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Hillary Clinton attends a campaign rally at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: photo by Nathaniel F, 6 April 2016

It's that sudden weird abrupt lost-thought-track

out-of-nowhere middle-of-the-night I don't know

where I am I don't know what I'm doing here

but nobody seems to be noticing and maybe

I'm going to be able to pull this off after

all moment -- that insane look  
that races across her face like a fleeting cloud
and then as quickly as it came is gone again
that scares me more than all the endless

beaming screaming fake euphoric selfies 
when I think about dying in her Murica

April 16, 2016 -- Los Angeles, California: photo by Adam Schultz for Hillary for America, 16 April 2016

April 18, 2016 -- New York, New York: photo by Barbara Kinney for Hillary for America, 18 April 2016

April 17, 2016 -- New York, New York: photo by Barbara Kinney for Hillary for America, 17 April 2016

April 17, 2016 -- New York, New York: photo by Barbara Kinney for Hillary for America, 17 April 2016

April 18, 2016 -- New York, New York: photo by Barbara Kinney for Hillary for America, 18 April 2016

Crowd Shot post Speech, I'm on the far right edge, about halfway up! I got to see it --  Hillary Clinton's Victory Speech in NY last night.: image via Nat Welch, 20 April 2016

hillary gunshadow, scott richard: photo by torbakhopper, 20 April 2016

Hillary Clinton: image via Leigh Blackall, 23 April 2016

Election pantomime: President Killary. Would the World Survive President Clinton?: image via Global Research, 13 April 2016

#Clinton's vow to tackle 'systemic racism' is a sick joke' (Op-Edge): image via RT Verified account @RT_com, 15 April 2016

#Sanders accuses #Clinton of campaign finance violations: image via RT Verified account @RT_com, 18 April 2016

How Unsafe Was Hillary Clinton's Secret Staff Email System?: image via Gawker, 5 March 2016

#Clinton's favorability rating among Democrats has dropped to half of what it was last fall: image via Truthdig @Truthdig, 23 April 2016

In a year of insurgents, Clinton, an establishment grande dame, looks best-placed to win: image via The Economist @TheEconomist, 23 April 2016

Clinton may be unloved, but she appears to be unstoppable: image via The Economist @TheEconomist, 22 April 2016

Rather than thrilling to the promise of a first woman president, Democrats seem joyless: image via the Economist @TheEconomist, 23 April 2016

[Fame]

  The Queen whom sense of Honor could not move

No longer made a Secret of her Love,

But call’d it Marriage, by that specious Name,

To veil the Crime and sanctifie the Shame.

  The loud Report thro’ Lybian Cities goes;

Fame, the great Ill, from small beginnings grows.

Swift from the first; and ev'ry Moment brings

New Vigour to her flights, new Pinions to her wings.

Soon grows the Pygmee to Gygantic size;

Her Feet on Earth, her Forehead in the Skies:

Inrag’d against the Gods, revengful Earth

Produc’d her last of the Titanian birth.

Swift is her walk, more swift her winged hast:

A monstrous Fantom, horrible and vast;

As many Plumes as raise her lofty flight,

So many piercing Eyes inlarge her sight:

Millions of opening Mouths to Fame belong;

And ev’ry Mouth is furnish’d with a Tongue:

And round with listning Ears the flying Plague is hung.

She fills the peaceful Universe with Cries;

No Slumbers ever close her wakeful Eyes;

By Day from lofty Tow’rs her Head she shews;

And spreads thro’ trembling Crowds disastrous News.

With Court Informers haunts, and Royal Spies,

Things done relates, not done she feigns; and mingles Truth with Lyes.

Talk is her business, and her chief delight

To tell of Prodigies, and cause affright.

She fills the Peoples Ears with Dido’s Name;

Who, lost to Honour, and the sense of Shame,

Admits into her Throne and Nuptial Bed

A wandring Guest, who from his Country fled:

Whole days with him she passes in delights,

And wasts in Luxury long Winter Nights.

Forgetful of her Fame, and Royal Trust,

Dissolv’d in Ease, abandon’d to her Lust.

Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC): from The Fourth Book of the Aeneis, translated by John Dryden, 1697

Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a “get out the caucus” event at the Adel Family Fun Center in Adel, Iowa. With less than a week to go before the Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton is campaigning throughout Iowa: photo by Justin Sullivan via FT Photo Diary, 28 January 2016 

Hillary Clinton in Des Moines last month. A study shows that relative wealth makes a difference in how some Democrats think on policies. Can Hillary Clinton represent the interests of working people when she and her husband have taken so much money from Wall Street?: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 1 February 2016 

 

Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords looks on as Hillary Clinton addresses supporters at Iowa State University in Ames: photo by Craig Lassig / Associated Press, 31 January 2016

A supporter waves signs supporting Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, outside a campaign event at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa: photo by Daniel Acker / Bloomberg, 1 February 2016 

"cunt on" sounds like a cool catchphrase for an 80s all-women punk band: image via Julia Carrie Wong @juliacarriew, 1 February 2016 

Hillary Clinton in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Tuesday: photo by Richard Perry/The New York Times, 2 February 2016

LIVE: Hillary Clinton addresses supporters in New Hampshire. image via Reuters Opinion @ReutersOpinion, 2 February 2016

Can Hillary Clinton close the deal? #Election2016: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 2 February 2016

‘The results suggest that Clinton has failed to overcome reservations … She has a lot of work to do between now and the nomination.’: photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters via the Guardian, 3 January 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton walks on stage during a break as she debates with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during their MSNBC Democratic Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. This is the final debate for the Democratic candidates before the New Hampshire primaries: photo by Justin Sullivan via FT Photo Diary, 8 February 2016

FBI confirms Hillary Clinton email investigation: image via Yahoo News @YahooNews 9 February 2016

The room is remaining fairly buoyant despite the big loss.  Illdebeest Clinton is expected to rear up here shortly #FITN: image via lauren gambino @LGamGam, 9 February 2016

 @HillaryClinton tells volunteers she's taken so many selfies she could "write a guide". Selfish, the primary edition?: image via lauren gambino @LGamGam, 9 February 2016

Mother-daughter team working for every last vote on primary day. #FITN: image via lauren gambino @LGamGam, 9 February 2016

Hillary Clinton spoke with patrons at the Chez-Vachon restaurant in Manchester, N.H., on Monday: photo by Richard Perryr/The New York Times, 9 February 2016 

Hillary Clinton took a selfie with an employee as she visited workers at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas on Thursday: photo by Ruth Fremson/The New York Times, 18 February 2016

Clinton won't release transcripts of paid speeches until other candidates do: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 20 February 2016

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton projected winner in Nevada caucus: Fox News #NVDemsCaucus: image via Reuters Politics @ReutersPolitics, 20 February 2016

VIDEO: "Thank you, Nevada" -- Clinton: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 20 February 2016 

Hillary Clinton at a rally in Las Vegas on Friday: photo by Ruth Fremson/The New York Times, 20 February 2016

Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures during a commercial break at a CNN town hall televised event at the University of South Carolina School of Law, in Columbia: photo by Gerald Herbert/AP, 24 February 2016

A Hillary Clinton supporter cheered at a rally at the Old South Meeting House in Boston: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 29 February 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton acknowledges the crowd as she arrives to speak at a “Get Out The Vote” campaign rally in Norfolk, Virginia: photo by Gerald Herbert/AP, 1 March 2016
 

"#HillaryClinton must answer for her role in Honduran coup which led to murder of #BertaCaceres.": image via Kathryn Johnson @KatJohnsonDC, 4 March 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to an capacity audience during a campaign event in Vernon Hills, Illinois: photo by Justin Sullivan via FT Photo Diary, 11 March 2016

At AIPAC 2016 Mrs. Clinton took aim at Donald J. Trump for declaring recently that he would be “neutral” when it came to negotiating a peace accord between the Israelis and Palestinians.: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

At AIPAC 2016 Mrs. Clinton took aim at Donald J. Trump for declaring recently that he would be “neutral” when it came to negotiating a peace accord between the Israelis and Palestinians.: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

Hillary Clinton promises AIPAC 2016 she would stand unwaveringly with Israel: photo by Zach Gibson/The New York Times, 20 March 2016

 @HillaryClinton promises to fight #BDS, comes very close to explicitly equating it with Anti-Semitism. #AIPAC2016: image via Jamil Dakwar, 21 March 2016

Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference: photo by Andrew Hamik/AP, 21 March 2016

 

@Hillary Clinton email: #Assad must be toppled to protect #Israel: image via Sputnik Verified account @Sputnikint, 23 March 2016

LIVE: Hillary Clinton discusses counter-terrorism at Stanford University in Palo Alto: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 23 March 2016

VERBATIM: Clinton slams Trump on Brussels attacks: image via Reuters TV @ReutersTV, 23 March 2016

I'm The Greenpeace Activist Who Asked HRC 2 Pledge 2 Reject Fossil Fuel Contributions...: image via relombardo @relombardo3, 1 April 2016

#ImtheGreenpeaceActivist who asked Hillary Clinton to reject fossil fuel money: image via Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa, 1 April 2016

#ElectrodeImplants can help change your facial expression from Severe to Superbright in less than .02 seconds #Hildebeest16: image via LiarsforPresident @Liars4Prez, 1 April 2016

Hillary -- these allegations are false: image via DonkeyHotey, 10 April 2016

Hillary Clinton -- caricature: image via DonkeyHotey, 14 August 2013

Hillary Clinton -- caricature: image via DonkeyHotey, 14 August 2013

Hillary Clinton: image via Aslan Media, 4 February 2012


Dido Building Carthage or the Rise of the Carthaginian Empire: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1815, oil on canvas, 156 x 230 cm (National Gallery, London)