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In the latest sign that she is ready to come out of the woods politically, Hillary Clinton offered a mantra Tuesday in San Francisco to those opposing the Trump administration: Resist. Persist. Insist. Enlist.

Clinton appeared on stage for about an hour Tuesday at the Professional BusinessWomen of California Conference at Moscone Center West, with most of her remarks focusing on the struggles women face in the workplace.

But sprinkled in with a few self-deprecating quips Theres no place Id rather be than here with you ... other than the White House Clinton fired off some of her most pointed political remarks since losing the election to Donald Trump in November.

Anyone who doubted the staying power of the Womens Marches got their answer when Congress and the administration tried to jam through a bill that would have kicked 24 million people off their health insurance, Clinton said. They were met with a wave of resistance.

When this disastrous bill failed, it was a victory for all Americans, she said as the audience applauded loudly.

But, Clinton cautioned, the other side never quits. Soon or later theyll try again, and we will need to fight back twice as hard.

And in an allusion to the widely circulated photos of her walking in the woods near her Chappaqua, N.Y., home just days after her loss, Clinton shared the little mantra Ive been repeating to myself recently, one that she admitted is a little silly, the kind of thing that pops into your head when you take a lot of long walks in the woods.

Resist actions that go against our values as Americans, she said. Insist that we can all do better. Persist, as Clinton said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., did when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tried to prevent her from quoting Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor during the debate over Jeff Sessions appointment as attorney general.

Then bring that passion weve seen in the last few weeks, to the voting booth in 2018. Show up and vote, for goodness sakes. And enlist in the resistance effort get in the arena, she said, by running for office or starting a business that is supportive of your employees.

What Clinton found so maddening during was the recent health care debate was that Republicans were not showing empathy to the people they represented.

Really? Take away maternity care? Clinton said. Really? Take away mental health and substance abuse care? Who do these people talk to? Do they not have any idea about the suffering that goes on?

Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle

Hillary Clinton during the closing keynote for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton during the closing keynote for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton during the closing keynote for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton during the closing keynote for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton strikes a defiant, outspoken tone as she makes the closing keynote speech for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWo men of California conference at Moscone Center West.

Hillary Clinton strikes a defiant, outspoken tone as she makes the closing keynote speech for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWo men of California conference at Moscone Center West.

People check out the seminars during the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

People check out the seminars during the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

People check the floor of the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

People check the floor of the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton during the closing keynote for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton during the closing keynote for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton during the closing keynote for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton during the closing keynote for the 28th annual Professional BusinessWomen of California at the Moscone West on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Hillary Clinton, out of the woods, speaks up during S.F. visit

Clinton never mentioned President Trump by name but alluded to a line in his inaugural address when she said, Where some see a dark vision of carnage, I see a light shining on creativity in this country.

Much of the speech, though, was sister-to-sister commiserating with the audience of the professional women, who gave her a standing ovation.

I bet just about everyone in this room has the experience of saying something in a meeting that gets ignored, Clinton said. Ten, 20 minutes later, a man says the same thing and everybody thinks, Its genius!

On Friday, Clinton is scheduled to appear before another friendly audience when she delivers a speech at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., during a ceremony for an award named in Clintons honor by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. The institutes executive director is her longtime aide Melanne Verveer.

Other than saying she was coming out of the woods and would continue to speak out, Clinton offered few specifics about her plans. But she offered a little hint about her future when she noted that as a candidate, she produced a plan to make workplaces more family-friendly.

I dont expect you to remember that. There was a recent study showing that none of my plans were publicized or talked about, she said. So that gives me something (to talk about in) speeches for at least a decade.

Joe Garofoli is The San Francisco Chronicles senior political writer. Email: jgarofoli@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @joegarofoli

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Perhaps as many as 670,000 American jobs have been lost since 1993 thanks to the introduction of automation in manufacturing, according to new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The places most affected by that boom in automation that introduction of robots, if you will were also places that in 2016 were more likely to support Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

The NBER analysis, conducted by MITs Daron Acemoglu and Yales Pascual Restrepo, determined estimates of the number of robots introduced to a region between 1993 and 2007 for every 1,000 workers. Unsurprisingly, the region where that happened the most was Michigan, where the automotive industry in particular heavily automated its production processes.

(Our thanks to Acemoglu and Restrepo for sharing their data.)

That Michigan is so dominant in that map means that we can miss some more subtle gradations. By depicting the robot metric in buckets, we can see broader trends: The relatively large introduction of robotic workers throughout the Midwest and Rust Belt and along the Gulf Coast.

The NBER paper determined its figures using commuting zones, clusters of counties that share a common labor market. We went back and compiled numbers from the 2016 election for those counties, allowing us to correlate robot-introduction with 2016 voting patterns. Interestingly, the average number of robots introduced per every thousand workers over the 14-year period being considered was higher in areas where the 2016 vote was closer.

But that doesnt tell the whole story.

If we compare the number of robots introduced per 1,000 workers with the margin between Trump and Clinton in each of those 700-plus clusters, we notice that most of the zones where more than one robot was introduced for every thousand workers ended up backing Trump over Clinton. The most notable exception is in the commuting zone at the center of Michigan, where nearly five robots were introduced for every 1,000 workers but aided by the results in the home county of the University of Michigan ended up backing Clinton.

As is usually the case with election data thats linked to counties, all zones are not created equal. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote thanks to there being a lot more voters in the zones she won. Below, weve scaled the data points according to the total number of votes cast in each zone.

If we take this electoral data and relate it to the buckets we introduced in that second map, the effect is clear. Theres a correlation between the extent to which robots were introduced in a commuting zone and the extent to which the zone voted against Hillary Clinton.

Below, pitting Clinton against Trump, with data points again sized relative to the number of votes cast in each zone. The diagonal line is the trend in the data up and to the right, meaning that as a zone had more robots introduced from 1993 to 2007, it was also more likely to vote for Trump in 2016.

It holds true for the primary, as well. While data from the primary is a bit flukier, given that many states use low-turnout caucuses or may only offer results by congressional district. But again that diagonal line, up and to the right.

This is a very good example of the old saying correlation does not equal causation that is, just because theres a link between the number of robots introduced and the 2016 results doesnt mean that the robots led to those results. But given that the NBER research links automation to job loss each robot per 1,000 workers cost an estimated 6.7 jobs and given that job loss (particularly in the Midwest) has broadly been cited as a driving factor for support for Clintons opponents, these findings are at least logically consistent.

This study also reinforces another point that complicates President Trumps stated desire to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.: Manufacturing job loss stems to some significant degree from automation, not outsourcing. (The Brookings Institution looked specifically at that point.) It will be a lot easier, one can safely assume, to convince Ford or Chevy to build a new plant in Michigan instead of Mexico. It will likely be harder to convince them to staff it with humans instead of robots and if they dont, there might be political implications for Trump moving forward.

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Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonCheney: Russian election interference could be act of war Conservatism's worst enemy? The Freedom Caucus. The Hill's 12:30 Report MORE will return to Washington, D.C., this Friday to speak at Georgetown University and give awards to four individuals who promoted Colombian peace efforts.

Her speech will focus on the important role that women can play in international politics and peace building efforts, according to a Georgetown press release.

The former secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee is expected to make remarks at the annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards ceremony and honor four Colombians. Humberto De la Calle, Maria Paulina Riveros, Elena Ambrosi and Jineth Bedoya helped achieve a historic peace agreement that ended over 50 years of conflict in Colombia, according to the university.

Secretary Clinton has been a strong advocate for the role of women in peace processes as an important means to end hostilities and achieve sustainable peace, Georgetown said.

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security has a endowed the Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellowship Program, which provides annual fellowship awards to master's graduates who plan to spend a year working at the institute. The institute describes its mission as examining and highlighting the roles and experiences of women in peace and security efforts worldwide through cutting edge research, global convening and strategic partnerships.

Friday's event is open to members to the press and the Georgetown community.

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