Jill Stein

[[File:Jill Stein (29244452140).jpg|165px|right|thumb|Go Putin go!]]{{uspolitics}}{{cquote|The answer to neofascism is stopping neoliberalism. Putting another Clinton in the White House will fan the flames of this right-wing extremism. We have known that for a long time ever since Nazi Germany.|||''Jill Stein''<ref name=nymag>Chait, Jonathan, [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/jill-steins-plan-to-stop-trump-by-electing-him.html "Jill Stein Explains Her Plan to Stop Trump by Electing Him President"], ''New York Magazine'' (7/28/16 at 9:11 p.m.).</ref>}}

'''Jill Stein''' {{lived|1950}} is an American physician, troubadour, and [[Green Party of the United States]] candidate from [[Massachusetts]]. She is a perennial U.S. Presidential candidate, having run in [[2012 U.S. presidential election|2012]], [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016]], and launching her third campaign for president on November 9, 2023.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/us/politics/jill-stein-presidential-bid.html Jill Stein Announces Third-Party Bid for President] by Maggie Astor (November 9, 2023), ''The New York Times''.</ref> Stein commenced this third campaign citing her main priorities as being anti-war, pro-public-housing-expansion, paving the way for a Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and ending what she suggested as "genocide in Gaza".<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/21/jill-stein-2024-presidential-election-green-party-candidate</ref> She is considered by many Democrats to have been a "spoiler candidate" in 2016 due to Democrats feeling entitled to votes they did not earn.<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/187038/jill-stein-green-party-grifter-hand-trump-white-house</ref>

In 2016, Stein received support from certain members of the [[Bernie Sanders|Sanders]] movement when he dropped out of the race to endorse Clinton,<ref>Milman, Oliver, [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/08/jill-stein-bernie-sanders-green-party "Green party's Jill Stein invites Bernie Sanders to take over ticket"], ''Guardian'' (Last modified on 7/8/16 at 9:55 EDT). '''Milman''': "Stein said she had made her offer directly to Sanders in an email at the end of the primary season, although she had not received a response."</ref> with about ten percent of Sanders voters going for Stein in the general election<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-finds Here's How Many Bernie Sanders Supporters Ultimately Voted For Trump] NPR</ref> despite Sanders instructing his followers to fall in line and vote Democrat.  When accused of spoiling Democratic Party chances in close races, Stein is apt to suggest the Democrats' extreme electoral failures in 2010 (including losing 10 governorships to Republicans) during a Congressional Democratic supermajority highlights the Democratic Party has an internal problem that far outweighs any external issues.<ref group=note>Even if she is right, it is not clear that the Green Party would be much better with public support as a major party, or even have safeguards to prevent being co-opted by right-wing loons over the decades like the Democrats have been.  Additionally, local Green Parties are often significantly less radical than their national mouthpieces, often being not radically different from the 2 major parties once in office, for example in Mayoral positions.</ref>

==Personal and activist history==
Stein was mostly focused on her career as a physician until she had an internal tear in her artery.  After this incident, she claims she decided to devote her life to politics instead.<ref name="life">https://thenib.com/jill-stein-spoiler/</ref>  Stein's first foray into activism was a 1990s group called ''Physicians for Social Responsibility''.  She testified at Massachusetts hearings and worked with Massachusetts political coalitions to advance environmental reform. While they had some wins, Stein noticed the wins became harder, with structural political forces stopping their advocacy. So in 1998, Stein identified money in politics being the main issue, and helped to get a Clean Elections Law passed via a Massachusetts ballot referendum in 1998.<ref name="life" />

However, the Democratic-lead legislature repealed the referendum she pushed for, souring her on Democrats for good.<ref name="life" />

Between election years, Stein goes to many protests including events such as March Against Monsanto, numerous fossil fuel protests in Boston, and UFCW union protests.  Sometimes she gives speeches at said events.  She's also been a speaker at several Occupy events.

During March 2025, Stein was charged with assault of a police officer (4th degree) and first degree trespassing in connection to activities protesting US aid of Israel's War on Palestine at Washington University and has a court date set for May 19th 2025.<ref>https://www.firstalert4.com/2025/03/19/dr-jill-stein-1-other-charged-with-assaulting-officers-2024-washu-campus-protest/</ref>

==Electoral history==

Stein's highest elected office is a city council position in Lexington, MA. She ran for governor in 2002, losing to future presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]].<ref name="forward">Ben Sales, [http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/345346/jill-stein-supports-bds-and-5-other-things-about-the-green-party-candidate/ Jill Stein Supports BDS and 5 Other Things About the Green Party Candidate]. ''Forward'', 18 July 2016.</ref> She first ran for president under the Green banner in [[2012 U.S. Presidential Election|2012]]. Her running mate was Cheri Honkala, a career activist and anti-homelessness activist.<ref>Karen Abbott, [http://www.salon.com/2000/07/31/honkala/ Unwelcome in America]. ''Salon'', 31 July 2000.</ref> 

She made her second foray as a candidate in the [[2016 U.S. Presidential Election|2016 election]]. Unfortunately for her, another progressive candidate ([[Bernie Sanders]]) had made waves under the [[Democratic Party]] banner, offering a practical alternative to the Green Party. Throughout her campaign, she presented the Green Party ticket as a "Plan B for Bernie", a fallback for such voters should Sanders not make the primaries.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/2016/07/24/487252170/green-partys-jill-stein-wants-to-be-plan-b-for-bernie-sanders-supporters "Green Party's Jill Stein Wants To Be 'Plan B' For Bernie Sanders Supporters". [[NPR]].]</ref><ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zhenya-beck/political-climate-change-_b_11000346.html Beck, Zhenya (2016)."Political Climate Change: Bernie Sander’s Exit And The Rise Of The Greens’ Jill Stein". Huffington Post.]</ref> Indeed, when he folded his campaign and pledged support to Clinton, Stein benefited from the newly-validated Bernie or Bust movement. 

Stein, who is currently known for her [[David Icke|blue power suits]], chose activist and fellow "anti-imperialist" Ajamu Baraka as her 2016 running mate (the Black and Blue ticket). Baraka is known for such masterful insights as comparing the vigil for the [[Charlie Hebdo|Charlie Hebdo massacre]] to a [[white power]] rally and calling Obama an "[[Uncle Tom]] president".<ref>Baraka, [http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/01/the-charlie-hebdo-white-power-rally-in-paris/ "The Charlie Hebdo White Power Rally in Paris - A Celebration of Western Hypocrisy"], Dissident Voice 1.14.15.</ref><ref>Resnik, Gideon, [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/17/the-wild-beliefs-of-ajamu-baraka-jill-stein-s-green-party-running-mate.html "The Wild Beliefs of Ajamu Baraka, Jill Stein’s Green Party Running Mate"], Daily Beast (08/16/16 at 10:00 PM ET).</ref>

===Recount===

{{cquote|Most of that [$4 million], if not all of it, should be handled by the fee. And if some of it is not, you know, democracy is not free.|||Stein<ref>Livengood, Chad, [http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/30/recount/94667998/ "Mich. recount to start Friday barring Trump challenge"], Detroit News (Updated 12/1/16 at 1:12 p.m. ET).</ref> on the cost of her Michigan recount}}

Stein realizes the Democrats have a serious disparity between the aging leadership and their base (although she herself has reached the age of geezercore at age {{age|1950|5|14}}), and that a lot of idealists will "vote their conscience" once things go south for them. If the Greens ever reach 5% before the [[global warming]] catastrophe, they'll qualify for matching funds (if there are matching funds by then), and if they poll in the double digits, 
they could land a podium in the debates
.<ref group=note>The Green Party would almost certainly not land a podium even with double digit polling as Biden exited the Democratic Party from the Commission on Presidential Debates, which enforces this rule, when RFK Jr. exceeded 10% polling in 2024 prior to Biden's first debate</ref>


===2024===
Stein did not initially want to run in 2024, but a late conflict with the prospective nominee: Cornel West, left the Green Party scrambling for a new nominee.  Stein, having run twice before and with a larger vote share than their 2020 nominee was the Green Party's eventual choice.

Harris' campaign ran ads against Stein despite her only polling at 1%.  They also put more than Stein's entire campaign budget on a team of 30 people devoted to creating,  spreading, and amplifying negative, misleading, and often false talking points against Stein on social media.

Stein's 2024 run for president left her in third place, with Independent [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] in fourth, [[Libertarian Party]] nominee Case Oliver in fifth, and various splinters of the Green Party in subsequent positions. Still, she underperformed her 2016 numbers, getting about 0.5% of the vote compared to 1.07% in 2016.

==Political positions==

Stein identifies as a democratic socialist.  She has a solid reputation for social justice advocacy and activism, and her views line up with [[libertarian socialist|left-libertarian]] and [[Environmentalism|environmentalist]] ideals. Like her party, however, Stein more often leans toward the hard-left (particularly with regard to alt-medicine and [[science woo]]).  During the 2016 race, Stein controversially refused to draw a preference between Trump or Clinton, and during a separate exchange once offered that Trump would be better for world peace than Hillary Clinton while predicting during 2016 that the Democratic Party would want to enter another war with Russia.<ref>https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2016/10/20/the-green-party-openly-preferred-george-w-bush-in-2000-and-openly-prefers-donald-trump-now%E2%80%8B/</ref> 

The core tenet of her candidacy has been the "Green New Deal", a stimulus package inspired by FDR's Depression Era [[New Deal]], that would seek to revitalize the American economy through a transition that would lead to an eco-friendly economy. It basically serves as a convenient platform to bundle all of her positions into one bill, including such provisions as the cancellation of all student debt, establishment of [[Universal healthcare|free 
communist
 healthcare]], revoking [[corporate personhood]] and the [[PATRIOT Act]], in addition to reduction of the U.S. military budget by 50%.<ref>[http://gpus.org/organizing-tools/the-green-new-deal/ The Green New Deal]. Green Party of the United States.</ref><ref name="forward"></ref> The Green New Deal was first drafted in the UK by a separate group and after the Green Party touted it, some Democratic Party members have cosponsored modified versions, (including Kamala Harris) but 0 Democratic co-sponsors of the Green New Deal actually voted 'yes' for the Green New Deal when a floor vote was held.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/green-new-deal-on-track-to-senate-defeat-as-democrats-call-vote-a-sham/2019/03/26/834f3e5e-4fdd-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html</ref>  This was also not a one off affair.  ''Every'' Senate Democrat also signed onto a Republican amendment to keep out Green New Deal proposals from working their way into the budget (S.Amdt. 3055 (Barrasso) to S.Con.Res. 14)<ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/117-2021/s316</ref> while Democrats had a Congressional majority.

Stein has exhibited an immediate distrust of organizations put in place to approve food, medicine, vaccines etc., because she believes their findings aren't "reliable". She cites no evidence to suggest their research has been tainted by "[[Big Pharma]]."<ref>Rozsa, Daniel, [https://qz.com/748857/jill-stein-and-donald-trump-are-both-linked-to-a-dangerous-anti-vaccine-myth-that-just-wont-die/ "Jill Stein and Donald Trump are both linked to a dangerous anti-vaccine myth that just won’t die"], Quartz 3 August 2016.</ref>

She makes a false equivalence to the 2008 bailout and the growing student debt of almost a trillion dollars. These two policies are different in the aspect that if the banks hadn't received the loans, the whole system would have tanked, leading to possibly the worst recession since the Great Depression. Not only that, she wants to do it with quantitative easing (lowering interest rates), which is not how quantitative easing works. QE didn't magically get rid of Wall Street debt, it was the $700b in loans. And those were paid back with 8.2% interest.<ref>Yalman Onaran and Alexis Leondis, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150729172007/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-10-20/bailout-of-wall-street-returns-8-2-profit-to-taxpayers-beating-treasuries Bank Bailout Returns 8.2% Beating Treasury Yields]. Archived from ''Bloomberg'', 20 October 2010.</ref> Unless the government manages to get $1 trillion back with a similar return, then you ''really'' don't want them to forgive that debt.  It's convenient for Stein to set aside the reasons for QE in 2008 and characterize it as an evil Fed policy.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwZtmTEMuw How Dr. Jill Stein Will ERASE Student Loan Debt]. The Young Turks, YouTube, 2016.</ref>

===Red Green Show===
[[File:Vladimir Putin, Russia Today television channel (2015-12-10) 04.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Stein (back of head, right) enjoying a meal with Putin and fellow-"I am not a spy" [[Michael Flynn]] in 2015 at [[propaganda]] channel [[RT]]'s 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary gala]]
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{{cquote|Why would we have a tie on such an egregious nominee? Because Democrats serve corporate interests.|||All ''zero'' of those Democrats who voted for DeVos should be ashamed of themselves!<ref>Kamisar, Ben, [http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/318354-green-party-blasts-dems-on-devos-confirmation "Green Party blasts Dems on DeVos confirmation"], ''The Hill'' (02/07/17 03:46 PM EST).</ref>}}

During 2016, Stein predicted the Democratic Party would use the federal government to enter into a war with Russia.  She also made the controversial claim that a Clinton presidency would lead to nuclear war with Russia.<ref name=nymag /><ref>Jonathan, Robert, [http://www.inquisitr.com/3691261/world-war-3-hillary-clinton-presidency-is-a-mushroom-cloud-waiting-to-happen-says-jill-stein/ "World War 3: Hillary Clinton Presidency "Is a Mushroom Cloud Waiting to Happen' Says Stein"], Inqusitur 11.6.16.</ref><ref>[https://www.rt.com/usa/365715-jill-stein-loose-cannon-war-drums/ " ‘Loose cannon’ Trump and ‘war drums’ Clinton: Dr. Jill Stein"], ''RT'' (Updated 11/8/16 0at 4:46am).</ref>  Over 8 years later and the US, under Democratic Party leadership, is now engaged in a proxy war with Russia over Ukraine.  The last cold war was ended in part due to a series of nuclear nonproliferation treaties and arms control agreements.  During the last decade, the number of nuclear nonproliferation treaties and arms control agreements between the US and Russia has reduced to 1 and is set to expire in 2026.  This means we are now two years away from a world with no such agreements.  The US National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, formed in 1988, has also largely been abandoned by both the US and Russia with the reduction of nuclear and arms control agreements.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/07/opinion/nuclear-war-prevention.html</ref>

She professed support for [[Brexit|Brexit]], but, upon learning what Brexit actually was, withdrew her support as quietly as she could.<ref>[http://www.jill2016.com/stein_calls_britain_vote_a_wake_up_call "Stein calls Britain Vote a Wake-up Call"]. ''jill2016.com''. Retrieved on 1 July 2016. (Hahahah, nice try, Jill. [http://i1.wp.com/www.forwardprogressives.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screen-Shot-2016-06-26-at-7.27.32-PM.png Here is the original version.])</ref> 

On September 6, 2016, Stein was criticized by two Russian environmental activists ({{wpl|Yevgeniya Chirikova|Evgeniya Chirikova}} and Nadezda Kutepova) for her lack of criticism of [[Vladimir Putin]] following Stein's meeting with him. Specifically, the activists criticized Stein's promotion of "collaborative dialogue" with Russia while not raising any serious issues with Putin such as "corruption, injustice, falsification of elections, and violation of human rights and international law" and "attacks against Russian journalists, artists, and environmentalists".<ref>[http://archive.ph/1omwP Open letter to Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 election] by Евгения Чирикова (September 6, 2016 Facebook posting) Archive.ph copy</ref>

If all that wasn't damning enough, Stein contradicted her "pro-democracy" stance after the death of [[Fidel Castro]], praising him for his "struggle for justice in the shadow of empire".<ref>Ken Meyer, [http://www.mediaite.com/online/jill-stein-gets-predictable-backlash-after-calling-castro-a-symbol-of-the-struggle-for-justice/ Jill Stein Gets Predictable Backlash After Calling Castro a ‘Symbol of the Struggle for Justice’]. ''Mediaite'', 26 November 2016.</ref>

In 2018, it was revealed that Russian trolls from the [[Internet Research Agency]] boosted Stein in a campaign that largely targeted [[African-American]] voters.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russians-launched-pro-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-trump-n951166 "Russians launched pro-Jill Stein social media blitz to help Trump win election, reports say"] by Robert Windrem, NBC News, 2018 December 22</ref>

Stein has condemned the [[Ukraine#Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine,]] but typically has blamed the Putin-initiated invasion as being entirely [[NATO]]'s fault.<ref>[https://archive.ph/uryGI "Do I think that the Russian invasion of #Ukraine was wrong? Absolutely.It's a violation of international law and a war that's been ginned up by the US with the eastward expansion of NATO over many decades. It was entirely foreseeable. #JillStein2024"], Jill Stein, Instagram, 2024 August 14, archived on 2024 September 21</ref> In an interview with {{wpl|Mehdi Hasan}} in September 2024, Stein had difficulties directly calling [[Vladimir Putin]] a war criminal, hem-hawing her responses with inconsistent (and sometimes incorrect) push-backs.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/jill-stein-vladimir-putin-war-criminal-1954965 "Jill Stein's Response to Putin Being Labeled 'War Criminal' Goes Viral"] by Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 2024 September 17</ref>

===Homes guarantee through public housing expansion===
Stein is basing a significant portion of her 2024 presidential run on a Homes Guarantee, or a housing guarantee made possible through at least 15 million new public housing units, and after repealing the Faircloth Amendment (signed by Bill Clinton in 1999).<ref>https://www.jillstein2024.com/platform</ref>  The Faircloth Amendment bans surpassing 1999 levels of public housing units.<ref>https://nationalhomeless.org/repeal-faircloth-amendment/</ref>  Stein's 2024 campaign received little to no media attention.  Notably, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has sought to repeal the Faircloth amendment under the Democratic Party with little to no success so far.<ref>https://archinect.com/news/article/150205219/clinton-era-federal-public-housing-ban-one-step-closer-to-repeal</ref>

==Woo==

As a result of slightly more people actually paying attention to what she's been saying — after [[Bernie_Sanders#Endorsement_of_Clinton|Sanders' withdrawal and later endorsement of Hillary]] caused [[Moonbat|some of those on the far left]] to look to Stein as a potential "next-best" candidate — Stein has come under fire for her apparent [[anti-vaxxer]] sympathies, which she hides within ([[PRATT|largely debunked]]) criticisms of [[Big Pharma|corporate influence]] in the [[CDC]] and [[FDA]].<ref>Weigel, David (2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/29/jill-stein-on-vaccines-people-have-real-questions/ ''Jill Stein on vaccines: People have ‘real questions’''] The Washington Post</ref>

Such ideas coming from a medical doctor would certainly spark concern, and debate continues over whether she is legitimately calling the validity of vaccinations into question, or just pandering to fringe groups to bolster her voter base. One point of note, however, is that despite never even remotely linking [[autism]] to [[vaccines]], that is the angle that some outlets have taken on her stance, that she specifically thinks vaccines might cause autism. In part because of angles like that, some allege that such coverage is part of a pro-Clinton smear campaign against Stein in the mainstream liberal media, which wouldn't necessarily be that hard to believe. She would later go on record with [[The Young Turks]] at the 2016 Green Party national convention that she specifically does not believe that vaccines cause autism.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNG3gDTPYjc "Green Candidate Jill Stein Isn't Anti-Vaccine". The Young Turks]</ref><ref>Kim LaCapria, [http://www.snopes.com/is-green-party-candidate-jill-stein-anti-vaccine/ Is Green Party Candidate Jill Stein 'Anti-Vaccine'?] ''Snopes'', 26 July 2016.</ref>

In addition to mandatory labeling, she has called for a moratorium on production of [[GMO|genetically modified]] foods and various pesticides. Ironically, for a proponent of [[Clean energy|clean and renewable energy]], she is vehemently opposed to [[nuclear power]],<ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Jill_Stein_Energy_+_Oil.htm Jill Stein on Energy & Oil]. ''On the Issues'', 29 October 2016.</ref> going so far as to literally equate (as in with the "=" sign) nuclear power plants to "weapons of mass destruction waiting to be detonated".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160713232706/https://twitter.com/drjillstein/status/715230945679380481 Jill Stein], archived from Twitter, 30 March 2016.</ref>

Stein warned us that [[WiFi]] signals can harm the brains of children,<ref>[https://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/jill-stein-says-its-dangerous-to-expose-kids-to-wifi-signals/ "Jill Stein says it's Dangerous to Expose Kids to WiFi Signals"], Raw Story.</ref> and doubled down in a Reddit AMA:

{{quotebox|A number of scientific studies have raised red flags about possible health effects of WiFi radiation on young children. I do not have a personal opinion that WiFi is or isn't a health issue for children. [[Just Asking Questions|There is not enough information to know.]] I do however believe in science. Scientific research should go forward and find out. Countries including Switzerland, Italy, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Israel, Russia and China, have banned or restricted these technologies in schools.<ref>[https://np.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5a2d2l/title_jill_stein_answers_your_questions/d9d867l/ Title: Jill Stein Answers Your Questions!] Reddit, 2016.</ref>}}

As she says here, it is common knowledge that none of these countries have ever used WiFi in schools.{{lie}}

==Interactions with Truthers==

Stein's 2016 running mate, Ajamu Baraka, thinks [[Bashar al-Assad|Assad]] is a good, democratically-elected man. He has contributed to a book that asserts, in part, that [[9/11]] was a CIA-Mossad conspiracy.<ref>Kelley, Marty, [http://wonkette.com/605128/jill-stein-didnt-want-you-dumb-old-bernie-voters-anyway "Jill Stein Didn’t Want You Dumb Old Bernie Voters Anyway"], Wonkette (8/4/16 at 10:16am).</ref><ref>Rosenberg, Yair, [http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/210549/friends-dont-let-friends-vote-for-jill-stein "Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote for Jill Stein"], ''Tablet'' (8/10/16, 2:04 AM).</ref><ref>Neidig, Harper, [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/295266-stein-calls-for-new-9-11-investigation "Jill Stein calls for new 9/11 investigation"], ''The Hill'' (9/09/16 at 08:02 pm).</ref>

Oh, and Stein wants [[dog whistle|a new 9/11 investigation]], although she has not declared herself to be a  [[truther]].<ref>Harper Neidig, [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/295266-stein-calls-for-new-9-11-investigation Jill Stein calls for new 9/11 investigation]. ''The Hill'', 9 September 2016.</ref>

==So that's why they call it the Green Party==
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In 2016, Stein invested most of her capital in standard index funds, so owned small amounts of the big companies she campaigned against such as Monsanto. In addition, she owned $50-100,000 of shares in chemical giant 3M and similar amounts of pharmaceuticals companies Merck and Johnson & Johnson.<ref>Bo Gardiner, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161102102819/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/10/30/jill-stein-privately-invests-in-global-deforestation-and-the-corporations-she-publicly-attacks/ Jill Stein Privately Invests in Global Deforestation and the Corporations She Publicly Attacks], ''The Friendly Atheist'', October 30, 2016</ref> That suggests she did not expect to defeat Big Pharma and the chemical industry before retirement!

Stein has stated 'Like many Americans who hold retirement accounts, pension funds, or who invest in the American economy, my finances are largely held in index funds or mutual funds over which I have no control in management or decision-making.'<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2016/10/31/jill-stein-finds-it-is-not-easy-being-green/]</ref> There can be tax penalties for selling stocks which were purchased long ago and have grown in value, but Stein claims to be very concerned about these companies in particular.

==Videos==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaCuafDaWPI Breaking News from Jill Stein]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTDq0lrIsE "Can I call you DOCTOR Stein?"] - PBS conspiracies?  Keep on fighting the good fight, Doc.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Qhx2ON8RE wearing a dead animal] Stein in Red Square.

==External links==

*[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/14/jill-stein-green-party-help-elect-climate-denier-regret-nothing.html Jill Stein helps elect climate-denier, regrets nothing]
*[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4FmleKWMAEWaPW.jpg You'd think this pic would have sounded an alarm for Green voters.] - That's Mike Flynn, Trump's National Security Director, to her left.
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?173128-1/massachusetts-gubernatorial-debate Video of Stein debating Mitt Romney and three other candidates for an hour for Massachusetts governor position]

==See also==

*[[Ben Carson|Ben "Show Me the Fossils" Carson]]
*[[Beppe Grillo]]
*[[Cynthia McKinney]]
*[[George Galloway]]

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