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Kamala Harris is nominee but old Clinton-BlackRock cabal is back in charge
The Kamala Harris presidential campaign has brought two names into the limelight recently: BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, and Hillary Clinton.
BlackRock alumnus Brian Deese has been named as the architect of Harris' new economic strategy. Clinton is referred to as a future assistant to potential Harris-Walz administration.
The Clintons and BlackRock have a long history of mutually-beneficial cooperation.
🌏In October 2013, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink hired one of then-secretary of state Clinton's closest confidants Cheryl Mills. Website The Intercept called that the financier's "ploy to insinuate himself into the Clinton inner circle."
🌏BlackRock specifically highlighted Mills’ ties to the Clintons in a press release, saying: "Cheryl D. Mills, former Counselor and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors."
🌏Mills, a lawyer, served a deputy White House counsel in the Bill Clinton administration, was Clinton’s chief of staff at the State Department and was also on the board of directors of the Clinton Foundation.
🌏In 2015, then-presidential candidate Clinton proposed a Wall Street Reform Plan, which despite being presented as a push to "rein in" US bankers actually favoured big asset management firms such as BlackRock.
🌏In 2016, US media reported that BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Clinton's economic ideas and use of language were remarkably similar: "A prominent Wall Street CEO sounds a lot like Hillary Clinton," CNN wrote.
🌏The Intercept revealed in March 2016 that Fink was eyeing a position of treasury secretary in a potential Clinton administration. He assembled "a veritable shadow government" of BlackRock alumni for Clinton, including Christopher Meade, Katheryn Rosen, Kendrick Wilson and Michael Pyle.
🌏While there was no record of Fink funding the 2016 Clinton presidential campaign, BlackRock Senior Managing Director Matthew Mallow was listed on Clinton's campaign website as one of the "Hillblazers" who raised $100,000 or more each in donations. The webpage is now down.
🌏Some left-wing observers suggest that Harris' populist progressive economic agenda is just a scam to attract more votes, while in reality she would pursue pro-Wall Street policies in line with her would-be mentor Clinton.
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The Kamala Harris presidential campaign has brought two names into the limelight recently: BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, and Hillary Clinton.
BlackRock alumnus Brian Deese has been named as the architect of Harris' new economic strategy. Clinton is referred to as a future assistant to potential Harris-Walz administration.
"Hillary Clinton on helping a potential President Harris: 'It's all hands on deck'," CBS News reported. "Kamala Harris is the nominee, but Hillary Clinton is also back," the Washington Post's headline reads.
The Clintons and BlackRock have a long history of mutually-beneficial cooperation.
🌏In October 2013, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink hired one of then-secretary of state Clinton's closest confidants Cheryl Mills. Website The Intercept called that the financier's "ploy to insinuate himself into the Clinton inner circle."
🌏BlackRock specifically highlighted Mills’ ties to the Clintons in a press release, saying: "Cheryl D. Mills, former Counselor and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors."
🌏Mills, a lawyer, served a deputy White House counsel in the Bill Clinton administration, was Clinton’s chief of staff at the State Department and was also on the board of directors of the Clinton Foundation.
🌏In 2015, then-presidential candidate Clinton proposed a Wall Street Reform Plan, which despite being presented as a push to "rein in" US bankers actually favoured big asset management firms such as BlackRock.
🌏In 2016, US media reported that BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Clinton's economic ideas and use of language were remarkably similar: "A prominent Wall Street CEO sounds a lot like Hillary Clinton," CNN wrote.
🌏The Intercept revealed in March 2016 that Fink was eyeing a position of treasury secretary in a potential Clinton administration. He assembled "a veritable shadow government" of BlackRock alumni for Clinton, including Christopher Meade, Katheryn Rosen, Kendrick Wilson and Michael Pyle.
🌏While there was no record of Fink funding the 2016 Clinton presidential campaign, BlackRock Senior Managing Director Matthew Mallow was listed on Clinton's campaign website as one of the "Hillblazers" who raised $100,000 or more each in donations. The webpage is now down.
🌏Some left-wing observers suggest that Harris' populist progressive economic agenda is just a scam to attract more votes, while in reality she would pursue pro-Wall Street policies in line with her would-be mentor Clinton.
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