Elizabeth Warren Speech at DNC Is Actually a Stunning Indictment of Obama and Hillary

On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA (F, 16%) spoke at the Democratic National Convention. While she intended to throw her political tomahawk at Republicans, she actually hit Obama.

In her remarks, Warren argued, “Washington works great for those at the top,” and that the favoritism for the elite has been facilitated only by Republicans.

Well, I have news for her. Those at the top have benefited more from the Obama administration than from any other president in history.

As a candidate, Obama promised to shut the White House doors to lobbyists – and curtail the revolving door mentality of administration officials rotating among government positions and high paying lobbying jobs.

Yet, it’s never been worse. In 2015 alone, there were 70 K street lobbyists who accepted powerful jobs in the White House. In 2014, Politico reported that Obama had decided to reverse part of a lobbyist ban put in place by President George W. Bush. Furthermore, they reported, “The Obama administration will release a new rule this week, which is expected to allow registered lobbyists to participate in policymaking deliberations in an advisory role.”

So, big corporations are going to write our laws? You’ve got to be kidding me!

Perhaps the lobbyist’s new role in drafting legislation can explain the White House visitor log, which certainly makes plenty of time for “those at the top.”

But it’s not just the cronyism that has Elizabeth Warren upset. She also went on a tirade against big banks, tax and regulatory loopholes, and special interests.

When giant companies wanted more tax loopholes, Washington got it done.

When huge energy companies wanted to tear up our environment, Washington got it done.

When enormous Wall Street banks wanted new regulatory loopholes, Washington got it done.

They sure did, Senator Warren, and it was all happened under the man who promised “change,” President Barack Obama.

Take, for example, a bill that Congress passed in December 2015, which provided $630 billion in tax breaks to special interests and lobbyists. It included specific tax cuts to industries like Puerto Rican Rum manufacturers, NASCAR, and the Hollywood film industry.

In my December analysis of the crony tax breaks, I wrote:

[H]ow lucrative are these tax breaks for K street? Americans for Tax Fairness in 2014 analyzed this very question. They found that corporate American hired a battalion of 1,359 lobbyists to infiltrate Capitol Hill [and the White House] at a cost of $2.9 billion.

Did President Obama reject the tax package as a “handout to lobbyists” or veto the legislation as “only benefiting the elites”? Absolutely not.

Regarding the “huge energy companies” that Senator Warren rails against, she should note that no Administration is more to blame for cronyism in the energy world than that of President Obama. This was the president that awarded a big donor a $535 million loan to fund a solar company named Solynda. Touted as an opportunity to provide clean energy and support 4,000 new jobs, this energy company went bankrupt on the backs of taxpayers.

At other times, it appears the Obama Administration’s energy policy is synonymous with political donations. In that sense, I suppose Obama really is trying to go “green.” In July 2012, Breitbart highlighted just a few of Obama’s cronies that received taxpayer funded loans, writing,

[Steve] Westley, who bundled between $700,000 and $1 million for Obama’s two campaigns and sits on an Energy Department advisory board, also unabashedly mixes politics and business. His venture firm, the Westley Group, saw federal green energy dollars steered to at least four companies in his portfolio.

I wonder if Senator Warren is referring to these shenanigans when she directs her angst towards Washington’s support of the big guy?

Finally, the Obama Administration is the king of Wall Street cronyism. Take Obama’s former National Economic Director, Larry Summers. Since his departure, he has been routinely paid millions as a keynote speaker by JP Morgan, and Hedge Bermuda Global Hedge Fund, among others.

David Markowitz, a former top assistant at the Securities and Exchange Commission under Obama, has also cleaned up in his new job as a general counsel at Goldman Sachs. Obama’s former Budget Director, has likewise decamped for a Vice Chairmanship at Citibank? The list goes on.

Contrary to popular myth, Obama never took on Wall Street. He bailed them out. Obama took the banks deemed “too big to fail,” saved them, and made them even larger. Consider this analysis from MIT economist, Simon Johnson in his book, 13 Bankers:

In the end, the major banks got business as usual. The shake out of 2008 left the big banks even bigger. Bank of American absorbed Countrywide and Merrill Lynch – and watched its assets grow from $1.7 trillion at the end of 2007 to $2.3 trillion in September 2009. JPMorgan grew from $1.6 trillion to $2 trillion.” And “…By the end of 2009, five banks together had over 95 percent of the market for derivative contracts trade by U.S. banks.

In fact, if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, the Wall Street cronyism is likely to be more pronounced than even under Obama. After all, Clinton is already bought and paid for. Since 2001, Bill and Hillary Clinton have made $153 million by delivering speeches to big corporations. That amount includes $7.7 million to big Wall Street banks.

Clinton has even proven she’s willing to promote legislation that supports the titans of Wall Street, for the right price. As the Washington Times reported in 2015, “Mrs. Clinton introduced a bill when she was New York’s junior Senator that allowed a donor to the Clinton Foundation to use tax-exempt bonds to build a shopping center in Syracuse, New York…”

In fact, if there is one candidate that is most friendly to the big guys on Wall Street, it is Clinton. The Wall Street Journal reported in May that half of all Hillary’s campaign contributions had come from Wall Street. On the other hand, Trump only garnered 1 percent of his from the same crowd.

Elizabeth Warren is absolutely correct; we can’t have another eight years of politicians who are only interested in enriching their friends and donors – or those simply looking out for the big guy. That is what we received under Obama; that is certainly what we’ll receive in Hillary. Warren didn’t realize it, but in calling for an end to favors for big business, she was actually urging voters to reject Obama, and thus reject Hillary. I agree. (For more from the author of “Elizabeth Warren Speech at DNC Is Actually a Stunning Indictment of Obama and Hillary” please click HERE)

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IRS Just Dealt Hillary a Massive Blow She Didn’t See Coming, Investigation Being Launched…

By Ricard Pollock. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen referred congressional charges of corrupt Clinton Foundation “pay-to-play” activities to his tax agency’s exempt operations office for investigation, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

The request to investigate the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation on charges of “public corruption” was made in a July 15 letter by 64 House Republicans to the IRS, FBI and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). They charged the foundation is “lawless.”

The initiative is being led by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican who serves as the vice chairwoman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees FTC. The FTC regulates public charities alongside the IRS.

The lawmakers charged the Clinton Foundation is a “lawless ‘pay-to-play’ enterprise that has been operating under a cloak of philanthropy for years and should be investigated.”

Koskinen’s July 22 reply came only a week after the House Republicans contacted the tax agency. It arrived to their offices Monday, the first opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (Read more from “IRS Just Dealt Hillary a Massive Blow She Didn’t See Coming, Investigation Being Launched…” HERE)

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Clinton Fundraises off Polls Showing Her Losing

By Jesse Byrnes. Hillary Clinton’s campaign is fundraising off polls that show her lead over Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has evaporated.

“I’m pointing this out because it’s part of a broader trend,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook wrote in an email to supporters of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee about the polling.

“Poll after poll is showing that Trump has been eating away at our lead, and after his convention, he’s erased it entirely,” Mook added.

While the campaign aide argued they expected “some of that,” as candidates traditionally get a bounce after their conventions, “that doesn’t make these next few weeks any less critical.”

The fundraising appeal asks for supporters to pitch in $1 for Clinton’s campaign. A button in the email directs viewers to the campaign website where amounts range from $5 to $500. (Read more from “Clinton Fundraises off Polls Showing Her Losing” HERE)

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Right After ISIS Beheads 84-Yr-Old Catholic Priest, LOOK What Immedietely Happened to Obama

By Kyle Becker. An 84-year old priest was beheaded by ISIS butchers near Normandy, after a hostage situation involving two nuns and two parishioners unfolded Tuesday morning at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.

It is yet another painful blow to France that comes just weeks after one of the deadliest terror attacks in recent memory: A weaponized truck crashed into a crowd gathered to celebrate Bastille Day in Nice, killing 84 people, many of them children.

So, when the news broke of another terrorist attack in France, one partly carried out by an ISIS terrorist wearing an electronic tracking tag that allowed him to roam free in the mornings, no less, many American observers have had “enough” . . .

The venting of anger and frustration about cheap words came flying onto Twitter.

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ISIS Warn London ‘Next to Be Attacked’ as UK Churches Put on Terror Alert After French Priest Murder

By Scott Campbell. London is next on the list of target cities for twisted jihadis along with the US capitol Washington DC, it has been claimed.

Images threatening attacks in London and other major world capitals have been posted on jihadi messaging app Telegram, according to SITE Intelligence Group.

One picture chillingly shows New York’s Statue of Liberty engulfed in flames but with the caption “Washington soon” – referring to the US capital 225 miles away.

The threat comes as security at British churches is being ramped up amid a new terror alert after ISIS knifemen forced a French priest to kneel before slitting his throat on camera. (Read more from “ISIS Warn London ‘Next to Be Attacked’ as UK Churches Put on Terror Alert After French Priest Murder” HERE)

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DNC Insanity: Flying the Palestinian Flag, But Not Old Glory; Welcoming All Sexes to Women’s Restrooms But Not To Men’s

By Raheem Kassam. The flag of pan-Arab nationalism, born out of violent rebellion and struggle (or jihad), was flown today on the floor of the Democratic National Convention. What it means that the flag of “Palestine” can be spotted in Philadelphia, with not an Old Glory in sight, is that the Democratic Party of America is taking a hard-left turn.

Bernie Sanders delegate Ali Akın Kurnaz is being credited on Twitter with raising the flag which represents a violent struggle against the only functioning democracy in the region, Israel. This is the only reasonable interpretation of what hard-left activists attempt to dress up in the garbs of “human rights” and “self-determination”.

The Palestinian flag is symbol of barbaric Arab nationalism, the kind of which saw the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem meet with Adolf Hitler in 1941 to discuss ridding the Arab world of Jews.

According to Time magazine, Haj Amin al-Husseini – who someone like Mr. Kurnaz would presumably laud as a “freedom fighter” – began his meeting with the Nazi leader by declaring that the Germans and the Arabs had the same enemies including “the English” and “the Jews”. In a historical context, his further mention of Communists was only another nod to his vicious anti-Semitism.

But grassroots activists scarcely dictate the wider views of the party, you might argue. And there are plenty of Democrats who are affirmed friends of the State of Israel. True, but with the pace of politics right now, we must address the trajectory of the party. We can do this in two ways. (Read more from “Old Glory’s Old News to the New Democrats as the Palestinian Flag Flies at the DNC” HERE)

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DNC’s ‘All-Gender’ Bathrooms Mere Publicity Stunts?

This is too good: The virtue-signaling Democrat Party “coincidentally” placed their “all-gender restroom” directly across from the press booth. Oh, and it isn’t even an “all-gender” restroom, it’s a women’s restroom with an “all-gender” sign, according to radio host Jason Rantz.

Recently, Democrats have pushed their campaign for so-called transgender bathroom rights–the “right” for men who merely claim to be women the use of female locker-rooms and bathrooms–as a “civil rights” issue. This is, of course, a hard slap in the face to those who actually suffered through a suppression of their civil rights, but nonetheless, this is the left’s narrative. . .

All Gender Bathroom DNC Tweet

Other reports have claimed that there are more “all-gender restrooms” on site, but they are likely just women’s rooms with a new sign, too. Check out the photo below, for instance: The sign reads “all-gender” while another sign directly below it says “women.” This is odd, to say the least.

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Russia Bombed US Base in Syria – Intentionally

Russian warplanes reportedly bombed a secret military base in Syria used by elite American and British forces last month.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Russian strike on the CIA-linked site was part of a campaign by Russia to pressure the White House to agree to closer cooperation in the Syrian skies, U.S. military and intelligence officials said. . .

Nearly a day before the strike, 20 of 24 British special forces pulled out of the base. The U.S. tracked a Russian plane heading toward the base. The warplane dropped a cluster bomb, according to U.S. and rebel officials.

After the first strike, U.S. central command air operations center in Qatar called Russia’s air campaign headquarters in Latakia, Syria to tell them that the base shouldn’t be attacked.

However, Russian forces struck again nearly 90 minutes after the call was made. Russian pilots didn’t respond to U.S. calls using frequencies the two sides had previously agreed to use in case of an emergency. (Read more from “Russia Bombed US Base” HERE.

Foreign Phrase on Bill Clinton’s Lapel Pin Sparks Speculation

With the national media’s attention fixated on the Democratic National Convention being held this week, reports from Philadelphia touched on virtually every aspect of the quadrennial party gathering. While an overarching theme of disunity — punctuated by Tuesday’s mass walkout by Bernie Sanders supporters — dominated most of the coverage, less-consequential topics also received some attention. One subject addressed by multiple outlets and regarding at least two prominent DNC attendees is the meaning behind unusual lapel pins.

Lapel pins, often of the U.S. flag variety, have long been a staple of the American politician’s wardrobe. In 2007, then-candidate Barack Obama’s refusal to wear a flag pin led to one of the first controversies of his presidential campaign.

Ahead of the 2016 election, straying too far from the norm on this issue is clearly still cause for media scrutiny.

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday was subject to inquiries about his pin shortly after he arrived to watch Vice President Joe Biden’s address. The Forward’s Nathan Guttman shared a Twitter photo of the blue and white pin, which sparked some discussion regarding its potential significance.

“I know it’s Hebrew,” one commenter wrote, “but I can’t make out the letters. Tovah?”

A short time later, a representative of the National Jewish Democratic Council offered some clarity. Steve Rabinowitz explained both he and NJDC Chairman Marc Stanley gave Clinton one of the pins prior to Wednesday evening’s scheduled events. The lapel embellishment reads “Hillary” in Hebrew.

“He said he’d wear it,” Rabinowitz recalled of his encounter with the former president, “but I didn’t know whether or not to believe him and certainly didn’t think he’d do it tonight.”

Hillary Clinton’s running mate also received some interest in his choice in lapel pin. Though some critics initially suggested Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine’s adornment depicted the Honduran flag, it was actually the Blue Star service flag to honor his deployed son, Nat, who is currently serving in the Marine Corps. (For more from the author of “Foreign Phrase on Bill Clinton’s Lapel Pin Sparks Speculation” please click HERE)

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WATCH What Happens to Fox News Reporter When He Stands Right in the Middle of Democrat Protesters Mob

DNC protesters repeatedly chanted obscenities at Fox News Channel’s Jesse Watters, forcing him to give up his reporting from the scene and walk away.

The video posted by Raw Story on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon shows Watters at Philadelphia’s City Hall, site of some of the largest protests over the Democratic National Committee’s treatment of Bernie Sanders, as revealed by recently released hacked emails.

Watters can be seen trying to conduct an interview among hundreds of protesters, when many began chanting, “F— Fox News, F— Fox News…”

As the Fox News personality, who is a Philadelphia native, began to walk away, a new chant begins, “KKK Fox News…KKK Fox News….”

As reported by Western Journalism, Fox News has been on the receiving end of several insults and obscene gestures recently.

Earlier this month, two men passing by flashed their middle finger at the camera while Fox News senior political correspondent Carl Cameron was doing a live shot in front of Trump Tower in New York.

The act came one day after comedian D.L. Hughley appeared on The Kelly File and stated, “The only place racism doesn’t exist is Fox News and the police department. That’s absolutely true.”

“That’s insulting,” host Megyn Kelly responded. “You just insulted millions of people watching this channel.”

“And I’m insulted by the things I hear on this network, so we’re even,” Hughley fired back. “I could care less about insulting people that insult me on a daily basis.”

That same second week of July, Black Lives Matter protesters surrounded a Fox News reporter in Minnesota, with some yelling at him to “get the f— out of here” and one threatening to “knock his a– out.”

A woman nearby joined in: “Shut the f— up! The press is just as bad as the police!”

Another woman at that event also accused the Fox correspondent of being racist and siding with the police. “That’s who you are working with!” she said, adding, “He is part of the white supremacy. You are a disgrace to journalism! You are a white supremacist!” (For more from the author of “WATCH What Happens to Fox News Reporter When He Stand Right in the Middle of Democrat Protesters Mob” please click HERE)

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Liberal Filmmaker Makes Presidential Election Prediction

Appearing on a special edition of Real Time with Bill Maher Wednesday, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore stunned the crowd with a prediction they likely did not expect.

Known best for left-wing documentaries like “Fahrenheit 911” and “Bowling for Columbine,” Moore, who has said he himself will vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, delivered a very unpopular opinion to the show’s decidedly liberal audience.

“I’m sorry to have to be the buzzkill here so early on, but I think Trump is going to win. I’m sorry,” he said to a chorus of boos.

Maher chimed in, agreeing with Moore, and warning fellow liberals that “the enemy is complacency.”

Moore, who is from the Midwest, believes that if Trump wins, it will be because of Middle America.

“I live in Michigan. Let me tell you: It’s going to be the Brexit strategy,” he said, referring to the UK’s decision last month to leave the European Union after 52 percent of 33 million voters voted to do so.

He continued, “To millions and millions of Americans, this was music to their ears. We’ve been sitting in our bubble, having a good laugh at this total s–t-show, but the truth is that this plays to a lot of people that he has to win to become the next president.”

Those millions, according to Moore, live in the swing states in the Midwest.

“The middle of England [equivalent] is Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania,” he said. “Mitt Romney lost by 64 electoral votes. The total electoral votes of those four states in the Rust Belt: 64. All he has to do is win those four states.”

Moore said the idea of putting tariffs on imported cars was “music to people’s ears” during the Michigan primary.

These statements seemed to echo ones the filmmaker made at a press conference in London earlier in the day.

“He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population. The population of schools has been wrecked, and the news media is just insipid and stupid and doesn’t give the people the facts about what’s going on,” he said at the press conference.

He continued, “[Trump is] not as stupid as he looks. You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that’s going on here, and the use of propaganda and the way he’s doing it is just brilliant in the way that he is succeeding and has succeeded.” (For more from the author of “Liberal Filmmaker Makes Presidential Election Prediction” please click HERE)

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Watch: Grinning Obama JOKES During Statement on Munich Massacre

By David Martosko. As news reports of a gun massacre in Munich crossed the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, the President of the United States was cracking jokes.

Barack Obama delivered a brief update to reporters at the White House about the still-unfolding shooting rampage that left the German city on lockdown . . .

But as cameras rolled on the somber moment, Obama grinned and chuckled – and drew laughs from his audience – about his elder daughter Malia leaving the nest and heading for college . . .

‘Our way of life, our freedoms,’ he said, ‘our ability to go about our business every day, raising our kids’ – and suddenly the president’s mood shifted.

‘And seeing them grow up and graduate from high school, and now about to leave their dad,’ he continued, waving his hand and breaking the tension as the room erupted in laughter. (Read more from “Grinning Obama JOKES During Statement on Munich Massacre” HERE)

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Obama Jokes During Comments on Munich Shooting

By RT. President Barack Obama made the White House press corps giggle while speaking about the deadly Munich attack, shifting the tragic topic to his personal feelings about his daughters. The shooting rampage in Germany saw nine people killed and 16 injured . . .

“We don’t know exactly what’s happening there, but obviously our hearts go out to those who may have been injured,” he told reporters.

However the president, in his final months in office, did not dwell on the tragedy for long. He quickly changed the topic, calling the Munich tragedy “a good reminder” of his recent words, that “our way of life, our freedoms,” are threatened.

That’s when Obama began to ramble about children growing and “leaving their dad,” obviously referring to his older daughter, Malia.

“I’m sorry. I’m getting a little too personal. Getting a little too personal there,” Obama cut himself short, drawing the audience’s laughter. (Read more from “Obama Jokes During Comments on Munich Shooting” HERE)

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Trump Campaign Infiltrated? Establishment Hacks Leak Transcript in Advance of Speech, Opponents Steal Show

In the past week, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suffered two major leaks pertaining to his campaign. The first preceded his vice presidential announcement, while the second has come just hours before his acceptance speech Thursday evening (see the full text of Trump’s speech HERE).

As of now, multiple news outlets have attained leaked copies of what amounts to Trump’s most important speech yet, his acceptance of the GOP nomination. While the motives for the leak are not yet clear, political opponents of Trump have seized on the opportunity to deflate his big moment.

Correct the Record, a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC, released full copies of the text — drawn from a teleprompter script — to reporters.

“So as if this convention hasn’t been enough of a failure for Trump, somehow he let US get ahold of his full remarks before the speech,” said Brad Woodhouse, president of Correct the Record, in his email to reporters. “Enjoy — we will be sending out our analysis of his lies before the speech so you can watch something else if you like,” he snarkily added.

Correct the Record went on to publish a supposed “fact check” of Trump’s speech, with Clinton’s own press secretary, Brian Fallon reportedly tweeting, “Check it out.”

The Trump campaign did not immediately issue a statement on the matter; however, a spokesman for the campaign confirmed there was at least some degree of authenticity. According to The New York Times, “A spokesman for Mr. Trump confirmed that the text represented a draft of his speech, but would not confirm if it was the most current iteration of the address.”

Around 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, the Trump campaign released excerpts from his upcoming address that matched statements made in the leaked draft. (For more from the author of “Trump Acceptance Speech Leaked, Political Opponents Attack” please click HERE)

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