Hillary Raised Big Funds Last Night From Franklin Sq. Capitol Which Has Huge Investment in FRACKING

[appalachiablue]

So, right before the Iowa caucuses, Hillary traveled to PA to do a major fundraiser at an investment firm heavily invested in fossil fuel companies, including offshore oil drilling and fracking.

> Author, Scholar, Environmentalist, 350.org Co-Founder *BILL MCKIBBEN Tweeted yesterday, Jan. 27:
"Wish Dem candidates would not do fundraisers at Franklin Square Capital, which has a huge #fracking business" https://theintercept.com/2016/01/26/hillary-clinton-doing-back-to-back-finance-industry-fundraisers-just-before-iowa/ …

The organizers of the fundraiser are hoping for less government regulations in future.

One of Franklin Square Capital’s investment funds, the FS Energy & Power Fund, is heavily invested in fossil fuel companies, including offshore oil drilling and fracking. A disclosure posted by the company cautions that “changes to laws and increased regulation or restrictions on the use of hydraulic fracturing may adversely impact” the fund’s performance. As secretary of state, Clinton worked to spread fracking around the world.

Either she’s clueless or she thinks we are.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/28/1472001/-Hillary-raised-big-funds-last-night-from-Franklin-Sq-Capitol-which-has-huge-investment-in-Fracking

Bill McKibben

[peacebird]

1. Of course she did.

The world cannot afford Hillary in the White House

[Sophiegirl]

28. Apparently her big donors can. eom

[Rosa Luxemburg]

58. Hillary loves fracking

[appalachiablue]

60. That's boldness, attending a gala fundraiser at an investor institution worth $17 billion

with Bon Jovi and more planned events the rest of the week, just before Monday's Iowa caucus. Or it seems to be business as usual. Fracking is a vile aggressive extraction method that destroys communities and roads, and pollutes the land, soil, water, wildlife and humans from chemical toxins.
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As Common Dreams reported earlier this week, Clinton was scheduled to appear at back-to-back finance industry fundraisers this week, just days before the February 1 caucus—seemingly unfazed by charges that her cozy ties to Wall Street will make it difficult for her to crack down on big bank malfeasance. The Intercept has since reported that the campaign has postponed a New York City fundraiser scheduled for Thursday until February 16.
>Recent polls have showed Sanders either leading or virtually tied with Clinton in Iowa, and continuing to close the gap nationally.
Bernie Sanders struck a blow against Hillary Clinton's campaign priorities on Wednesday night, noting that while she was attending a fundraising event hosted by a $17 billion investment fund, he was revving up an overflow crowd in Iowa, which holds it primary caucus in just four days.
"My opponent is not in Iowa tonight. She is raising money from a Philadelphia investment firm," Sanders told a crowd of about 1,000 people at the Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa. "Frankly, I would rather be here with you."
"We do not represent Wall Street, we don’t represent corporate America, we don't want their money," Sanders said following an introduction by actress Susan Sarandon.

"As Clinton Attends Investor Gala, Sanders Tells Iowans, "I'd Rather Be with You", Common Dreams, Jan. 29, 2016.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/28/clinton-attends-investor-gala-sanders-tells-iowans-id-rather-be-here-you

[arcane1]

2. But she'll use that money to DEFEAT fracking!! Yes indeed!!1

[appalachiablue]

5. Yes, get 'ahead of it' before the Republicans do!

[thereismore]

15. See? That wasn't so hard.

[Duckhunter935]

3. she will tell them

To cut it out!

[EndElectoral]

8. Well, as long as she tells them to cut it out, I feel better.

[appalachiablue]

61. So reassuring.

[Mike__M]

39. Also, they prolly wanted to thank her

for standing her ground for neighboring PA after 9-11!™.

[restorefreedom]

4. but she is against tpp and keystone....or something. nt

[nc4bo]

7. This month she is. Next month.....who the hell knows.

[restorefreedom]

13. yup. a roll of the dice.... nt

[SusanCalvin]

43. No chance involved.

She will give lip service to whatever it takes, in my opinion.

[restorefreedom]

56. very true...nt

[appalachiablue]

64. +1

[A Simple Game]

24. I can't remember for sure but wasn't she just against the way the TPP was presently worded?

She always leaves herself an out.

[restorefreedom]

33. yes, it was an out big enough for the QM 2 nt

[A Simple Game]

41. I thought I remembered it being big and obvious. n/t

[restorefreedom]

55. oh yeah. nt

[appalachiablue]

63. That's the way those kind of minds work & not just in the legal profession. Human foxes,

so to speak. (no offense to fox critters!).

[Mike__M]

40. Now, try to keep it straight

Against: Republicans, Iran, guns, marriage equality, fifteen dollars . . .

No, wait, marriage equality is off the list, sorry.

Correction: Keystone and TPP are on the list.

Oh, health care is also on the list.

No, um: healthcare is not on, but taxes to pay for health care is on the list.

Hold on.

OK, some items not actually on the list may "need to be looked at."
Good, that clears that up.

Peace . . . . Forget it; let's just wait until the election's over to find out.

[restorefreedom]

54. she said she will tell us

when she is president

[whatchamacallit]

6. Make it rain!

[Oilwellian]

37. Your chart says she doesn't oppose it

She also seems to be fine with fracking on public lands.

[MisterP]

10. the greenest candidate EVER! the greenest candidate EVER! the greenest candidate EVER! the greenest

[appalachiablue]

11. So very green! Indisputable-

[MisterP]

17. if you dispute it you hate clean water! the Establishment gave us clean water!

yarlabalglblelberf

[SoapBox]

27. Green...as in loads of MONEY!

Money...Money...Money.

And then she fries to diffuse this with her visit to the AME church.

Disgusting and a disgrace.

[Roland99]

31. Soylent green

[Eleanors38]

12. "Tell Saint Peter at the Golden Gate that I hate to make Him wait...

...but I gotta have another cigarette" -- Merle Travis & Tex Williams, 1947, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"

[Uncle Joe]

14. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, appalachiablue.

[appalachiablue]

16. It is what it is. Pretty unwise to do just before 2 primaries one would think.

[appalachiablue]

18. Meanwhile last night Bernie was pleased to be in Mason City, Iowa with people

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and actress Susan Sarandon who joined his rocking rally there. Bernie mentioned his opponent was not in Iowa, but Philly at an investment firm event.

[pangaia]

29. Bernie called trump a pathalogical liar. :>)))

[dorkzilla]

19. But she will make a phone call and solve it ALL instantly

Just like she did with Flint! Voila!

[Duppers]

20. Another K & R

Hillary's doing the "Con-ga," seeing how low she can go.

[appalachiablue]

66. There's a thought, and what an image..

[Matariki]

21. F#ck these World Killers

[Jarqui]

22. Good December article on some background

how this fundraiser money for Hillary helps it's donors
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/21/clinton-takes-her-advisers-side-attacking-big-banks-but-not-blackrock/

A little more here:
http://usuncut.com/politics/wall-street-hosting-fundraisers-for-clinton-before-iowa/

As her Clinton Foundation bio notes, Cheryl Mills also worked as an associate at Hogan Lovells (now Hogan Hartson), the same law firm where current Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts worked. And as Jilani pointed out, BlackRock raising money for Clinton is a good business strategy for them, as a Clinton presidency would mean that BlackRock’s business model of long-term investments over short-term trading will be rewarded with additional handouts from the federal government.

Clinton Goes to Pennsylvania to Reap Windfall from Pennsylvania Frackers
http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2016/01/28/clinton-goes-to-pennsylvania-to-reap-windfall-from-pennsylvania-frackers

Super PAC Credits Hillary Clinton for Selling Fracking to the World
http://ecowatch.com/2016/01/10/clinton-correct-the-record/

You just wait when Bernie or someone goes after her for fracking. She'll sing a whole different tune.

She has a lot of nerve doing this just before Iowa.

[highprincipleswork]

23. Is this really what some of us support?

[WillyT]

25. K & R !!!

[randys1]

26. I am curious about the end game here. Do you post these stories because you hope someone

reading will change their minds and vote Bernie vs Hillary?

BTW what Hillary is doing here is very problematic. If Bill McKibben says so that is all I need to know, trust him completely.

But let's you and me drill down on what these threads accomplish.

If someone switches from Hill to Bern, then mission accomplished. We know Trump voters arent switching, etc.

But what if nobody is switching their votes at this point and all these threads do is dissuade people from voting IF Hillary is the nominee or PERIOD as Thom Hartmann points out with studies as to how negative campaigning reduces the number of people who vote.

Your thoughts?

[Armstead]

34. Sometimes I think you miss the point of a discussion board

People discuss, debate, argue, get angry....They also support, laugh and get along.

But the idea is that it is a discussion. An ongoing conversation among a lot of passionate and opinionated peope.

It is not a campaign rally or commercial.

[randys1]

35. If only that is what we had here, but we dont. Not even close and you know it.

Unless you forgot this is DU and what the purpose of the board is.

If this was called "anything goes, hate any candidate you want here"

Then yes.

The reason this board is different is it is dedicated to keeping the PRICKS out of power, at least the philosophy of the board is.

[Armstead]

36. Once the primary is over it will be all sweetness and creme

That's the way DU is set up.

Okay it won't be sweetness and creme, but the arguments over the nominee (Clinton, Sanders or OM) will be toned down considerably, if not removed.

Then after the election, people will argue about the president and other elected officials. And the ctycle will continue.

.

[uponit7771]

44. Its an inward convincing of how evil the opposition is not an outreach via contrasting candidates

[Android3.14]

49. I'm more interested as to why you keep playing the game you play

Anyone with a shred of sense and a 300 baud connection to a defunct Compuserve account has enough information to know why the best bet is to elect Bernie Sanders and why a vote for Hillary in the primary is a soul sick betrayal of personal integrity.

Care to take a swing at that question?

[randys1]

51. Where did I say I was voting for Hillary in the primary?

BTW., I am one of the few at DU not playing a game.

Keeping the GOP out of the WH is anything but a game

[Android3.14]

62. Isolated "Oh no, not me" statements to the contrary

Your fan dance is a fail.

[Autumn]

59. You didn't ask but here's my thoughts. This is a message board, where people post articles

from Blogs, and news sources for discussion. If you don't like the actions of your candidate Hillary being discussed then you need petition Skinner to not allow any OP that doesn't put Hillary in a glowing light. You know that the admins make money when people post here. No one is going to switch their vote but we will sure as hell discuss what she does. By the way a point here, there have been a lot of nasty OPs posted about Bernie and it's just adorable how you jump right in to defend Hillary and ignore the nasty vile anti Bernie stuff your fellow Hillary supporters post.

[randys1]

65. You arent paying attention, you are seeing what you want to see. Your charcaterization

of me is completely wrong and easily provable.

I post constantly about unfair attacks of Bernie, but you really dont see them because you only want to see what will anger you.

[retrowire]

30. Let it be known

these are who Hillary does business with.

[KansDem]

32. Of course, if HRC is elected, it'll be MOTS...

"More Of The Same"

[Jefferson23]

38. Why vote for someone who does this? I don't understand that when you don't have to.n/t

[jwirr]

42. It is quite clear that her and all her establishment followers

think we are clueless. But soon they will get a clue.

[NurseJackie]

45. Good for her!

I'm sure it will be put to good use. Campaigns are expensive ... no need to give Republicans the default money advantage.

Go, Hillary!

[amborin]

46. reminds me of Hillary's State Dept and the Keystone XL:

and, regarding Keystone XL: Hillary's State Dept was essentially approving it *before* any environmental reviews.




....The documents do show, however, that TransCanada had special access to key State Department officials during this delicate period, when the future of the company's most important project hung in the balance. In 2009 TransCanada had begun ordering the large-diameter pipe it would need for the project. Evraz, the Russian company that got some of the business, announced that steel and pipe production for TransCanada’s order would begin in 2010.

TransCanada's most important link to the State Department was its Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist, Paul Elliott, who had been a senior member of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. A month earlier, Elliott had secured an exclusive meeting for TransCanada's CEO with a key State Department official, who coached him on what the company should insert into the public record.

Now Elliott went to work again, relaying TransCanada's concern about the possible two-year delay to the office of the Secretary of State. His contact there was Nora Toiv, a special assistant who knew him from having also worked on the Clinton campaign. Toiv forwarded his note up the chain, and within two days it was slated for discussion with Secretary Clinton's Chief of Staff, Cheryl D. Mills. Like Elliott and Toiv, Mills had worked on Clinton's presidential campaign.


http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20110926/state-department-keystone-xl-pipeline-delay-transcanada-paul-elliott-hillary-clinton-friends-of-the-earth-foia

[Nanjeanne]

47. Clinton and Frackers

Outrages me a hell of a lot more than some claim pain workers wearing buttons to access a union dining room to hand out leaflets.

But everyone has their priorities I guess.

[Mike__M]

53. I dunno. Could be a tough call

Especially since she met with some ministers, too!
Which everyone on this thread failed to mention.
For shame.

[Kokonoe]

48. Anyone who thinks Hillary would be for less government regulations just doesn't know her that well.

So then, I guess we don't know her?

[Unknown Beatle]

50. Hillary's not clueless but she thinks we peons are.

Damn! I just don't understand the mentality of Hillary supporters. There it is, in all it's glory, getting money from big oil and they don't notice it.

Yeah sure, a *cough*fundraiser*cough*. No quid pro quo there, none at all.

[californiabernin]

52. She has no respect for any of us. We are all the "little people" to her. n/t

[WillyT]

57. Kick !!!