George Soros gave large sums of money to groups that support the destruction of America Soros’ stated goal for over a decade has been to burst the “bubble of American supremacy” Soros insisted that the U.S. can take on even more debt and to stop obsessing about budget cuts Soros purchased eleven tons of gold and stands to profit handsomely from the fall of the dollar.
"When you try to, let’s see, improve society, you affect different people and different interests differently and they are not actually commesurate. So you very often have all kinds of unintended adverse consequences. So I had to experiment, and it was a learning process. The first part was this subversive activity, disrupting the oppressive regimes. That was a lot of fun, and that’s actually what got me hooked on this whole enterprise. Seeing what works in one country, trying it in the other countries, so it was like a kind of, what developed a matrix in fact, if we have national foundations and then we had certain specialized activities." - George Soros
During World War II, Soros lived in Hungary under false papers working for the Nazi government Soros was tasked with identifying and expropriating the property of wealthy fellow Jews By his own admission, Soros helped confiscate the homes of fellow Jews in Hungary in 1944 Soros had previously crashed foreign countries’ financial systems by generating market panic George Soros became known as the man who broke the Bank of England in 1992 Soros nearly collapsed Thailand & Malaysia’s economies during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis Malaysian Prime Minister accused Soros of causing the collapse with monetary machinations Thailand branded Soros as an “economic war criminal” who “sucks the blood from the people” Soros was involved in the Russia-gate scandal that almost collapsed the Russian economy
Connor Carter
France convicted George Soros for felony insider trading and fined him $2.9 million George Soros won an appeal to lower the fine from $2.9 million down to $940,507 Soros lost his appeal at the European Court of Human Rights to overturn his conviction (2011) Hungary’s financial watchdog fined George Soros $2.2 million for “illegal market manipulation”
“I became concerned with the problems of globalization, where you have global markets, but your politics based on the sovereignty of states. So how do you deal with that issue? And then I came to the realization that Open Society is endangered by our current leadership in this country, and that is when I refocused my attention on the United States.” - George Soros
Soros spent $27 million in 2004 in an unsuccessful effort to defeat President George W. Bush George Soros ‘bought’ the Democratic Party and has been replacing moderates with radicals Soros spent more than $20 million on Democratic advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts for 2004 George Soros gave substantial money and support to the Obama campaign for the 2008 elections Soros invested millions of dollars into super PACs focused on grassroots organizing, voter registration, and Democratic turnout in support of President Obama’s re-election (2012) Soros gave $1 million to Priorities USA Action, Obama’s chief super PAC (September 2012) Soros also gave $500,000 to two other super PACs backing Democrats for Congress Announcement came at a luncheon headlined by former President Bill Clinton, and attended by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (September 2012) Schumer released plans to investigate whether super PACs work with campaigns (February 2012) Nancy Pelosi has pushed legislation in the House aimed at super PACs (February 2012) George Soros gave $1 million to American Bridge, which does contracting work for super PACs
Logan Jones
American Bridge is run by a Media Matters’ founder David Brock, a favorite of George Soros While not yet as deep, Soros has tentacles spreading throughout the Republican Party as well An anonymous investor or hedge fund made billions betting on the U.S. credit rating downgrade Starting in 2006, Soros sank money into a project called the Secretary of State Project (SOSP) The goal of the project was to elect Democrats into the offices of Secretary of State Secretaries of State are responsible for adjudicating all of the vote-fraud cases within each state The project is so far credited with helping elect (11) “reform-minded” progressive Democrats In 2006, SOSP helped elect leftist secretaries in Ohio, Nevada, Iowa, New Mexico and Minnesota
In 2008, SOSP backed winning candidates in Montana, West Virginia, Missouri and Oregon In 2010, just two of SOSP’s candidates won their elections, in Minnesota and California The project is a 527 political group, therefore benefits from a soft-money loophole Internal Revenue Code: 527 political groups have no upper limit on contributions and no restrictions on who may contribute in seeking to influence the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates to federal, state or local public office Many of SOSP’s founders and supporters have long-standing ties to George Soros George Soros helped craft the “stimulus” bill and then invested in companies that stood to benefit Soros met with Obama’s top economist and officials 3 times as the “stimulus” was being crafted George Soros later participated in discussions on financial reform
Gabriel Gray
George Soros doubled his holdings in medical manufacturer Hologic, a “stimulus” recipient Soros tripled his holdings in Emulus, a big recipient of taxpayer infrastructure spending George Soros bought 210,000 shares of Cisco Systems, a taxpayer “stimulus” recipient Soros bought shares of Extreme Networks, which became part of Obama’s “broadband strategy” Soros bought 1.5 million shares of AEP, which Obama gave $1 billion to in June 2009 Soros bought shares in Ameren, which received a $540 million Energy Department taxpayer loan Soros bought 250,000 shares of Public Service Enterprise Group, a recipient of a DOE loan Soros bought 500,000 shares of NRG Energy, a recipient of an Energy Department taxpayer loan Soros bought a million shares of Entergy, a recipient of an Energy Department taxpayer loan Soros bought into BioFuel Energy, a company that benefited from EPA regulation of ethanol Soros bought Powerspan in April 2009, a few weeks before it landed a $100 million DOE loan Soros bought Blackboard, which became a large recipient of education “stimulus” money (2009) Soros bought Burlington Northern Santa Fe & CSX, parts of Obama’s plan to revitalize railroads Soros bought Cognizant Technology Solutions, a recipient of Obama’s “stimulus” plan Soros bought 300,000 shares of Constellation Energy Group, a stimulus recipient of $200 million Soros bought 4.6 million shares of Covanta, a recipient of taxpayer “stimulus” money from Obama George Soros may also benefit from the White House’s natural gas proposal (2012) Soros’ hedge funds owns 3,160,063 shares of Westport and stands to reap the predicted windfall Democrats offered a transportation bill worth billions for companies owned by George Soros Forbes 400 ranked George Soros as the second biggest financial gainer during the year 2010.
Ayden Mitchell
Soros-funded leftist media reaches more than 300 million people every month around the world George Soros now has financial ties to over 30 major news organizations Soros is tied to the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press (AP), NBC, ABC, etc. Soros funds media’s infrastructure, such as journalism schools and investigative journalism projects Soros funds both the Columbia School of Journalism and the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) Columbia is headed by President Lee Bollinger, a vocal supporter of government funded media A 2009 study by Columbia’s journalism program also called for “a national fund for local news” Bollinger sits on the Pulitzer Prize board and the board of directors of The Washington Post Washington Post’s Vice President Len Downie serves on a board funded by George Soros Len Downie sits on the board of the Center for Investigative Reporting, funded by George Soros Soros funds The National Federation of Community Broadcasters Soros funds The National Association of Hispanic Journalists Soros funds the Committee to Protect Journalists Soros funds Project Syndicate and Public News Service, both claiming to reach millions of readers The Organization of News Ombudsmen is devoted to “monitoring accuracy, fairness and balance” Organization of News Ombudsmen is funded and supported by Soros’ Open Society Institute Organization’s members include those from the L.A. Times, USA Today, & the Washington Post Organization of News Ombudsmen is directed by NPR’s Alicia Shepard & PBS’s Michael Getler Soros’ Open Society Foundation gave $1.8 million to fund additional political “reporters” for NPR George Soros’ Open Society Institute funds the Investigative News Network (INN) INN: composed of 32 non-profit news organizations producing “non-partisan investigative news” Obama’s FCC ordered NBC newsrooms to partner with the non-profit Voice of San Diego
William Gray
Voice of San Diego is a member of INN news network funded by Soros’ Open Society Institute INN includes the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, the liberal web start-up MinnPost, National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, National Public Radio (NPR), and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism INN had previously included the liberal Huffington Post investigative operation among its grants Huffington Post investigations later merged with the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) Center for Public Integrity’s (CPI) received $651,650 from Soros’ Open Society Institute in 2009 ABC’s Amanpour and Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post/AOL) sit on CPI’s board of directors Amanpour: tax cuts are “giveaways,” the Tea Party is “extreme” yet Obama is “very Reaganesque” Arianna Huffington: “Nobody believes that” the American military should be “so powerful that no one can challenge it” and argued that it was out of touch with the American people (February 2012) NBC’s Paula Madison, NPR’s Matt Thompson, and ABC’s Ben Sherwood also sit on the board CPI’s reporting features attacks on the coal industry, payday loans, and detailed investigations of conservative politicians and funders like David and Charles Koch and their “web of influence” The James L. Knight Foundation, a well-known journalism foundation, also backs the INN James L. Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibarguen is on the board of directors for ProPublica ProPublica describes itself as an “independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest” and as championing the values of the “weak” against the “strong” ProPublica won a second Pulitzer Prize for reporting a liberal agenda, including attacks on oil and gas companies, the health care industry, for-profit schools, and the evils of the foreclosure industry.
Dylan Harris
ProPublica is just one of many Soros-funded organizations with members of the “neutral press” ProPublica received donations from George Soros in 2010 and 2011 to push the leftwing agenda ProPublica was given millions of dollars to “strengthen the progressive infrastructure” ProPublica was founded with a $10 million yearly grant from Herbert and Marion Sandler Herbert and Marion Sandler were former chief executives of the Golden West Financial Corp. Golden West Financial Corp. was one of the U.S. largest mortgage lenders and savings and loans The Sandlers sold the business to Wachovia in 2008 for $26 billion right before the financial crisis The Sandlers are major donors to the Democratic Party and top funders of ACORN, MoveOn.org, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Human Rights Watch and other far-left groups The Sandlers donate heavily to the Center for American Progress (CAP) think tank In 2008, the Sandlers were behind two controversial PACs, Vote Hope and PowerPac.org Vote Hope and PowerPac.org spent about $5 million in pro-Obama ads in California Both of the PACs were run by Herbert and Marion Sandler’s son-in-law, Steve Phillips Steve Phillips was a former president of the San Francisco School Board Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., a friend of Obama, sits on the board of ProPublica 14-person Journalism Advisory Board is stacked with leftwing mainstream media representatives CNN’s David Gergen and representatives from top newspapers sit on the advisory board Wall Street Journal’s former publisher & the editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster sit on the board Jill Abramson, a managing editor of the New York Times sits on the advisory board Kerry Smith, the senior vice president for editorial quality of ABC News sits on the board Cynthia A. Tucker, the editor of the editorial page of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution NBC-owned television stations in cities across the nation teamed up with ProPublica (2011)
Lucas Young
ProPublica will contribute to the news operations of all NBC-owned-and-operated stations Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) received nearly $1 million from Soros from 2003-2008 Center for Investigative Reporting’s board of directors and the advisory board features names such as San Francisco Chronicle President Phil Bronstein, David Boardman of The Seattle Times, Washington Post V.P. Len Downie, and CBS News Producer George Osterkamp CIR’s media partners include the Washington Post, Salon, CNN, and ABC News CIR reports many stories on climate change, illegal immigration, and the evils of big companies George Soros’s latest attempt in new media was creating the American Bridge 21st Century American Bridge 21st Century is a super PAC that focuses on “election-oriented research” The project aimed to follow GOP candidates and officials with videographers in 2011 and 2012 The hope is to capture gotcha moments to derail political ambitions and create advertisements Soros donated another $1 million to American Bridge 21st Century to help re-elect Obama in 2012 PBS’ Mill Moyers described George Soros as a “victim” of Glenn Beck and Fox News “assassins” Moyer: Soros is “deeply troubled by the Orwellian power of the right-wing in this country today Bill Moyer was on the board of George Soros’ Open Society Institute prior to joining PBS Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is funded by George Soros Analysis of CREW’s “watchdog” activities reveals a systematic effort to disproportionately target Republicans and conservative-leaning groups with frivolous lawsuits, ethics complaints, and petitions for investigations by law enforcement agencies CREW called on Julius Genachowski and the FCC to revoke Fox News’ broadcast licenses POLITICO’s ex-Soros employee, Kenneth Vogel, attacked GOP super PACs (June 2012)
Ryan Turner
Soros has spent over $400 million on ‘Open Society’ education at colleges and universities All of the Ivy League universities, along with a variety of state schools, private institutions, and even religiously-affiliated institutions, were also funded by George Soros Koch brothers were vilified by the political left for donating almost $7 million to universities Soros has given over 50 times more money to universities than the despised Koch brothers Center for American Progress (CAP) was founded in 2003 by John Podesta and funded by Soros John Podesta was co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project in 2008 Think Progress is a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF) The CAPAF is a sister advocacy organization of John Podesta’s Center for American Progress Think Progress bills itself as a “nonpartisan organization” advancing progressive ideas & policies Think Progress’ political blog boasted about being named the “Best Liberal Blog” in 2006 Think Progress has a track record of generating reams of dubious & fabricated Leftist propaganda George Soros, Theresa Heinz Kerry and The New World Foundation fund the Tides Foundation 1970’s Anti-war protester Drummond Pike founded the Tides Foundation in 1976 Tides Foundation gives funds to thousands of far-left charities, lobby organizations, & “projects” Tides’ “projects” include People for the American Way, Social Venture Network, Women Donors Network, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, and many other liberal non-profit groups Tides Center has partnered with the Ford Foundation and the Gates Foundation Tides Foundation funded ACORN and other leftist groups in exchange for federal grant money Tides Foundation also funds Media Matters for America and the Center for Constitutional Rights
Aaron Rogers
Tides Foundation has given 14,246 grants totaling $630.6 million between 1999 through 2008 Tides’ new CEO, Melissa Bradley, previously founded the far-left group New Capitalist Melissa Bradley was selected as a ‘Soros Justice Fellow’ for her innovation in criminal justice America Coming Together (ACT) was founded in 2003 and funded by SEIU and George Soros In 2004, George Soros was the largest individual donor to America Coming Together (ACT) Soros and Taco Bell heir Rob McKay created ACT to help defeat George W. Bush in 2004 McKay, now chairman of Democracy Alliance, gave $245,000 to ACT and $35,000 to SOSP Democracy Alliance was founded in 2005 with major financial backing from George Soros Democracy Alliance is billed as a network of leftist think-tanks and advocacy groups Democracy Alliance’s membership includes some of the country’s wealthiest Democrats Democracy Alliance funds political infrastructure aimed at pushing America to the left Democracy Alliance has helped direct nearly $150 million to progressive organizations Robert McKay, chairman of Democracy Alliance, also sits on the board of Priorities USA Priorities USA (P-USA) was co-founded by Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney Bill Burton was President Obama’s first deputy press secretary in the White House Sean Sweeney served as senior adviser to Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s first chief of staff Priorities USA’s sister organization was also founded, Priorities USA Action (P-USAA) Both organizations’ stated goal was to raise $100 million to help re-elect President Obama in 2012 Priorities USA (P-USA) is registered as a 501(c)(4) organization and therefore permitted to accept donations of any amount from corporations, labor unions, and individual contributors IRS rules state that 501(c)(4) organizations are not required to disclose the identity of its donors Priorities USA Action is run by Bill Burton, former White House deputy press secretary
Eli Gomez
Priorities USA Action is also run by Democrat strategist Paul Begala Priorities USA consistently echoes Democratic Party talking points in its ads and communiques America Votes 2006 was another Soros-backed liberal group that sought to elect Democrats Soros gave an additional $1 million to America Votes to help re-election President Obama in 2012 Soros was the largest donor, giving $3.5 million, to the Fund for America in late 2007 Fund for America was created to do voter outreach and finance attack ads for the 2008 elections Four of the fund’s nine donors who gave $200,000 or more also contributed to the SOSP ActBlue was founded in 2004 as a committee that helps elect liberal Democratic candidates ActBlue founders seek to “nationalize local races” with a national grassroots donor base SOSP used ActBlue to help raise funds for itself and its candidates from Democrats nationwide ActBlue said it raised more than $190 million online for Democratic candidates since 2004 ActBlue funneled money into campaigns of six Democratic state Senate candidates in Wisconsin Media Matters for America is a Democrat party front group that spreads false propaganda Media Matters is funded by Soros as the activist arm for the Congressional Progressive Caucus Media Matters is breaking the law by lying and participating in partisan political activity Media Matters was founded by chairman David Brock as a 501(C)(3) tax-exempt foundation 501(C)(3) tax-exempt organizations must obey IRS laws restricting political and lobbying activity David Brock revealed his campaign of “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” aimed at Fox News Media Matters attempted to coordinate Democratic opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline Media Matters offered their purported “analysis” to provide “leverage” to “allies” in Congress
Kayden Martin
Media Matters is closely connected to Hillary Clinton and funded by the Democracy Alliance Media Matters is a George Soros-backed legion of liberal activist shock troops based in D.C. George Soros donated an another $1 million to Media Matters just prior to the 2010 elections Media Matters hired an executive from MoveOn.org to develop campaigns against News Corp. Emails revealed that the Justice Department regularly enlists Media Matters to spin the press (2012) Soros used propaganda to promote treaties that give the U.N. control over gun ownership (2012) Haydn Price-Morris, a staffer at Media Matters, committed numerous felonies in Washington, D.C. and across the country by carrying a firearm to defend Media Matters’ founder, David Brock Brock became increasingly concerned by late 2010 that he was being targeted by right-wing assassins David Brock reportedly struggles with mental health problems and has been hospitalized in the past Media Matters commissioned hundreds of pieces supportive of gun control and restrictions on firearms MoveOn.org received early funding in the tune of millions of dollars from George Soros MoveOn.org founded by liberal elites in response to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton MoveOn.org challenged the personal integrity of American military and the civilian leadership The New York Times gave MoveOn.org a sweetheart advertising deal prior to 2004 elections Drummond Pike serves as a board member and treasurer of the Democracy Alliance Pike is also a chairman of the board of the Environmental Working Group, a green activist group George Soros’ new ‘green energy’ investment fund hired Cathy Zoi, a top Obama energy aide Cathy Zoi, an Al Gore acolyte, was Obama’s point-woman on subsidizing the green tech industry
Justin Butler
Cathy Zoi’s husband, Robin Roy, is a top executive at a private green-tech firm, Serious Materials Serious Materials pocketed federal stimulus money and was being regulated by Cathy Zoi The White House regularly held up Serious Materials as a “poster child of green industry” Defense policy advisor Rosa Brooks is a George-Soros trained ideologue and is anti-military Obama Technology advisor Lawrence Lessig founded a group that spreads Al Jazeera propaganda Lessig works with a Marxist activist who argued for the dismantling of the U.S. capitalist system Lessig works with a George Soros group that petitions for more government control of the media George Soros’ International Crisis Group is seeking hard-line Islamic states in the Middle East Soros’ team told Algerian officials that those supporting Islamic caliphate should be ‘empowered’ Soros’ Open Society Institute funds opposition groups across the Middle East and North Africa International Crisis Group (ICG) petitioned the Algerian government supporting Islamists ICG was tied to uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa Soros’ ICG petitioned the Libyan government to normalize ties with the Muslim Brotherhood Muslim Brotherhood want the theocracy of Shariah law, not the democracy of Thomas Jefferson George Soros wrote that Israel is the “main stumbling block” to democratic progress in Egypt The Soros-funded organization Free Press founded by avowed Marxist Robert W. McChesney Robert W. McChesney advocates dismantling capitalism & replacing with socialism (2009) Robert W. McChesney advocating a government-run U.S. media system to spew propaganda Susan P. Crawford the “Internet Czar” spoke at Free Press “Change Media” summit (2009) Susan P. Crawford’s project OneWebNow lists Free Press & ACORN as participating groups
Joseph Taylor
Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott named a policy adviser for innovation at the State Dept. Soros-funded group Public Knowledge has Obama transition team members on advisory board Public Knowledge advisory board member Timothy Wu is chairman of the board for Free Press Soros is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Bilderberg Society, G8, G20, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Trilateral meet regularly Bilderberg Club meets secretively and is composed of hundreds of the world’s financial elite Obama and Progressive Democrats are supporting global governance of the financial industries Obama was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), which seeks global governance Barack H. Obama and Hillary R. Clinton had both secretly attended a Bilderberg meeting in 2008 Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke attended the meeting in 2008 and possibly again secretly in 2010 Agenda 21: abolition of private property, global citizenship education, & control of human actions Agenda 21’s “sustainable development” concepts incorporated into the Obama administration Obama signed Executive Order #13575 in order to control rural populations and development White House Rural Council was created in 2011 to establish control over 16% of the population Obama’s EPA is seeking new regulatory power in the name of “sustainable development” (2011) Maurice Strong proposed intentionally collapsing rich countries of the world to save the planet John Bryson co-founded the activist group Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in 1970 NRDC was founded with a $400,000 seed grant from the Ford Foundation NRDC is also funded by George Soros and the Tides Foundation NRDC is a major proponent of stopping global warming and endorsed the Earth Charter Earth Charter blames capitalism for the world’s environmental, social, and economic problems
Asher Cox
Natural Resources Defense Council is a member and funder of the controversial Apollo Alliance NRDC’s president, Frances Beinecke, is on the Apollo Alliance’s board Jeff Jones, founder if a domestic terrorist group, boasted of doing work with John Bryson’s group Jeff Jones, Mark Rudd, and Bill Ayers signed an infamous statement calling for a revolution against the American government inside and outside of the country to defeat U.S. imperialism Jeff Jones: Apollo’s mission is a “sort of a grand unified field theory for progressive left causes” Jeff Jones boasted on his website that he has done consulting work for the NRDC John Bryson was the former chairman, CEO, and president of Edison International Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison Bryson serves on the U.N. secretary-general’s advisory group on energy and climate change Bryson was co-chair of the globalist organization Pacific Council on International Policy (PCIP) PCIP was founded in 1995 in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Members of globalist organizations PCIP & CRF are found throughout the Obama administration Pacific Council on International Policy (PCIP) is funded by the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Obama’s ambassador to France, Charles Rivkin, is a member of the PCIP Charles Rivkin invited a 29-member delegation from the PCIP to a conference in France (2010) Rivkin proposed that the U.S. “engage” and help to “empower France’s Muslim minorities” Deputy secretary of state James B. Steinberg serves on the PCIP board of directors Steinberg serves on the science and security board of the journal Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Journal argued for the U.S. to hand over its nuclear weapons to an international organization
Robert Bell
Journal was founded by scientists accused of spying for the Soviets during the Cold War U.S. ambassador to Argentina Vilma S. Martinez is chairman of the PCIP’s Mexico Study Group Obama’s former ambassador to China, Jon M. Huntsman Jr. (R), is a PCIP founding director Obama’s U.S. ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey L. Bleich, is a PCIP member Diana Farrell, deputy director of the National Economic Council, is a member of the PCIP Farrell is also a member of the CFR and the Bretton Woods Committee Byron Auguste, a member of the W.H. Council for Community Solutions, is on the PCIP board Auguste also serves on the board of trustees of the Center for American Progress (CAP) Center for American Progress (CAP) is funded by George Soros and led by John Podesta John Podesta served as co-chairman of Obama’s transition team Steven Myers is a Pacific Council on International Policy (PCIP) member Myers joined the State Department’s advisory committee on international economic policy (2010) John B. Emerson is a member of both the PCIP and the CFR Emerson was an appointee for Obama’s advisory committee for trade policy and negotiations Obama nominated PCIP member Janet Yellen to serve as vice chair of the Federal Reserve PCIP member Alan D. Bersin was appointed commissioner of U.S. Customs & Border Protection Obama appointed PCIP member Michael Camunez to assistant secretary for market access and compliance in the Department of Commerce (2011) Ernest James Wilson was elected chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (2009) E.J. Wilson is a member of the PCIP board and was a policy advisor on Obama’s transition team Jonathan Greenblat is chairman of the PCIP’s energy and environment committee Jonathan Greenblat was also on Obama’s presidential transition team
Gabriel Scott
Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist and writer and a consultant for Human Rights Watch Rashid, a PCIP fellow, is a member of the advisory board of Eurasia Net of the Soros Foundation Rashid is also a scholar of the Davos World Economic Forum Rashid became the first journalist to address the U.N. General Assembly in New York (2002) Rashid was also the first journalist to address NATO ambassadors in Brussels (2003) Professor Kent Wong of UCLA is the director of the Center for Labor Research & Education Center for Labor Research & Education received funding from Soros’ Open Society Institute Center for Labor Research & Education also received funds from Tides and the Ford Foundation Wong spoke at a pro-illegal immigration rally where he endorsed the DREAM Act in racist terms Wong called on future DREAM Act beneficiaries to replace the “old white men” in Congress Professor Wong served as a staff attorney for the SEIU in Los Angeles prior to joining UCLA Wong was the founding president of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO Wong served as the president of the union organization United Association of Labor Education Campaign for America’s Future was co-founded in 1996 primarily by Robert Borosage Robert Borosage previously worked as director of the Marxist-oriented Institute for Policy Studies Campaign for America’s Future is funded by Marxist billionaire George Soros Roger Hickey is a co-founder and co-director of Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) Roger Hickey also co-founded the George Soros-funded Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Christian Fisher
We think Obama should go ahead and take the opportunity to appoint a number of NLRB people and Cordray as well and it would be a disappointment if he did not.” ~Roger Hickey calling on President Obama to break precedent on recess appointments (which he did) despite a 1993 Justice Department finding cited by Obama’s solicitor general in 2011 arguing that a recess must be longer than three days (January 2012)
Center for Community Change (CCC) has its board filled with radicals and socialist activists Center for Community Change is funded by Marxist billionaire George Soros Jewish Fund for Justice (JFSJ) is a social justice charity funded by Soros’ Open Society Institute JFSJ promotes social justice, “green” jobs, immigration reform, & was a champion of Obamacare JFSJ runs a Selah Leadership Program which provides local community organizing training Selah Leadership Program grads included Heather Booth, founder of radical Midwest Academy As of mid-2007, more than 200 leaders from 165 organizations had completed the program JFSJ was listed as an endorsing organization for the D.C. One Nation rally in October 2010 JFSJ has a “proud” working association with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Extremist and self-described Saul Alinsky disciple Heather Booth founded Midwest Academy Midwest Academy’s methods were adopted by the AFL-CIO’s “Union Summer” training camp Booth stated building a “progressive majority” would help for a “fair distribution of wealth” Booth’s husband, Paul Booth, founded Students for a Democrat Society (SDS) in the 1960s
Oliver Allen
SDS was a radical 1960s anti-war movement spun-off from Bill Ayers’ Weather Underground The Woods Fund provided capital to the Midwest Academy while Obama served as director Jackie Kendall was an executive director of the Midwest Academy founded in the 1970s Jackie Kendall helped train volunteers to aid Obama’s campaign prior to the 2008 Iowa primary Citizen Action of Illinois spun off from the Midwest Academy to perform work in Chicago In late 2006, George Soros bought 2 million shares of Halliburton stock for $62 million George Soros sponsored the founding of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) INET allows George Soros to bring together the “world’s top economists and financial thinkers” The goal of George Soros and INET is “to remake the world’s economy as they see fit” More than two-thirds of the slated speakers for the 2011 event have direct ties to George Soros Jeffrey Sachs is founder and co-president of the Soros-funded Millennium Promise Alliance Millennium Promise Alliance promotes a global economy and a new international tax structure Sachs sits on INET’s advisory council and is a special adviser to U.N. Sec.-General Ban Ki-moon Jeffrey Sachs directs Columbia’s Earth Institute promoting the theory of global warming Sachs is the engineer of a “shock treatment” economic doctrine that leads to economic failure George Soros funds the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a Marxist-oriented think-tank IPS “serves as an intellectual nerve center” for issues including “support for Marxist insurgencies” IPS undermined our national security and was closely linked to the Soviet’s KGB spy agency FBI called IPS a “think factory” that helps to “train extremists who incite violence in U.S. cities” FBI said that IPS’s “educational research serves as cover for intrigue, and political agitation” IPS was accused of serving as a propaganda arm of the USSR and a place where Soviet agents met
Charles Kelly
Congressman Leon Panetta was on IPS’s official 20th Anniversary Committee on April 5, 1983 Panetta’s voting record in Congress from 1977-1993 showed an affinity for IPS’s agenda Panetta supported IPS’s “Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy Line” in 1983 Panetta commissioned the IPS to produce an ‘alternative’ budget during the 1980s IPS’s budget drastically cut defense spending while increasing the spending for social welfare Panetta voted against the reaffirmation of the Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan Panetta voted in favor of continuing foreign aid to the Sandinistas of communist Nicaragua Panetta supported extending most-favored nation status to the Soviet Union during the Cold War Panetta voted to cede control of the Panama Canal to the pro-Soviet Panamanian government Panetta endorsed the IPS-supported bill to terminate our efforts to resist communism in Nicaragua Panetta slammed President Reagan’s “illegal and extraordinary vicious wars” in Latin America Panetta supported Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and opposed Chile’s anti-communist government Panetta issued a Congressional statement of praise for anti-war activist Lucy Haessler in 1984 CIA Director Leon Panetta was later nominated by Obama to serve as secretary of defense in 2011 CIA Director Panetta was tied to the IPS, a pro-Marxist think tank accused of anti-CIA activity Other members of the IPS committee included Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-Iowa) largest political donor stands to benefit from a bill he sponsored Harkin took at least $137,916.00 from a company called Herbalife International since 1989 Herbalife is a global nutrition & supplement company that specializes in “healthy” weight loss Harkin sponsored the Federal Response to Eliminating Eating Disorders, or F.R.E.E.D. Act F.R.E.E.D. continues to re-write The Social Security Act of 1935 and Obamacare passed in 2010
Adam Brooks
Removes exclusion of payments for “agents when used for anorexia, weight loss, or weight gain” Herbalife sells a wide range of products tied to weight gain, weight loss, and eating disorders The bill authorizes our federal government to pay for the Herbalife International’s products Authorizes Medicare and Medicaid to pay for OTC drugs used in the “treatment” of eating disorders Herbalife International has been Tom Harkin’s biggest political contributor over the last 22 years Harkin has been the loudest advocate for alternative medicine and prevention for the last 20 years Lucy Haessler co-founded the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) WILPF was named by the U.S. State Department as a “Soviet front” group Karen Dolan, director of Cities for Progress & Cities for Peace, is a fellow at Soros’ IPS Dolan: “Progressives won in the 2010 mid-term elections” and “our work is now finally beginning” Dolan urged progressives to “throw our support unabashedly behind the Progressive Caucus” Dolan wants “to do the right thing through as many Exec. Orders as we can present to [Obama]” George Soros held two concurrent conferences in March 2011, nicknamed Bretton Woods 2.0 The first four-day conference, billed as “a grand bargain that rearranges the entire financial order” The second Soros four-day conference aimed at remaking the world by changing the media New Economic Thinking (INET), an organization with Soros ties, sponsored the events Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) headlined the George Soros’ ‘Change The World’ event in April 2011 Pelosi skipped all votes and negotiations over the potential 2011 shutdown to attend the events George Soros dumped his investors in order to avoid new financial regulations of his hedge fund
Jason Miller
Soros terminated his hedge fund to avoid reporting requirements under the Dodd-Frank reform act George Soros promotes an “Open Society,” except for when it comes to his own shady dealings Washington Post cited the so-called “nonpartisan” Tax Policy Center in a tax policy piece Tax Policy Center is an arm of the Brookings Institute and supported by the Urban Institute (UI) In 2001, Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution began collaboration on a Tax Policy Center (TPC) to discredit President George W. Bush’s tax cut plans, which they argued was for ‘the wealthy’ Brookings has been involved in a variety of internationalist and state-sponsored programs Brookings Institute has been involved with the Global Governance Initiative (GCI) GCI aspires to facilitate the establishment of a U.N.-dominated world government Brookings Fellows have also called for additional global collaboration on trade and banking, an expansion of the Kyoto Protocol, and nationalized health insurance for children Nine Brookings economists signed a petition opposing President Bush’s tax cuts in 2003 Brookings Institution’s President since 2002 has been Strobe Talbott Strobe Talbott previously served as President Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of State Brookings Institute’s Board of Trustees features Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of John Kerry (D-MA) Brookings’ Board of Trustees includes Zoe Baird, Clinton’s failed appointee for Attorney General In 1980, the Urban Institute called for socialized health care in the United States Urban Institute critiqued the Reagan administration with research paid for by the Ford Foundation Urban Institute similarly critiqued the George H.W. Bush’s administration in 1990 Urban Institute became a leading policy center apologist for urban black violence following the Los Angeles riots in 1992, focusing on societal and economic factors, rather than moral and criminal
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Ford Foundation is funding Van Jones’ attacks on free speech and intimidation of ALEC Ford Foundation gave Color of Change at least $1.8 million to fund its campaign against ALEC ALEC is a membership association of state legislators, including both Democrats and Republicans, and various businesses and associations that provide their perspective on policy issues ALEC conducts research and promotes free-market economic policies and individual liberty Since members of ALEC have a long history of supporting Second Amendment rights, Color of Change ran paid radio ads essentially blaming ALEC for the death of Trayvon Martin (June 2012) ALEC is under attack from a loose coalition of 7 organizations: Color of Change, Common Cause, Center for Media and Democracy, Progressive States Network, People for the American Way, Brave New Foundation, and States Voices Ford Foundation gave these seven organizations almost $6 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.
