Leid Stories observes Memorial Day recalling its deep roots in Civil War history.

Our

guide through the sociohistorical minefield is Dr. David W. Blight,

professor of American history at Yale University and director of the

Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and

Abolition.

VIDEO: A southern world view: The old South and proslavery ideology

Let’s hear what you have to say—about anything you consider worthy of further discussion and debate. It’s “Free Your Mind Friday”

on Leid Stories, and listeners call the shots. The entire program is

devoted to their opinions and ideas. It’s the gathering place for

thinking minds.

Give us your take! Call 888-874-4888 and speak—and free—your mind!

Charles Ortel, a former Wall Street banker and investor whose digging into the financials of General Electric in 2007-2008 proved that the conglomerate had fraudulently overvalued its stock by hundreds of billions of dollars, has been detailing exclusively on Leid Stories major financial and accountability problems with the international philanthropic conglomerate operating as the Bill, Hillary Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Today Ortel, who has charged that the foundation is engaging in massive charity fraud, takes us into the Clintons’ hidden world, where money, politics and power intersect. His sweeping overview puts into perspective many unanswered questions about how the foundation has managed to evade scrutiny; how the Clintons leveraged political power and influence for financial gain; and their “special”relationship with President Barack Obama.

Charles Ortel, a former Wall Street banker and investor whose digging

into the financials of General Electric in 2007-2008 proved that the

conglomerate had fraudulently overvalued its stock by hundreds of

billions of dollars, has been detailing exclusively on Leid Stories

major financial and accountability problems with the international

philanthropic conglomerate operating as the Bill, Hillary Chelsea

Clinton Foundation.

Today Ortel, who has charged that the

foundation is engaging in massive charity fraud, traces the

“disappearance” of $60 million that allegedly was given as a “soft”

political contribution to the foundation during the time that Gov. Terry

McAuliffe (D-Virginia), a close friend and political ally of Bill and

Hillary Clinton, was a lead member of the foundation’s board.

McAuliffe

is being investigated by a joint FBI-U.S. Justice Department probe

looking into illegal contributions he allegedly accepted through the

foundation for his own election campaign.

Ina startling development related to yesterday’s program about the Clinton Foundation, news broke that Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Virginia)—a close friend and political ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton and a former member of the foundation’s board—is the target of a joint FBI-U.S. Justice Department investigation,allegedly for taking illegal campaign contributions.

The probe speaks directly to the issue our guest, former Wall Street banker and investor Charles K. Ortel, returns to today: the highly questionable fundraising practices of the Bill, Hillary Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Ortel blew the whistle on General Electric in 2007-2008, after his own investigation of the financial records of the conglomerate revealed it had fraudulently overvalued its stock. Ortel says his own examination of the Clinton foundation’s financial records leads him to believe it is engaging in massive fraud under the guise of a philanthropic organization.

Haitian-born journalist Dady Chery, author of the recently published We Have Dared to Be Free: Haiti’s Struggle Against Occupation, has written extensively on developments in Haiti and emerging nations for News Junkie Post.She joins Ortel in discussing the Clintons’ sordid history in Haiti.

Charles K. Ortel, a former Wall Street banker and investor, blew the

whistle on General Electric in 2007-2008, after tearing its financial

reports apart and finding the conglomerate had been lying to its

investors, fraudulently overvaluing its stock by hundreds of millions of

dollars.

Fifteen months ago, Ortel began looking forensically at

the Bill, Hillary Chelsea Clinton Foundation—a politically

connected philanthropic conglomerate with multiple related entities,

global interests and highly questionable fundraising practices. Like GE,

he said, its financials were telling as very different stories from

those it “officially” reported.

In an exclusive, no-holds-barred

interview, Ortel again blows the whistle. What he has discovered about

the Clintons’ foundation is that it is “a complete fraud,” he alleges.

Another rough week. Bombarded, as usual, with “news.” Lots to

declutter, ahead of the weekend’s battalion of talking heads and their

versions of “news.”

Help us maintain perspective and hold on to our sanity. Let’s hear your take on this week’s atrocities. Call 888-874-4888 to free your mind—and ours, too!

El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Malcolm X, was born 91 years ago today.

Political consciousness, critical thinking and the development of

authentic, uncompromising leadership and power were constant themes in

his speeches and in his life. Leid Stories discusses the relevance of

these precepts to our collective situation and status as a society

today.

The late Kwame Turé, a seminal figure in Pan-African

consciousness raising and liberation struggles, bridges past, present

and future in a no-holds-barred, clinical assessment of political

activism in the 1960s, an era of worldwide agitation and struggles for

freedom and liberation. He expounds on five key lessons of that period.

As Election 2016 progresses toward various parties’ nominating conventions this summer, (for Republicans, July 18-21 in Cleveland, Ohio; for Democrats, July 25-28 in Philadelphia, Pa.; the Green Party, Aug. 4-7 in Houston, Texas; the Libertarian Party, May 27-30

in Orlando, Fla.), presidential hopefuls are in the final stretch of

the primaries, looking to claim their spots as their parties’ standard

bearers in the general election. The duopoly has outdone all other major

parties in the still-ongoing battle of attrition. Donald Trump is the

last person standing in the Republican field of 17; Hillary Clinton is

being touted as the presumptive Democratic nominee.

By all

indications, Election 2016 will be a watershed moment in U.S. electoral

politics—though for reasons that should alarm even a casual observer.

Leid Stories has been looking at this historical moment in terms of what

politics and the political process have come to mean and be for the

masses of people. We continue this discussion, focusing on what we are

learning, or have learned, about our relationship to the political

apparatus, and ways in which we can affect political outcomes through an

increased consciousness and strategic use of power.

The Democratic Party has not yet officially reacted to widespread charges that its chaotic May 14 state convention in Las Vegas was rigged to produce a delegate victory for Hillary Clinton. But the party’s silence is stoking an avalanche of protest, especially among Bernie Sanders supporters,who have ramped up their campaign calling attention to myriad ways in which party bosses have been sabotaging Sanders’ candidacy.