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SCRANTON, Pa. (CBS) Hillary Clinton will be speaking at a St. Patricks Day event in Scranton next week, according to reports.

The former Democratic presidential candidate will be the keynote speaker for the Society of Irish Womens annual dinner on March 17, according toThe Times-Tribune of Scranton.

Members of the Irish womens group say Clinton was a great choice because she exemplifies what they stand for as strong women. They anticipate a sell-out event, thanks to her involvement.

For her to come to Scranton and recognize women here 500 women like her (when) she could be anywhere in the world, its just incredible, Tracy Doherty, one of the societys founding members told The Times-Tribune of Scranton.

Clintons father grew up in Scranton, and she reportedly spent summers at the familys cottage at Lake Winola.

She is also slated to deliver this years commencement address at her alma mater, Wellesley College, inMassachusetts.

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Even the Chinese agree: US media biased for Hillary Clinton Washington Times It may be unanimous: China has officially declared that the U.S. media were in the tank for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. The finding was included in a lengthy report by the Communist government in Beijing listing human rights and ... and more »

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March 9, 2017 6:54 PM By Devin Bartolotta

BALTIMORE (WJZ) A note passed between two Harford County students has gained steam across social media eventually landing on the desk of one of the biggest names in politics.

Its carrying a discussion on womens empowerment in some of our youngest leaders.

Almost every one of us was once guilty of passing notes in class but very few can say one of those notes was read and shared by Secretary Hillary Clinton.

From a classroom in a Harford County elementary school to the Twitter feed of a political trailblazer.

A note passed between fourth graders Seeley and Maya has gone viral.

I think its important for girls to know that theyre just as smart as boys and they can do anything if they put their minds to it, Seely said.

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After class, Seeley and Mayas teacher found this note under a desk, reading:

Do you want to join a club for female empowerment? We are the leaders!

It just seems so real and inspiring, says Elly Zupko, the teachers friend, whowas the first to put the photo on Twitter.

To know that this is the kind of thing thats on girls minds is inspiring. Its concerning, but its something to pay attention to, she said.

The message resonated nationwide. Since Monday, its been viewed more than 6 million times.

I remember writing notes in fourth grade. I never wrote a note like this, though, Clinton said.

Giving a shout out at an International Womens Day event.

Those words from a girl no more than 9 or 10 in our own country brought a smile to my face, she said.

It was exciting because shes my role model and shes a very strong person,Seeley said.

At a time when women worldwide have rallied to have their voices heard. Its not lost on the fourth graders that girl power matters, too.

It helps girls, you know, just be independent and strong, Mayasaid.

The Female Empowerment Club is in the works at Seeley and Mayas school and they plan to meet once a week.

The club will center around stem skills, plus arts and religion.

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Devin Bartolotta joined the WJZ Eyewitness News team in July of 2016 as a general assignment reporter. She comes to Baltimore after three years reporting, anchoring, and producing at KTTC-TV in Rochester, Minnesota. Devin is a three-time EMMY...

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The Hamilton Electors a bipartisan coalition of Electoral College members who, in December attempted to thwart Donald Trumps election by depriving him of some of the 270 electoral votes he needed to become president are now re-entering the news.

A judge in Washington stateissued a ruling during aWednesday administrative hearingpermittingSecretary of State Kim Wyman to impose a $1,000 fine on four state electors who didnt vote for Hillary Clinton even though they had pledged to. Though Clinton won 57 percent of the states popular vote, three of those electors backed former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Theyre now planning to appealthe decision.

Its just the start of what is probably going to be a longer fight to try to get these state laws, which are patently unconstitutional, found so by the Supreme Court, explained Bret Chiafalo, a Democrat and a leader of the Hamilton Electors. Its a continuation of what we were trying to do which is just honor the Constitution. And the administrative hearing the one that just occurred is just the first step. Administrative hearings cant really address constitutional issues. The next step will be a state appeals court.

In order for the Hamilton Electors to have succeeded, they would have needed to persuade at least 37 of the electors pledged to Trump to abandon him for an alternative candidate (Trump received 306 electoral votes to Clintons 232). As a demonstration of the fact that this was about country instead of party, a number of Democratic electors would have gone along with them.

Instead only two Republican electors defected, along with five Democrats.

So what happened?

Theres no telling for sure, because were talking about the minds of about 37 to 50 [potential dissident Republican] electors, but I can give you my best guess, Chiafalo explained in an email. A big part of it was the fact that Republicans Republican Party infrastructure spent quite a bit of money on lobbying individual electors. And from what weve heard, Republican electors were told that their political careers would be over if they did this. And they were also told that this was a grand trick by Democrats to get Hillary elected.

Continued Chiafalo, As we understand it, a lot of money was spent on this lobbying effort. And we believe ultimately that thats a big part of what wound up happening. Because we had up to 50 Republican electors who were seriously considering it up to a week before the vote.

Chiafalo, and the rest of the electors, knew by the end that their efforts would be in vain, which is why they abandoned their initial plan of trying to convinceRepublican electors to vote for Gov. John Kasich instead of Trump.

Basically, by the time that the three of us in Washington state voted, we knew that our grand plan had ultimately not succeeded, Chiafalo said. And we had a conversation. . . half an hour before voting about what we were going to do to honor the spirit of the Hamilton Electors, and the spirit of what we were trying to do, and we decided to go with Colin Powell. He is certainly a Republican, but we believed hed be a superior president to John Kasich.

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There is a Russian influence scandal. It just has nothing to do with President Trump.

The entire Trump Russian scandal narrative is complete utter nonsense. Democrats are so desperate to stop Trump, theyre clinging to a Saturday Night Live comedy skit with the full cooperation of their liberal lackeys in the mainstream media.

Theyve just made a YUGE mistake. And its all going to blow up in their face.

First, a few Trump aides had conversations with the Russian ambassador, or Russian officials. Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions was a U.S. senator at the time. Thats part of his job.

But talk about hypocrisy. It turns out many Democrat U.S. senators had the same meetings. So did House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. They all met with the same Russian ambassador.

Secondly, Democrats seem to think talking to Russians is a crime. They even throw around words such as treason. But they see no issue with Democrats taking millions of dollars from Russians?

Because it turns out, according to the Daily Caller, that Tony Podesta, brother of Hillarys national presidential campaign manager John Podesta, is a super lobbyist who took huge money from the Russians in order to end U.S. government sanctions against Sberbank, Russias largest bank.

Not only did the brother of Hillarys campaign manager take huge money from the Russians to represent a foreign governments biggest bank, but his firm accepted more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it from foreign governments.

If Democrats want congressional investigations into Russian connections, I say we give them major investigations. Lets start with Hillary Clinton, John Podesta and his brother Tony.

Why Hillary herself, you ask? Ive been publicly talking about this story for many years. The Clinton Foundation was from the start a bribery and extortion racket set up by the former president of the United States and his wife, the secretary of state. They didnt just talk to Russians or other foreign governments and foreign leaders. They accepted massive bribes, disguised as charitable donations.

This happened while Hillary was secretary of state. Even the Gambino crime family couldnt dream up an extortion racket this big.

I can hear famed mob attorney Oscar Goodman advising his clients, You cant possibly extort foreign governments in plain sight while youre secretary of state. Are you out of your mind?

But why would any of this audacity shock anyone. Never forget the king of Morocco donated $12 million to the Clinton Foundation only on the condition that Hillary show up at his event.

Bill Clinton received a $1 million birthday present in return for a five-minute meeting with the leaders of Qatar.

There are many more instances of donations traded for access to the U.S. secretary of state. But none of them beats the $145 million received by the Clinton Foundation in return for Secretary of State Clinton selling 20 percent of the U.S. uranium stock to guess who?

The Russians.

If phone calls to Russians merit an investigation, what is the significance of the Clinton Foundation accepting $145 million from the Russians, while Hillary was secretary of state and being lobbied by these same people to sell off Americas valuable resources? Or Hillarys campaign managers brother lobbying on behalf of Russias biggest bank while his brother runs her campaign for president?

But Hillary has one more problem. If Putin and Russia get sick and tired of being a piata for Democrats, guess what they might do? Democrats claim Russia hacked Hillarys deleted emails, right? They seem so certain. Well maybe Russia will choose to release all 30,000 emails. Tomorrow.And then well all find out what Hillary discussed in writing that she so badly needed to make disappear.

Good luck, Hillary. The Democrats just opened up one YUGE can of worms. It was the biggest mistake of your lives.

Wayne Allyn Root (Wayne@ROOTforAmerica.com) is a best-selling author and host of WAR Now: The Wayne Allyn Root Show from 3 p.m. o 6 p.m. daily at 790 Talk Now. His R-J column runs Thursday and Sunday.

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