Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Utah, The Target Corporation, LGBTQ & Soros Funding, All Networking

Utah Target Store Evacuates After Bomb Threat

By Charles Kim    |   Friday, 26 May 2023 10:21 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/target-bomb-boycott/2023/05/26/id/1121407/

A bomb threat to multiple locations caused the evacuation of a Layton, Utah, Target store Friday afternoon, local media reported.

Salt Lake City's KUTV 2 reported that police officers evacuated the store around 1 p.m. on Friday after bomb threats were made to multiple locations in the state.

According to the report, staff and customers were moved to the parking lot of the retail store.

Layton Police Sgt. John Ottesen said that stores inSalt Lake, Taylorsville, and Provo also received bomb threats. Police began the investigation after two local news stations received emails alerting them about the threats.

Ottesen said that the store's Pride merchandise displays were referenced in the emails, which consisted of three sentences each, and came from a "bogus email."

Salt Lake City Police said in a statement to KUTV 2 that they were increasing patrols around Target stores in the wake of the threats.

"Officers have worked with the Target Corporation throughout the morning and have determined there is no credible threat to the Target stores in Salt Lake City," the statement said.

"Officers will continue neighborhood patrols around the Target locations in Salt Lake City out of an abundance of caution. We encourage anyone who sees anything suspicious to immediately call 911."

The retail giant lost $9 billion market value in the last week after Pride Month displays promoted children's clothing that was LGBTQ-friendly, causing a call for a boycott of the company, the New York Post reported Thursday.

Before the controversy started, Target was trading last week at almost $161 per share, which dropped to $141.76 on Thursday.

The company told the Post Tuesday that it was removing some of the items and "making other changes" after a backlash erupted by customers reacting to the displays, including some tipping the displays over and confronting store staff.

"Since introducing this year's collection, we've experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being while at work," Target said in a statement to the Post on Tuesday. "Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior."

While Target did not specifically say which items were being removed or changed, those getting the most attention included the "tuck friendly" women's swimsuits that allow trans women to conceal their genitals without having gender surgery, the report said.

Connecting the Dots:

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. was the Utah state government governor, the China U.S. ambassador for the Barack Obama administration and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation. 

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.

James A. Johnson is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation.

Stephen W. Sanger was a director at the Target Corporation and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

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

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

Solomon D. Trujillo was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at the Target Corporation.

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

Kevin Jennings was an assistant deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Education and the founder & executive director for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.

Resources: Past Research

Target takes stand on transgender bathroom controversy (Past Research on Target)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/04/target-takes-stand-on-transgender.html

Feds to recognize Utah's gay marriages (Past Research on Utah)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/feds-to-recognize-utahs-gay-marriages.html

Target Offers 'Tuck-Friendly' Bathing Suits in Pride Line (Connecting the Dots: Transgender, Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch Companies. Transgender, Target. Transgender, National Geographic & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Target)

SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/05/target-offers-tuck-friendly-bathing.html

Target Offers 'Tuck-Friendly' Bathing Suits in Pride Line (Connecting the Dots: Transgender, Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch Companies. Transgender, Target. Transgender, National Geographic & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Target Offers 'Tuck-Friendly' Bathing Suits in Pride Line (Connecting the Dots: Transgender, Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch Companies. Transgender, Target. Transgender, National Geographic & Soros Funding, All Networking)

By Nicole Wells    |   Friday, 19 May 2023 05:45 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/us/target-pride-lgbtq/2023/05/19/id/1120536/

Target is offering a "tuck-friendly" bathing suit in this year's LGBTQ Pride clothing collection, which is seemingly designed for children, according to the Daily Mail.

The swimsuits appear in the Pride section, which is often set up towards the front of the stores, and have tags on them advertising the "tuck-friendly construction" and "extra crotch coverage," which helps biological men conceal their genitals.

The Daily Mail identified the adult one-piece colorblock swimsuit, which retails for $40, as one of the tuck-friendly swimwear options, though it is not listed as such on Target's website. Customer product reviews mention "tuck-friendly" tags on the garment, however, and it is pictured with such tags in photos taken by the Mail.

Target has come under fire for putting the item in the "Pride Adult Clothing" section and for using a child-like model to advertise the product.

Conservative commentator Matt Walsh featured a video on his show Tuesday of a woman finding the "tuck-friendly" bathing suits in her local Target store.

"We can also clearly see that the bathing suits, though not in the kids' section, are available in kids' sizes," Walsh said, after seeing the store's selection. "Either those are sizes for kids or for very, very, very small adults, which, I guess, is the excuse they're going to go with."

Target's Pride collection this year also features items for babies and young children, including a onesie emblazoned with "Just be you and feel the love," as well as a children's book titled "'Twas the Night Before Pride."

The activist group Gays Against Groomers tweeted, "This is what you will find in the kid's section of @Target."

"We urge you to take your business elsewhere," the group said. "They are indoctrinating and grooming them with LGBTQ ideology. It is highly inappropriate and disturbing. We hope there are enough parents out there that understand how wrong this is and show them that this garbage will not sell. The only thing these people understand is money. Target deserves the Bud Light treatment. We will work to put the pressure on them."

Sales of Bud Light beer have dropped for the fifth consecutive week after the brand's controversial partnership with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, casting doubts on the company's future as Memorial Day and summer draw near.

According to the Mail, Target has supported Pride — which celebrates the LGBTQ community — every year since 2013. The retail giant publicly endorsed marriage equality in 2014 and announced it was ending its policy of segregating products such as toys by gender the following year.

Amid a national debate about transgender bathroom access, Target announced in April 2016 that transgender customers were free to use whichever bathroom they preferred.

After backlash ensued, the company spent $20 million in August 2016 to add a private bathroom to each of its stores.

Connecting the Dots:

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (Bud Light Beer).

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

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.

Tracy R. Wolstencroft is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a trustee, council of adviser’s member for the National Geographic Society.

Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a council of adviser’s member for the National Geographic Society and married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Nigel Morris was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a trustee at the National Geographic Society.

Victoria P. Sant is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a council of adviser’s member for the National Geographic Society.

Lee and Juliet Folger Fund was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the National Geographic Society.

B. Francis Saul II is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was a trustee at the National Geographic Society.

Resources: Past Research

National Geographic Celebrates Transgender Child on January Cover (Past Research on The National Geographic & Transgender Child on Their January Cover)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/12/national-geographic-celebrates.html

Target Sparks Outrage Among Conservatives, Cancels ‘Shop with a Cop’ Event (Past Research on Target)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2021

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2021/12/target-sparks-outrage-among.html

The Anheuser-Busch Foundation (Connecting the Dots: Commission on Presidential Debates, Anheuser-Busch, Barack Obama, Commercial Club of Chicago & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Anheuser-Busch, Bud Light Beer)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-anheuser-busch-foundation.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: The NAACP, Funded By Soros

Largest US Gay Rights Group Issues Fla. Travel Advisory

Newsmax

Tuesday, 23 May 2023 03:35 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/florida-travel-advisory/2023/05/23/id/1120924/

The largest LGBTQ+ rights organization in the U.S. joined other civil rights organizations Tuesday in issuing a travel advisory for Florida, warning that newly passed laws and policies may pose risks to minorities, immigrants and gay travelers.

The Human Rights Campaign joined the NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Florida Immigrant Coalition and Equality Florida in issuing travel or relocation warnings for the Sunshine State, one of the most popular states for tourists to visit in the U.S.

While the LGBTQ+ advocacy group said it wasn't calling for a boycott or making a blanket recommendation against visiting Florida, it said it wanted to highlight new laws passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature that they said are hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, restrict abortion access and allow Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a permit.

“Those who visit must join us in their vocal opposition to these dangerous policies," Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement. “Those who pick another place to work, to go to school or to spend their vacation should make clear why they’re not heading to Florida.”

Last weekend, the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, issued its advisory warning that recent laws and policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”

More than 137.5 million tourists visited Florida last year, surpassing pre-pandemic levels, according to Visit Florida, the state’s tourism promotion agency. Tourism supports 1.6 million full-time and part-time jobs, and visitors spent $98.8 billion in Florida in 2019, according to last year's figures.

Connecting the Dots:

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

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

Resources: Past Research

Duck Hunt: NAACP Blasts Phil Robertson as 'Racist' (Past Research on the NAACP)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/duck-hunt-naacp-blasts-phil-robertson.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Dem Rep. Goldman, Levi Strauss & Co, Haas School of Business, Richard Blum & Soros Funding, All Networking

Reporter Responds to Dem Rep. Goldman On Left-Wing Violence: "It's Funny To Be Lectured By An Heir To Levi Strauss"

RealClear Politics

Posted By Ian Schwartz

On Date May 17, 2023

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/05/17/reporter_responds_to_dem_rep_goldman_on_left-wing_violence_its_funny_to_be_lectured_by_an_heir_to_levi_strauss.html

Townhall senior writer Julio Rosas responded to attacks from Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) at Tuesday’s House Homeland Security Committee hearing on left-wing violence.

"I think it's funny to be lectured by an heir to the Levi Strauss Corporation," Rosas said. "And, honestly, that's probably why he doesn't consider property damage to be that big of a deal because, not only does he have that, but he also has what some people would describe an impossibly good stock portfolio."

Connecting the Dots:

Dan Goldman is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th congressional district and heir to the Levi Strauss Corporation.

F. Warren Hellman was a director at the Levi Strauss & Co., an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a board member for the Haas School of Business.

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.

Richard L. Kauffman was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the chairman for the Levi Strauss & Co.

Robert D. Haas was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a board member for the Haas School of Business and a director at the Levi Strauss & Co.

Walter A. Haas Sr. was the chairman & president for the Levi Strauss & Co. and a benefactor for the Haas School of Business.

Laura D'Andrea Tyson is a professor at the Haas School of Business 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.

Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Senator Dianne Feinstein and a board member for the Haas School of Business. 

Carl Shapiro was a professor at the Haas School of Business and the assistant attorney general for the Barack Obama administration.

Peter E. Haas Sr. was a benefactor for the Haas School of Business and the CEO for the Levi Strauss & Co.

Walter A. Haas Sr. was the chairman & president for the Levi Strauss & Co., and a benefactor for the Haas School of Business.

Margo N. Alexander is a board member for the Haas School of Business, an advisory council member for the Acumen Fund and was a director at the Acumen Fund.

Andrea Soros is a director at the Acumen Fund and George Soros’s daughter.

George Soros is Andrea Soros’s father and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

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

Richard L. Kauffman was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the chairman for the Levi Strauss & Co.

Robert D. Haas was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a board member for the Haas School of Business and a director at the Levi Strauss & Co.

Dan Goldman is heir to the Levi Strauss Corporation and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th congressional district.

Resources: Past Research

Look which companies dumping Boy Scouts (Past Research on Levi Strauss & Co.)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/02/look-which-companies-dumping-boy-scouts.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: The Social Security Administration, The IRS, The U.S. Department of the Treasury & Soros Funding, All Networking

Your Social Security Checks Could Be Impacted Soon: Here’s Why

The Epoch Times

By Jack Phillips

May 10, 2023Updated: May 11, 2023

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 11, 2005. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Jack Phillips

By Jack Phillips

https://www.theepochtimes.com/your-social-security-checks-could-be-impacted-soon-heres-why_5255840.html?utm_source=Goodevening&src_src=Goodevening&utm_campaign=gv-2023-05-10&src_cmp=gv-2023-05-10&utm_medium=email&est=QeSuZ7m1VmmkWxtVO5bFwVi0jn4w5CCLKzDO31jz%2B%2BsH2Q6cVHDeYJ02WrmD

Treasury Secretary Janet Warned that if the United States defaults on its obligations amid a congressional impasse over raising the debt ceiling, Social Security payments could be interrupted.

“Treasury finds itself in the position where we’re unable to pay all of the bills that come due that day. And this would be really the first time in the history of America that we would fail to make payments that are due,” Yellen told ABC News earlier in the week. “And, you know, whether it’s defaulting on interest payments that are due on the debt or payments due for Social Security recipients or to Medicare providers, we would simply not have enough cash to meet all of our obligations.”

Recently, Yellen projected that the federal government will hit its debt limit by as early as June 1, coming months after “extraordinary measures” were implemented to stave off defaulting. If the government reaches its debt limit, the federal government wouldn’t be able to pay all of its obligations.

According to data provided by the Social Security Administration, the agency will make some $1 trillion in Social Security payments to about 67 million people, with the majority being retirees. Some 48.6 million recipients are retired, while 7.6 million are disabled, and another 9.8 million are survivors and dependents, the data reveals.

This week, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) held talks amid the debt ceiling impasse, but neither side has appeared to budge.  On Wednesday, the House speaker accused the Biden administration of ignoring the “crisis” for “97 days” since the two last met, while Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused Republicans of pushing a “partisan bill” to raise the debt ceiling.

Republicans say they won’t raise the debt limit without federal spending cuts in return. But Democrats said that the ceiling should be raised without any preconditions, saying that negotiations over cutting spending should be separate.

July’s first Social Security payment is slated for July 11 for Americans with birthdays on the first through the tenth of the month. Subsequent payments for people born later in their respective months will get payments on July 18 and July 25, respectively, according to the payment schedule (pdf).

Unprecedented?

Because the United States has never defaulted, officials say it would be unprecedented. But top congressional leaders and Biden have said in recent days that the country won’t default on its obligations.

During a Senate Appropriations hearing in March, Yellen said her job as secretary of the Treasury is to make sure that bills are paid. She did not indicate what payments would be prioritized—including Social Security.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) listen as President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

“Prioritization is default by another name,” she told members of a Senate panel. “Not paying any of our bills is default. When you think about the pain that it would cause to Social Security recipients, to food stamp recipients, to vendors who have supplied services, to the government who have their own payrolls to meet, to be told they are not going to be paid, the government is not going to honor those bills. That’s a default.”

The secretary said that payment systems are set up to pay all government bills when they are due, noting that they’re not set up “to divide payments into different types as a general matter.” And, she added, “for many agencies, payments of all different types are mixed together in ways that couldn’t be disentangled.”

Shai Akabas, the head of economic policy with the Bipartisan Policy Center, told a local media station that many questions remain if the federal government defaults.

“We have never been there as a country,” Akabas remarked to 10 News in San Diego. “What would occur, likely, is an economic downturn, which could affect pocketbooks of Americans in a number of different ways. First, we could see delayed payments that Americans are anticipating from the federal government in the form of programs and other assistance. We could see significant increases in interest rates.”

But one thing is for sure, according to Yellen, is that there would be widespread financial chaos if a default occurs.

“We would simply not have enough cash to meet all of our obligations,” she warned during the ABC News interview. “And it’s widely agreed that financial and economic chaos would ensue.”

The standoff has rattled investors, sending the cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt to record highs, as Wall Street grows more concerned about the risks of an unprecedented default.

Biden signaled an openness to Republicans’ demand to claw back some unused money for COVID-19 relief, which is less than $80 billion. Meanwhile, the White House reiterated its backing for legislation speeding government permitting of energy projects by setting maximum timelines.

A White House fact sheet distributed on Wednesday said the administration “supports the important reforms” contained in a bill by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). Republicans have not endorsed that bill but say permitting reforms would help the United States maintain its edge in oil and gas development. Democrats see it as boosting the development of “clean” power projects.

The last time the nation got this close to default was in 2011 when Democrat President Barack Obama was in office. Republicans led the House, and the Senate was controlled by Democrats.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Connecting the Dots:

James Roosevelt Jr. was an associate commissioner for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and is a governor at the Roosevelt Institute.

Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son, the vice chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute. 

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is Jonathan Soros’s father and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

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

Charles O. Rossotti is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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

David D. Aufhauser is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a general counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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 the Treasury.

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 the Treasury.

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

Robert M. Kimmitt is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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 the Treasury.

Herbert M. Allison Jr. was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Teresa M. Ressel was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Resources: Past Research

Social Security Update: Agency Backpedals as NRA and Pro-Gun Officials Press for Answers (Past Research on the Social Security Administration)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/10/social-security-update-agency.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 the Treasury)

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2017

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

Biden: 14th Amendment on Table for Debt Ceiling Fix (Connecting the Dots: Laurence Tribe, The New York Times, Harvard University, China & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Biden: 14th Amendment on Table for Debt Ceiling Fix (Connecting the Dots: Laurence Tribe, The New York Times, Harvard University, China & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax

By Luca Cacciatore    |   Tuesday, 09 May 2023 10:46 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/debt-ceiling-biden-budget/2023/05/09/id/1119224/

President Joe Biden confirmed that he is floating the idea of utilizing the 14th Amendment to work around congressional gridlock on raising the debt ceiling, The Hill reported.

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Biden invoked legal scholar Laurence Tribe's recent editorial in The New York Times, where he backed the theory, which claims the president can unilaterally raise the limit under certain circumstances.

"I have been considering the 14th Amendment, and the man I have enormous respect for, Larry Tribe ... thinks that it would be legitimate," Biden said, citing the article.

"But the problem is it would have to be litigated. And in the meantime, without an extension, it would still end up in the same place."

According to Tribe, the theory is that Section 4 of the 14th Amendment precludes the "validity" of the public debt from being questioned.

Therefore, he argued, Congress set the debt up to fail when it first established a debt ceiling in 1917 because the limit would force the U.S. to stop borrowing to honor its debts if it ever was reached.

But House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., scoffed at the idea outside the Capitol on Tuesday.

"Really think about this," McCarthy said. "If you're the leader ... and you're going to go to the 14th amendment to look at something like that — I would think you're kind of a failure of working with people across sides of the aisle or working with your own party to get something done."

The Republican-controlled House has proposed its Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 to solve the debt crisis. Alternatively, the Democratic-led Senate released an economic report condemning the proposal.

Republicans are seeking to make significant inroads to slash government spending in their proposal — a move that Democrats said should take a backseat to pass a "clean" debt ceiling measure.

Laurence Tribe

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

Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American legal scholar who is a University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. He previously served as the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School.

A constitutional law scholar,^[6][7] Tribe is co-founder of the American Constitution Society. He is also the author of American Constitutional Law (1978), a major treatise in that field, and has argued before the United States Supreme Court 36 times.^[8] Tribe was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2010.

Personal life and education

Laurence Henry Tribe was born October 10, 1941 (age 81) in

Shanghai, China.

Connecting the Dots:

Laurence Tribe is a co-founder of the liberal American Constitution Society, a University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, was a professor at Harvard Law School, Barack Obama’s research assistant and born in Shanghai, China.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.

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

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

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

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

Lawrence H. Summers was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration and is a professor; former president for Harvard University.

C. Douglas Dillon was an overseer for Harvard University, and the chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Ann M. Fudge is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was an overseer for Harvard University. and

John C. Whitehead is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the chairman for Harvard University.

Harold H. Koh was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank),

the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration, an overseer for Harvard University, a developments editor for the Harvard Law Review and a director at the Human Rights First.

The Harvard Law Review is a law review published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.

Barack Obama was the president of the Harvard Law Review, the president of the Barack Obama administration and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

James D. Zirin is a senior counsel for Sidley Austin LLP and was a director at the Human Rights First.

William D. Zabel is the chair for the Human Rights First, was a trustee at the Foundation to Promote Open Society and George Soros’s divorce lawyer.

George Soros’s divorce lawyer was William D. Zabel and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

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

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and an ambassador to China for the Barack Obama administration.

J. Stapleton Roy is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for China.

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 and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Leslie H. Gelb was a board member for the International Crisis Group, a reporter, columnist & op-ed page editor for the New York Times and is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

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

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

Madeleine K. Albright was an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, the president of the Center for National Policy and a member of the Aspen Strategy Group.

Nicholas Kristof is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and a columnist for the New York Times.

David E. Sanger is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times.

Carla Anne Robbins is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and was a deputy editorial page editor for the New York Times.

Resources: Past Research

Turley: Obama's "Become The Very Danger The Constitution Was Designed To Avoid" (Past Research on Laurence Tribe)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/turley-obamas-become-very-danger.html

Parents reading to kids blasted as 'unfair' (Past Research on Harvard University)

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/05/parents-reading-to-kids-blasted-as.html

Obama in Harvard Law Review: Prayer Won’t Do It; We Need Gun Control (Past Research on the Harvard Law Review)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/01/obama-in-harvard-law-review-prayer-wont.html

John Kerry: China Deploying Massive "Renewable Power" To Fight Climate Change, We Should Cooperate (Connecting the Dots) (Past Research on China)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/09/john-kerry-china-deploying-massive.html

New York Times Amplifies Misinformation Group’s Talking Points To Smear Truth Social As QAnon Haven (Connecting the Dots: New York Times, Kamala Harris, Hunter Biden, Aspen Strategy Group & Soros Funded Think Tanks All Networking Against American Citizens) (Past Research on the New York Times)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/08/new-york-timesamplifies-misinformation.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Warren Buffett, Apple & Soros Funding

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Warren Buffett, Apple & Soros Funding

Buffett's Cash Pile Rises by $2 Billion

Newsmax

By Lee Barney    |   Monday, 08 May 2023 07:24 AM EDT

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, right, and See's Candies President and CEO Pat Egan, left, at the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting, May 5, 2023 in Omaha, Neb. (John Peterson/AP)

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/buffett-cash-stock-valuations-banking/2023/05/08/id/1118958/ Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway dumped billions of U.S. stocks in the first quarter, as the conglomerate found few good valuations in a volatile market, the Financial Times reports.
Berkshire’s cash pile rose by $2 billion to $130.6 billion, the company revealed Saturday at its annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. The famed investor’s company sold $13.3 billion of stock in the first quarter, putting only $2.9 billion of that back into the stock market and $4.4 billion into Berkshire Hathaway stock repurchases.
Berkshire’s cash pile is now at its highest level since the close of 2021.
Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger said last month he foresees the economy slowing as the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates, and that investors should expect lower returns.
Munger also warned that banks are loaded up with too many bad commercial loans.
“It’s not nearly as bad as it was in 2008—but trouble happens to banking just like trouble happens everywhere else,” Munger told the Financial Times.
On Saturday, Buffett said the effects of the slowing economy were only just beginning to be felt—though he did not depict a gloomy outlook for the investment firm he founded 58 years ago, or the U.S. economy.
“It isn’t that employment has fallen off a cliff or anything, but it is a different climate than it was six months ago,” Buffett said. “A number of our managers were surprised. Some had too much inventory on order.”
While Buffett warned about higher interest rates for the general market, his firm has benefitted from the lion’s share of his cash being invested in short-term Treasuries and bank deposits—which generated $1.1 billion in interest in the first quarter, up considerably from $164 million in the first quarter of 2022.
Buffett also spoke about his $151 billion stake in Apple—nearly half of Berkshire Hathaway’s entire stock holdings.
“It just happens to be a better business than any we own,” said Buffett, who has praised Apple’s strategy and CEO Tim Cook.

Berkshire reported a profit of $35.5 billion for the first quarter, $24,377 for Class A shares, up from profit of $5.6 billion a year earlier.
Operating earnings, which are Buffett’s preferred performance measure, were up 12.6% to $8.1 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway stock is up 4.9% year to date.
Buffett was asked about his outlook for the health of the U.S. banking system, as well as the national debt. The Oracle of Omaha disparaged the handling of recent tumult in the banking sector and said a debt ceiling showdown could bring "turmoil" to the world’s financial system.

Buffett criticized how politicians, regulators and the press have handled the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank, saying their "very poor" messaging has unnecessarily frightened depositors.

"Fear is contagious" and "you can't run an economy" when people worry if their bank deposits are safe, he said.
As for Berkshire’s bank investments, Buffett said billions in deposit withdrawals from these and other regional banks have made him more cautious about investing in banks—a sector Berkshire Hathaway has shorn up in previous crises, most notably the Great Recession of 2008.
Berkshire has been quick to support U.S. banks during periods of instability, investing $5 billion in Goldman Sachs in the 2008 financial crisis and plowing another $5 billion into Bank of America during the U.S. debt-ceiling crisis of 2011. Both stocks are now core Berkshire Hathaway holdings.
Asked about Activision Blizzard, which Berkshire bet heavily on after Microsoft said it would buy the video game maker, Buffett declined to say whether he was cutting the position. Ever since UK regulators said they were going to block the takeover, Activision shares have tumbled.
Berkshire Hathaway continued to increase its stake in Occidental Petroleum in the first quarter, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed. Buffett repeated his claim that his company is not planning to take control of the oil giant.
Other filings show Berkshire sold a sizeable stake in Chevron in the first three months of the year.
Other Holdings
Another key holding, Geico, swung to a $703 million underwriting profit in the quarter after six consecutive quarters of losses.
Berkshire warned that declines in residential real estate sales would continue to weigh on modular home manufacturer Clayton Homes and other housing-related positions.
Buffett set a lighthearted tone at the start of the meeting Saturday by joking that King Charles III’s coronation was a “competing broadcast.”

Connecting the Dots:

Warren E. Buffett is the chairman & CEO for Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

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

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a friend of Michael Douglas.

Michael Douglas is a friend of George Soros and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.

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

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

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

Apple Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Timothy D. Cook is the CEO for Apple Inc. and a VP for the Compaq Computer Corporation.

Thomas J. Perkins was a director at the Compaq Computer Corporation and is a partner emeritus for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.

The Climate Project is a merged organization with the Climate Reality Project.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project.

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

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

Resources: Past Research

Warren Buffett Worried Over Nuclear War, Pandemics — Not Stocks (Connecting the Dots: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Nuclear Threat Initiative & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Warren Buffett)

SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/04/warren-buffett-worried-over-nuclear-war.html

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Global Warming Skeptics Should Dump Company's Stock (Past Research on Tim Cook & Apple Inc.)

MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/03/apple-ceo-tim-cook-global-warming.html