Denis McDonough was Barack Obama's chief of staff during his second term. He also chairs Rework America Task Force, which launched Rework America Business Network with Heidi Capozzi, senior vice president of human resources at Boeing, in December 2018.https://www.markle.org/about-markle/staff/denis-mcdonough …
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Rework America Business Network that McDonough helped launch counts as its founding members the following: Aon, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Boeing, Duke Energy, Kaiser Permanente, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, Stanley Black & Decker, Walmart, & Zurich Insurancepic.twitter.com/bT6pApnyBP
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Jon Hamm portrayed McDonough in 2019 film, "The Report," which told the story of Senate's CIA torture report through perspective of Senate staffer Daniel Jones. On behalf of the CIA, McDonough advocated for more redactions from the executive summary that was released.
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Danielle Gray, former Obama administration official, is the senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolinapic.twitter.com/WNIN8xGfhl
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Gray was a partner in the New York law firm of O’Melveny and Myers, where she advised "health care companies, financial services institutions, universities, and clients in a range of industries on litigation, internal investigations, and government enforcement actions."
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Jake Sullivan is a member of the Alliance for Securing Democracy's Advisory Council. He was a senior policy adviser for Hillary Clinton's 2016 and 2008 presidential campaigns. Sullivan was also a national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden.pic.twitter.com/1QnRUqZ9c2
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Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams served as member of Obama Victory Fund 2012. She was one of "top ten influential African American bundlers for Obama." Top contributors to the PAC included employees from Comcast, Goldman Sachs, Google, etc.https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/jfc_detail.php?name=Obama+Victory+Fund&id=C00494740 …
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Carol Browner is senior counselor for Albright Stonebridge Group, business firm founded in 2009 by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. She worked on climate change policy in Obama admin. Clinton's campaign appointed Browner to 2016 DNC Platform Drafting Committee.pic.twitter.com/v3wRLT2Cw7
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As a Clinton delegate, during the 2016 Platform Drafting Committee meeting, voted against a ban on fracking, Medicare For All, opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), keeping fossil fuels in ground, and measure to halt abuse of eminent domain by fossil fuel industry.
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Mary Kay Henry is the president of SEIU. In 2015, she ensured the major union endorsed Hillary Clinton early. SEIU donated $1 million to Priorities USA, the primary super PAC that supported Clinton's 2016 campaign in spite of Clinton's reluctance to back a $15 minimum wage.
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Charlie King is a lobbyist, close ally of Governor Andrew Cuomo, former executive director for the New York State Democratic Party, and a 2020 Democratic superdelegate.pic.twitter.com/FhZAgim6xV
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Bakari Sellers was Kamala Harris surrogate and surrogate for Hillary Clinton in 2016. He has disingenuously insisted Bernie has long way to go with black voters, despite contrary polling. See how Sellers welcomed Bernie to the DNC primary when he announced his 2020 campaign.pic.twitter.com/NqJqGrJoRK
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In 2015, Sellers became member of National Council of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the notorious pro-Israeli government lobbying group. https://thetandd.com/news/sellers-selected-for-aipac-council/article_18a0c968-6592-58a2-8093-19cd76ff01c5.html … Mentioned here too: https://diversity.gatech.edu/Sellers_Biography …
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Sellers drafted letter and spearheaded effort in 2016 to ensure the DNC platform did not adopt language Bernie Sanders supported, which would've acknowledged responsibility to confront humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians in Gaza. https://d10onlizn351s5.cloudfront.net/uploads/2016/06/Bakari-Sellers-Letter-to-DNC-on-Israel-Platform-Statement.pdf …
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Dan Shapiro is the former ambassador of United States to the state of Israel. He backed moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, if done the "right way." And here's Shapiro in November 2019 championing virtues of US military aid to Israel. https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Dan-Shapiro-Military-assistance-to-Israel-also-serves-US-interests-607352 …pic.twitter.com/TbuXSGMEWj
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Wendy Sherman is a senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a business firm founded by Madeleine Albright. She was Clinton delegate on the 2016 DNC Platform Drafting Committee, who voted against Medicare for All, opposing the TPP, and banning fracking.
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While Sherman was lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal and has previously backed diplomacy with North Korea, during drafting of 2016 platform Sherman opposed language on Israeli occupation and suggested BDS movement "creates anti-Semitism."pic.twitter.com/DEpO8fVpkS
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Craig Smith was White House Political Director during President Clinton's administration. He was campaign director/senior adviser to Joe Lieberman's 2004 presidential campaign. Smith also was senior adviser for super PAC, Ready For Hillary, and later Clinton's 2016 campaign.pic.twitter.com/q29kVJVc3J
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Meghan Stabler is a member of the Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI), a group that advocates for pro-Israel Democrats. She also served on the national board of directors for Human Rights Campaign (HRC).pic.twitter.com/gis7nQp83x
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FYI: The DNC Platform Drafting Committee will define the Democratic Party's policies and priorities for domestic and foreign affairs in 2020.
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Next, I'll focus on some of the individuals who DNC Chair Tom Perez nominated for the 2020 Democratic National Convention Rules Committee.
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Maria Cardona is a 2020 Democratic superdelegate and a CNN and CNN en Español contributor. She also is a principal at the Dewey Square Group, a lobbying firm that has fought on behalf of corporate interests against progressive reforms.pic.twitter.com/a6qZshr3vl
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From 2016
@theintercept story: Dewey Square Group worked on behalf of health insurance industry during health reform debate, even placing letters to editor in newspaper "under names of elderly Massachusetts residents without their knowledge or consent." https://theintercept.com/2016/02/08/hrc-inner-circle-lobbyists/ …pic.twitter.com/zkWoZTKley
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Maria Cardona wrote column for Univision in March 2016, "Sanders Socialism Does Not Sit Well With Florida Voters." She invoked Venezuela, ignoring how US policy has targeted and destabilized country since at least 1998 because socialism was incorporated into their democracy.pic.twitter.com/xG2m6vyxi1
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Maria Cardona invoked right-wing attack to discourage support for Warren or Sanders. (Dec. 29, 2019) "If Warren and Sanders remain among top Democratic tier (they will), Trump will continue to try to paint all Democrats as radical socialists who want to turn US into Venezuela."pic.twitter.com/HHUFllLdwJ
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Barney Frank is former congressman, who currently is on board of directors of Signature Bank in New York. In July 2018, New York Times examined how bank was a go-to lender for President Donald Trump's family, as well as Jared Kushner's family. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/business/signature-bank-trump-kushner.html …pic.twitter.com/A3xhEClRXi
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Barney Frank argued against the Green New Deal in February 2019, even as the climate change threat rapidly intensified. "There’s an argument that you don’t destabilize a society by doing too much change at once."pic.twitter.com/NnQkWY6I9A
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In July 2015, early in primary, Barney Frank wrote a column for POLITICO, "Why Progressives Shouldn't Support Bernie." He advocated against democracy because he believed if Sanders presented a formidable challenge to Clinton it would weaken her.https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/why-progressives-shouldnt-support-bernie-120484 …
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Viewed as "attack surrogate" for Clinton in 2016, Bernie Sanders demanded Barney Frank be removed as head of Rules Committee. That request was rejected. Sanders believed Frank had "deeper professional, political, & personal hostility" toward his campaignhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/29/sanders-wants-hostile-barney-frank-ousted-from-convention-role …
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms endorsed Joe Biden in June 2019. Even in November, as Biden's poll numbers sagged, she maintained he'd be the best nominee. "People have long underestimated Joe Biden, and he's been consistent."https://www.msnbc.com/david-gura/watch/atlanta-mayor-on-why-biden-still-needs-to-be-the-dems-pick-73607749565 …
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