Breaking Ranks In The Cultural War Against The South?
July 4, 2015
There is obviously a deteriorating breaking of ranks between progressives and neocons in their united front in the cultural war against all things Southern, particularly against the dreaded totem of the former Confederate battle flag of the Stars and Bars as the symbol of universal hate and iniquity. Progressives such as Juan Cole are now generating this disruptive viral meme by claiming that what the Center for American Progress has long designated as “the Islamophobia Network” of neocon tax-free foundations; neocon organizations such as the Center for Security Policy, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Stop Islamization of America, and the Counterterrorism and Security Education and Research Foundation; neocon media pundits such as David Horowitz, Frank Gaffney, Robert Spencer (Jihad Watch), David Yerushalmi, and Richard Pipes; and high-profile neocon activists such as Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) and Brigitte Gabriel were the dark influences who inspired alleged South Carolina serial killer Dylann Roof in his murderous rampage. Funding sources for the nefarious neocon Network include: Donors Capital Fund; Richard Mellon Scaife Foundation; Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation; Newton and Rochelle Becker Foundation and Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust; Russell Berrie Foundation; Anchorage Charitable Fund; William Rosenwald Family Fund; and the Fairbrook Foundation. So what is the Center for American Progress and who is behind it? According to Wikipedia:
The Center for American Progress is a 501(c)(3) organization under U.S. Internal Revenue Code. In 2013, CAP received $42 million from a variety of sources, including individuals, foundations, labor unions, and corporations. From 2003 to 2007, CAP received about $15 million in grants from 58 foundations. Major individual donors include George Soros, Peter Lewis, Steve Bing, and Herb and Marion Sandler. The Center receives undisclosed sums from corporate donors. In December 2013, the organization released a list of its corporate donors, which include Walmart, CitiGroup, Wells Fargo, defense contractor Northrup Grumman, America’s Health Insurance Plans, and Eli Lilly and Company.
In 2015, CAP released a partial list of its donors, which included 28 anonymous donors accounting for at least $5 million in contributions. Named donors included the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, which each gave between $500,000 and $999,999. CAP’s top donors include Walmart and Citigroup, each of which have given between $100,000 and $499,000.
Other major donors to CAP (which is staffed by former apparatchiks of the Clinton and Obama regimes) include the Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, the Hutchins Family Foundation, Sandler Foundation, TomKat Charitable Trust, Joyce Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Not On Our Watch, and Open Square Charitable Gift Fund. The president and chief executive officer of CAP is Neera Tanden, who worked for the Obama and Clinton administrations and for Hillary Clinton’s campaigns. The first president and CEO was John Podesta, who served as chief of staff to then President Bill Clinton. Podesta remained with the organization as chairman of the board until he joined the Obama White House staff in December 2013. Former Democratic US Senator Tom Daschle is the current chairman.
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