Smaller Bites: Connecting the Dots: Gordon Chang, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, The Smithsonian Institution, The Economic Club of Washington & Soros Funding, All Networking

Gordon G. Chang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_G._Chang

Gordon Guthrie Chang (born July 5, 1951) is an American columnist, author, and lawyer.^[1] He is the author of The Coming Collapse of China in which he attempted to predict the collapse of China and claimed that it would collapse by 2011. In December 2011, he changed the timing of the year of the predicted collapse to 2012.

In 1976, Chang graduated from the Cornell Law School. He then lived in Mainland China and in Hong Kong for close to two decades, where he worked as Partner and Counsel at the US international law firms Baker & McKenzie and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Chang has given briefings at the National Intelligence Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the US State Department, and the US Department of Defense, and he has testified before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Connecting the Dots:

Gordon G. Chang worked as Partner and Counsel at the US international law firms Baker & McKenzie and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Martin London is of counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and was an attorney for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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 the Roosevelt Institute.

Jeh Charles Johnson was a governor for the Roosevelt Institute and is a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Adrian W. DeWind was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

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

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

Theodore V. Wells Jr. is a co-chair emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Warren B. Rudman was of counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

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

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

David M. Rubenstein is a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, the president of the Economic Club of Washington, was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank), a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and spent Thanksgiving with Joe Biden.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, the president for the Joe Biden administration and spent Thanksgiving with David Rubenstein.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was the president of the Economic Club of Washington an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund. 

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

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

Warren B. Rudman was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and of counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Adrian W. DeWind was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

Theodore V. Wells Jr. is a co-chair emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Resources: Past Research

Waves of immigrant minors present crisis for Obama, Congress (Past Research on Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison)

THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/05/waves-of-immigrant-minors-present.html

Smithsonian Admits to Destruction of Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons in Early 1900′s (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/smithsonian-admits-to-destruction-of.html

Smaller Bites – David Rubenstein (Connecting the Dots: David Rubenstein, Joe Biden, The Smithsonian Institution, Economic Club of Washington, The U.S. Supreme Court & The Soros Funded Think Tanks, All Networking) (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution, David Rubenstein, Joe Biden & the Economic Club of Washington)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/11/smaller-bites-david-rubenstein.html

THE NEW WORLD DISORDER (Connecting the Dots: The United Nations & Soros Funding, All Networking)

U.N. developing international censorship standards to shut you up

'Disinformation and hate should not generate maximum exposure and massive profits'

By WND News Services

Published June 13, 2023 at 1:35pm

By Jason Cohen

Daily Caller News Foundation

(Photo by Brian Wangenheim on Unsplash)

https://www.wnd.com/2023/06/u-n-developing-international-censorship-standards-shut/

The United Nations (U.N.) is working on a worldwide code of conduct that calls on governments and online platforms to crack down on what it calls “disinformation” and “hate speech,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Monday.

Guterres delivered remarks on a policy brief containing proposals that the U.N. plans to use for the Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms that it is currently developing. He said the U.N. hopes governments, online platforms and additional stakeholders will voluntarily adopt the “set of principles,” including a crackdown on so-called disinformation and hate speech.

The U.N. plans to release the Code Of Conduct before its Summit of the Future in 2024, according to Guterres’s remarks. The resolutions in the brief seek to assist governments in collaborating to establish “guidelines that promote facts, while exposing conspiracies and lies, and safeguarding freedom of expression and information.”

The first recommendation in the brief is a pledge from governments, technology companies and other relevant parties “to refrain from using, supporting, or amplifying disinformation and hate speech for any purpose.”

The brief also recommends that platforms should have consistent global standards for online “disinformation.” It alleges there are “double standards that allow hate speech and disinformation to flourish in some languages and countries, while they are prevented more effectively in others. ”

Guterres also suggested that advertisers should not monetize and contribute to harmful content dissemination. “Disinformation and hate should not generate maximum exposure and massive profits,” he said.

Multiple large corporations reduced or paused spending on Twitter after Tesla CEO Elon Musk took over the company, with ad agencies stating it was due to misinformation and hateful content, according to the New York Times.

The Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Connecting the Dots:

Samantha Power is the U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and married to Cass R. Sunstein.

Cass R. Sunstein is married to Samantha Power and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Susan E. Rice was the United Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack Obama administration, the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Donald F. McHenry was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Joan E. Spero was a U.S ambassador for economic & social affairs for the United Nations and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Samantha Power was a director at the International Rescue Committee and is the U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.

Elie Wiesel is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a messenger of peace for the United Nations.

William J. vanden Heuvel is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and was a U.S. representative for the United Nations.

Gillian Martin Sorensen is a director at the International Rescue Committee and was an assistant secretary-general for the United Nations.

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 and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Nancy E. Soderberg was the VP for the International Crisis Group and an alternate U.S. representative for the United Nations.

Mark Malloch-Brown is a co-chair for the International Crisis Group and was the deputy secretary-general for the United Nations.

Thomas R. Pickering was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and is a co-chair for the International Crisis Group.

Kofi A. Annan is a board member for the International Crisis Group, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the secretary general for the United Nations.

Olara A. Otunnu was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the undersecretary general for the United Nations.

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.

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

Nafis Sadik is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was the undersecretary general for the United Nations.

Hisashi Owada is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was the Japanese representative for the United Nations.

Ted Turner is the co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the founder of CNN and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.

Mikhail Gorbachev is the founder of Green Cross International,  

was the president for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Global Green USA is a US affiliate of Green Cross International.

Edward Norton is a board member for Global Green USA and a messenger of peace for the United Nations.

Leonardo DiCaprio was a board member for Global Green USA and is a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Global Green USA is a US affiliate of Green Cross International.

Robert Redford is an honorary board member for Green Cross International and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Yo-Yo Ma is an artist in residence at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a messenger of peace for the United Nations.

Thomas R. Pickering was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.

Hisashi Owada was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a Japanese representative for the United Nations.

Olara A. Otunnu is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the undersecretary general for the United Nations.

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Ted Turner is the founder of CNN, an honorary board member for Green Cross International and the co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (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.

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

Nafis Sadik is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was the undersecretary general for the United Nations.

Hisashi Owada is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was the Japanese representative for the United Nations.

Samantha Power is the U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and married to Cass R. Sunstein.

Cass R. Sunstein is married to Samantha Power and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Susan E. Rice was the United Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack Obama administration, the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Donald F. McHenry was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Joan E. Spero was a U.S ambassador for economic & social affairs for the United Nations and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Raymond G. Chambers was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is a special envoy for malaria for the United Nations.

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.

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).

Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With UN Secretary-General-Designate Guterres After Addressing Reporters in Washington (30472809790).jpg

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.

Cass R. Sunstein is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and married to Samantha Power.

Samantha Power is married to Cass R. Sunstein and was the U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.

Donald F. McHenry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.

Resources: Past Research

Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty (Past Research on the United Nations)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/08/obama-pursuing-climate-accord-in-lieu.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

António Guterres

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Guterres

Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With UN Secretary-General-Designate Guterres After Addressing Reporters in Washington (30472809790).jpg

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Time Magazine, Covid-19 Vaccine Manufacturers, FDA & Soros Funding, All Networking

Righthinker2 Tweeted

https://twitter.com/Righthinker2/status/1671234271846060035

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Righthinker2

@Righthinker2

The once-respected Time Magazine has written a hit piece about America's Frontline Doctors.

Smear artist Vera Bergengruen is advancing a fraudulent narrative, attacking Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, and subsequently, America’s Frontline Doctors for our efforts to save lives and defend medical freedom.

As soon as I Tweeted about the hit piece, thousands of replies came in from AFLDS supporters, showing how effective alternative treatments have been with COVID-19.

12:11 PM · Jun 20, 2023·14 Views

Connecting the Dots:

Kate Betts is a contributing editor for TIME magazine and a friend of Melissa Soros.

Melissa Soros is a friend of Kate Betts and was married to Robert Soros.

Robert Soros was married to Melissa Soros and is George Soros’s son.

George Soros is Robert 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).

Strobe Talbott is the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was an editor for Time magazine.

Ben S. Bernanke is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the 2009 person of the year for Time magazine.

Constance J. Horner was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a director at Pfizer Inc. (COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at Pfizer Inc. (COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer).

Amy W. Schulman is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the EVP & general counsel for Pfizer Inc. (COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer).

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-19 Vaccine Manufacturer).

Ann Dibble Jordan an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr. and was a director at Johnson & Johnson (COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer).

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

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a lobby firm for the Johnson & Johnson (COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer) and is the lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer).

Sidley Austin LLP was a lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer).

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Cameron F. Kerry is and a senior counsel at 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 and is Robert Soros’s father.

Robert Soros is George Soros’s son and was married to Melissa Soros.

Melissa Soros was married to Robert Soros and is a friend of Kate Betts.

Kate Betts is a friend of Melissa Soros and a contributing editor for TIME magazine.

Resources: Past Research

Donald Trump Committee Asks Supporters to Award ‘King of Fake News Trophy’ (Past Research on Time magazine)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/12/donald-trump-committee-asks-supporters.html

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

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)

SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016

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

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Larry Summers, The Office of Management and Budget, Sidley Austin LLP & Soros Funding, All Networking

Larry Summers Urges Tax Hike On Top 1% As Economy Languishes In 'New And Dangerous Territory'

By Shanthi Rexaline, Benzinga Editor

June 6, 2023 8:33 AM | 2 min read

https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/23/06/32735806/larry-summers-urges-tax-hike-on-top-1-as-economy-languishes-in-new-and-dangerous-te

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers took to Twitter on Tuesday to express his worst fears concerning the economy. He lamented the bloating fiscal deficit.

What Happened: “For all of the post-financial crisis/pre-pandemic period, I feared secular stagnation and opposed fiscal alarmism,” Summers tweeted. “But now I am alarmed because we are in new and dangerous territory,” he said.

The former Treasury official noted that Congressional Budget Office's medium-term projections were twice as large as those when the Simpson-Bowles process was initiated in 2011.

The Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan is a 2010 bipartisan report that delved into the six ways to lower the budget deficit to 2.3% of the GDP by 2015.

To make matters worse, Summers said he thinks the CBO projection is "way over-optimistic." He expects the deficit to exceed 10% of GDP, which would be by far the worst long-run fiscal outlook in the history of America.

Further Bloating Likely: Summers expects the short-term Treasury yields to run well over CBO's 2.3% deficit to GDP assumption over the next decade, especially due to the high deficits. "1% higher rates add about 1.2% to the deficit, given current levels," he said.

Trump tax cuts are unlikely to phase out in 2025, adding more than half a percent of GDP deficits, the economist said.

Summers also did not buy into the CBO's estimate of defense spending as a share of GDP falling by 20%, given the ongoing tensions with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

Adjustments Needed:  Since a 10% deficit-to-GDP ratio is unacceptable, significant adjustment will likely be needed, Summers said.

There is no choice as far as rising defense and interest costs are concerned, the economist said. He also noted that the size of the dependent aged population is rising and prices of services the government buys like health, education, and law enforcement tend to rise.

"All of this suggests that returning government spending to traditional levels will not be easy," Summers said.

The economist favored the path to higher income. "We are an undertaxed nation," he said.

"Raising revenue needs to start with those most able to pay — the top 1 % — but quite likely it cannot end there," he added. The view is in line with President Joe Biden’s 25% billionaires tax.

Congressional Budget Office

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

History

The Congressional Budget Office was created by Title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-344), which was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on July 12, 1974.[6] Official operations began on February 24, 1975, with Alice Rivlin as director.[7]

The CBO's creation stems from a fight between President Richard Nixon and a Democratic-controlled Congress. Congress wanted to protect its power of the purse from the executive.[4][8] The CBO was created "within the legislative branch to bolster Congress’s budgetary understanding and ability to act. Lawmakers' aim was both technical and political: Generate a source of budgetary expertise to aid in writing annual budgets and lessen the legislature’s reliance on the president's Office of Management and Budget."[4] In 2015, the Brookings Institution reported that since its creation, the CBO has since supplanted the OMB "as the authoritative source of information on the economy and the budget in the eyes of Congress, the press, and the public."

Connecting the Dots:

Lawrence H. Summers was the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Preeta Bansal is a fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was a general counsel & senior policy adviser for the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Christopher Edley Jr. was an associate director for economics & government for the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society.

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

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

Faith Elizabeth Gay is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society and was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama is the president for the Barack Obama administration and 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). 

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. 

Lawrence H. Summers was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration.

Resources: Past Research

Former Treasury Secretary Summers: My 'Best Guess' US Will Hit Recession Soon (Connecting the Dots: Larry Summers, Meet the Press, NBC, ABC, Soros, Federal Reserve & Janet Yellen) (Past Research on Larry Summers)

MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/07/former-treasury-secretary-summers-my.html

Improper Food Stamp Payments Hit $2.6 Billion (Past Research on the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/07/improper-food-stamp-payments-hit-26.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 & Sidley Austin LLP)

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022

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

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Mike Pence, Asa Hutchinson, Constitution Project, Smithsonian Institution & Soros Funding, All Networking

Mike Pence Launches His 2024 Presidential Bid

Newsmax

Wednesday, 07 June 2023 06:52 AM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pence-2024-election/2023/06/07/id/1122651/

Former Vice President Mike Pence promised "the best days of the greatest nation on earth are yet to come" in a video released Wednesday formally launching his campaign for the Republican nomination for president.

"Different times call for different leadership," Pence, who served four years alongside President Donald Trump, says in the video, released hours ahead of a kickoff event in Des Moines. "Today our party and our country need a leader that'll appeal, as Lincoln said, to the better angels of our nature."

While it would be "easy to stay on the sidelines," he adds, "that's not how I was raised. That's why today, before God and my family, I'm announcing I'm running for president of the United States."

Pence is staking his presidential hopes on Iowa as he launches a campaign that will make him the first vice president in modern history to take on his former running mate.

Pence's campaign will also test the party's appetite for a socially conservative, mild-mannered, and religious candidate. And it will show whether Pence still has a political future after Jan. 6, 2021, with a large portion of GOP voters believing that the 2020 election was stolen and that Pence had the power to reject the results of the election, won by Democrat Joe Biden.

Pence and his advisers see Iowa — the state that will cast the first votes of the GOP nominating calendar — as key to his potential pathway to the nomination. Its caucus-goers include a large portion of evangelical Christian voters, whom they see as a natural constituency for Pence. They also think Pence, who represented Indiana in Congress and as governor, is a good personality fit with the Midwestern state.

"We believe the path to victory runs through Iowa and all of its 99 counties," said Scott Reed, co-chair of a super PAC that launched last month to support Pence's candidacy.

Iowa has typically been seen as a launching pad for presidential candidates, delivering momentum, money and attention to hopefuls who win or defy expectations. But recent past winners including Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum, and Mike Huckabee have failed to ultimately win the nomination.

Pence faces steep challenges. He enters the race as among the best-known Republican candidates in a crowded GOP field that now includes Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

But Pence is also saddled with high unfavorable ratings.

A CNN poll conducted last month found 45% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they would not support Pence under any circumstance. Only 16% said the same about Trump.

Pence's favorability has also slipped in Iowa, according to The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll.

Shortly after leaving office, in June 2021, 86% of Iowa Republicans said they had a favorable view of Pence. But the Register's March Iowa Poll showed that figure had dropped to 66%. The poll also found Pence with higher unfavorable ratings than all of the other candidates it asked about, including Trump and DeSantis, with 26% of Republicans polled saying they have a "somewhat" or "very" unfavorable view of him.

And just 58% of Iowa evangelicals said they had favorable feelings toward Pence — a particularly disappointing number, given his campaign's strategy.

But Pence, who has visited Iowa more than a dozen times since leaving office, has also received a warm welcome from voters during his trips. During a "Roast and Ride" event over the weekend that drew a long list of 2024 candidates, Pence stood out as the only candidate to actually mount a Harley and participate in the event's annual motorcycle ride. When he arrived at a barbecue at the state fairgrounds, he moved easily from table to table, warmly greeting and chatting with attendees.

But there remains lingering skepticism of Pence among many Republican voters who adhere to the claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Many believe Pence was complicit in the plot to deny Trump a second term because he refused Trump's campaign to reject the Electoral College vote when he presided over a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, when protesters breached the U.S. Capitol.

Pence advisers say they recognize the challenge and intend to explain to voters directly that Pence was adhering to his constitutional duty and never had the power to impact the vote in his ceremonial role.

"I think it's something you have to walk straight through," said his longtime adviser Marc Short.

Beyond Jan. 6, his team sees their primary goal as reintroducing Pence to a country that largely knows him as Trump's second-in-command. They want to remind voters of his time in congressional leadership and as governor and are planning a campaign heavy with town halls, house parties and visits to local diners and Pizza Ranch restaurants — more intimate settings that will help voters get to know him personally.

"People have seen Mike Pence the vice president. I think what people are going to see is Mike Pence the person," said Todd Hudson, the speaker of the House in Indiana and a longtime Pence friend who has signed on to help with outreach to state legislators. "I'm super excited for people to get to know the Mike Pence that I know, who's funny, who's just a wonderful person... the more relaxed Mike Pence."

Reed believes there is a strong desire in the party for a candidate like Pence who espouses Reagan-style conservatism, including traditional social values, hawkish foreign policy and small government economics.

"We think this nomination fight is going to be an epic battle for the heart and soul of the conservative, traditional wing of the Republican Party. And Pence is going to campaign as a classic conservative. His credentials are unmatched," he said.

Pence has argued that cuts to Social Security and Medicare must be on the table and has blasted those who have questioned why the U.S. should continue to send aid to Ukraine to counter Russian aggression.

Connecting the Dots:

Asa Hutchinson was the Governor of Arkansas and is a director at the Constitution Project.

Morton H. Halperin was a director at the Constitution Project and is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations.

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).

David M. Rubenstein is the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving with him and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. spent Thanksgiving with David Rubenstein, is the president for the Joe Biden Administration and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Mike Pence is a regent for the Smithsonian Institution and was the vice president for the Donald Trump administration.

John G. Roberts Jr. is the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution, the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is the president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA) and an honorary 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.

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, Mark Halperin’s father (Mark Halperin is a Newsmax contributor) and was a director at the Constitution Project.

Asa Hutchinson is a director at the Constitution Project and was the Governor of Arkansas.

Resources: Past Research

Attorney General Eric Holder Warns DOJ Employees Against Soliciting Prostitutes (Past Research on Asa Hutchinson)

SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/04/attorney-general-eric-holder-warns-doj.html

Smaller Bites – Mike Pence (Connecting the Dots: Mike Pence, The Smithsonian Institution, Georgetown University & The Soros Funded Brookings Institution (think tank), All Networking) (Past Research on Mike Pence & The Smithsonian Institution)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/11/smaller-bites-mike-pence-connecting.html