Commissioner Ann Ravel goes the full Louis Renault:

Federal Election Commission member Ann Ravel on Tuesday proposed a ban on political contributions by domestic subsidiaries of foreign corporations.

Ravel’s proposal cites The Intercept series last week reporting that American Pacific International Capital, a California corporation owned by two Chinese nationals, donated $1.3 million to Right to Rise USA, the main Super PAC supporting Jeb Bush’s presidential run.

Ravel wrote that as a result of Citizens United and subsequent Supreme Court decisions, “our campaign finance system is vulnerable to influence from foreign nationals and foreign corporations through Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates in ways unimaginable a decade ago.”

Yes, Commissioner Ravel. Who could have possibly even remotely imagined that a former President and his Secretary of State spouse who also happen to run a multinational, billion dollar not-for-profit could (only hypothetically, mind you) have any dealings that might, perhaps, maybe, lead to the smidgen of the notion of an idea of the contemplation a foreign bribe?

Why that's preposterous!

Disney owned ABC comes up with this evidence of Hillary shoehorning a donor to the Clinton Foundation, a skeevy Chicago securities trader, onto a highly sensitive government intelligence advisory board alongside members with top security clearances. Video and text at link:

While I have been investigating the Kempenski Luxury Resort they are tearing down parts of a national park in Dominica to build, I ran into some interesting side notes about the Clinton's tasty habits in hotels.

Sultan Suite, Ciragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul ($35,700 a night )

Note: An earlier version of this essay was originally written in response to comments by Hillary-supporting friends on Facebook.

I received a Facebook invite from a friend who is a nurse/labor rep for California Nurses Assn, many CNA union members will be there joining Cal students too. CNA does extensive organizing work on behalf of many unions across the country (my favorite was their mock funeral cortege protest in Wisconsin's capitol building/during Walker's slash and burn moment). There is zero press on their visit, but here's the details:

This Friday: 5pm April 1st at Haas Pavilion Building

This evening's music features blues singer Georgia White.