BATF: APRIL 30, 2015

Welcome back to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Friends! This week, RedState's own Moe Lane joins regular panelists Leon Wolf of RedState, Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute, F. Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon, Neal Dewing of The Federalist, and Jeff Blehar of the Ace of Spades Decision Desk to discuss Baltimore, the Clinton Foundation, and the Iran deal.

CLEVVER NEWS #DHR - APRIL 30, 2015

NERDIST NEWS: APRIL 30, 2015

EWTN THE WORLD OVER - APRIL 30, 2015

In this week's EWTN The World Over, Raymond Arroyo reviews the headline news of the week, plus:

Kyle Duncan, former lead counsel for Hobby Lobby, joins Raymond to discuss oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court regarding same sex "marriage."

Reggie Littlejohn, human rights activist, China expert and president of Women's Rights Without Frontiers talks to Raymond about the sad legacy of China's nearly 40-year-old one child policy and her "Save A Girl" initiative.

Finally, Raymond interviews Most Reverend Jean-Clement Jeanbart, archbishop of Aleppo, Syria about the plight of the persecuted Christians of Syria.

EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: APRIL 30, 2015

EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

The Attack on San Francisco's Archbishop Cordileone - Who's Behind It and Why?

Fools or Liars?

Will Supreme Court Impose a Supreme Injustice on Marriage?

Court May Deny Religious Liberty of Catholic Schools

Pope Francis planning to visit Fatima in 2017, local bishop announces

Who's on the guest list for a Vatican concert? Rome's homeless community

Mercy - God's antidote to a cynical world and tired Church

England: Hundreds to process through York in honor of Reformation martyrs

Remembering Sister Mary Ann Walsh

Thank a Nun Day: The Social Media Campaign to Say 'Thanks' to Catholic Sisters Around the World

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: APRIL 30, 2015

National Review's Jim Geraghty and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss current events. Today's Martinis: The MSM stays with the Clinton Foundation scandal, the White House doesn't care about Iran detaining a cargo ship, and MSNBC's Alex Wagner's unfortunate take on Obama's remarks on Baltimore.



Pentagon lawyers discover we don't have to defend our allies if threatened by Iran

There is no better metric to measure the health of American hegemony than whether trade ships enjoy unfettered access to sea lanes. Global maritime law is among the more settled concepts in international law, and its violation has universally understood consequences. American naval power guarantees the right of safe passage, and hostile powers know that they will encounter resistance if they used military force to prevent commercial ships from proceeding along their routes. At least, they knew that until Tuesday. Today, the world awakes to a new reality in which the United States has blinked.

If you're watching affairs from Moscow, or Beijing, or Tehran, or the capital of any other revisionist power, why wouldn't you believe that America's alliances are barely worth the paper on which they are written? Why wouldn't the Kremlin think it could test NATO's commitment to the defense of Eastern European states. Would London, Paris, Berlin, and Washington really risk war with a nuclear power over a sliver of territory in eastern Estonia?

It no longer seems like much of a risk to find out. Similarly, why would the People's Republic of China believe that a flotilla of "fisherman" colonialists who establish a base on the contested Senkaku Islands would be resisted with force? There is simply no evidence to suggest that would be the case. At least, not under this administration.

It's a more dangerous world today, and much of that is a result of Barack Obama's repeated displays of impotence and irresoluteness. Before this week, when it comes to America's obligations to its allies, Obama's "you're on your own" doctrine was only perceived. Today, it's precedent.

Also read:

The Obama Regime Is Surrendering the Gulf to Iran

John Kerry to Iran, reportedly: Barack Obama is great and all, but he's no Ayatollah Khamenei

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 632

SCOTUS Prepares to Destroy Traditional Marriage Statutes

Yes, Justice Kennedy, States Can Decide Not to Make Marriage a 'Dignity-Bestowing Institution'

What you won't hear from the media and gay activists about same-sex "marriage"

American Jacobins: Sexual Revolutionaries Prepare the Battlespace for a De-Christianized America

Religious Liberty Is Not Enough

Why Same-Sex "Marriage" Is Impossible for Catholics

Redefining Marriage Would Erode Religious Liberty and Free Speech Rights of Citizens and Churches

Marriage, Civil Society, and a Church on the Margins

How the 'Right to Love' Is Promoting Hate

Should We Fight the Culture War?

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: APRIL 29, 2015

'Who wants to tell him?' David Axelrod gets reality checks about #BaltimoreRiots

.@davidaxelrod Would you say it's fundamentally transforming?

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 29, 2015

Multiple shootings, porta-potty torched and looting during #FreddieGray protest in Ferguson

It's only April. It's going to be a long, hot summer. We should try to make as much progress as quickly as possible to keep it peaceful.

— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) April 29, 2015

Liberals unhappy with Barbara Mikulski for saying hello to National Guardsmen and thanking police

@SenatorBarb @firescotch Fuck you.

— Worst in the World (@jefeonwuka) April 28, 2015

'Fuck Outta Here White Boy': Potential 2016 candidate Martin O'Malley gets heckled in Baltimore

Former Baltimore mayor Martin O'Malley heckled by residents: http://t.co/UguBFbXlde pic.twitter.com/DsZzzFTywW

— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2015

Obstructionist mob blocks Holland Tunnel for social justice or something

Protesters occupying Holland Tunnel #BlackLivesMatter #BaltimoreUprising #icantbreathe pic.twitter.com/RiY04TCxZn

— Shut It Down NYC (@ShutItDownNYC) April 30, 2015

Occupy retreads show 'solidarity' with Baltimore by blocking traffic everywhere

@deannarosax3 @ABC exactly! They just love the drama and the attention. So annoying!

— Jessica Davis (@jessmariedavis) April 30, 2015

'Big mess': Denver mob curses cops, then each other; DPD pepper sprays crowd

Protestors are now shouting at each other. Group backing away from police on Broadway pic.twitter.com/IEkQNIFu9l

— Mark Meredith (@markpmeredith) April 30, 2015

'I just want to go home:' Seattle obstructionists piss off commuters…for justice!

Traffic moving as @SeattlePD clears a lane & protesters stay put at 4th & Pike pic.twitter.com/YWhfz8fugK

— Natalie Swaby (@NSwabyKing5) April 30, 2015

Solidarity? Nope: Black protester says whites are taking up 'too much space'

"There are white people who are taking up too much space in this crowd right now." #ShutItDown pic.twitter.com/X8CnInve1D

— Azi (@Azi) April 29, 2015

Washington Post: Prisoner said Freddie Gray was 'banging against the walls' during ride in police van

@washingtonpost Sounds legit. I'm guessing the "prisoner" was promised a deal if he lied about what happened.

— Robert_C (@Robert9051) April 30, 2015

Rick Leventhal also heard that Freddie Gray threw himself into walls of van

A longtime veteran of BaltimoreCity PD told me earlier Gray not beaten by cops, was throwing himself into walls of van, echoing Post story

— RickLeventhalFoxNews (@RickLeventhal) April 30, 2015

Protesters blast Geraldo for discussing Washington Post report on Freddie Gray

“@BaltoSpectator: Geraldo spreading lies. Moments before I knock him out pic.twitter.com/DZBKDf6Bzk” WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS FOOL???

— Halima (@halimahello) April 30, 2015

TDC: 5 MARVEL SERIES THAT DESERVE SPIN-OFFS!

CLEVVER NEWS #DHR - APRIL 29, 2015

KLAVAN & WHITTLE: SHOULD WE PRIVATIZE POLICE?

Should we just privatize police forces? Would the free market work to police us?

EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: APRIL 29, 2015

EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

Pope Francis donates $100,000 to Nepal relief efforts

Archbishop Lori: Please Pray the Rosary for Peace and Justice in Baltimore

'Civil' Marriage Does Not Exist

The Culture War: Stand Up and Fight!

Congress to Vote on Law that 'Takes Away Our Right in Catholic Schools' to Teach Faith

Feminist Bigot Gloria Steinem Touts Abortion, Ridicules Church at St. Norbert College

A "War" between Science and Religion?

Pope Francis: Is the fear of failure causing young people to avoid marriage?

Sister Mary Ann Walsh, woman of faith, writer, spokeswoman, dies at 68

St. Catherine of Siena & The Thirst for Holiness

TOP 10 MOVIE RIOTS

There's plenty for our inner animal to feast on in these rowdy scenes of all-encompassing violence and mayhem!

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: APRIL 29, 2015

National Review's Jim Geraghty and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss current events. Today's Martinis: The situation in Baltimore improves, Obama wants us all to do some soul-searching, and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders wants to be president.



'DOG WHISTLE TOOT TOOT TOOT'! Obama calls #FreddieGray rioters 'thugs'

.@questlove hey, could you decode this for me? Thanks in advance. https://t.co/NqkeBFoRyH

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 28, 2015

Also read:

'Paging Sally Kohn'! WH: Obama stands by word he used to describe #FreddieGray rioters

No, Riots Are Not 'Free Speech' Or A 'Legitimate Political Strategy'

TAYLOR SWIFT'S CATS LOVE CALVIN HARRIS TOO?

NERDIST NEWS: APRIL 29, 2015

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 631

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Same-Sex "Marriage"

Obama Regime Says Non-Profit Status is 'Going to Be an Issue' for Religious Schools

Who Will Be the Next Victim of the Big Gay Hate Machine?

The Unraveling of the Common Good

Gender-Diverse Marriage Laws Do Not Infringe the Liberty of Gay and Lesbian Americans

I'm Gay, and I Oppose Same-Sex "Marriage"

Is Homosexual "Marriage" Even Possible?

HuffPo editor: 'Why doesn't the Left advocate for persecuted Christians?'

Baltimore Is a Democrat Problem, Not America's Problem

In Praise of Partisan Rancor: Politics Shouldn't Be Fun

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: APRIL 28, 2015

Media under attack in Baltimore as well; Photographer bloodied, camera stolen, accused of faking it

look at him all alive and shit RT @jimspellmanTV: Our cameraman was just attacked by protestors and camera stolen. pic.twitter.com/VfsK3PknX3

— Till Odinson (@thetillshow) April 28, 2015

To riot or not to riot in Baltimore: Vox helps you decide

#BaltimoreRiots #FreddieGray When liberal white people want to be down with black/brown, they write this stuff https://t.co/Gx2r0B5CWn

— Ripclawe (@Ripclawe) April 28, 2015

Tweeters wonder who CNN reporter Miguel Marquez was talking to on his phone all day long

High 5 to CNN reporter @miguelmarquez who has been reporting on the #BaltimoreRiots, all while on hold with @comcast pic.twitter.com/TesJqQodrx

— Gerald Halloran III™ (@GH3_NYC) April 28, 2015

Matt Drudge offers up ominous warning over the #BaltimoreRiots: 'the country could fall'

@IamZenaWarrior1 @DRUDGE I was hoping after Ferguson it might peter out, but I knew it'd get stoked again. This is how a nation dies #murder

— R.O.C.K. in the USSA (@ROCKInTheUSSA) April 28, 2015

Good news: Salon just endorsed arson and looting as a 'legitimate political strategy'

Burning police cars and destroying private property is a legitimate political strategy http://t.co/Rx7RxQzLwr pic.twitter.com/Kft0JKy672

— Salon.com (@Salon) April 28, 2015

Politico's Glenn Thrush cites Oklahoma City bombing as example of white people rioting

.@GlennThrush That's terrorism, Glenn. You're getting your false equivalences crossed up.

— neontaster (@neontaster) April 28, 2015

'Shame on you'! CNN's Brooke Baldwin offers B.S. excuse for smearing vets over #FreddieGray

Guys take it easy on @BrookeBCNN. She has friends that are VIOLENT PSYCHOPATHS!!!! https://t.co/F61zKGvA9Y

— F. Bill McMorris (@FBillMcMorris) April 28, 2015

Watch this clueless Baltimore woman berate CNN's Chris Cuomo

Not pleased with the way Baltimore is portrayed on news, this woman berating Chris Cuomo pic.twitter.com/GklmKFV2md

— Megan Specia (@meganspecia) April 29, 2015

Geraldo Rivera proves to be especially potent riot irritant in Baltimore, nearly fights with protester

Dear #BaltimoreProtest: You already won over my head. But threatening Geraldo Rivera with a beating? Now...now you have my heart.

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 29, 2015

'We have a winner': Kevin D. Williamson perfectly nutshells the Baltimore problem

Baltimore is the Left fighting the Left over the failed policies of the Left.

— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) April 28, 2015

CLEVVER NEWS #DHR - APRIL 28, 2015

POLL: WALKER 23%, RUBIO 13%, BUSH 12% IN IOWA

From PPP's latest Iowa poll:

PPP's newest Iowa poll finds Scott Walker well ahead of the rest of the Republican field in Iowa, getting 23% to 13% for Marco Rubio, 12% for Jeb Bush, 10% each for Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul, 8% for Ted Cruz, 7% for Ben Carson, 5% for Chris Christie, and 4% for Rick Perry.

Walker has the highest favorability out of anyone in the field, with 59% of voters viewing him favorably to 13% who have an unfavorable view. The key to Walker's success is that he's winning both among voters who are most concerned about electability in the general election and among voters who are most concerned with having the most conservative candidate.

Among voters who say being able to win in the general is their top priority, Walker gets 21% to edge out Marco Rubio (20%) and Jeb Bush (17%). His lead is much more emphatic among voters saying conservatism is their top priority- with them he gets 29% to 14% for Cruz, 12% for Paul, and 10% for Huckabee.

Bush's third place finish is because he really continues to struggle with conservative voters in the key early states. Overall he only has a 38/37 favorability rating, and that's because with those identifying themselves as 'very conservative' he comes in at 30/45. He only polls at 2% as the first choice for the nomination with that group, putting him in last place.

A couple of other highlights of interest:

Ted Cruz's 8% standing suggests that whatever bump he might have gotten following his official candidacy announcement has already worn off. We were finding him in double digits in most of the polls we conducted across the country before Rubio and Paul joined the field as well. Cruz was at 15% when we last polled Iowa in May so if anything he might be losing steam.

Chris Christie continues to be very unpopular with GOP voters - only 28% have a favorable opinion of him to 50% with a negative one, making him by far and away the most unpopular candidate in the state.

What's the secret to Walker's success? Simple: He's the guy whom every faction within the party can happily tolerate. He may not be everybody's initial first choice but he seems to be everybody's second choice. In other words he is the candidate who can unite the party when the time comes. That's powerful stuff, facilitated in large part by the fact that he is battled-tested and a proven winner, even in less-that-optimal situations.

Most candidates see their support swing, sometimes wildly, between self-identified TEA partiers, opponents, and neutrals, but Walker's putting up winning, consistent numbers across all three groups. He beats Ted Cruz, 25-18%, among TEA partiers, Jeb Bush, 22-16%, among Establishment types and Rand Paul, 24-15%, among those who are neutral.

The most satisfying part of the data, to me anyway, is the fact that Walker also wins among younger Republicans (18-45 years old). Many people assume that Paul or maybe Rubio would win that category but this data shatters that assumption. Among voters 45 and younger, Walker gets 26% while Paul gets 19% and Rubio, shockingly, gets only 4%. Meanwhile, Walker wins the 46-65 and 65 and older groups as well.

Walker has also been polling well in New Hampshire. He has also been well-received in South Carolina. There seems little doubt that among all the contenders, Walker is the only one who has a legitimate shot at winning the first three contests. That's a very pleasant thought!

Also read: Three reasons Iowa Republicans love Scott Walker right now

EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: APRIL 28, 2015

EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

Supreme Court doesn't tip hand: asks tough questions of both sides in marriage case

Those Raised by Same-Sex Couples Try to Show Another Side to Marriage Debate

Ireland's Defenders of Marriage Speak Up for Mothers, Fathers and Children

Lebanese cardinal: Christian exodus weakens moderate Islam

Local bishop describes 'a very, very frightening scene' in Nepal

On "Sustainability"

No to nuclear weapons, yes to nuclear technology – the Holy See's stance

Connecticut Threepeat: Assisted-Suicide Bid Shut Down

Pope Francis is a more influential tweeter than President Obama, study shows

Empire of the Cross: Layers of Our Faith

TOTALLY CLEVVER: DO YOU KNOW THE AVENGERS?

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: APRIL 28, 2015

National Review's Jim Geraghty and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss current events. Today's Martinis: Baltimore's mayor stumbles in her response to increasing violence by rioters - and may have encouraged them with some ill-chosen words. Plus, even amid the ongoing riots is media coverage too focused on the bad news out of Baltimore?



Blue City Blues: The Left's Burning Cities

In Baltimore, as the National Guard steps in, curfews are imposed, and business owners pick up the pieces from their burned-out, looted stores, let's not forget why one more American city has been torn apart by racial violence. Blue America has failed at social justice. It has failed at equality. It has failed at accountability. Its competing constituencies are engaged in street battles, and any exploration of "root causes" must necessarily include decades of failed policies - all imposed by steadfastly Democratic mayors and city leaders.

Are the riots caused by the Baltimore Police Department's "documented history" of abuse? Which party has run Baltimore and allowed its police officers to allegedly run amok? Going deeper, which American political movement lionizes public-employee unions, fiercely protecting them from even the most basic reform? Public-employee unions render employee discipline difficult and often impossible. Jobs are functionally guaranteed for life, and rogue officers can count on the best representation money can buy - courtesy of Blue America.

Are the riots caused by inequality? Orioles' owner Peter Angelos's son, John, made waves on the left with his "tweetstorm" stating that his "greater source of personal concern, outrage, and sympathy" was not with "one night's property damage" but with a litany of economic outrages that he claims have "plunged tens of millions of hard-working Americans into economic devastation." Mother Jones summed up his message by declaring, "At the end of the day, it comes down to social and economic inequality."

So let's examine inequality. It turns out that the more "blue" a city is, the greater its level of income inequality...

Also read:

Riot-Plagued Baltimore Is a Catastrophe Entirely of the Democrat Party's Own Making

The sickening few in the media who welcomed the Baltimore riots

TOP 10 SUPERHERO LOVE TRIANGLES

You thought saving the world was hard? Just try sorting out these messy love lives!

NERDIST NEWS: APRIL 28, 2015

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 630

Gov. Scott Walker Talks About Wisconsin Witch Hunt; Dem Witch Hunters Not Pleased

Will Supreme Court take blockbuster "John Doe" campaign case?

Abandonment of Christian Victims of Genocide Today

Will the Supreme Court Open the Door to the Criminalization of Christianity?

Citizens, Not Judges, Should Determine Future of Marriage

Like the President and Hillary Clinton, My Views on Marriage Have Evolved

There Is a 'Real Case' Against Homosexual Marriage. But Nowadays Very Few Are Willing to Make It

On Ian Reisner's Craven 'Apology'

"Sex Change" Surgery: What Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer, and You Should Know

Bruce Jenner Wants To Change The World When He Should Change His Mind

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: APRIL 27, 2015

'How many did he send to Chris Kyle's'? Obama dispatches WH aides to Freddie Gray funeral

@Cameron_Gray @foxnewspolitics I wish I could think this is unbelievable, but it's not.
— Sportsyackontap (@sportsyack) April 27, 2015

'Scary stuff': Baltimore police warn of 'credible threat' from gangs to 'take out' officers

Baltimore has "safe space" for rioters and thugs while gangsters unite to threaten cops... https://t.co/XVUqtbywKW
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 27, 2015

Baltimore police clash with #FreddieGray protesters; Reporter maced, officers injured, police car smashed

BREAKING: At least 7 officers wounded in violent protests; one officer “unresponsive” - @CNN pic.twitter.com/FeRxPTcMzX
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) April 27, 2015

'You scumbags': Baltimore rioters fight for justice by looting CVS; Update: Now on fire

CVS on fire. Building above is senior citizen housing pic.twitter.com/ob69QcSWNk
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) April 27, 2015

'ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?' TNR editor says #FreddieGray rioters are just 'communicating'

@JamilSmith @MichaelSkolnik Violence is communication? Seriously? When the police communicate back with bullets will you say the same?
— × (@scrillakev) April 27, 2015

Protesters slash fire hoses as looted CVS burns; Sally Kohn declares #BaltimoreRising

A masked criminal slicing a fire hose cause he'd rather see his city burn to the ground! #BaltimoreRiots pic.twitter.com/u6lv61UqfG
— Patrick (@Lomawny) April 27, 2015

Baltimore mayor decries 'thugs,' imposes curfew … starting tomorrow; Mall being looted?

@brianjameswalsh @MomMilkshake Tonight there is a safe space for those who want destruction.
— RealProfMoriarty (@moriartytr) April 28, 2015

Geniuses: Baltimore rioters steal from African hair salon

TV, hair extensions & products stolen from Binta's African Hair on Eutaw by looters at 4-4:30 pic.twitter.com/M7p4aR9vRL
— Yvonne Wenger (@yvonnewenger) April 27, 2015

Now: Massive three-alarm fire breaks out on east side of Baltimore, was to be senior housing

A man dances on a burned car as men loot the business behind it in Baltimore: pic.twitter.com/Lmn0cFjF81
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) April 28, 2015

No justice, No Charmin! Looters steal toilet paper, Pringles, and Oreos to honor Freddie Gray

With that said...nothing honors a man's death like the looting of toilet paper! #BalitmoreRiots #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/xleGbj4HfO
— VentressUnhinged (@SirKittyWideBtm) April 28, 2015

CLEVVER NEWS #DHR - APRIL 27, 2015

TOP 10 WEIRD SUPERHERO/VILLAIN WEAKNESSES

Really? This is all it takes to take you down?!

EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: APRIL 27, 2015

EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

What's at Stake as Supreme Court Considers Marriage Tomorrow?

Scholars: No legal right to 'gay marriage' in Constitution

Religious leaders urge conscience protections in recognizing marriage

Archbishop Kurtz: Society Has Taken Marriage for Granted for Too Long

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Aquinas College New Hearing on HHS Mandate

Beauty and Tradition in the "Church of the Poor"

Reason is Not the Sole Property of Skeptics

Catholic Sensibility: Our Compass of Sanity

6 Ways to Avoid Being a "Stealth" Catholic

Why Do Catholics Confess Their Sins to a Priest instead of Directly to God?

ICYMI: HILLARY CLINTON EATS CHIPOTLE...

Hillary Clinton & her campaign team strategize her Chipotle order.

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: APRIL 27, 2015

National Review's Ian Tuttle and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss current events. Today's topics: A charity watchdog group calls the Clinton Foundation a slush fund, Baltimore's mayor gives rioters some "space to destroy," and Hillary says religion needs to be subverted on behalf of abortion.



The Clinton Foundation - a "slush fund for the Clintons"

The Clinton Foundation joins Al Sharpton's troubled National Action Network on Charity Navigator's list. It seems appropriate that two great con artists, Bill Clinton and Al Sharpton, should be thus be joined.

Sharpton's outfit reportedly made the list because it didn't pay payroll taxes for several years. The Clinton Foundation's problems run deeper. According to the Post, it took in more than $140 million in grants and pledges in 2013 but spent just $9 million on direct aid.

It's important to note that the Clinton Foundation's status as a problematic charity is distinct from the "Clinton cash" issue that Peter Schweizer and others have highlighted. "Clinton cash" focuses on the fundraising methods used by the Clintons. Specifically, there are substantial allegations that they raise money in part because nations and wealthy individuals hope to influence U.S. policy through their donations, and very possibly have succeeded in doing so.

The problem flagged by Charity Navigator and other watchdogs focuses on what the Clinton Foundation does with the money it raises (whether ethically or not). The Foundation's profligacy and failure to spend a significant percentage of its funds on its alleged mission would be of concern even if there were no ethical problems associated with the Clintons' fundraising.

The two sets of problems are related, however. Both stem from the same greed, sense of entitlement, and arrogance. In this respect, both are related to a host of Clinton scandals dating back to Whitewater.

Also read:

Time for an independent audit of the Clinton Foundation, says...Common Cause

The Proof of the Clintons' Wrongdoing