Think Progress is now accusing the Tea Parties of being Organized by Corporate Lobbyist. Think progress itself which is part of the Center for American progress is itself Lobbyist funded. Let’s laugh at the outrage of Think progress.
Despite these attempts to make the “movement” appear organic, the principle organizers of the local events are actually the lobbyist-run think tanks Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works. The two groups are heavily staffed and well funded, and are providing all the logistical and public relations work necessary for planning coast-to-coast protests:
– Freedom Works staffers coordinate conference calls among protesters, contacting conservative activists to give them “sign ideas, sample press releases, and a map of events around the country.”
– Freedom Works staffers apparently moved to “take over” the planning of local events in Florida.
– Freedom Works provides how-to guides for delivering a “clear message” to the public and media.
– Freedom Works has several domain addresses — some of them made to look like they were set up by amateurs — to promote the protests.
– Americans for Prosperity is writing press releases and planning the events in New Jersey, Arizona, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, and several other states.
Ha ha ha ha, This is the Pot calling the Kettle Black. Here’s the truth about Think progress.
More than 2.5 million people read pages of Think Progress every month. Quite a staggering number, and something free-market minded Americans should pay close attention to.
While some in mainstream communication realms might not see this as a significant story, many more of us are starting to uncover the dark agenda that drives the left wing propaganda machine at Think Progress.
What are the Origins of Think Progress?
Here is what we know…1) Think Progress is a Project of The Center for American Progress Action Fund
The Center for American Progress Action Fund is a “progressive” think-tank. Their “partner” is The Center for American Progress, a non-profit organization under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue code.The Center for American Progress is ran by former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta. That’s right… Think Progress is essentially a tool of the Clinton machine.
In fact, George Soros and Halperin recruited Harold Ickes — chief fundraiser and former deputy chief of staff for the Clinton White House — to help organize the Center.
With this in mind, it’s interesting to notice the Center’s use of Think Progress to attack John McCain, when they won’t lift a finger to send negative attention to Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
So much for “non-partisan”.
2) The Bloggers are Far Left Operatives
Faiz Shakir, the editor at Think Progress, is also the Research Director at the Center for American Progress. Faiz has previously worked as a Research Associate for the Democratic National Committee, as a Legislative Aide to Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and as a communications aide in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.Amanda Terkel is Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Managing Editor for The Progress Report and Think Progress at the Center for American Progress. Terkel also worked in the Office of Liberal Democrat Senator Charles E. Schumer.
Also working as editors/writers/bloggers for Think Progress are Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin J. Armbruster, Ali Frick, Matthew Duss, Brad Johnson, Sarah Dale and Igor Volsky.
Not surprisingly, every one of the above individuals are on the payroll of either the Center for American Progress or the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
3) New Sub-Blogs ATTACKERMAN and WONK ROOM
Wonk Room is pretty much ran by the same ilk that edit the main Think Progress site. But Attackerman has a different background when it comes to blogger-in-chief. As Konservo points out, Spencer Ackerman runs Attackerman, supposedly covering National Security Issues. As Konservo mentions, Ackerman works for The Washington Independent, who, ironically is owned by the Center for Independent Media.The Center for Independent Media is ran by a group of wealthy tech liberals and Democrat party operatives/campaign consultants. These folks aren’t messing around either. As mentioned above, the groups involved in this progressive/liberal ring of propaganda sites are also tied to Media Matters, the Soros funded liberal attack machine.
Just how active and aggressive are these groups in using the internet to spread their agenda? According to Shot in The Dark, the Center for Independent Media has been working to hire liberal/progressive bloggers in the state of Minnesota. An e-mail sent out via the Center for Independent Media makes it clear that the Soros machine is hiring a left wing army aimed at bringing free-market/limited-government advocates to their knees.
Have no doubts, Think progress is not independent, not non-partisan, and not in any way a center of the political isle source of information. Instead, the site is a vessel through which the Soros money machine can funnel its left wing agenda.
Yeah Think progress is organic. It’s nothing but a Soros funded Mouth piece for the Leftist-Islamic Alliance. They left themselves wide open for this. What idiots! Most of the Progressive Movement are funded by Corporations run by Rich Globalists-Leftists. If anything, the Left is artificial.
Tags: George Soros, Leftist-Islamic Alliance, Liberal Fascism, Tea Parties, Think Progress
Well, nicely linked. I’ll leave the double fact checking to others, but this is a great substantive article worthy of wide spread distribution.
It is only evil to be lobbyist funded when you’re doing something Conservative.
They don’t see it is hypocritical because they don’t think that liberal lobbyists are lobbyists…. they’re “Community Activists” . . .
Sounds to me that the “lobbists” are providing guidance and advice instead of taking over. I sure the “independent” ACORN group will be chiming in as well.
ACORN should be disbanded and thrown in prison.
So, of course, the Obama Administration is giving them alot of kickbacks…… I mean financial support….. so they can continue to commit voter fraud, registration fraud and engage in intimidation.
That is called Community organization.
A rotating thread title, “Think Progress Hypocritical,” would save bandwidth.
If Freedom Watch is funding these events, those really are some busy folks, with an ACORNesque budget.
There are about 450 tea parties planned.
I wrote a piece on Soros and his lackies a few years ago, with some excellent links.
I’m going to my tea party and can’t wait!
Now Chuckles has denounced the Tea Parties as Bircher and Paulian.
2. LanceKates
Exactly. It’s ok if it’s ANSWER, or something with “peace” or “justice” in the name.
Or the commies of course.
Former LGF’er
Of course he did.
VIVA LA TEA PARTIES! lol
I’l be checking out the OKC rally this coming Wed.
I don’t know… the Original tea party in Boston, all those years ago, was a strike against the government by dumping all the tea before taxes were paid on it.
This tea party is buying tea from the store and symbolically dumping it into the water or mailing it to Congressmen.
I am on the fence as to whether or not it is misguided passion.
We’ll see on Wed.
For those or want to mail tea bags to your congressmen, mail the tag only. Any tea bags will be thrown away because you don’t know what’s in it.
There wasn’t an actual dumping of tea at the April 4th tea party in Charlotte. I don’t think there is at the tax day tea party either. Just making your presence and your anger at the whacked out spending known to local pol’tics.
Freedomworks was there, but I don’t see how that plays into anything. I had never heard of them and I was there because of my anger not because of freedomworks funding.
And I didn’t see Ron Paul or anything, but US Rep. Sue Myrick (R – NC 9th), NC State House Rep. Rick Killian, radio talk show host Mason Weaver, and Lenny McAllister rocked.
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