Thanks to the magic of Wikileaks, we now know EXACTLY which mainstream media reporters have been completely compromised by Hillary Clinton!
A new set of emails released from John Podesta reveal 2 top-secret lists of reporters getting their cues DIRECTLY from Hillary.
John Podesta actually sent out an invitation to THESE 63 major reporters to have an “off-the-record” dinner at his mansion where they could plan their strategy on how to beat the American people.
But do not worry folks, the fun does not end here.
Along with their list of RSVP’s also came a second list of Reporters who were invited to the same dinner. Here are the other 25 Hillary workers disguised as reporters:
Yes ABC – Liz Kreutz
Yes AP – Julie Pace
Yes AP – Ken Thomas
Yes AP – Lisa Lerer
AURN – April Ryan
Yes Bloomberg – Jennifer Epstein
Yes Buzzfeed – Ruby Cramer
Yes CBS – Steve Chagaris
Yes CNBC – John Harwood
Yes CNN – Dan Merica
Yes Huffington Post – Amanda Terkel
NO (Panama)
LAT – Mike Memoli Yes
LAT – Evan Handler Yes
McClatchy – Anita Kumar Yes
MSNBC – Alex Seitz-Wald Yes
National Journal – Emily Schultheis Yes
NBC – Mark Murray Yes
NPR – Tamara Keith
NYT – Amy Chozik Yes
NYT – Maggie Haberman Yes
Politico – Annie Karni Politico – Gabe Debenedetti
With just weeks until the U.S. presidential election—and with both mainstream candidates embroiled in unprecedented scandal—Abby Martin interviews one of the progressive alternatives, socialist candidate Gloria La Riva. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sntk8sDDtN4
The whistleblowing site has released more than 30,000 Podesta emails online and has said it intends to keep releasing documents each day right up until the November 8 US presidential election.
The emails have yielded an insight into the inner workings of the Democrat’s campaign team, including discussion on how to react to Bill Clinton’s sexual assault allegations, framing information for ‘news hyenas’, and boosting Hillary Clinton’s public image.
On Monday, the 17th release from Wikileaks revealed Podesta’s dim view of Clinton’s 2008 presidential run, the team’s fears about Bernie Sanders“beating us up”, as well as Hillary Clinton’s failure to win over Al Gore.
The releases also shed some light on frayed relationships within the political bubble of Washington, such as long-term aide Doug Band’s beef with ‘backstabbing’ Chelsea Clinton.
Members of Clinton’s campaign have accused RT of involvement in the email hack due to its swift reporting of the leaks. WikiLeaks has been openly publishing batches of emails online every day for over two weeks.
Vinegar Mother is a band with a sound too varied for one category. Drawing from progressive, rock, and soul influences, the Connecticut-based band says that "blending genres is everything." Founding members Julia Zivic (lead vox) Jason Zivic (drums) and Itamar Gov-Ari (keys, guitar and vox), with Mike Roninson (bass) all come from different musical backgrounds. Their sound is born out of each members' mutual respect for what everyone brings to the table. Building off the momentum of an increased live presence in the City, the group is set to release their first EP this upcoming November 18th.
RC:What are you trying to create between yourselves and the audience during a live set?
Julia: Emotion, passion, love, a feeling like they can connect, a feeling like they can feel what’s coming off of us as we play. It’s really important to perform close together, to be dancing, to be feeling and hearing the lyrics, to have an audience who respects that we have something we want to put out, and is truly into going through an emotional journey with us, through our live set.
Mike: I want them to know that we’re having fun on stage, and for them to feel like they’re having fun. I feel like a lot of stuff these days is so serious—I want people to have a good time in there. It’s like a party.
Itamar: I’m happy that people get excited over all the nerdy musical moments in there, even if they’re non-musicians. That’s my favorite part. I feel like we’ll play some stuff that’s really worked out, and I’ll wonder who will notice it, and then like 3 people will notice it, who will be the 3 people I didn’t think would notice it.
RC: When did you start creating together?
Julia: About five years ago under the name Julia Zivic and the Brothers, and it was pretty funny. It was my middle-school folk music that I wrote and I brought to them. They made it better and bigger, and put it in a band setting. There was a moment when we said “I think we can move on from this” because we all wanted more of a band-feel, not just “Julia Zivic and them” you know? They were doing so much work, and we wanted to be more of a collective, so we ended up starting this project Vinegar Mother, and from there it just took off because we finally had the vibe that we wanted, and it’s just so much better this way, we love it.
Itamar: It started out with me and Jason in another band with two friends from high school, and at first it was “Oh, Jason’s little sister sings.” and then it was “Oh… Jason’s little sister has PIPES.” She would come home from school and be angry about something and I would show her something I’d written on guitar, and we’d write a song in her kitchen. And then it happened three more times, and then we just kept doing it. And eventually we said “Oh, yeah, this is a band. We should be a band.” And then Mike joined about a year ago. I was subliminally messaging him to join the band for months before he did. Like “Hey Mike how’s it going? Join my band. Do you wanna get lunch and join my band?”
Mike: It was pretty… non-discreet, actually.
RC: How do you deal with categorizing your music?
Julia: Blending genres is everything—you can’t put yourself in one box. Hell no. Gotta blend it. In a blender.
Itamar: We’ve been called “Jazz Fusion” — we said no; I called it “Heavy Soul” and Jason wants to call it “Progressive Soul”— but you know, everyone can call us whatever the hell you want. As long as you like the music… The whole “genre” thing is hard, because every person describes music differently. But some sort of blend between the words “progressive,” “heavy,” and “soul,” without the words “jazz” and “fusion” in there.
Mike: I hear it as like… Neo-Soul RnB but with a little bit of a rock influence behind it kind of like heavier.
RC: Do you feel that social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, or SoundCloud adequately express you as a group?
Itamar: I think we’re too ridiculous for social media.
Julia: I usually just put something up there and make it sound exciting and tasteful, just to remind people about shows. A lot of times, stuff doesn’t get a lot of exposure online because platforms like Facebook are so saturated. Facebook is cool, you need it and we use it when we want to. It’s hard on social media lately.
Mike: There are a lot of bands on Facebook.
Julia: Its very saturated, but you gotta stand out somehow.
Mike: I think if people hear us and they realize theres something about us that connects to them personally, that’s more reliable then just them seeing our posts.
RC: Do you have a destination for your band?
Itamar: I mean, I would love to quit my job, one day, and just do this. And not do anything else.
In the next year I would like to be closer to that. It's hard to say “Next year I want to be playing at this size venue," its a hard goal to set for yourself. If we can make incrementally the same progress we’ve made in the past two years, every year, then I think that we’ll be in a really good place in a year. And I think we’ll be in a really good place in five years. The whole thing about being in a band is that you have to be realistic. Because the dream of “Hey I’m gonna be a massive rock Star and be rich as fuck” is not realistic, but if you can make a decent honest living making music you love with your family then what else can you really ask for?
Jason: I think music for me, in general, affects my spiritual progress. So for myself, I want to keep growing with music, on a personal level. And wherever that takes me is where it takes me. But I see good things.
Itamar: …So you’re gonna stay in the band?
Jason: I think so, yeah.
Julia: Can’t escape me, I live in the same house as him.
RC: Ok, fun questions time.
Itamar: Were the last questions not fun?
RC: Have you ever written a song in another language or drawn musical influence from a different culture than yours?
Jason: Yeah, I made a rap song one time in Japanese. In High School with my friend Rui. Its called Damare, Urushendaio.
Mike: In high school I put music to a Russian poem, but I haven’t thought about that in like eight years…
Itamar: I’ve written a couple songs in Hebrew which is my first language, and I’m trying to write more songs in Hebrew, but it’s just a different thing. I’m definitely not ready to play them for people. But at some point maybe they’ll see the light of day.
Julia: No comment.
RC: If you could incorporate an animal sound into your music, what animal would you choose?
Itamar: Giraffe.
Julia: Giraffes make sounds?
Itamar: Everyone knows the giraffe sound.
Jason: A dolphin.
Julia: Boys.
RC: If you could incorporate non musical sounds into your music, what would you want to use?
Itamar: With the voice memos app I’ve recorded so many street sounds and wanted to turn it into things. I threw a clove of garlic at a vase and it made a kind of ‘Ding!’ and I made that into a keyboard patch, and I wanna use that live sometime
Jason: I really like a guy called East Forrest who uses nature samples. I would like it if we could mix urban sounds with nature sounds because we’re all from different backgrounds.
Brooklyn’s jazz-meets-indie rock collective Vinegar Mother – comprised of Julia Zivic (guitar, vocals), Itamar Gov-Ari (guitar, keyboard), Jason Zivic (drums), Chris Stelluti (tenor sax), and Mike Roninson (bass) – has been hard at work on their debut EP, The Sunny Seat, due out next month. We’ve got the exclusive premiere of the video for “Sunny Seat” right here.
Exquisitely shot, the video overlays shots of the band playing in what looks to be a living room in the city with shots of a woman who is basking in the glow of the sunny seat on a train, looking distraught for a majority of the video. She is clearly dealing with heartbreak, trying to keep herself together with the warmth of the sun – and her winter coat – in the desolate cold of the big city. Anyone who has lived in New York City can relate to the sentiment in the song, which makes it all the more impressive. The song matches the video to a perfect T, and we’re overwhelmed with the beauty of the colors and scenery displayed.
The band had quite a bit to say about the track itself.
“SunnySeat” actually started off as a journal entry for me. I was writing on the subway after a bad falling out with one of my longest best friends. As I wrote, I noticed a rhythm happening and decided to keep it going. It was 6am, I was on my way to work on the G train, and as we went over the bridge, the sun hit me directly in the face. I was comforted by its warmth, but the unbearable feeling of loss remained. I remember writing about how desperate I was to get home to Itamar and Jay and make a song out of these emotions I had. This song and its natural coming about means a whole lot to me. It cuts me deep every time we perform it. – Julia
I was really excited to work with Jason and Julia on a riff I wrote during another rehearsal. This song came at the right time, it was a fresh breath of air and a new sound for us. I was really excited to explore new sonics with chord voicing/textures we haven’t used before. – Itamar
The first time we went over this song in rehearsal I thought it was called “The Sunny Sea”. Writing this song came at a time in our musical partnership (Itamar, Julia and myself) when we were beginning to find our new sound. Exploring the sound felt good, and Itamar was able to push me out of my comfort zone with a few rhythmic variations, particularly in the second verse. If not for that little nudge out the door, the song wouldn’t be the song, and Vinegar Mother wouldn’t be Vinegar Mother. – Jason
Tour Dates 10/21 Sofar Sounds (NYC) 10/27 Shapeshifter Lab (Park Slope / Gowanus) w/ The Cherry Circus 10/28 Brooklyn Home of Music (Greenpoint) w/ Poetic Thrust & Shornstein 11/8 Gold Sounds (Bushwick) w/ The Misters 11/18 Radio Bean (Burlington, VT) 10pm EP RELEASE 11/30 Pianos (LES) 9pm
The Sunny Seat is out November 18th. Keep up with the band on their website.
