John Podesta may be one of the most influential people you’ve never heard of. He held high-level positions in three presidential administrations and founded nonprofit organizations that influenced law and policy. He also oversees the spending of hundreds of billions in tax dollars.
Podesta is one of the main tentacles of the left’s vast influence campaign in Washington, D.C., a giant corporation I call Woketopus. it’s my new theme book“Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.”
This book explores climate change alarmism, transgender orthodoxy, critical race theory, and the technocrats that left-wing dark money networks are staffing and advising the federal government, especially in the Biden-Harris administration. It explains how it supports a system of woke nonprofits, organizations that advocate for government.
John Podesta’s ideathe Center for American Progress supports all four major issues and has been particularly active in promoting them. Subsidy for wind power generation and solar powerflat Even though it’s fossil fuel and nuclear energy Much more reliable. Many on the left argue that human-induced climate change threatens to destroy our civilization, but predictions of climate doom stubbornly refused to implement The solutions to this exaggerated crisis, advocated by the left since the 1970s, are making life difficult for Americans and people around the world.
So who exactly is John Podesta?
1: Background
Podesta grew up in Chicago and attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. he met In 1970, a young William Jefferson Clinton was working for U.S. Senate candidate Joseph Duffy in Connecticut. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1976.
Podesta worked as He served as a lawyer in the Department of Justice and then brought his legal expertise to the Democratic offices in Congress.
2: The Clintons
Podesta is clinton white housePodesta coordinated the White House’s response to the issue. rapids probe (Investigating Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton’s real estate investments) and Monica Lewinsky scandal. lower house impeached clinton for The Senate acquitted him of perjury and obstruction of justice in the scandal.
Hillary Clinton taps Podesta to the chair her 2016 presidential campaign.
In the midst of that campaign, WikiLeaks 2012 email among them Progressive activist offers Podesta “We need a Catholic spring.” [like the Arab Spring]There, Catholics themselves are demanding an end to medieval dictatorships, the beginning of a small democracy in the Catholic Church, and respect for gender equality. ”
Podesta said, “We founded the Union of Catholics for the Common Good to organize such a movement, as well as the United Catholics.” Catholics in the Alliance for the Common Good It receives funding from left-wing foundations such as George Soros’s Open Society Institute and the Tides Foundation. Funds too Podesta’s left-wing nonprofit, the Center for American Progress;
3: Podesta Group
John Podesta and his brother Tony co-founded the Podesta Group in 1988, and their fortune rose along with John Podesta’s fame. The company had close ties with the Democratic Party and raised funds. $29.3 million in 2010 Earn next rank to Tony Podesta 3rd most influential lobbyist In 2007.
Tony Podesta disbanded the Podesta Group amid special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into then-President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. Ministry of Justice Investigated Tony Podesta He was charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act in connection with his work on behalf of a Ukrainian political party that supports Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prosecutors closed the investigation without filing charges.
4: Center for American Progress
John Podesta has combined his connections, lobbying experience, and legal and policy background to create a juggernaut on the left. he Establishes Center for American Progress In 2003, he envisioned it as a Democratic alternative to conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute.
Politico explained: He calls CAP “the most influential think tank of the Biden era.” CAP has gave more than Sixty officials have joined the Biden administration and helped shape Biden’s legislative initiatives and executive actions. neera tandenHe served as CAP’s president and CEO from 2011 to 2021 and currently serves on the board of the White House Domestic Policy Council.
While leading CAP, Mr. Podesta also served on corporate boards and consulted for left-leaning nonprofit groups. From 2010 to 2014, he held the following positions: board It was owned by green energy company Joule Unlimited, which later went bankrupt.
CAP has long supported electric vehicles and called on the Biden administration to increase spending on green technologies. that explain climate change as “the greatest challenge facing the United States and the world in the next decade and beyond.” that celebrated So-called inflation control law and The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, two bills that would pump billions of dollars into electric vehicle charging infrastructure. (Automakers are moving away from EVs due to weak consumer demand, warning that the Biden-Harris administration’s vision of a faster transition to EVs is impossible.)
CAP also Export to USA This is an interesting move, as US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports were helping European countries that would otherwise have relied on Russian LNG. billionaire donor pressured John Podesta and President Biden make announcements on this issue pause Number of pending approvals for LNG exports in January. A judge revoked the moratorium in July, but the government appealed the decision.
5: Oversee billions of dollars
In August 2022, President Biden signed into law a bill that Democrats called the Inflation Control Act. Definitely the anti-inflation law worsening inflationpaving the way for the IRS to hire 87,000 employees; $369 billion In climate change spending.
Mr. Biden touted The legislation has been described as “the largest climate change investment in history.”
Who did Biden choose to decide where this “climate change investment” goes? None other than John Podesta.
This would put radical activists with close ties to left-wing infrastructure at the center of a massive federal enterprise that could advance their agenda in the name of saving the planet.
Tyler O’Neal is editor-in-chief of the Daily Signal and author of two books:Making hate pay: Corruption at the Southern Poverty Law Center,” and “Woketopus: A dark money cabal controlling the federal government”
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