Tag Archives: Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton writes for the New York Times: It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity. We’re all shocked — shocked! — that President Trump and his team don’t actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws. But we knew that already. What’s much worse is that top Trump administration officials put our troops in …

NPR reports: President Biden is awarding the Medal of Freedom to 19 people, including civil rights icons such as the late Fannie Lou Hamer and prominent political leaders such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire Democratic fundraiser George Soros. He’s also honoring actors and athletes, including Michael J. Fox, Denzel Washington as well as Argentine soccer star …

Via press release from the White House: Today, President Biden named nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors. President Biden …

Via press release from Bill and Hillary Clinton: Hillary and I mourn the passing of President Jimmy Carter and give thanks for his long, good life. Guided by his faith, President Carter lived to serve others-until the very end. From his commitment to civil rights as a state senator and governor of Georgia; to his efforts as President to protect …

An excerpt from Hillary Clinton’s new book: I saw firsthand how fast conspiracy theories could spread and radicalization could take hold. During the 2016 campaign, a shocking number of people became convinced that I am a murderer, a terrorist sympathizer and the evil mastermind behind a child-sex-abuse ring. Alex Jones, the right-wing talk show host, posted a video about “all …

CBS News reports: In May, a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of “falsifying business records in the first degree” for covering up payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. “I got tears in my eyes then, because this man has escaped accountability his entire life,” said Clinton. “The case, which was mistakenly called a ‘hush money’ …

NBC News reports: The crowd at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago broke into loud chants of “lock him up” after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assailed former President Donald Trump for his legal woes. The three-beat chant was a new spin on “lock her up,” one of the constant refrains of Trump’s presidential campaign against Clinton in 2016. …

NBC News reports: Several prominent Democratic figures are set to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News. President Joe Biden, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been confirmed as speakers at the convention. Obama and the Clintons delivered speeches …

Hillary Clinton writes for the New York Times: History has its eye on us. President Biden’s decision to end his campaign was as pure an act of patriotism as I have seen in my lifetime. It should also be a call to action to the rest of us to continue his fight for the soul of our nation. The next …

Axios reports: President Biden and former President Clinton will team up for a mega fundraiser inside the Beltway in late June, hosted by former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, Axios has learned. The event will be the third iteration of a successful fundraising formula that includes an evening with two (or three) Democratic presidents for the price of one. Scheduled for …

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton is the latest Democrat to troll South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) after she detailed in a forthcoming book how she shot her dog. “Still true,” Clinton wrote Monday on the social media platform X above a 2021 post that read, “Don’t vote for anyone you wouldn’t trust with your dog.” Noem shot her nearly …

NBC News reports: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Saturday that former President Donald Trump will seek to withdraw the U.S. from NATO if he wins a second term in the White House. In remarks during a lunchtime panel at the Munich Security Conference, Clinton urged delegates to take Trump “literally and seriously” as he seeks re-election. “We have …

“You saw the number of Republicans who voted along with Democrats to keep the government open, so there’s clearly a common sense, sane part of the Republican caucus in the House. But I think they are intimidated. “They oftentimes, you know, say and do things which they know better than to say or do, and it will require us defeating …

“I don’t believe him on anything. Why would I start believing him on that? You know, the thing about him — and I’m not the only person who’s noticed this — is he engaged in what psychologists call projection. So, whenever he accuses somebody else of doing something, it’s almost guaranteed he’s doing it himself or he’s already done it. …

“When people say to me, ‘Well, he’s old.’ Yeah, that’s right, but look at what he’s gotten done, and then if that’s not enough for you, look at the alternative. “A wrecking crew, people who Mitt Romney said do not even believe in our constitution, who don’t want to solve problems, who only want to engage in meaningless, endless partisan …

“I don’t feel any satisfaction. I feel great profound sadness that we have a former president that has been indicted for so many charges that went right to the heart of whether or not our democracy would survive. I don’t know that anybody should be satisfied. This is a terrible moment for our country to have a former president accused …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump said in 2016 that a president under indictment would “cripple the operations of our government” and create an “unprecedented constitutional crisis” – years before he himself was indicted on federal charges while running for a second term as president. Trump made the comments nearly seven years ago about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential …

The Hill reports: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton trolled Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) with a family photo from Disney, saying “I know whose side I’m on.” Clinton posted the photo as DeSantis’ ongoing feud with Disney was heightened after he said Monday that the stat might consider building a prison or another park near the land owned by …

Bloomberg News reports: Hillary Clinton will join Columbia University as a professor focusing on global politics and policy in the fall. The former US secretary of state will work as a professor of practice at the School of International and Public Affairs and as presidential fellow at Columbia World Projects, Columbia President Lee Bollinger announced today. Clinton, 75, will work …

“He’s not the president, and we do have some special exceptions for someone actually in the office. So, I do think that, just like any American, if there is evidence, that evidence should be pursued. “But I know it’s not an easy call. And so, I don’t want to inject my opinion into that difficult calculation. Because I don’t know …