Friday, June 9, 2017

David Brock: ‘The Resistance is Working’



David Brock: ‘The Resistance is Working’
by Adam Shaw 7 Jun 2017
Left-wing political operative and Hillary Clinton acolyte David Brock is claiming in a new op-ed that the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special prosecutor in the probe into alleged Russian interference in the election is a sign that “the resistance is working.”

Brock, who is known for his leadership of “Media Matters for America” and his gushing praise of the failed presidential candidate, claims in a piece for USA Today it “took months of mounting pressure and persistence from Democrats to build public support for action while Republicans in Congress refused to even entertain the idea — let alone act.”

“Only then did the Justice Department and others in the Republican Party come face to face with the reality that the status quo was not sustainable — only then did they move,” he says.

“The takeaway is clear: the resistance is working, and we cannot let up.”

Brock’s piece comes at an awkward time for the hard-left, a day before the testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Comey’s testimony was released Wednesday afternoon and lacks many of the the juicy revelations Trump opponents and beltway journalists had hoped for — but it does include a statement by Comey that he told Trump he was not under investigation.

Yet Brock’s accounting of the buildup to recent events is dramatic and breathless, and he claims he is confident that it was the work of “progressives” that “laid the foundation for an independent investigation.”

“Our work, however, is just getting started,” he says, warning his progressive allies not to “just sit back” and let the investigation go along.

Brock warns against White House attempts to discredit Mueller and to narrow the scope of the investigation. Instead, he urges the left to “be vigilant and united” in opposing attempts to obstruct the investigation, to keep the pressure on Republican lawmakers over the investigation, and for Democrats to demand any nominee for FBI director “vow to maintain independence from the special prosecutor’s investigation.”

Near the end of the piece, he argues that what is at stake is the ability of Americans to choose their own leaders. In doing so, he delves into the Russia conspiracy theories that have been core to the Clinton narrative of why she lost the election:

The Russians tried to take away our inalienable right as Americans to elect our own leaders. This investigation matters because we need to know if Trump, or any individual on his team, worked with Russia to do it or tried to cover it up after the fact. Nothing short of our security as the world’s greatest democracy is at stake.

He finishes with a flourish belonging perhaps more to Les Misérables than USA Today:

“We must continue to resist. Letting up is not an option.”

David Brock
David Brock is the founder of Media Matters for America, a director at the American Bridge 21st Century Foundation, an adviser for the Ready PAC, and was the founder of the American Bridge 21st Century.

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Media Matters for America, the New America Foundation, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Roosevelt Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, is Jonathan Soros’s father, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and a friend of Michael Douglas.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
American Bridge 21st Century Foundation is the fundraising arm for the American Bridge 21st Century.
Jonathan Soros was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is George Soros’s son, a director at the New America Foundation, and a global board member for the Open Society Foundations.
Steve Coll was the president & CEO for the New America Foundation, is a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, and a director at Gannett Co., Inc.
USA Today is a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc.
Donna E. Shalala was a director at Gannett Co., Inc, and is the president of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
HSBC Holdings plc was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
James B. Comey was a director for HSBC Holdings plc, a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, impacted, with announcement about email investigation in the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and a director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Hillary Rodham Clinton was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a keynote speaker at annual meeting for the Yalta European Strategy, and married to William J. Clinton.
Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.    
The other Yalta conference
NEARLY seventy years ago Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt sat at the round table in Yalta’s Livadia’s palace (pictured) and carved up the map of Europe. Last weekend, their ghosts must have been disturbed by the pow-wow of politicians, thinkers and businessmen who gathered in the same palace for the annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy, trying to reshape Europe one more time.
Joseph Stalin attended the Yalta Conference, was the premier for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the 1939 & 1942 person of the year for Time magazine.
Strobe Talbott was an editor for Time magazine, William J. Clinton’s roommate at Oxford, and is the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank).
William J. Clinton was Strobe Talbott’s roommate at Oxford, attended the annual meeting for the Yalta European Strategy, is the founder & director for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and married to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Malcolm Rifkind is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and was the foreign secretary for the United Kingdom.
Winston Churchill was the United Kingdom’s prime minister, the 1940 & 1949 person of the year for Time magazine, and attended the Yalta Conference.
Des Browne was the secretary of state for defense for the United Kingdom, and is the vice chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).  
James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for Russia.
Alger Hiss was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and attended the Yalta Conference with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).
Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the Yalta Conference with Alger Hiss, was the 1932, 1934 & 1941 person of the year for Time magazine, and James Roosevelt’s father.
James Roosevelt was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s son, and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt’s father.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt is James Roosevelt’s daughter, an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.
Mikhail Gorbachev is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, was the 1987 & 1989 person of the year for Time magazine, and the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Joseph Stalin was the 1939 & 1942 person of the year for Time magazine, the premier for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and attended the Yalta Conference.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son, a director at the New America Foundation, a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, and the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation.
Steve Coll was the president & CEO for the New America Foundation, is a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, and a director at Gannett Co., Inc.
USA Today is a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc.
Tony Blair attended the annual meeting for the Yalta European Strategy, and the United Kingdom’s prime minister.
Queen Elizabeth II is the queen of the United Kingdom, and was the 1952 person of the year for Time magazine.
Winston Churchill was the United Kingdom’s prime minister, the 1940 & 1949 person of the year for Time magazine, and attended the Yalta Conference.
Malcolm Rifkind was the foreign secretary for the United Kingdom, and is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Des Browne was the secretary of state for defense for the United Kingdom, and is the vice chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).  
James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for Russia.
Alger Hiss was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and attended the Yalta Conference with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).
Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the Yalta Conference with Alger Hiss, was the 1932, 1934 & 1941 person of the year for Time magazine, and James Roosevelt’s father.

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