Posted on 11/07/2016 5:24:41 AM PST by The G Man
Click ... here ... for the latest batch. Now up to 55,694 emails.
LOL
Look for that WHOPPER!!!
This one’s header is self-explanatory...
German government funding
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/53308
Do you suppose todays batch will be the last? Or maybe a small dump tomorrow?
As a NH native, this one doesn’t surprise me:
Our tax dollars at work for the Leftist takeover.
RE: Spiegel: BND-employee arrested on charges of espionage for US
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/54082
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/53833
favor
From:tony@onewharf.com To: jpodesta@hillaryclinton.com CC: johnpodesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-08-06 15:41 Subject: favor
John, I wanted to see if you would have time to have a quick cup of coffee with a very good friend of mine? His name is Michael LaRosa and he’s Chris Matthews political producer on Hardball. He got his start ten years ago as an intern in Hillary’s finance shop and went on to work for Kelly Craighead at the Democracy Alliance before going to the Hill for a few years. He’d walk through fire for Hillary and would be a great hire on the campaign. He’s based in DC at the NBC News Bureau and would love to chat with you when you’re in Washington.
Tony
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaellarosadc
Michael LaRosa
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Fwd: Letter from German Ambassador Peter Wittig for John Podesta
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/55028
WaPo oppo on McCain, from 2008, with a mention of Alice Crites...
Re: WP story and hat tip to researchers
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/53863
Here they are focus group testing all of her weaknesses in 2015 and admitting that Obama’s economic policies have failed:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/54085
Re: Vulnerabilities Focus Group Moderator’s Guide
From:john.podesta@gmail.com
To: gruncom@aol.com
CC: john@algpolling.com, robbymook2015@gmail.com, Jim.Margolis@gmmb.com, jbenenson@bsgco.com, david@db-research.com, cmills@cdmillsGroup.com more
Date: 2015-02-23 16:41
Subject: Re: Vulnerabilities Focus Group Moderator’s Guide
To pile on one point: VI F Obama’s tried big government solutions for 6+ years and they haven’t worked. Now she promises more of the same. We need a change in direction...
JP
—Sent from my iPad—
john.podesta@gmail.com
For scheduling: eryn.sepp@gmail.com
On Feb 23, 2015, at 12:38 PM, Mandy Grunwald gruncom@aol.com wrote:
A couple thoughts.
On VI. A — Out of Touch. Should we add that HRC hasn’t driven a car in thirty-five (?) years? (The Republicans love that one!). Also does “dead broke” go here or in the later videos??
On VI.D — cronyism, foreign governments, I would name some of the countries, particularly those in the Middle East
On VI. E — Wall Street. I would include something from the Maggie Haberman piece on HRC’s Goldman Sachs speech. Something like, “When HRC recently spoke to bankers at Goldman Sachs, instead of holding them accountable for their activities that crashed the economy, she told them that banker bashing was foolish and had to stop. She said “soothing” that we all got into our economic problems together.”
On VI. F. — OBama’s Third Term. I would add “We need a new direction” or “We need to change course.” at the end.
On VI. G. — Ineffective. I would add (if possible from a credible source). “Clinton flew all over the world, but she can’t name a single major accomplishment she made as Secretary of State.”
On Iowa, we had talked at one time about showing them some specific populist policy proposals — or at least trying to get a sense of their corporate villains. Does this still make sense? Or should we just stay focused on the negatives?
thanks
Mandy
Mandy Grunwald
Grunwald Communications
202-973-9400
gruncom@aol.com
And here are the revised Focus Group questions they decided to go with after presumably fine-tuning the above:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/43093
Mandy Grunwald is nervous about what’s in the emails:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/54146
From:jbenenson@bsgco.com
To: gruncom@aol.com
CC: kristinakschake@gmail.com, nmerrill@hrcoffice.com, jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com, Jim.Margolis@gmmb.com, john.podesta@gmail.com, robbymook2015@gmail.com more
Date: 2015-03-03 18:45
Subject: Re: HRC joke on emails at Emily’s List
If we’re worried about equal pay as we were, we should not joke about this.
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 3, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Mandy Grunwald gruncom@aol.commailto:gruncom@aol.com wrote:
Margolis and I discussed.
We don’t know what’s in the emails, so we are nervous about this.
Might get a big laugh tonight and regret it when content of emails is disclosed.
Mandy Grunwald
Grunwald Communications
202 973-9400
plugging in
From:Eleanor.Clift@thedailybeast.com To: John.Podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-04-10 20:39 Subject: plugging in
Hi John, I completely understand why dinner at your home did not include someone like me, who’s a known quantity to Clinton campaign veterans. But I wanted to make an appeal for an early opportunity to get myself and the Daily Beast Political editor, Jackie Kucinich, on your radar so I/we can write and report knowledgeably. There’s a long campaign ahead, and I’d like to establish a line of communications. Is there an assistant I should go through? I look forward to working with you (and maybe getting some of that pasta and walnut sauce dish!!) All best, Eleanor
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LINK https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/9938
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From:nconfess@nytimes.com
To: matt.mckenna@gmail.com CC: john.podesta@gmail.com
Date: 2013-07-23 20:44
Subject: RE: An MOU from the wayback machine
Thank you, Matt. John, I will be in touch to connect on this.
From: Matt McKenna [mailto:matt.mckenna@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:37 PM To: Confessore, Nicholas Cc: John Podesta
Subject: An MOU from the wayback machine
Nick - I wanted to connect you and John on one specific issue. When Sec. Clinton was nominated, the MOU[http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/12/18/clinton.k.senate.pdf] below was negotiated between the Administration and the Clinton Foundation. Since John was directly involved in those discussions, I hoped you two might be able to connect to understand exactly what was asked of the Foundation for the years she was Secretary of State. Separately, I left you a voicemail as a general check-in. Buzz me whenever it's convenient for you.
Best, MM
"...... from the Maggie Haberman (NYT political correspondent) piece on HRC’s Goldman Sachs speech. Something like, “When HRC recently spoke to bankers at Goldman Sachs, instead of holding them accountable for their activities that crashed the economy, she told them that banker bashing was foolish and had to stop. She said “soothing” that we all got into our economic problems together.”
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Grunwald's father was editor-in-chief of Time Mag. She gained prominence through her work on the successful 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign, in which she was director of advertising, Grunwald made television appearances defending Bill Clinton, and helped produce The Man From Hope, the biographical film that was the centerpiece of the 1992 Democratic National Convention. (hat tip wiki)
....and the reply stated?......
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/53776
From:hms@sandlerfoundation.org To: john.podesta@gmail.com CC: ses@sandlerfoundation.org, james@sandlerfoundation.org, sdaetz@sandlerfoundation.org Date: 2014-01-24 21:43 Subject: FW: More on the 17th
Just an interesting recollection of George’s perspective back then. -——
Original Message-—— From: Sandler, Herb EXEC (x) Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 9:19 AM To: Sandler, Marion EXEC (x); ‘Susan 2Sandler (E-mail)’; ‘Jim 3Sandler (E-mail)’ Subject: FW: More on the 17th
-——Original Message-——
From: Vachon, Michael [mailto:Michael.Vachon@soros.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:37 PM
To: Sandler, Herb EXEC (x) Subject: More on the 17th
Herb: With the caveat that we’re still refining it, let me tell you a little more about the agenda for the 17-18 July.
I think you know that George wants to make a major financial contribution to defeating Bush in 2004. The main purpose of the meeting is to develop a strategy for spending that money in the most effective way.
The reason you and Marion should come is because you would contribute to the quality of the discussion and because you’d learn a lot about the how the upcoming election is going to play out. You might also find some guidance on how and even if you want to get involved in that.
We will likely start with an informal lunch on Thursday the 17th. At about 2 p.m. we’ll begin the program, leading off with a presentation by Tom Novick, and then moving into a structured discussion with all the participants facilitated by Anne Bartley, who I think you must have met at the AMI dinner. We’ll close after lunch on the 18th. The second day will be dedicated to evaluating the previous day’s presentations and identifying concrete next steps and the outline of a funding stratgey.
Novick is a political consultant we’ve hired to prepare an in-depth analysis and evaluation of current efforts aimed at influencing the 2004 presidential election. We don’t want to recreate the wheel. The goal of his analysis will be to identify the most promising existing efforts that combine solid strategies, the personnel to implement those strategies, and the ability to influence the outcome of the election. (see attached). His written report will be available prior to the meeting.
We’ll also invite Steve Rosenthal, political director of the AFL-CIO, Ellen Malcolm of Emily’s List (now the country’s largest PAC), and Carl Pope of the Sierra Club. These are leaders who have been involved in efforts to bring constituencies together to focus on defeating Bush, as opposed to concentrating on increasing the political clout of their particular issues.
Others we plan to invite are: Dorothy & Lewis Cullman, Dan Leeds, Rob McKay (from the AMI dinner). We’ll also invite David Rockefeller Jr. George may or may not invite Rob Glaser. The idea is to involve people who may be willing to spend on the election but who also have something to contribute intellectually to the discussion. It is not primarily a meeting to solicit contributions for a particular organization or even approach. Bob Boorstin and John Podesta are also on the list, but I assume will not attend if so doing would compromise AMI.
George is motivated mostly by his intense dislike of the administration’s approach to international relations, but he understands that this may not necessarily be a so-called “voting issue,” thus the need to develop a strategy. The premise is that there is a deep well of dissatisfaction with the direction in which Bush is moving the country. Some people are concerned about the rollbacks of environmental protections, others about attack on civil liberties or the administration’s conservative social agenda. What is becoming increasingly apparent is that advocates will need to step back from their own issues to focus on the strategic goal of getting Bush et co. out of the White House. (But because it’s George’s party, there will be a session, probably dinner on the 17th, devoted to examining the role foreign policy in the elections)
I know it is a long trip for you to make and of course you should only do it if you think it would be worthwhile. I guess my view is that though you while may not be an expert on political strategy you probably have innate good judgment, which is rare, and a lens on domestic affairs that complements George’s knowledge of geopolitics. I know that you see AMI and AMI plus as a long-term effort, and I agree that is important, but to quote George, quoting Keynes, in the long run, we’re all dead. Bush can do a lot of damage in the short term, namely 2004-2008. Whatever one’s particular issues, it is important to focus on the first step reform.
Let me know if you need more information, I will certainly keep you posted as the agenda crystallizes.
Best, Michael Vachon
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