Soros, Ford shovel
$196 million to 'net neutrality' groups, staff to White House
By Paul Bedard | February 25, 2015 | 2:22 pm
Liberal philanthropist George Soros and
the Ford
Foundation have lavished groups
supporting the administration’s “net neutrality” agenda, donating $196 million
and landing proponents on the White House staff, according to a new report.
And now, as the Federal Communications Commission nears approving a type of government control over
the Internet, the groups are poised to declare victory in the years-long fight,
according to the report from MRC Business, an
arm of the conservative media watchdog, the Media Research Center.
“The Ford Foundation, which claims to be the second-largest
private foundation in the U.S., and Open Society Foundations, founded by
far-left billionaire George Soros, have given more than $196 million to pro-net
neutrality groups between 2000 and 2013,” said the report, authored by Media
Research Center’s Joseph Rossell, and provided to Secrets.
“These left-wing groups not only impacted the public debate
and funded top liberal think tanks from the Center for American Progress to
Free Press. They also have direct ties to the White House and regulatory
agencies. At least five individuals from these groups have ascended to key
positions at the White House and FCC,” said the report which included funding
details to pro-net neutrality advocates.
It quoted critic Phil Kerpen, president of American
Commitment, saying, “The biggest money in this debate is from the liberal
foundations that lavish millions on self-styled grassroots groups pushing for
more and more regulation and federal control.”
Groups funded by Soros and Ford include the Center for
American Progress, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Media Matters for America. They received a total of $54,226,097
from the Ford and Open Society Foundations.
Both Ford and Open Society support the initiative.
Some of those supported by the two groups’ funding have also
worked the White House, notably John Podesta, former Center for American Progress
head and now expected to run Hillary Clinton’s presidential
campaign.
MRC Business regularly follows the spending and activity of
Soros, and even has an initiative to keep an eye on his advocacy called the Soros Project.
Ford
Foundation
Peter F. Geithner
was a program officer for the Ford
Foundation, and is Timothy F.
Geithner’s father.
Note: Timothy F.
Geithner is Peter F. Geithner’s
son, a director at the International
Rescue Committee, was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and the treasury secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Center for American Progress, Media
Matters, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter
for the Center for American Progress,
is a co-chair, national finance council at Ready
for Hillary, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Eric
Alterman is a senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress, and was a senior fellow at Media Matters.
David
Brock is the founder of Media
Matters, and an adviser at Ready for
Hillary.
Susie Tompkins
Buell was a donor for Media Matters,
a contributor for Ready for Hillary,
a funder for the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is a national finance council member at Ready for Hillary.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), the Center for
American Progress, and the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Colin
L. Powell is an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is Michael K. Powell’s father.
Ford Foundation
was a funder for the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank), and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Madeleine K.
Albright is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a
director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Center for American Progress.
John
Colborn is a director, Skills for America's Future for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and was the
VP for the Ford
Foundation.
Michael K. Powell
is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Colin L. Powell’s son, and was the chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is 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.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Mark D. Schneider
is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP,
and was an associate general counsel for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Newton
N. Minow was the chairman for the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother, and was
the White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel
is Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, a senior
fellow at the Center for American
Progress, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
John
D. Podesta is the founder of the Center
for American Progress, a counselor for the Barack Obama administration, and was the temporary CEO for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation.
Melody
C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center
for American Progress, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, a principal
for the Raben Group, and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Raben
Group was the lobby firm for the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Anthony D. Romero
is an executive director at the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and was a director of human rights for the Ford Foundation.
Thurgood
Marshall Jr. is a trustee at the Ford
Foundation, and a trustee at the Third
Way.
James
E. Clyburn is a trustee at the Third
Way, and Mignon Clyburn’s
father.
Mignon Clyburn is
James E. Clyburn’s daughter, and the
commissioner for the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC).
William
M. Daley is a trustee at the Third
Way, a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and was the chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Mark D. Schneider
is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP,
and was an associate general counsel for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and the president for the Barack
Obama administration.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is Valerie B.
Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a director at the
American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Amy
L. Nathan was an attorney at Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and is a senior counsel, strategic planning & policy for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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