{"id":66262,"date":"2017-02-16T19:35:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T23:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=66262"},"modified":"2017-02-16T19:36:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T23:36:26","slug":"soros-groups-behind-massive-anti-trump-tax-day-protest-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=66262","title":{"rendered":"Soros Groups Behind Massive Anti-Trump Tax Day Protest Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66263\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/george-soros-1-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66263\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66263\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/george-soros-1-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/george-soros-1-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/george-soros-1-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-66263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP\/Miguel Angel Morenatti<\/p><\/div>\n<p>by AARON KLEIN<br \/>\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The news media has been reporting on plans by a coalition of activist groups to hold a massive anti-Trump Tax March in Washington and at least 60 other locations on April 15.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Unreported by the news media is that most of the listed partners and support organizers of the march are openly financed by George Soros or have close links to Soros financing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/taxmarch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for the march, which is slated for the deadline for Americans to file their tax returns, claims that its mission is to get Trump to release his tax returns and more.<\/p>\n<p>The site relates:<\/p>\n<p>President Trump needs to be straight with the American people. To whom does he owe favors? Who are his policies really intended to benefit? Who will he put first? Working families are struggling to make ends meet, but we pay our fair share in taxes \u2013 does Donald Trump pay any at all?<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the march claim to be \u201cordinary Americans, community organizers, advocates, and people from all walks of life and all backgrounds joining together to raise our voices and send a bold message to this administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leaders from January\u2019s Women\u2019s March coalition are reportedly helping to organize the Tax March, which USA Today <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2017\/02\/15\/protesters-plan-march-pressure-president-trump-tax-day\/97954266\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described as<\/a> a \u201csequel\u201d to the massive women\u2019s march. Buzzfeed <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/rubycramer\/progressives-want-tax-day-to-be-the-next-womens-march-protes?utm_term=.olm77kDABb#.pd2ee31z69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took note<\/a> of the comparison to the women\u2019s march in a piece titled, \u201cProgressives Want Tax Day To Be The Next Women\u2019s March Protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soros <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/nytlive.nytimes.com\/womenintheworld\/2017\/01\/20\/billionaire-george-soros-has-ties-to-more-than-50-partners-of-the-womens-march-on-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> has ties to more than 50 \u201cpartners\u201d of that march. Also, this journalist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/01\/12\/anti-trump-womens-march-backed-soros-funded-groups\/\">first reported<\/a> on the march leaders\u2019 close associations with Soros.<\/p>\n<p>In a section titled \u201cWho is organizing it?\u201d the website for the <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/taxmarch.org\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tax March <\/a>lists the following eight groups, six of which are either funded by Soros or tied to Soros financing.<\/p>\n<p>The Tax March is grateful to have the support of the following organizations: American Federation of Teachers, <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/americansfortaxfairness.org\/files\/NVF_ATF_OSF_2014-2015_Grant-Report-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans for Tax Fairness<\/a>, Center for Popular Democracy, Indivisible Project, MoveOn.Org, Our Revolution, and The Working Families Party.<\/p>\n<p>Americans for Tax Fairness is the recipient of a grant from Soros\u2019s Open Society Foundations\u2019 U.S. Programs.<\/p>\n<p>MoveOn.Org is <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/ombudsman\/2011\/05\/24\/136216017\/worthy-cause-controversial-funding-source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financed <\/a>by Soros.<\/p>\n<p>The American Federation of Teachers\u2019 Educational Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.il\/gfe_rd=cr&amp;ei=Zb2lWIPsMrCP8Qfw_qCIDg&amp;gws_rd=ssl#q=American+Federation+of+Teachers+free+exchange+on+campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Federation of Teachers<\/a>, was financed by the Strategic Opportunities Fund of Soros\u2019s Open Society Foundations, leaked Open Society documents show.<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Popular Democracy is led by <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/press-releases\/foundations-announce-2013-soros-justice-fellows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soros-tied activists<\/a>. In 2013, Marbre Stahly, a policy advocate at the Center, became a Soros Justice Fellow, which comes with a stipend of $58,700 to $110,250 to fund full-time activism projects that last between 12-18 months. The Center was listed as Stahly\u2019s \u201chost\u201d for the grant.<\/p>\n<p>According to her <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/populardemocracy.org\/about-us\/staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bio<\/a>, the Center\u2019s research analyst, Maggie Corser, \u201cspent four years at the Open Society Foundations where she conducted research on the future of work, conservative political infrastructure, and a range of economic justice issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Sebastian, the Center\u2019s field director for its Fed Up Campaign, was a <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/populardemocracy.org\/about-us\/staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fellow<\/a> at the so called Anti-Corruption Unit of the Open Society Foundations\u2019 Justice Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Another Tax March organizer is the newly-formed Indivisible Project. Earlier this week, Breitbart News extensively <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-journalism\/2017\/02\/14\/fake-news-politico-scrubs-soros-ties-anti-trump-group-trying-mobilize-nationwide-protests\/\">reported<\/a> that Indivisible leaders are openly associated with groups financed by Soros.<\/p>\n<p>Politico last week <a class=\" x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/02\/protest-movement-republicans-234863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profiled <\/a>Indivisible in an article titled, \u201cInside the protest movement that has Republicans reeling.\u201d \u00a0The news agency not only left out the Soros links, but failed to note that the organizations cited in its article as helping to amplify Indivisible\u2019s message are either financed directly by Soros or have close ties to groups funded by the billionaire, as Breitbart News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-journalism\/2017\/02\/14\/fake-news-politico-scrubs-soros-ties-anti-trump-group-trying-mobilize-nationwide-protests\/\">documented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>With research by Joshua Klein.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/02\/16\/soros-groups-behind-massive-tax-day-protest-plot\/\">http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/02\/16\/soros-groups-behind-massive-tax-day-protest-plot\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}