[smokingfrog]

The people testifying in that hearing all sound like left wing socialists.

Shirley Sagawa is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for American Progress - a liberal "think tank."

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The Center for American Progress is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization under U.S. Internal Revenue Code. The institute receives approximately $25 million per year in funding from a variety of sources, including individuals, foundations, and corporations. From 2003 to 2007, the center received about $15 million in grants from 58 foundations. Major individual donors include George Soros, Peter Lewis, Steve Bing, and Herb Sandler. The Center receives undisclosed sums from corporate donors.^[1]

Some open government groups, such as the Sunlight Foundation and the Campaign Legal Center, criticize the Center's failure to disclose its contributors, particularly since it is so influential in appointments to the Obama administration.^[2]

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Personnel

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• John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Sarah Wartell, Executive VP for Management
• Melody Barnes, Executive VP for Policy
• Laura Nichols, Senior Fellow
• Cassandra Q. Butts, Senior VP for Domestic Policy
• Debby Goldberg, Senior VP for Development
• David Halperin, Senior VP and Director, Campus Progress

Fellows:

• Tom Daschle, former Democratic Senator from South Dakota
• Morton H. Halperin, Halperin is also Executive Director Open Society Policy Center ^[4]
• Joseph Romm, former acting assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy during the Clinton Administration, and blogger at climateprogress.org.

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Funding

Center for American Progress is funded in part by individuals who are members of the Democracy Alliance.

In 2006, the Center for American Progress was given a three-year, $3,000,000 grant by George Soros' Open Society Institute to be used for "general support". ^[5]

[joygrace]

"..snip..Some open government groups, such as the Sunlight Foundation and the Campaign Legal Center, criticize the Center's failure to disclose its contributors, particularly since it is so influential in appointments to the Obama administration."

So legally they don't have to disclose their contributors because it is considered a private organization,right? Here again, Obama has to hide the real truth.

George Soros the ringmaster. Would you consider him a Fascist? I do. He is the largest donor to over 500 organizations like MoveOn, AmericaComing Together,Campaign for a Progressive Future, etc.

It seems like an incredible thick web with such deep roots and connections with Fascism.I feel like we skipped right through Socialism.

Media is such a key component to their entire propaganda machine.