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minus-squareMuad'Dibber@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoContinued… Kept her Orange County DA office from being charged for running an unconstitutional jailhouse informant program they tried to cover up. Oversaw a state prosecutor falsifying a confession to get a life sentence and then destroyed the evidence, upheld a conviction secured by a prosecutor lying under oath, and oversaw the framing of another man. The officers were not fired, but the state was forced to pay out ~13M USD. She fought against providing compensation to those her office wrongly convicted. Sponsored a bill allowing for prosecutors to seize profits before charges are even filed and opposed a bill that would reform civil asset forfeiture. Defended a prison’s religious discrimination in hiring policy Refused to review a case in which a pharmaceutical CEO killed his wife but made it look like a suicide after their son died under mysterious circumstances as well. Refused to prosecute PG&E for its massive gas pipeline explosion. Claimed to be unaware of sexual harassment and retaliation by her top aide over a 6 year span. Refused to investigate Herbalife’s exploitation and fraud, received donations from people connected to the corporation. Refused to prosecute Trump’s treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, despite his bank’s illegal forelosure practices, which ruined thousands of lives. She also was the only democratic presidental candidate to get money from him. A favorite candidate of wall street. Helped raise money with a former wells fargo banker who defended the fake accounts scandal. Backtracks on medicare for all, says she doesn’t want to do away with private insurance. Accepted thousands of dollars of campaign funds from Donald and Ivanka Trump multiple times.. Accepted money from Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO and a charter school magnate. 2 Voted to give Trump increased military spending two different times. Supports Trump escalating the war in Syria. Co-sponsored a “destabilize Iran” bill.2 Supports Israel’s right-wing government and cozies up to AIPAC, co-sponsored resolution against Obama in support of illegal settlements, does not support Palestinian rights, and calls BDS “anti-semitic”. Another Anti-Palestine rant at AIPAC, 2. Is against open borders, opposed calls to tear down 700 miles of border fence. Fought to limit amount of land indigenous tribes could place in trust and tried to take reservation land away from a tribe just to keep them from evicting a non-indigenous man who had lived there without paying rent for 24 years. Mocks the activist call to “build more schools, less jails”. Mocks criminal justice reformers as unrealistic.. Says that Kaepernick’s take-a-knee protest in support of black lives matter, was a russian op. Claims that “russian bots” are targeting her. Laughs out loud when its suggested that she’s a progressive. Voted two different times to block federal funding for abortions. Wants to use solar panels and green energy… to make war. Tells guatemalan immigrants: “don’t come here” Appoints a [communication director who was outraged that ICE didn’t pick up two undocumented commentators on M
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