SUMMARY
[not original material / sourced as marked]
John Podesta, lawyer
background: Chicago born / mixed heritage
ed. University of Georgetown
brother: Tony Podesta, a lobbyist
Chairman of the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign
prior: Counsellor to President Barack Obama
prior: Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton
various: Centre for American Progress (CAP) - think-do tank
visiting prof. law: Georgetown University - tech, copyright, public interest
co-chair: Obama-Biden Transition Project
involved in Bill Clinton in 2009 / North Korea - US-Asian spy journalists release
Sweden ambassador intermediary Mats Foyer (no US diplo relations NorK)
SWEDEN-USA COSY RELATIONSHIP
"The government of Sweden represents the United States in North Korea in lieu of an American embassy." [3]
[comment: this would explain political persecution of Australian journalist whistleblower publisher, Julian Assange, during the last 6 years he has been undemocratically and illegally held prisoner in Britain (on behalf of Sweden, and on behalf of capitalist top dog, USA). As we can see here, Sweden is clearly a close capitalist ally of the oligarchs of USA. ]
Hillary Clinton refused to say if prof. political science (to negotiate North Korea US-agent infiltrator release) did so on behalf USG (ie Han Park, U. Georgia).
Aug 2009: North Korea issued pardon (probably due to being threatened by USA capitalist might)
North Korea infiltrators flew back to LA
with Clinton on big Centre for American Progress (CAP) & big pseudo 'leftist' NGO network donor Steve Bing's Boeing 737
[source: wikipedia, various entries]
Centre for American Progress (CAP) - think-do tank
f. 2003 - money from Herbert (lawyer)
& Marion Sandler (stock analyst, dec'd 2012)
both Jewish, 'liberal couple'
fortune: self-made, banking chain
sold: parent firm, Golden West Financial Corp.
criticism re 2008 mortgage crisis / housing collapse
/ lending practices criticised
"Prior to 2008, the mortgage techniques created by the Sandlers ballooned the valuation of Golden West ..."
*$2 billion cut of the proceeds to greatly expand their wide-ranging philanthropies, comm. 1991
*rank no. 12 among world’s biggest givers, based on research Forbes 2011 study
avid funders of civil liberties groups
one of the first couples to sign onto Gates’ and Buffett’s Giving Pledge
Marion Sandler: business skills learned from Lithuanian-Russian Jewish immigrant family
- family dealt in all manner of things: hardware, plumbing, real estate auctions
/ first female Wall Street exec.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2012/06/04/former-golden-west-ceo-and-billionaire-marion-sandler-dead-at-81/#1bdecbe614f9
http://archive.is/OyFrl
Sandlers' - Golden West Financial (GDW)
sold to: Wachovia Bank, former financial titan / brought down by merger w. GDW
/ Wachovia Bank bought financial time bomb that exploded 2008
/ Wachovia loss: 24 billion dollars
/ Citigroup then snapped up the remains - facilitated by FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
US gov corporation - deposit insurance
Sandlers started to invest billions of dollars politically
/ in manner of George Soros, sugar daddy
of many [pseudo] far-left wing groups
/ Soros early & prominent supporter
of then Presidential candidate Barack Obama
/ Soros: 527 groups empire (at 2008)
/ ie. activists groups that have influence in Democratic Party, incl.
CENTRE FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS (CAP)
- MoveOn.Org
- Human Rights Watch
- Media Matters
- slew of others
plus political orgs, eg.
International Crisis Group
MoveOn.Org
head Eli Parsier re MoveOn.Org role in Democratic Party:
"Now it's our party: we bought it, we own it, and we are going to take it back." [1]
2004 - election Cycle
TOP #4 donors of the 527 Soros groups:
- - George Soros (Jewish)
- - Progressive Insurance, Peter Lewis (dec. 2013, Jewish)
- - Steve Bing (Jewish)
- - Herbert & Marion Sandler (Jewish)
*Collectively they gave 78 million dollars to left-leaning 527 groups (just in 2004)
The Democratic Alliance
formed by core group of oligarch 'activists' & Democrat partisans: Soros, Lewis, and the Sandlers
"Air America, ACORN (a group that has very close and long lasting ties to Barack Obama and has a long history of engaging in voter fraud. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (basically a private detective group focused on the private faults and foibles of Republicans), Media Matters, a media watchdog group that engages in harsh partisan attacks against media figures and articles it considers supportive of Republicans). "
"The list goes on and on" - LINK LIST
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/09/how_allies_of_george_soros_hel.html
source: http://archive.is/nGjJC
Herbert & Marion Sandler philanthropy
= among list of 25% Jewish contributors
/ Warren Buffet Giving Pledge
"25 percent of the list we know to be Jewish, and we only account for 5 percent of the population"
-- Lorry Lokey [2]
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/58931/local-wealthy-jews-pledge-to-give-away-half-their-fortunes/
http://archive.is/FA1jk
ProPublica
incl. tens of millions pumped into:
ProPublica (online news - 'investigative journalism')
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/05/local/la-me-marion-sandler-20120605
http://archive.is/ODJuh
LIBERTIES / HR - NGOs
couple has donated money to human-rights NROs
- eg. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- eg. Human Rights Watch (HRW)
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/05/local/la-me-marion-sandler-20120605
http://archive.is/ODJuh
Centre for American Progress (CAP)
failure to disclose donors
highly influential Democratic admin & candidates
CAP hosted meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
*while Netanyahu was hostile to the Obama admin
2015 funding incl:
- George Soros
- Peter Lewis
- Steve Bing
- Herb & Marion Sandler
- Walmart,
- CitiGroup
- Wells Fargo
- Northrup Grumman (defence contractor)
- America's Health Insurance Plans
- Eli Lilly and Company
- The Ford Foundation (historic CIA vehicle)
- Embassy of United Arab Emirates
- & others, including undisclosed
PODESTA / CAP / SWISS FOREIGN INFLUENCE
- "Centre for American Progress (CAP) - in 2013 alone - received $4 million, from Swiss billionaire"
- "In 2013, John Podesta was paid $87,000 by a shadowy foreign billionaire ..."
- "The circumstances suggest Podesta may have run afoul of Obama’s highly-touted ethics pledge ..."
- "Hansjorg Wyss, a mysterious Swiss billionaire who personally hired Podesta as a “consultant” in 2013 just before he entered the White House ..."
- "A public ethics controversy for the White House Counselor involving the second wealthiest man in Switzerland could be awkward for Podesta as he prepares to kick off Hillary’s campaign."
- "The ethical questions could also force into the open the relationship between Podesta and Wyss — including why a left-wing foreigner is wielding influence over how Americans use their land."
- "Wyss, a Swiss citizen, has been a generous donor to Podesta’s Centre for American Progress, giving $4 million to the group during Podesta’s tenure ..."
- "The Wyss Foundation (ie Hansjorg Wyss - Swiss billionaire influence - big money)"
SOURCE
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/29/obama-adviser-podesta-caught-green-handed-in-major-ethics-violation/
https://archive.fo/QWwoa
GIVING PLEDGE
capitalist oligarchy's front for social & political control
365 billion has been pledged by 139 oligarchs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge
NOTE: this is not exhaustive, complete overview.
This is just random information connected to CAP and associated, that took my interests.
Sadly, I'll probably only remember a fraction of this and find myself doing the same look-ups again.
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