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His party may be falling apart, but Obama's community organizing group is going strong

ORGANIZING FOR ANARCHY



ORGANIZING FOR ANARCHY, Former President Obama's army of community organizing thugs shows no signs of slowing down efforts to protect Obama's policy legacy and undermine the Trump administration. Obama directs Organizing for Action, a huge, well-funded 501(c)(4) nonprofit with more than 30,000 volunteers nationwide that doesn't have to disclose its donors and that is at the head of Obama's network of left-wing nonprofit groups. OfA, which grew out of Obama's electoral campaigns, has upwards of 250 offices across America. His other nonprofit, the Barack Obama Foundation, is building Obama's $675 million presidential library in Chicago. The library is slated to be a hub of left-wing activism.

No ex-president has ever stuck around the nation's capital to vex and undermine his successor

Obama now owns and lives in a $8.1 million, 8,200-square-foot, walled mansion in Washington's Embassy Row that he is using to command his community organizing cadres in the war against President Trump. Obama's alter ego, Valerie Jarrett, has moved into the house to help out. Jarrett also resided in the White House when Obama was president. No ex-president has ever stuck around the nation's capital to vex and undermine his successor. Of course, Obama is unlike any president the United States has ever had. Even failed, self-righteous presidents like Jimmy Carter, who has occasionally taken shots at his successors, didn't stay behind in the nation's capital to obstruct the policy-making of the new administration. OfA, which functions as a kind of shadow government, has been on the front lines attacking President Trump in order to defend the Obama administration's awful legacy. Both OfA and George Soros-funded MoveOn.org have been leading the way in packing town hall meetings with unruly protesters. Many protests OfA has been involved in have turned into riots. In 2013, Michelle Obama appeared in a video introducing the group to the public. She said OfA was "the next phase of our movement for change," and that it would help Obama supporters "finish what we started and truly make that change we believe in." She congratulated supporters for having "already begun to change our politics," and declared that "the mission of Organizing for Action" is to "change our country" in accordance with her husband's vision of how to "bridge [the] divide" between "the world as it is and the world as it should be."

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OfA has been moving forward on many policy fronts in recent months

In the early days of the Trump administration, Organizing for Action activists organized protests across the country. After President Trump issued an executive order temporarily banning visitors from seven terrorism-plagued Muslim countries, OfA organized "spontaneous" demonstrations at airports. OfA has been moving forward on many policy fronts in recent months. The group has been defending Obama-era climate change measures, oppressive gun control laws, Obamacare, Obama's various attempts at immigration amnesty, and so-called net neutrality rules, to name just a few. Organizing for Action developed a training manual for protesting President Trump and disrupting Republican events. Activists used tactics from the manual earlier this year to wreak havoc at GOP lawmakers' town hall meetings. Working with MoveOn.org and a group called Indivisible, OfA has developed tools to help protesters locate town hall meetings to disrupt. Talking points and scripts for question-and-answer sessions are provided. The manual advises activists on how to intimidate GOP office-holders into withdrawing support for Obamacare repeal, cutting immigration from terrorist-prone Muslim nations, and constructing a wall on the nation's southern border with Mexico. In the group's teleconference for supporters on May 25, OfA policy and campaigns director Jack Shapiro summarized issues of importance to the group and how to apply pressure to those in Congress.

ObamaCare, Immigration, Gun Control, Paris Climate Treaty, Dream Act

During the then-approaching congressional recess, OfA members were urged to take action to stave off the repeal of Obamacare. They were asked to "hold the House members that voted 'yes' accountable for their vote, and push senators to oppose any health care bill that reduces coverage or takes away protections," and "visit the offices of your senators and make phone calls to them." To fight efforts to secure the nation's borders and keep the welcome mat out for Muslim terrorists, OfA asked members to "host a film screening of The Dream Is Now to bring together people to discuss the impact of the administration's immigration policies in your community." MSNBC describes the film as "an interactive documentary advocating the passage of the federal DREAM Act." OfA also asked members to press lawmakers "to reject any bill that appropriates funds for the wall, or further expands deportation forces or detention facilities." Because a new bill funding the government will be needed by the fiscal year end on Sept. 30, "we have a few months to organize, build our teams, and get our representatives on the record." OfA warned at the time--presciently as it turned out--that the Trump administration was considering renouncing the Paris Climate Agreement. The group encouraged members to make noise at lawmakers' town hall meetings to "help defend the progress we've made--and stress the need to protect ourselves from a changing climate before it's too late." Using the left-wing euphemism "gun violence prevention," OfA urged members to attend rallies and sponsor events aimed at promoting gun control and indicated it was partnering with Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action. Specifically, OfA asked members to pay attention to three pieces of legislation. One bill would loosen the regulation of silencers. Another would "allow anyone who has been issued a permit from one state to carry a concealed gun anywhere in the countr--ncluding in states where concealed carry is not the law." And a third possible bill could abolish gun-free school zones.


FCC left-wing inquisitions were ended after President Trump's inauguration

The Rubber Stamp Reps campaign targets 34 House members "whose districts didn't support this White House's agenda, yet are voting repeatedly for some of its most dangerous policies." OfA vows to hold these members' feet to the fire so they "they don't get away with rubber stamping this administration's agenda." How the lawmakers would be held accountable wasn't explained. OfA has aligned itself with left-wing pressure group Fight for the Future and major pornography websites to fight the Federal Communications Commission's push to undo Obama-era net neutrality rules.
The FCC voted in May to begin the process of reversing Obama-era Title II net neutrality rules, which for the first time in history classified internet service providers as public utilities, rather than information services. The rules subjected ISPs to broad government regulation and rules for how companies can manage traffic over their own networks. The Obama administration's FCC began investigating Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T under the rules for offering packages that allowed customers unlimited data streaming.
These left-wing inquisitions were ended after President Trump's inauguration.

Obama's activism seems to be sucking up donations

Obama's activism seems to be sucking up donations that otherwise might have gone to the Democratic National Committee. Despite President Trump's weak public approval numbers, the DNC achieved a record low in May fundraising this year, bringing in just $4.29 million, the weakest take since May 2003. It also reported being in debt to the tune of $1.9 million in May. At the same time the Obama Foundation has been raking in the dough. Its website disclosed a few days ago that at least eight donors had given the foundation donations of more than $1 million each. Barack Obama and Organizing for Action have much more in store for America.

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