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Jul 6, 2023

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Connecting the Dots:

Jim Yong Kim was a director, HIV-AIDS department for the World Health Organization (WHO) and a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding.

George Soros was married in 2013 & Jim Yong Kim was a guest, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Jose H. Villarreal is a director at the Center for American Progress and a senior adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.

Carol M. Browner is a senior fellow, director at the Center for American Progress, was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration, an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a director at the Climate Reality Project.

Lee M. Thomas was an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a director at the Climate Reality Project.

Orin S. Kramer was an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is a director at the Climate Reality Project.

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

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

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

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Monsanto Company.

Bayer owns Monsanto.
Bayer Corporation is a North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.

Klaus Kleinfeld was a supervisory board member for Bayer AG and is 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.

Bayer HealthCare is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.

Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for Bayer HealthCare.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP. 

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

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

Sidley Austin LLP was a lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) and Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

Constance J. Horner is a director at Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) and was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a director at Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Amy W. Schulman is the EVP & general counsel for Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is a director at Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

Ann Dibble Jordan was a director at Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Charles O. Prince III is a director at Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) and was 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 the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations. 

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

Robert Jeffrey is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a board member for the CDC Foundation.

CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Donald R. Hopkins was a board member for the CDC Foundation and is the VP, health programs for the Carter Center.

Jimmy Carter was a co-founder & trustee at the Carter Center and an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise.  

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise and the Human Rights Watch.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.

Amy Robbins Towers was a director at the Millennium Promise, is a director at the Human Rights Watch, a board member for the CDC Foundation and married to Larry Robbins.

Larry Robbins was married to Amy Robbins Towers and is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

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

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

Emma Bloomberg was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter and is 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 CDC Foundation.

CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Resources: Past Research

Obama's New EPA Chief: Climate Change 'Most Significant Public Health Threat Of Our Time' (Past Research on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA))

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/obamas-new-epa-chief-climate-change.html

World Health Organisation: Bacon As Bad As Asbestos, Tobacco, Plutonium (Past Research on the World Health Organization (WHO))

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/10/world-health-organisation-bacon-as-bad.html

Monsanto and Bayer CropScience in deals to share technology (Past Research on Monsanto)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/monsanto-and-bayer-cropscience-in-deals.html

Heroin (Epidemic) (Past Research on Bayer AG)

SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/06/heroin-epidemic_18.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, the FDA, Pfizer Inc. & Johnson & Johnson)

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022

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

The CDC: A Truly Corrupt and Dangerous Organization (Past Research on the CDC)

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-cdc-truly-corrupt-and-dangerous.html

Smaller Bites: Connecting the Dots: The Comcast Corporation, The Center for American Progress & Soros Funding, All Networking

Xfinity data breach, Comcast hack affects nearly 36 million customers: What to know

Gabe Hauari

USA TODAY

Published 8:45 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2023

Comcast-owned Xfinity has experienced a data breach Impacting nearly 36 million customers. Jeff Fusco, AP Images For Comcast

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/12/20/xfinity-data-breach-comcast-hack/71982101007/

A data breach at Xfinity has given hackers access to the personal information of nearly all of the company's customers.

Comcast, the parent company of Xfinity, sent a notice to customers Monday saying there was "unauthorized access to its internal systems" as a result of a vulnerability in software from cloud computing company Citrix, which is used by Xfinity.

Xfinity said it began notifying customers of the data breach Monday through a variety of channels, including the Xfinity website, email and news media.

The company said the unauthorized users had access to its internal systems between Oct. 16-19 and they discovered the "suspicious activity" during a routine cybersecurity exercise on Oct. 25.

Xfinity says it notified federal law enforcement and initiated an investigation "into the nature and scope of the incident." The company said they determined on Nov. 16 that information was likely acquired.

Connecting the Dots:

Comcast Corporation was a funder for 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, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

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

Judith Rodin was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a director at the Comcast Corporation.

Resources: Past Research

Corporate Backlash: Comcast Executives Push Employees To Protest Trump’s Popular Immigration Reform (Past Research on Comcast)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/02/corporate-backlash-comcast-executives.html

Bayer (Connecting the Dots: Bayer, Sidley Austin LLP, Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer), FDA, Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer), Vaccine Injuries & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Bayer (Connecting the Dots: Bayer, Sidley Austin LLP, Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer), FDA, Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer), Vaccine Injuries & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Bayer AG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer#Heroin

Bayer AG (/ˈbaɪ.ər/, commonly pronounced /ˈbeɪər/;^[3] German: [ˈbaɪɐ]) is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies and biomedical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products. The company is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index.^[4]

Bayer was founded in 1863 in Barmen as a partnership between dye salesman Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880) and dyer Friedrich Weskott (1821–1876). As was common in this era, the company was established as a dyestuffs producer. The versatility of aniline chemistry led Bayer to expand its business into other areas, and in 1899, Bayer launched the compound acetylsalicylic acid under the trademarked name Aspirin. In 1904, Bayer received a trademark for the "Bayer Cross" logo, which was subsequently stamped onto each aspirin tablet, creating an iconic product that is still sold by Bayer. Other commonly known products initially commercialized by Bayer include heroin, phenobarbital, polyurethanes, and polycarbonates.

In 1925, Bayer merged with five other German companies to form IG Farben, creating the world's largest chemical and pharmaceutical company. Following World War II, the Allied Control Council seized IG Farben's assets^[a][5] because of its role in the Nazi war effort and involvement in the Holocaust, including using slave labour from concentration camps and humans for dangerous medical testing, and production of Zyklon B, a chemical used in gas chambers.^[6] In 1951, IG Farben was split into its constituent companies, and Bayer was reincorporated as Farbenfabriken Bayer AG. Bayer played a key role in the Wirtschaftswunder in post-war West Germany, quickly regaining its position as one of the world's largest chemical and pharmaceutical corporations.

Connecting the Dots:

Bayer HealthCare is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.

Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for Bayer HealthCare and a lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP. 

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Cameron F. Kerry is a senior counsel for Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother and a fellow 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.

Paul M. Achleitner is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supervisory board member for Bayer AG.

Klaus Kleinfeld was a supervisory board member for Bayer AG and is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Constance J. Horner was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a director at Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a director at Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Amy W. Schulman is the EVP & general counsel for Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) 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.

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is a director at Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

Ann Dibble Jordan was a director at Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer), is married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr. and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a lobby firm for the Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer) and is a lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

James F. Collins was a senior advisor at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Margaret A. Hamburg was a VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Donald Kennedy was a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and 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) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

Paul M. Achleitner is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supervisory board member for Bayer AG.

Klaus Kleinfeld was a supervisory board member for Bayer AG and is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP. 

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for Bayer HealthCare and a lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

Bayer HealthCare is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.

Valerie B. Jarrett was the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, a friend of Michelle Obama and Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece. 

Voices For A Cure

https://www.facebook.com/100093845190560/videos/216134241390240/

Resources: Past Research

Heroin (Epidemic) (Past Research on Bayer)

SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/06/heroin-epidemic_18.html

IG Farben / Bayer / Pfizer / Israel (Past Research on Bayer, FDA & Pfizer)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2021/09/ig-farben-bayer-pfizer-israel.html

Johnson's Baby Powder and Ovarian Cancer (Past Research on Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer)).

SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/04/johnsons-baby-powder-and-ovarian-cancer.html

Smaller Bites: Connecting the Dots: NPR, The Department of Education, Harvard University, The Harvard Corporation & Soros Funding, All Networking

Republicans' Calls Growing to Defund Harvard

Newsmax

By Sandy Fitzgerald    |   Thursday, 14 December 2023 09:06 AM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/harvard-claudine-gay-antisemitism/2023/12/14/id/1145909/

Republicans are calling for Harvard University to be defunded of billions of dollars it receives through tax breaks and federal payments after statements made by its president, Claudine Gay, concerning antisemitic speech on campus while she was being questioned during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing last week. 

"We must defund the rot in America's higher education," Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., the committee member questioning Gay during the hearing, told the New York Post. "It is unacceptable and un-American that any taxpayer dollars are going to universities propping up their promulgation of antisemitism by supporting professors, students, and staff, many who have openly called for the genocide of Jews."

She added that House Republicans "will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that schools that protect and encourage antisemitism are cut off from any and all federal funds."

The university is under investigation by the federal Department of Education to determine if it has violated the civil rights of its Jewish students, who come under Title VI protection in the federal Civil Rights Act. 

Harvard's highest governing board, the Harvard Corporation, this week said Gay will stay in office and rejected calls for her removal after her congressional testimony, saying that she "is the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very serious societal issues we are facing," according to NPR.  

The calls for Gay to resign or be fired came after her testimony included saying that calls for the genocide of Jewish people did not automatically breach Harvard's code of conduct. She has apologized for her statements. 

Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., after Gay was permitted to stay on, told the Post that he plans to introduce a bill making Harvard and other schools face financial consequences if they are shown to foster antisemitism on campuses after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7. 

"The American higher ed system is a racket, forcing taxpayers to first subsidize schools before roping them into paying student loans they didn’t choose to take on," he said in a statement to the Post. "The schools make out like bandits, indoctrinating our youth with hate and delusion, all while taxpayers fund the whole thing. My bill starts to combat this scheme."

Federal government funding to Harvard hit a record $676 million this year in direct payments, along with a $25 million COVID rescue fund payment, according to the school's statement for fiscal year 2023. 

Harvard also gets 64% of research funding from federal departments, with the largest amount allocated from the Department of Health and Human Services. 

More federal cash comes in through tuition payments from students, with an undisclosed amount of the $1.33 billion in tuition payments coming from federal student loans and Pell grants.

Harvard's tax-exempt status, however, results in its largest source of money, as donations are tax-deductible. 

This also allows the school to benefit by not being required to pay taxes on certain transactions, allowing it to build an endowment to total just under $51 billion. 

Tax breaks are also in place that allow Harvard's money management to trade bonds, property, and shares without being charged capital gains or corporation taxes, or taxes on dividends and interest payments. 

Harvard in 2023 brought in $186 million more than it spent and drew $2.46 billion from its endowment. The endowment tax was just 1.4%, while an individual taxpayer would face a 37% tax. 

The 1.4% tax came as a result of tax reforms during former President Donald Trump's administration, with the levy being imposed on endowments in colleges with at least 500 students who pay tuition, and with net assets of at least $500,000 per student. 

Harvard has 23,000 students, meaning its endowment comes to $3 million in net assets per student.

Other Republicans who have called for defunding Harvard and other universities over antisemitism include Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. 

"Any university or college that peddles blatant antisemitism, especially after Hamas’ brutal attack on Israeli civilians, women, and children, has no place molding the minds of future generations, never mind receiving millions of taxpayer funds to do so," Scott said in October when he introduced legislation to defund universities that "fund or facilitate events that promote violent antisemitism.”

DeSantis, a graduate of Harvard Law School, called on the government to "get smart about how we deal with these universities. We can’t keep funding universities that are creating this type of toxic environment and toxic ideology.”

Connecting the Dots:

George Soros was a benefactor for the NPR and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NPR, the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Shirley M. Hufstedler was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the secretary for the U.S. Department of Education.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a professor at Harvard University.

Harvard Corporation is the governing board for the Harvard University. 

Lawrence H. Summers was a professor; former president of Harvard University and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a professor at Harvard University and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Resources: Past Research

Harvard hosting Satanic 'Black Mass' (Past Research on Harvard University)

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/05/harvard-hosting-satanic-black-mass.html

Who Really Controls Our Universities? (Connecting the Dots: Soros Funded Think Tanks) (Past Research on Harvard University)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/08/who-really-controls-our-universities.html

Poll: Black & White Ferguson Residents Agree - Media Made Things Worse (Past Research on the NPR)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/09/poll-black-white-ferguson-residents.html

Why These High School Girls Don’t Want a Transgender Student in Their Locker Room (Past Research on the U.S. Department of Education)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/12/why-these-high-school-girls-dont-want.html

Hidden Agenda Norman Dodd 1 of 6 (Past Research on the Harvard Corporation)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/01/hidden-agenda-norman-dodd-1-of-6.html

Smaller Bites: Connecting the Dots: Norman Lear, His Wife Lyn Davis Lear & Soros Funding, All Networking

Television Producer-Writer Norman Lear Dies at 101

(Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Newsmax.com

Wednesday, 06 December 2023 08:42 AM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/norman-lear-obit/2023/12/06/id/1144939/

Television producer-writer Norman Lear, whose groundbreaking hit comedy shows such as "All in the Family" and "Maude" addressed social issues like race and abortion that had rarely been seen on U.S. television, died Wednesday at the age of 101, according to media reports.

Lear, one of the most influential people in television, died at his Los Angeles home of natural causes, his publicist told Variety.

Lear, who won six Emmy awards for his work in television, was known for his campaigning for liberal causes, including voting rights, and worked well into his 90s.

In 2017, he rebooted his 1970s TV series "One Day at a Time" to focus on a Cuban American family, and in 2020 he earned his sixth Emmy for a live special broadcast of "All in the Family" and "Good Times."

In February 2021, Lear received the Carol Burnett Award, a lifetime achievement award, at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony for his contributions to television.

In addition to "All in the Family" and "Maude," Lear dominated American TV screens in the 1970s and '80s with the situation-comedy shows "Sanford and Son," "The Jeffersons," and the soap-opera spoof "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." At one point in the 1970s Lear had eight shows on the air with an estimated 120 million viewers, Time magazine said.

By drawing material from social themes of the time, Lear's shows made network executives nervous because they had a depth and air of controversy.

"For him to say that he didn't have an impact on not only television but society is ... a little too humble," said Rob Reiner, who had a co-starring role on "All in the Family" before becoming a film director.

Lear and production partner Bud Yorkin put "All in the Family" on the air in January 1971 and the show would go on to win four Emmys for best comedy in its nine seasons. It was based on a British show, "Til Death Do Us Part," and gave U.S. television one of its most memorable and controversial characters - Archie Bunker.

Carroll O'Connor portrayed Archie as a crude, loud, blue-collar New Yorker who spouted racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic comments. He was cast against a scatter-brained wife he called "Dingbat," a liberal daughter and an even more liberal son-in-law he referred to as "Meathead" and played by Reiner.

"All in the Family" was the top-rated show on U.S. television for five straight years, according to CBS, and TV Guide ranked it fourth on its list of television's all-time greatest shows.

Born on July 27, 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut, Norman Milton Lear's most lasting creation was partly based on fact. Many of the harsh words that came out of Archie's mouth had first been spoken by Lear's own father, Herman Lear, who went to prison for selling fake bonds, and frequently told his wife to "stifle" herself and called his son "the laziest white kid I ever saw."

"I grew up in a family that lived at the top of its lungs and the ends of its nerves," Lear told Esquire magazine.

Some critics said the Archie Bunker character put a laughing face on bigotry but Lear said it only pointed to the complexity of humanity.

As with Bunker, the character was like none previously seen on U.S. television. Maude was on her fourth husband, protested marijuana laws and had an abortion before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the procedure nationwide. Her husband battled alcoholism, had two nervous breakdowns and attempted suicide.

Black characters in U.S. television in the '70s were mostly limited to minor roles until Lear made them the focus of some of his shows.

"The Jeffersons" was another spin-off of "All in the Family" and featured an upwardly mobile Black couple who moved to Manhattan's glitzy upper eastside neighborhood. The show's lead character George was often rude and loud. Lear's other hits included "Sanford and Son" a sitcom about a Black junkyard owner in a Los Angeles neighborhood, and "Good Times," a protrayal of a working-class Black family in a Chicago housing project.

Other Lear-produced hits included "Diff'rent Strokes," "Fernwood 2 Night," and the "All in the Family" spin-off "Archie Bunker's Place." But Lear also had flops such as "All That Glitters," "Sunday Dinner" and another "All in the Family" spin-off, "Gloria."

Lear, who grew up in Connecticut, dropped out of college in World War Two to join the Army and flew 52 combat missions. He went to Los Angeles in 1950 with the intention of being a publicist but began writing for TV stars such as Danny Thomas, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Andy Williams.

Lear shifted focus in 1981 and founded the liberal activist group People for the American Way to boost voting rights and fight right-wing extremism. He also established the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication.

In 2001, he and a partner purchased an original copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and sent it on a three-year tour of U.S. schools, libraries and events.

Lear is survived by his third wife, Lyn, and his six children. (Writing and reporting by Bill Trott; Additional reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Diane Craft)

Connecting the Dots:

Norman Lear was a director at People for the American Way, married to Lyn Davis Lear and the president of the Lear Family Foundation.

Lear Family Foundation was a funder for People for the American Way.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for People for the American Way and the Sundance Institute.

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

Lyn Davis Lear is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, a director at the Lear Family Foundation and married to Norman Lear. 

Resources: Past Research

Norman Lear: Donald Trump is America’s ‘Middle Finger’ to Establishment (Past Research on Narman Lear)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/10/norman-lear-donald-trump-is-americas.html

Congress Grills Harvard, UPenn, MIT Presidents Over Antisemitism on Campuses (Connecting the Dots: American University, UPenn, Harvard University, MIT & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Congress Grills Harvard, UPenn, MIT Presidents Over Antisemitism on Campuses (Connecting the Dots: American University, UPenn, Harvard University, MIT & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsweek

BY ALEKS PHILLIPS, MATTHEW IMPELLI AND ALEX BACKUS UPDATED 4:47 PM EST, 12/5/23

https://www.newsweek.com/antisemitism-campus-leaders-committee-hearing-live-updates-1849571

Presidents of top universities testified before a congressional education committee Tuesday over the rise in antisemitic protests and violence on campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war. House Republicans grilled the presidents of Harvard, UPenn and MIT for about five hours– demanding the leaders take more action against antisemitism.

(L-R) Harvard University President Dr. Claudine Gay, UPenn President Liz Magill, American University professor Dr. Pamela Nadell, and MIT President Dr. Sally Kornbluth testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Dec. 5 in Washington, DC.KEVIN DIETSCH/GETTY IMAGES

Connecting the Dots:

George Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Mark L. Schneider was the SVP for the International Crisis Group and is a trustee at the American University.

Julian Bond is distinguished professor at the American University and a director at People for the American Way.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for the American Way and the  

Breene M. Kerr was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a life member emeritus for the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the governing body for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Laura D'Andrea Tyson was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Louis W. Cabot is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was a life member emeritus for the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Shirley Ann Jackson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a life member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Lawrence H. Summers was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a professor; former president at Harvard University.

Paul E. Peterson is a professor at Harvard University and was a director of governmental studies at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Ezekiel Emanuel is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, vice provost for the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Martin Meyerson was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the president for the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).

Edward G. Rendell was a trustee at the University of Pennsylvania and is a frequent guest on MSNBC.

Andrea Mitchell is a trustee at the University of Pennsylvania and the host for MSNBC.

Harold E. Ford Jr. is a political commentator at MSNBC and was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

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

Center for American Progress and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

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

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Ronald O. Perelman is a director at the ONE Campaign and a trustee emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.

Resources: Past Research

Lockdown lifted at American University after report of gunman (Past Research on the American University)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/lockdown-lifted-at-american-university.html

ObamaCare architect: I regret 'stupidity' of voter comment (Past Research on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)).

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/11/obamacare-architect-i-regret-stupidity.html

Mike Rowe on How Many Are Following the ‘Worst Advice in the History of the World’ (Past Research on Harvard University).

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/mike-rowe-on-how-many-are-following.html

DOJ Reviewing Potentially Classified Docs at Biden Center (Connecting the Dots: Joe Biden, Smithsonian Institution, The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the University of Pennsylvania (Penn)).

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/01/doj-reviewing-potentially-classified.html