1776 COALITION 08/19/2015

You’ve Got Mail: STATE DEPT. FINDS 17,855 MISSING HILLARY CLINTON ADVISER EMAILS More than two years after the State Department claimed there were no emails responsive to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about a close Hillary Clinton adviser’s contact with the media, the Department has informed a judge it has... Read More Jeb Bush super PAC to spend upwards of $15M in first major ad blitz The Jeb Bush Right to Rise super PAC will spend upwards of $15 million on its first major TV advertising blitz since raising $100 million to support the former Florida governor’s bid for the GOP presidential nomination, Fox News has... Read More Senators warn against ‘unbelievable’ Obama administration plan to close GITMO, open U.S. site The Obama administration is now beginning site assessment plans for domestic alternatives to the Guantanamo Bay prison - such as the Naval Brig in Hanahan, South Carolina and Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas. One South Carolina Republican is not so thrilled.... Read More Iowa State Fair attendees pick Sanders over Clinton Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the favored Democrat among Iowa State Fair attendees, according to results of an informal poll posted on the Iowa secretary of State website. The poll shows Sanders leading Hillary Clinton 49 percent to 45 percent. Clinton... Read More California measure fails to create green jobs SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three years after California voters passed a ballot measure to raise taxes on corporations and generate clean energy jobs by funding energy-efficiency projects in schools, barely one-tenth of the promised jobs have been created, and the state... Read More Doomsday clock for global market crash strikes one minute to midnight as central banks lose control When the banking crisis crippled global markets seven years ago, central bankers stepped in as lenders of last resort. Profligate private-sector loans were moved on to the public-sector balance sheet and vast money-printing gave the global economy room to heal.... Read More