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Line 18: − + − − After being fired by the [[White House]], Jones went to work at the [[fake news]] network [[CNN]]. Jones previously was a [[John Podesta]] flunky at the [[Center for American Progress]] and served on the board of an environmental activist group at which a founder of the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] organization is a top director.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106653 ''Obama's 'green jobs czar' worked with terror founder] Van Jones served on board of activist group where Weatherman co-founder [[Jeff Jones]] serves as top director'', By Aaron Klein, [[WorldNetDaily]], August 13, 2009.</ref> Line 27:
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==Career==
==Career==
A once self-proclaimed [[radical]] [[communist]] activist who
A once self-proclaimed himself to be [[communist]] and previously worked as a [[John Podesta]] flunky at the [[Center for American Progress]] and on the board of an environmental activist group at which a founder of the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] organization is a top director.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106653 ''Obama's 'green jobs czar' worked with terror founder] Van Jones served on board of activist group where Weatherman co-founder [[Jeff Jones]] serves as top director'', By Aaron Klein, [[WorldNetDaily]], August 13, 2009.</ref>
In the 1990s Van Jones openly described himself as a communist in an in-depth review for the radical publication ''East Bay Express'':
In the 1990s Van Jones openly described himself as a communist in an in-depth review for the radical publication ''East Bay Express'':
Although Van Jones proclaimed himself a communist, which is predominantly [[Atheism|atheistic]] (see: [[Atheism and communism]]), he says he is a "person of faith" and became very upset in an interview when the topic of open atheists having difficulty in American politics was repeatedly brought up.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXKM5TBwCo0 What's The Matter With Van Jones?], video</ref> The African-American community has extremely negative views concerning atheism and ostracizes atheists.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/28/living/black-atheist-confession/ Confessions of a black atheist], CNN</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127239913 Black Atheists Say Non-Belief Means Cultural Outsider], NPR, May 28, 201012:00 PM ET</ref>
Although Van Jones proclaimed himself a communist, which is predominantly [[Atheism|atheistic]] (see: [[Atheism and communism]]), he says he is a "person of faith" and became very upset in an interview when the topic of open atheists having difficulty in American politics was repeatedly brought up.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXKM5TBwCo0 What's The Matter With Van Jones?], video</ref> The African-American community has extremely negative views concerning atheism and ostracizes atheists.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/28/living/black-atheist-confession/ Confessions of a black atheist], CNN</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127239913 Black Atheists Say Non-Belief Means Cultural Outsider], NPR, May 28, 201012:00 PM ET</ref>
Jones sits on the board of [[Demos]], a progressive policy think tank. He is also a current political commentator on [[CNN]].<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/profiles/van-jones-profile Van Jones], [[CNN]]</ref>
After being fired by the [[White House]], Jones went to work at the [[fake news]] network [[CNN]].<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/profiles/van-jones-profile Van Jones], [[CNN]]</ref> Jones sits on the board of [[Demos]], a progressive policy think tank.
===CNN===
===CNN===