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Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State

I still don't think you understand what a potential conflict or generally what a conflict of interest is. It has nothing to do with "causation" and evidence can be circumstantial. Nobody is saying a malfeasance law has been broken. We're just saying she should be held to a higher ethical standard, and that others in important professions are. And anyway, hiding behind the charity is weak and not relevant. An non-profit attorney, for example, having to decline representation of a client because of a potential conflict can't hide behind the fact that he does charitable work.

Trying my best not to discuss the foundation as a neoliberal, self-beneficial foundation that inefficiently spends its hundreds of millions so I don't get off into the weeds.

 

Spotify Seeks to Fine-Tune Music Rights as It Gears Up for IPO

Spotify is now operating on short-term extensions of its old contracts with all three major record companies, having been on a month-to-month basis with at least one of the labels for nearly a year. It is negotiating new deals that would make its finances more attractive to investors.

Spotify, which saw its net loss increase to roughly $200 million last year even as revenue doubled to more than $2 billion, wants to pay a smaller share than the nearly 55% of its revenue that it currently pays to record labels and artists, according to people familiar with the matter.

 

Worth reading. (Part 2)

I know what a conflict of interest is.

 

did u see the jig frank ocean playing on UMG lol

 

Jorge Ramos: Donald Trump Supporters Will Be Sorry

Trump has forced journalists to revisit rules of objectivity and fairness. Just providing both points of view is not enough in the current presidential campaign. If a candidate is making racist and sexist remarks, we cannot hide in the principle of neutrality. That’s a false equivalence.

Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite were right; sometimes you have to take a stand. They did it against the dangerous persecutions of Senator Joe McCarthy and in denouncing the pernicious official spin during the worst years of the Vietnam War.

 

enough of these are so wildly off base that I'm actually somewhat comforted in knowing that Facebook has no idea what the fuck I actually think about things.

things I dont want ads about:

• happiness
• nationalism
• the republican party
• the democratic party
• the republican party's snapchat or whatever that is
  
• christianity
• liberalism
• etc.

 

Holy shit that's spendy. Don't want jason.blog that badly.

 

Yeah Facebook has no fucking clue what it's doing. It thinks I'm interested in "the future" because I like Future. And that I'm super into the blood orange fruit because I like Blood Orange.

 

Is Obamacare failing?

Other estimates suggest the numbers are even better; the Center for Disease Control reported that only 9.1 percent of Americans lacked insurance in 2015. This means that having insurance coverage is now roughly as common as wearing seat belts.

"It's important to step back and think about what would be happening right now if there was no Affordable Care Act," says Nick Bagley, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan Law School, whose work focuses on the Affordable Care Act. "Premiums would be much higher now than they are under any kind of reasonable estimate."

These people are generally happy with their coverage. The vast majority have used their plans to see the doctor and most say they’re satisfied with their choice of doctors and hospitals.

All available evidence suggests that the law is helping these people gain access to medical services that were previously out of reach — and there isn’t much reason to think this will change. Even when there are large premium spikes, more than 80 percent of marketplace enrollees have subsidies that ensure their monthly fees remain affordable.

 

Chris Christie Thinks Schools in Poor Black Neighborhoods Have Too Much Money

This might sound like a civil rights speech—a plea to provide more opportunities to the neediest kids. In fact, if enacted, Christie’s proposal would amount to a huge giveaway to the children and families who are already thriving in New Jersey while hurting the kids who most need a leg up. With this plan, the governor hopes to lower taxes and end a state program that sends extra money to schools that educate at-risk children. Lest you have any doubt about whom Christie is trying to protect with his “equalization” plan, consider the fact that although his proposal would cut supplemental funding for poor children and English language learners, it would continue to send extra money to children with learning disabilities—a group, unlike the other two, that is majority white.

 

Accurate

 

One of the best and most efficient charities as rated by the two top charity rating services ... even higher than the Red Cross itself. Impressive.

 

You got Proletariat? That's kind of cool. Seems like the same thing as "Working Class," which I got, but sounds cooler.

Most of mine were in line (Democratic Socialism, Social Democracy, Socialism, Australian Labour Party, Progressive Democrats of America, Anti-capitalism), but there were a few strange outliers, namely "Holy orders," "Homo sapiens," and "Reflection (physics)". I don't even know what the last one is.

 

Really been enjoying Joy's feed over the past few days.

 

As a New Jerseyan, I can't tell you how much I hate Chris Christie.

 

As a dude on the other side of the country, I can only imagine cause he makes my blood boil.

 

Fml

 

Clinton, Ryan team up on anti-poverty plan

A glimpse of the future

 

University to 2020 Class: Don't Expect 'Safe Spaces' or 'Trigger Warnings' Here

 

Trump's kids are cashing in on his campaign | VICE News

 

AP's Bombshell Clinton Foundation Report Comes Under Scrutiny

I need more Mutumbo in my life. One of my favorite basketball players.