said this month that while millions more Americans now have insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's signature 2010 healthcare law, small businesses and some families are still "getting killed" by surging healthcare costs.
Donald Trump is calling for ethics reform to ‘drain the swamp…
Donald Trump ratcheted up his claims Monday that the so-called "rigged" political system in politics could cost him the presidential election and announced plans to tackle the corruption in Washington. "It is time to drain the swamp in Washington, D.C.," Trump said.