Sunday, December 22, 2024

Manchin Excoriates 'Toxic' Dems: 'This Country Is Not Going Left' (Connecting the Dots: Joe Manchin, Kamala Harris, Hunter Biden, Gun Control, Jobs for America's Graduates & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Manchin Excoriates 'Toxic' Dems: 'This Country Is Not Going Left' (Connecting the Dots: Joe Manchin, Kamala Harris, Hunter Biden, Gun Control, Jobs for America's Graduates & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

By Eric Mack    |   Sunday, 22 December 2024 11:30 AM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrat-senator-joe-manchin/2024/12/22/id/1192570/

Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., left the Democratic Party and is blasting its "toxic" politics as he leaves the Senate in a pair of exit interviews with CNN and The Washington Post.

"The D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it's just, it's toxic," Manchin told CNN in an interview airing Sunday, saying he was forced to leave the party "in the form of what Democratic Party has turned itself into" before leaving the Senate.

"They have basically expanded upon thinking, Well, we want to protect you there, but we're going to tell you how you should live your life from that far on.'"

Manchin added the most leftist factions of the Democratic Party are out of touch with the American majority.

"This country is not going left," he said.

Incoming House Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar, D-Texas, suggested Vice President Kamala Harris would have won the election if the Democratic Party was more like outgoing House Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., than moderate independent Sen. Manchin.

"For someone to say that, they've got to be completely insane," Manchin told CNN. "The people in America voted.

"They had that opportunity, you know, to vote with Kamala Harris and with Donald Trump. Donald Trump, there's not much hasn't been said. You know exactly what you're getting. He hasn't made any bones about it."

"You might say, That's too far right. OK. If that's the case, then why did they go too far right when Kamala was trying to come back to the middle a little bit?"

Manchin declined to endorse Harris and did not say he had voted for Trump, but he said he gets "along fine" with Trump and told the president-elect at the Army-Navy football game earlier this month, "I want to help any way I can."

"I want you to succeed," Manchin said he told Trump. "Every red-blooded American should want your president to succeed, whether you vote for him or not, whether the same party or not, whether you like him or not."

Manchin declined to wage a third-party run for president against President Joe Biden and Trump, or Harris and Trump, because he did not want to merely play "spoiler," knowing the middle of American politics just is not big enough to win an election, even if they decide the battleground states.

"The centrist-moderate vote decides who's going to be the president of the United States," Manchin told CNN. "And when they get here, they don't govern that way. Neither side does. They go to their respective corners.

"So if the center had a voice and had a party that could make both of these — the Democrat, Republican Party — come back, OK, that would be something."

A truly middle "American Party" would not have a leader in Manchin, but would have a vocal supporter.

"I'll be out there rooting: I'll be the best cheerleader they've ever had," he said.

Being "trustworthy" is all Manchin told the Post he had as both the left and right ultimately despised his opposition to radical political agendas.

"They tried with all their might to convince me to do things that they knew I wasn't going to do," Manchin said, but being a moderate voice was something he refused to compromise at his own political peril.

"I didn't lobby for that position," he said to the Post. "I don't wish it on anybody. But I think both sides knew I was sincere, even when they were mad at me."

Connecting the Dots:

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).  

Mark R. Warner is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates.

Senator Joe Manchin III was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates and is a U.S. Senate senator and his current term ends on January 3, 2025.

Janet A. Napolitano was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates, is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Senator Tammy Duckworth is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and an advisory board member at the Truman National Security Project, was with the Democratic Party running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Illinois. She was on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Center for National Policy, a director at the Truman National Security Project and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and the vice president for the Joe Biden administration.

Madeleine K. Albright was the president of the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and a director at the Center for American Progress.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun SafetyGun Control” for guns.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “gun control group” for guns.

Marc Morial is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety and a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates.

Senator Joe Manchin III was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates and is a U.S. Senate senator and his current term ends on January 3, 2025.

Janet A. Napolitano was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates, is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Senator Tammy Duckworth is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and an advisory board member at the Truman National Security Project, was with the Democratic Party running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Illinois. She was on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Center for National Policy, a director at the Truman National Security Project and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and the vice president for the Joe Biden administration.

Madeleine K. Albright was the president of the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and a director at the Center for American Progress.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun SafetyGun Control” for guns.

Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.

Senator Mark E. Kelly is co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, married to Gabrielle Giffords, with the Democratic Party running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Arizona and he was on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Gabrielle Giffords is married to Senator Mark E. Kelly, a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Senator Tammy Duckworth is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and an advisory board member at the Truman National Security Project, was with the Democratic Party running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Illinois. She was on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Center for National Policy, a director at the Truman National Security Project and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and the vice president for the Joe Biden administration.

Janet A. Napolitano is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates.

Senator Joe Manchin III was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates and is a U.S. Senate senator.

Resources: Past Research

Senator Joe Manchin III (Connecting the Dots: Senator Joe Manchin III, Senator Mark E. Kelly, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Senator Tim Kaine, Hunter Biden, Kamala Harris & Soros, All Networking) (Past Research on Senator Joe Manchin, Hunter Biden & Kamala Harris)

Saturday, October 29, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/10/senator-joe-manchin-iii-connecting-dots.html

Father of Slain Virginia Reporter Joining Everytown, Shannon Watts, for Gun Control Rally (Past Research on Everytown for Gun Safety)

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/09/father-of-slain-virginia-reporter.html

Starbucks Workers Begin Strikes That Could Spread to Hundreds of US Stores (Connecting the Dots: Starbucks, Amazon & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Starbucks Workers Begin Strikes That Could Spread to Hundreds of US Stores (Connecting the Dots: Starbucks, Amazon & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

Friday, 20 December 2024 01:22 PM EST

People picket outside of a Starbucks store in New York's East Village as Starbucks Workers United announced it was waging the company's largest strike on the coffee company's Red Cup Day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/2023 file)

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/starbucks-union-strike/2024/12/20/id/1192359/

Workers at Starbucks stores began a five-day strike Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.

The strikes by baristas and other workers were scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle and could spread to hundreds of stores across the country by Christmas Eve. Starbucks Workers United, the union organizing Starbucks' baristas, said at least 10 locations were closed down as of midday Friday.

The walkouts came a day after the Teamsters union announced strikes at seven Amazon delivery hubs.

Starbucks said early Friday there was “no significant impact” to its store operations.

“We are aware of disruption at a small handful of stores, but the overwhelming majority of our U.S. stores remain open and serving customers as normal,” the Seattle-based coffee giant said in a statement.

Workers at 535 company-owned U.S. stores have voted to unionize, but Starbucks has nearly 10,000 company-owned U.S. stores.

Starbucks Workers United, which began the unionization effort in 2021, said Starbucks has failed to honor a commitment made in February to reach a labor agreement this year. The union also wants the company to resolve outstanding legal issues, including hundreds of unfair labor practice charges that workers have filed with the National Labor Relations Board.

The union noted that Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who started in September, could make more than $100 million in his first year on the job. But it said the company recently proposed an economic package with no new wage increases for unionized baristas now and a 1.5% increase in future years.

“Union baristas know their value, and they’re not going to accept a proposal that doesn’t treat them as true partners," Starbucks Workers United President Lynne Fox said.

Starbucks said Workers United prematurely ended a bargaining session this week.

“We are ready to continue negotiations to reach agreements. We need the union to return to the table,” the company said in a statement.

Starbucks said it proposed an annual pay increase of at least 1.5% that could be higher in some years. If the company said if it offered a lower increase to non-union stores in any given year, it still would give union workers a 1.5% increase.

Starbucks said the union wants to increase the minimum wage for hourly workers by 64% immediately and 77% over the life of a three-year contract.

Starbucks said it already pays an average of $18 per hour. With benefits — including health care, free college tuition and paid family leave — Starbucks' pay package is worth an average of $30 per hour for baristas who work at least 20 hours per week.

The strikes won't be the first for Starbucks during the busy holiday season. In November 2023, thousands of workers at more than 200 stores walked out on Red Cup Day, when the company usually gives away thousands of reusable cups. Hundreds of workers also went on strike in June 2023 to protest after the union said Starbucks banned Pride displays at some stores.

The union and the company struck a different tone early this year, when they returned to the bargaining table and pledged to reach an agreement. Starbucks said it has held nine bargaining sessions with the union since April, and has reached more than 30 agreements with the union.

But Starbucks has struggled with falling sales and lower customer traffic in the U.S. and abroad this year, and the CEO who promised to work for a labor agreement, Laxman Narasimhan, was forced out this summer. Niccol quashed a unionization campaign at Chipotle when he was the CEO there, but he pledged to work constructively with the union in a September letter.

Now, Starbucks and the union appear to be at an impasse.

“In a year when Starbucks invested so many millions in top executive talent, it has failed to present the baristas who make its company run with a viable economic proposal,” Fatemeh Alhadjaboodi, a Starbucks barista from Texas and bargaining delegate, said in a statement.

Connecting the Dots:

Sheryl K. Sandberg was a director at the Starbucks Corporation and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.

Jeffrey P. Bezos is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and the chairman & the president & CEO for Amazon.com, Inc.

Jamie S. Gorelick is a director at the Amazon.com, Inc., and was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

William W. Bradley is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the Starbucks Corporation and Mellody L. Hobson’s mentor. 

Mellody L. Hobson’s mentor is William W. Bradley, the chairman for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. a director at the Starbucks Corporation and was a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Howard D. Schultz was a director at DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Starbucks Corporation and a trustee at the Schultz Family Foundation.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute and the Robin Hood Foundation.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Schultz Family Foundation was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation.

Emma Bloomberg was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, is Michael R. Bloomberg’ daughter and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation

Michael R. Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, is Emma Bloomberg’s father and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.

L. John Doerr is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and was a director at the Amazon.com, Inc.

Jeffrey P. Bezos is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and the chairman & president & CEO for Amazon.com, Inc.

Jamie S. Gorelick is a director at the Amazon.com, Inc., and was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

William W. Bradley is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the Starbucks Corporation and Mellody L. Hobson’s mentor. 

Mellody L. Hobson’s mentor is William W. Bradley, the chairman for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. a director at the Starbucks Corporation and was a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Howard D. Schultz was a director at DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Starbucks Corporation and a trustee at the Schultz Family Foundation.

Resources: Past Research       

Over 300,000 Starbucks Frappuccino Bottles Recalled Due to Possible Glass Inside Them (Connecting the Dots: FDA, PepsiCo, Starbucks & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Starbucks)

Saturday, February 18, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/02/over-300000-starbucks-frappuccino.html

Amazon ‘Key’ Service Lets Delivery Drivers Enter Your Home When You’re Not There (Past Research on Amazon)

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/10/amazon-key-service-lets-delivery.html

Trump Names Former Goldman Partner, Soros Money Manager As Finance Chairman (Past Research on the Robin Hood Foundation)

Friday, May 6, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/05/trump-names-former-goldman-partner.html

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Federal Government Says Record 16.6 Million Enrolled in Affordable Care Act Coverage (Connecting the Dots: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Obamacare & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Federal Government Says Record 16.6 Million Enrolled in Affordable Care Act Coverage (Connecting the Dots: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Obamacare & Soros Funding, All Networking)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said this marks ‘the highest ever’ enrollment for Jan. 1, 2025, coverage.

By Aldgra Fredly

12/21/2024 Updated: 12/21/2024

An Obamacare logo on the door of the UniVista Insurance agency in Miami on Jan. 10, 2017. Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-government-says-record-16-6-million-enrolled-in-affordable-care-act-coverage-5780134

A record 16.6 million Americans have signed up for health insurance for 2025 through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, the Biden administration said on Dec. 20.

Of these consumers, 2 million are new enrollees. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated that those who have signed up will receive up to a full year of coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2025.

CMS said the figure, which reflects selections in the 31 states that use HealthCare.gov, will keep the ACA “on track for a record high number of plan selections” for this year’s open enrollment.

“The record-breaking enrollment in Marketplace coverage speaks volumes about the critical need for health care coverage,” CMS administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in a statement.

Brooks-LaSure called on Americans to quickly secure coverage through the ACA and take advantage of the enhanced tax credits that are still available for 2025 to make coverage more affordable.

CMS has previously extended the deadline for enrolling in the coverage plan that begins Jan. 1, 2025, from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18. Enrollment for plan that begins in February 2025 is now open until Jan. 15, 2025.

During the 2024 open enrollment period, 21.3 million consumers signed up for health coverage through the ACA, including 5 million new enrollees, according to the agency.

Outgoing President Joe Biden had earlier urged Congress to extend the ACA after a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report highlighted a potential surge in the number of uninsured people if health care subsidies are removed. The ACA is set to expire at the end of next year.

In a Dec. 6 statement, Biden said health care should not be considered “a privilege.”

“Millions of Americans are benefiting from expanded premium tax credits that lower their premiums. If Congress takes that benefit away, premiums will spike and 3.8 million people will become uninsured,” the president stated.

“That’s simply wrong. The American people don’t deserve to see their health insurance premiums skyrocket,” he added.

The CBO stated in its report that “healthier-than-average people will exit the marketplaces if the expanded credits are no longer available,” which would result in insurers raising premiums for the remaining enrollees.

According to the report, the number of uninsured Americans would rise by 2.2 million if the ACA is not extended through 2026, and by an average of 3.8 million each year between 2026 and 2034.

The report also stated that gross benchmark premiums could increase by 7.9 percent on average over the 2026–2034 period if the ACA is removed, leading to more people exiting the marketplace.

Connecting the Dots:

Donald M. Berwick was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

George Soros was a supporter for the Center for American Progress and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Committee for Economic Development

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative is Obamacare and was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank). 

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Donald M. Berwick is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Brookings Institution (think tank). 

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank)John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP and Obamacare is his signature policy initiative.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc. and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Resources: Past Research

Obamacare Website Fix to Cost $121 Million (Past Research on Obamacare & the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS))

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/04/obamacare-website-fix-to-cost-121.html

Hours After John Kerry Demands Green Transition Accelerated – His Emissions Closet Swings Wide Open (Connecting the Dots: Cameron Kerry, John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Soros, the Climate Reality Project, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the EPA and onto the FDA, Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson. It’s the Network That Never Ends. One Project (Climate Change) Just bleeds into the Next (Covid Project)) (Past Research on Cameron Kerry)

Thursday, July 21, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/07/hours-after-john-kerry-demands-green.html 

Poland: Will Arrest Netanyahu if He Attends Auschwitz Event (Connecting the Dots: Poland, The European Union (EU), Covington & Burling LLP, Spain, Belgium, Ireland & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Poland: Will Arrest Netanyahu if He Attends Auschwitz Event (Connecting the Dots: Poland, The European Union (EU), Covington & Burling LLP, Spain, Belgium, Ireland & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

By Jim Thomas    |   Saturday, 21 December 2024 12:00 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/poland-icc-benjamin-netanyahu/2024/12/21/id/1192500/

Poland has declared that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be arrested if he visits the country for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, in adherence to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.

The Jerusalem Post reported that Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski told the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita that Poland would execute the ICC's arrest warrant.

The ICC charged Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in November for alleged crimes. Under the Rome Statute, which Poland and all European Union member states have signed, countries are legally obligated to execute ICC arrest warrants.

The anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation is typically attended by prominent international leaders. However, this year, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar will be the only official representative from Israel at the event.

President Isaac Herzog is not expected to attend, and Israeli officials have declined to confirm if Netanyahu had planned to be present.

Polish sources told Rzeczpospolita that the enforcement of ICC directives aligns with Poland's push to see Russian President Vladimir Putin held accountable for war crimes. In 2022, the ICC issued a warrant against Putin over allegations of kidnapping Ukrainian children during the Russia-Ukraine war.

Compliance with ICC arrest warrants has varied among the 27 EU member states bound by the Rome Statute. Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Netanyahu would not face arrest in Hungary and even invited him to visit.

In contrast, multiple EU nations, including Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Lithuania, and Slovenia, have said they would arrest Netanyahu if he entered their borders.

France, which initially committed to executing the warrant, announced Netanyahu would be granted diplomatic immunity following negotiations for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

Connecting the Dots:

Lee Feinstein is the U.S. ambassador for Poland and was Madeleine K. Albright’s senior adviser.

Madeleine K. Albright’s senior adviser was Lee Feinstein, the United Nations U.S. ambassador and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Elie Wiesel is a United Nations messenger of peace, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Michael J. Gerson was a director at the International Rescue Committee, a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and is an advisory board member for United Against Nuclear Iran.

Leslie H. Gelb is an advisory board member for United Against Nuclear Iran and was a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Aleksander Kwasniewski was a board member for the International Crisis Group and the president for Poland.

Mark Eyskens is a board member for the International Crisis Group and was the prime minister of Belgium.

Javier Solana is a board member for the International Crisis Group and was a high representative for common foreign & security policy for the European Union (EU).

George Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the International Rescue Committee.

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a board member for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Victor H. Ashe II is a board member for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was a U.S. ambassador for Poland and a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

Madeleine K. Albright was a director at the Center for a New American Security, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the United Nations U.S. ambassador, Lee Feinstein was her senior adviser and an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Lee Feinstein was Madeleine K. Albright’s senior adviser and is the U.S. ambassador for Poland.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

C. Boyden Gray is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU).

Stuart E. Eizenstat was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU) and senior counsel at Covington & Burling LLP.

Jean De Ruyt is a senior public policy adviser for Covington & Burling LLP and was a representative of Belgium for the European Union (EU).

Wim van Velzen is a senior European policy adviser at Covington & Burling LLP and was a member of the European Union (EU) Parliament.

Mitchell B. Reiss was an attorney at Covington & Burling LLP and a U.S. special envoy for Northern Ireland peace process for the United Kingdom.

Covington & Burling LLP was the lobby firm for Spain.

Eric H. Holder Jr. is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, was an attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration and a board member for the American Constitution Society.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations

C. Boyden Gray is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU).

U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU) and senior counsel at Covington & Burling LLP.

Covington & Burling LLP was the lobby firm for Spain.

Resources: Past Research

Obama Speechwriter Jokes About Polish Death Camp (Past Research on Poland)

Thursday, January 30, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/obama-speechwriter-jokes-about-polish.html

Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine Albright)

Thursday, March 24, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html

Exclusive: Chaffetz Says ‘In London Last Week I Felt Brexit Coming’ (Past Research on the EU & Covington & Burling LLP)

Saturday, June 25, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/06/exclusive-chaffetz-says-in-london-last.html

Jeffrey Lord: I Won’t Back Down; CNN Caved over Obvious Joke (Past Research on Spain & Covington & Burling LLP)

Friday, August 11, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/08/jeffrey-lord-i-wont-back-down-cnn-caved.html

Ukraine signs landmark agreement with E.U. (Past Research on Belgium)

Saturday, June 28, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/ukraine-signs-landmark-agreement-with-eu.html

State’s Schools Brace For Milk Carton Shortage (Connecting the Dots: USDA, Dairy, Milk, Chiquita, Clinton, Obama & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Eric Holder)

Friday, November 10, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/11/states-schools-brace-for-milk-carton.html

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Spending Bill Would Have Been Lifeline for Censorship (Connecting the Dots: NewsGuard, Oxford University, The State Department, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Spending Bill Would Have Been Lifeline for Censorship (Connecting the Dots: NewsGuard, Oxford University, The State Department, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

By Charlie McCarthy    |   Thursday, 19 December 2024 10:33 AM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/censorship-shutdown-donald-trump/2024/12/19/id/1192249/

A State Department program that allegedly works to suppress conservative media and Americans' free speech appeared to be headed for termination until the latest continuing resolution (CR) appeared before Congress.

Department lawyers last week said the Global Engagement Center (GEC) will "substantially likely" be terminated on Dec. 23, nearly a month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

In fact, the GEC's authorization was not renewed under the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense bill that passed the House on Dec. 11.

However, the bipartisan continuing resolution spending plan heralded by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to avert a partial government shutdown included a one-year extension for the GEC.

The CR since has been scrapped after House Republicans, Trump, and X owner Elon Musk joined in criticizing the deal.

Musk on Wednesday shared influencer Mario Nawfal's X post saying that the 1,547-page CR extended GEC for a year.

"They want to spend YOUR tax dollars on censoring YOU!!" Musk wrote while sharing Nawfal's post.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, The Daily Wire, and The Federalist in February filed a joint lawsuit against the Biden administration's State Department over its alleged funding of technologies that essentially work to blacklist conservative media outlets.

Democrats and mainstream media outlets claim GEC tracks and combats foreign disinformation operations. But after the since-debunked Russian conspiracy connection to the 2016 Trump campaign, GEC focused on targeting free speech content on social media platforms.

"[P]laintiffs allege that the GEC's funding, promoting, and marketing of internet 'risk-raters' Global Disinformation Index [GDI] and NewsGuard amounted to First Amendment-violating censorship-by-proxy," Benjamin Weingarten, editor at large at RealClearInvestigations, wrote in the New York Post.

"These groups aim to purge purported mis- and disinformation by threatening the business models of outlets that publish news and views they deem illegitimate."

Before the House Small Business Committee in June, Weingarten testified that GEC's funding and support of GDI and NewsGuard meant the government "had effectively abridged freedom of speech and of the press — with our tax dollars, and via a foreign-facing entity."

Brendan Carr, Trump's pick for Federal Communications Commission chair, has said we must "dismantle the censorship cartel" and is probing NewsGuard.

L. Gordon Crovitz

Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Gordon_Crovitz#Biography

In March 2018, Gordon Crovitz and Steven Brill, partnered to form a new for-profit company, NewsGuard,[10] which claims to fight "fake news" by providing reliability ratings for over 7,500 U.S. websites to help online readers distinguish between legitimate news sources and those allegedly designed to spread misinformation. NewsGuard was launched on August 23, 2018.

Crovitz is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago.[1] He received a law degree as a Rhodes Scholar from Wadham College of Oxford University and later a law degree from Yale Law School.

NewsGuard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsGuard

Connecting the Dots:

L. Gordon Crovitz was a founder and co-CEO for NewsGuard and an Oxford University Rhodes Scholar.

Walter Isaacson was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar and is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Michael K. Powell is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Colin L. Powell’s son, the president & CEO for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and was the chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates U.S. outlets for broadcast.

Julius Genachowski was the chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a law school friend of Barack Obama and is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank)

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).    

Madeleine K. Albright is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Elizabeth Frawley Bagley is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a special representative for global partnerships for the U.S. Department of State.

James A. Baker III is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Richard L. Armitage is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Esther Brimmer is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

R. Nicholas Burns is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Richard R. Burt is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Kenneth W. Dam is a lifetime director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Paula J. Dobriansky is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an undersecretary - democracy & global affairs for the U.S. Department of State.

Stuart E. Eizenstat is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Robert S. Gelbard is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Robert D. Hormats is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Reuben Jeffery III is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State.

James L. Jones Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a special envoy for Middle East Security for the U.S. Department of State.

Henry A. Kissinger was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Thomas R. Nides is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a deputy secretary of state for the U.S. Department of State.

Carlos Pascual is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a special envoy, international energy affairs for the U.S. Department of State.

Thomas R. Pickering is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Colin L. Powell was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Condoleezza Rice is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was the secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

George P. Shultz is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

William H. Taft IV is a lifetime director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a legal adviser for the U.S. Department of State.

Ellen O. Tauscher is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a special envoy for strategic stability & missile defense for the U.S. Department of State.

Melanne Verveer is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was an ambassador-at-large for global women's issues for the U.S. Department of State.

Peter Bass was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

William J. Burns was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Warren Christopher was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a secretary of state, secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Chas. W. Freeman Jr. was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a principal deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Janet G. Mullins Grissom was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Marc Grossman was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Alexander M. Haig Jr. was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Richard C. Holbrooke was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a special envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan, assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

William A. Nitze was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Torkel L. Patterson was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Susan E. Rice was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Rozanne L. Ridgway was a co-chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and an assistant secretary of state for Europe & Canada for the U.S. Department of State.

Stanley O. Roth was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Anne-Marie Slaughter was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State.

James B. Steinberg was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

John C. Whitehead was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Colin L. Powell was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) a secretary for the U.S. Department of State and Michael K. Powell’s father.

Michael K. Powell is Colin L. Powell’s son, the president & CEO for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was the chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank)

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Julius Genachowski is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a law school friend of Barack Obama and was the chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar.

L. Gordon Crovitz was an Oxford University Rhodes Scholar and a founder and co-CEO for NewsGuard.

James M. Manyika was a research fellow at Oxford University and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Giulio Tremonti is a fellow at Oxford University and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

John Brademas was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar and a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank)

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).    

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

Elizabeth Frawley Bagley is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),

an advisory council member for the Acumen Fund and was a special representative for global partnerships for the U.S. Department of State.

Andrea Soros is a director at the Acumen Fund and her father is George Soros.

George Soros is Andrea Soros’s father.

Resources: Past Research

European Commission PDF Timeline on the Roadmap on Vaccination from 2018 – 2022. Last update Q3 2019. (This is the missing link in my research) (Past Research on Oxford University Rhodes scholar’s)

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/02/european-commission-pdf-timeline-on.html

Rep. Ken Buck on D.C.’s Swamp: Politicians Are ‘Bought with Taxpayer Dollars’ (Researchers Note: Follow the Money!) (Past Research on the U.S. Department of State)

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/04/rep-ken-buck-on-dcs-swamp-politicians.html

FCC Chairman Joins Obama to Control Internet (Past Research on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC))

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/01/fcc-chairman-joins-obama-to-control.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Henry Kissinger & Soros Funding (Past Research on Henry Kissinger)

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/11/smaller-bites-connecting-dots-henry.html

Boehner Finally Caves, Will Appoint Special Committee (Past Research on Elizabeth Frawley Bagley)

Saturday, May 3, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/05/boehner-finally-caves-will-appoint.html