Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Working Families Party (Connecting the Dots: ACORN, Sidley Austin LLP, Barack Obama, John R. Bolton, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Mario M. Cuomo, Andrew M. Cuomo, Kerry Kennedy, The Iraq Study Group, Human Rights First & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Working Families Party (Connecting the Dots: ACORN, Sidley Austin LLP, Barack Obama, John R. Bolton, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Mario M. Cuomo, Andrew M. Cuomo, Kerry Kennedy, The Iraq Study Group, Human Rights First & Soros Funding, All Networking)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Families_Party#Notable_elected_officials

The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive minor political party in the United States, founded in New York in 1998. There are active chapters in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.[8][9][10]

The Working Families Party was first organized in 1998 by a coalition of labor unions, community organizations, members of the now-inactive national New Party, and a variety of advocacy groups such as Citizen Action of New York and ACORN: the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.[11] The party is primarily concerned with healthcare reform, raising the minimum wage, universal paid sick days, addressing student debt, progressive taxation, public education, energy, and environmental reform.

Connecting the Dots:

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was the plaintiff in ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.

Sidley Austin LLP was a legal adviser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and was the lobby firm for the General Electric Company.

General Electric Company gets export financing support from the Export-Import Bank of the US.

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. received export financing support from the Export-Import Bank of the US.

John R. Bolton was a director at the Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., the national security adviser in Donald Trump's first Administration and is of counsel at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Barack Obama was the attorney for ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.  

Susan Hockfield is a trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a director at the General Electric Company.

Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for the General Electric Company and was a legal adviser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

David F. Hamilton was a canvasser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a summer intern at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and is Lee H. Hamilton’s nephew.

Binta N. Brown is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a director at Human Rights First.

James D. Zirin was a director at the Human Rights First and is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP was a legal adviser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and was the lobby firm for the General Electric Company.

Mark A. Angelson was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and a director and the Human Rights First.
William D. Zabel
 is the chair for the Human Rights First, was a trustee at the Foundation to Promote Open Society and George Soros’s divorce lawyer.

George Soros’s divorce lawyer was William D. Zabel and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights First and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank)David F. Hamilton’s uncle and was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was a member of the Iraq Study Group.

Iraq Study Group made policy recommendations on U.S. involvement in Iraq.

James A. Baker III was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

William J. Perry was a member of the Iraq Study Group, is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Human Rights First.

Harold H. Koh was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at Human Rights First and the legal adviser at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration.

Mark A. Angelson was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and a director and the Human Rights First.

Sidley Austin LLP was a legal adviser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and was the lobby firm for the General Electric Company.

Barack Obama was the attorney for ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

James D. Zirin is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and was a director at the Human Rights First.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Human Rights First.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for Human Rights First and the American Constitution Society.

Faith Elizabeth Gay is a director at the American Constitution Society and was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP.

Mario M. Cuomo was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society and

Andrew M. Cuomo’s father.

Andrew M. Cuomo is Mario M. Cuomo’s son, was the New York state government governor and married to Kerry Kennedy.

Kerry Kennedy was married to Andrew M. Cuomo, is a director at the United States Institute of Peace and a director at Human Rights First.

William D. Zabel is the chair for the Human Rights First, was a trustee at the Foundation to Promote Open Society and George Soros’s divorce lawyer.

George Soros’s divorce lawyer was William D. Zabel and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights First.

Kerry Kennedy is a director at Human Rights First, a director at the United States Institute of Peace and was married to Andrew M. Cuomo.

Eric S. Edelman is a director at the United States Institute of Peace and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Stephen J. Hadley is a senior adviser for international affairs, director at the United States Institute of Peace and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George E. Moose is the vice chairman for the United States Institute of Peace and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

J. Robinson West is the chairman for the United States Institute of Peace and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

James A. Baker III is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank)David F. Hamilton’s uncle and was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was a member of the Iraq Study Group.

Iraq Study Group made policy recommendations on U.S. involvement in Iraq.

Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP was a legal adviser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and was the lobby firm for the General Electric Company.

Barack Obama was the attorney for ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Resources: Past Research

John Bolton to Newsmax: Trump an Aberration; I'll Be Proven Right (Connecting the Dots: John Bolton, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Human Rights First, Sidley Austin LLP, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc, Export-Import Bank of the US & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Kirkland & Ellis LLP, John Bolton & ACORN)

Friday, January 17, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/john-bolton-to-newsmax-trump-aberration.html

Iraq Study Group (Past Research on the Iraq Study Group)

Sunday, October 13, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/iraq-study-group.html

Iraq Troop Withdrawl? CAPs Joe Cirincione on ABC's GMA - Uploaded on Dec 1, 2006 (Past Research on the Iraq Study Group)

Monday, October 10, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/10/iraq-troop-withdrawl-caps-joe.html

Iraq Study Group (Past Research on the Iraq Study Group)

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/iraq-study-group.html

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