JW Probe: Special WH Access For Obama-Tied founded by Van Jones, Anti-Gun Groups Against Voter ID Laws.(JW).A radical leftwing group that’s led a damaging boycott against corporations that support gun rights and voter identification laws has special access to the Obama White House and strong ties to top Democrats, according to internal documents obtained in the course of a Judicial Watch investigation.
The JW probe initially focused on a
nonprofit (Color of Change) that
claims to “strengthen Black America’s political voice” but uncovered an
intricate brew of like-minded groups that have joined forces to push their
common agenda against voter ID measures and gun rights, including “stand your
ground” laws. The groups, all tax-exempt nonprofits, wield tremendous power
because they have alarming access to the Obama White House and strong ties to
top Democratic figures connected to the president, JW found.
Here is a sample of what these
community organizations are about, straight from Color of Change’s website
(incidentally, the group was founded by Obama pal Van
Jones, whose radical, racist history got him booted as “Green Czar”): “For
years, the right wing has been trying to stop Black people, other people of
color, young people, and the elderly from voting — and now some of America’s
biggest companies are helping them do it. These companies have helped pass
discriminatory voter ID legislation by funding a right wing policy group called
the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).”
ALEC is an influential conservative
organization of state legislators and private companies that helps craft laws
that often get enacted nationwide. An example is Florida’s Stand Your Ground
law, which allows victims of violence to use deadly force when attacked outside
their homes. The measure, adopted in two dozen states, has come under fire from
the left after a black Florida teenager was killed by a neighborhood watch
volunteer this year. Color of Change has led a successful corporate boycott
campaign against ALEC for its support of stand your ground laws.
Joining Color of Change in its mission
and at White House visits are the equally radical leftist groups New
Organization Institute, which called for the national demonstrations to “end
economic segregation” and social injustice in the U.S. (Occupy Wall Street), and
the League of Young Voters, which claims to help low-income communities of color
have an impact on elections and federal policy.
The Ruckus Society, which provides “direct action”
training for protestors, is also part of the syndicate and so is the founder of
a national hip-hop movement, Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur.
The White House welcomed
representatives from the groups at least twice in 2011, according to records
obtained by JW. On February 18 James Rucker, Color of Change’s executive
director, had a one-on-one meeting with Miti Sathe, the Assistant Director of
Youth Outreach in the Office of Public Engagement. On April 12 Rucker and
representatives from the other organizations met with Kalpen Modi, the Associate
Director of the Office of Public Engagement.
JW found that Color of Change isn’t
the only group with deep ties to the president. The New Organization Institute
is, not only run by Obama campaign operatives, it also shares office space in
Washington D.C. with Democratic
Gain, a nonprofit whose leadership consists almost entirely of Democratic Party, union, and Obama
campaign veterans. Among those listed as directors at the New Organization
Institute are Obama campaign agents such as Judith Freeman and Zack Exley, who
also helped run Massachusetts Senator John Kerry’s failed presidential campaign.
This colocation certainly raises questions about the ties between the
Democratic Party, the president and the New Organizing Institute.Hmmmm...........Obama Blames “Founding Fathers” For Making It Difficult For Him To “Bring Change”But..."I will keep plotting".Read the full story here
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