CBS Seizes Files of Fired Reporter Investigating Hunter Biden (Connecting the Dots: CBS, Sidley Austin LLP, Paley Center for Media and Soros Funding, All Networking)

CBS Seizes Files of Fired Reporter Investigating Hunter Biden (Connecting the Dots: CBS, Sidley Austin LLP, Paley Center for Media and Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax

By Mark Swanson    |   Thursday, 22 February 2024 10:56 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/us/cbs-catherine-herridge-hunter-biden/2024/02/22/id/1154657/?

CBS seized the confidential files, personal items, and laptop of investigative reporter Catherine Herridge, who was investigating the Hunter Biden laptop scandal when she became one of hundreds laid off last week, the New York Post reported Thursday.

The Post was told by a source within CBS that the move was "unprecedented," adding that CBS informed Herridge what, if anything, would be returned to her.

Further, the documents seized might contain privileged conversations Herridge had with her lawyer and identities of confidential sources, according to the report. Herridge was in the middle of a First Amendment case, in which she refused to identify a source to a court.

"The timing of Herridge's termination immediately raised suspicions in Washington," legal scholar and professor Jonathan Turley wrote in an opinion piece for The Hill.

"She was pursuing stories that were unwelcomed by the Biden White House and many Democratic powerhouses, including the Hur report on Joe Biden's diminished mental capacity, the Biden corruption scandal, and the Hunter Biden laptop," Turley wrote. "She continued to pursue these stories despite reports of pushback from CBS executives, including CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews."

A CBS spokesperson told the Post that Herridges belongings will be returned to her soon.

"We have respected her request to not go through the files. And out of our concern for confidential sources, the office she occupied has remained secure since her departure," the spokesperson told the Post. "We are prepared to pack up the rest of her files immediately on her behalf — with her representative present as she requested."

Turley called the approach to her files "heavy-handed," adding it "left many wondering if it was the result of the past reported tension over stories."

"Regardless of motive, the company is dead wrong," he wrote.

SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents CBS staffers, also responded.

"This action is deeply concerning to the union because it sets a dangerous precedent for all media professionals and threatens the very foundation of the First Amendment," the union said in a statement to the Post.

Herridge previously worked for Fox News. And Fox, according to the Post, is paying for her legal counsel. It was at Fox News where she landed on a story in 2017, the saga of which continues.

Herridge's First Amendment fight involved defying "U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper's order to reveal how she learned about a federal probe into a Chinese American scientist who operated a graduate program in Virginia," according to the Post.

She could be fined up to $5,000 a day.

And, according to the Post's sources, CBS could be subpoenaed to reveal the identity of Herridge's source, which CBS could possibly have under guard in her old office.

Connecting the Dots:

Leslie Moonves is the president & CEO & director for CBS and a trustee at the Paley Center for Media.

William S. Paley was the chairman for CBS and the founder of the Paley Center for Media.

Howard Stringer was the president for CBS and is a trustee at the Paley Center for Media.

Patricia E. Mitchell is the president & CEO for the Paley Center for Media and the vice chair for the Sundance Institute.

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

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

Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute and a partner at the Sundance Channel.

Sundance Channel is a partner at CBS.

Michael H. Jordan is the chairman & CEO for CBS 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.

Ellen V. Futter is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the president of Barnard College.

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

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and was director at CBS.

Sundance Channel is a partner at CBS.

Robert Redford is a partner at the Sundance Channel, and the founder & president for the Sundance Institute.

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

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

Patricia E. Mitchell is the vice chair for the Sundance Institute and the president & CEO for the Paley Center for Media.

Henry A. Kissinger was a trustee at the Paley Center for Media and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

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

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

Mary M. Boies is a director at the International Rescue Committee and was the VP for CBS.

Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews is the president of CBS News and She earned a bachelor's degree from Barnard College.

Ellen V. Futter was the president of Barnard College 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.

Michael H. Jordan is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the chairman & CEO for CBS.

Resources: Past Research

CBS tweet about being 'ready to worship' Satanic Sam Smith raises eyebrows: 'Compromised by evil' (Connecting the Dots: CBS, Pfizer, Paley Center for Media & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on CBS)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/02/cbs-tweet-about-being-ready-to-worship.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

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

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2013

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

Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Cipri%C3%A1n-Matthews

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews is a Dominican journalist and television producer serving as the president of CBS News since 2023.

Life

Ciprián-Matthews was born in Santo Domingo.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree from Barnard College.

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Koch Industries, Americans for Prosperity & Soros Funding, All Networking

Nikki Haley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Haley#Presidential_campaign_(2023%E2%80%93present)

Presidential campaign (2023–present)

Haley was seen as a contender for the Republican nomination.^{[228][229][230]} In late October 2023, she was polling at about 8.3% in national Republican primary opinion polls, behind Trump and Ron DeSantis.^[231] She received endorsements from two U.S. representatives—Ralph Norman and Will Hurd.^{[232][233][234]} Cindy Warmbier, mother of Otto Warmbier, also endorsed Haley's bid.^[235] In November 2023, Haley was endorsed by Americans for Prosperity Action, an organization connected to the Koch network.

Connecting the Dots:

Americans for Prosperity Foundation is an affiliated group with the Americans for Prosperity.

Koch Industries was a funder for the Americans for Prosperity.

James E. Stephenson is a director at the Americans for Prosperity and a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

James E. Rogers was a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

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

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

David H. Koch is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the EVP for Koch Industries, the chairman for Americans for Prosperity Foundation and was a donor for the Americans for Prosperity.

Resources: Past Research

Billionaire Koch Brothers Throw Weight Behind Latest Amnesty for Illegal Aliens (Past Research on Americans for Prosperity)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/09/billionaire-koch-brothers-throw-weight.html

Standard and Poor’s (Connecting the Dots: Standard & Poor's, The McGraw-Hill Companies, John Kerry, His Wife & Brother & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Standard and Poor’s 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1816569298801347

S&P Global Ratings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_Global_Ratings#

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"S&P" redirects here. For for the broadcasting entity, see Broadcast Standards and Practices.

S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities. S&P is considered the largest of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, which also include Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings.^[2] Its head office is located on 55 Water Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City.^[3]

Corporate History

The company traces its history back to 1860, with the publication by Henry Varnum Poor of History of Railroads and Canals in the United States. This book compiled comprehensive information about the financial and operational state of U.S. railroad companies. In 1868, Henry Varnum Poor established H.V. and H.W. Poor Co. with his son, Henry William Poor, and published two annually updated hardback guidebooks, Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States and Poor's Directory of Railway Officials.^[4][5]

In 1906, Luther Lee Blake founded the Standard Statistics Bureau, with the view to providing financial information on non-railroad companies. Instead of an annually published book, Standard Statistics would use 5-by-7-inch cards, allowing for more frequent updates.^[4]

In 1941, Paul Talbot Babson purchased Poor's Publishing and merged it with Standard Statistics to become Standard & Poor's Corp. In 1966, the company was acquired by The McGraw-Hill Companies, extending McGraw-Hill into the field of financial information services.

Connecting the Dots:

Douglas L. Peterson was the president of Standard & Poor's, and is the president & CEO for McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

Standard & Poor's is a subsidiary of McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

Lois Dickson Fitt was a director at McGraw Hill Financial Inc., a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Emmett J. Rice, is Susan E. Rice’s mother and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and 

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

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

Susan E. Rice was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the former U.S. ambassador to UN for the Barack Obama administration, the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration and Lois Dickson Fitt & Emmett J. Rice’s daughter.

Emmett J. Rice was married to Lois Dickson Fitt, a U.S. alternative director for reconstruction & development for the World Bank and is Susan E. Rice’s father.

A.W. Clausen was the president of the World Bank 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 Urban Institute (think tank).

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

David Dollar is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the country director for China and Mongolia for the World Bank.

Robert S. McNamara was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and the president of the World Bank.

James D. Wolfensohn was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the World Bank and is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

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

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

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a managing director at the World Bank.

Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg was the division CIO for the World Bank and is a director at the McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

Douglas L. Peterson is the president & CEO for McGraw Hill Financial Inc. and was the president of Standard & Poor's.

Standard & Poor's is a subsidiary of McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

D. Edward I. Smyth is the EVP for the McGraw Hill Financial Inc. and was the SVP for the H.J. Heinz Co.

H. John Heinz III was the heir to the H.J. Heinz Co. and married to Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Teresa Heinz Kerry was married to H. John Heinz III, is married to John F. Kerry 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.

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

Susan E. Rice was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration and is Lois Dickson Fitt’s daughter.

Lois Dickson Fitt was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at McGraw Hill Financial Inc. and is Susan E. Rice’s mother.

Standard & Poor's is a subsidiary of McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

Resources: Past Research

S&P 500 index rises 4.3% in February (Past Research on the Standard & Poor's & The McGraw-Hill Companies)

SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/03/s-500-index-rises-43-in-february.html

Standard and Poor's Downgrades Russia's Credit Rating (Past Research on the Standard & Poor's & The McGraw-Hill Companies)

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/04/standard-and-poors-downgrades-russias.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) & Soros Funding, All Networking

Teacher formerly known as Rachel Dolezal loses job over OnlyFans account

Dolezal, a white woman who identified as Black for years and later changed her name to Nkechi Diallo, fired in Arizona

The Guardian

Kari Paul

Wed 14 Feb 2024 20.13 EST

Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2024 20.18 EST

Rachel Dolezal in Spokane, Washington, on 4 December 2015. Photograph: Annie Kuster/The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/14/rachel-dolezal-nkechi-diallo-onlyfans-arizona-school-fired

The Arizona-based educator formerly known as Rachel Dolezal has been ousted from her position in a local school district due to content posted on her OnlyFans account.

Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, had been teaching at an elementary school in Arizona since August 2023, according to a report from News4 Tucson.

She was fired this week after her OnlyFans account was brought to the district’s attention, as its posts are “contrary to our district’s Use of Social Media by District Employees policy and our staff ethics policy”, said Julie Farbarik, the district’s director of alumni and community relations. The account was linked in Diallo’s public Instagram profile.

“We only learned of Ms Nkechi Diallo’s OnlyFans social media posts yesterday afternoon,” she said, according to News4. “She is no longer employed by the Catalina Foothills school district.” The district did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Diallo is best known for controversy surrounding her racial identity, identifying as a Black woman for years and even heading the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) before her parents publicly revealed she is white in 2015.

After the controversy, Diallo lost her role teaching African studies at Eastern Washington University and launched an account on OnlyFans in 2021 after struggling to find work. She has made 600 posts in the years since and shared hundreds of paywalled adult videos and photos. Diallo could not be immediately reached for comment.

Diallo’s is not the first example of an educator being terminated or resigning due to OnlyFans content. In 2023, a Missouri teacher was suspended and later resigned after her account was discovered and shared on Facebook. Some have argued the presence of teachers on OnlyFans underscores the financial pressures those in education face, with the average school teacher making $66,745 per year and 40% of all education professionals earning less than $25,000 per year.

OnlyFans, a subscription-based adult content site, exploded in popularity during the pandemic, going from 1 million global creators in 2020 to 3 million in 2023. The average OnlyFans creator makes only $151 monthly, but some of the top accounts bring in as much as $5.4m per year.

Connecting the Dots:

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

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

Resources: Past Research

NAACP Leader Calls Sen. Tim Scott Ventriloquist 'Dummy' (Past Research on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP))

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/naacp-leader-calls-sen-tim-scott.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Muslim Advancement, Rutgers University, Professor’s, Open Society Foundation, Foundation to Promote Open Society & Soros Funding, All Networking

GOP: Soros Funds Prof Spreading 'Vile Antisemitic Propaganda'

By Solange Reyner    |   Wednesday, 14 February 2024 12:47 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/us/george-soros-antisemitism-rutgers/2024/02/14/id/1153577/

Senate Republicans are probing a $143,000 fellowship awarded by George Soros-backed Open Society Foundation to professor Sahar Aziz, the director of Rutgers University's Center for Security, Race and Rights who they say has spread "vile antisemitic propaganda."

"The work of the center, its promotion of terrorist sympathizers, and its platforming of radical ideologues is troubling to us as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee," the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote last week.

"The committee has a long history of working on legislation meant to root out support for terrorism, and to compensate its victims. For example, in 2016 Congress passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.

"As the committee explores the efficacy of this legislation, particularly in the context of recent world events, it is appropriate to evaluate the financial backing of groups that seek to legitimize violence and provide platforms for terrorist sympathizers," they concluded.

They said they were looking into whether U.S. taxpayer dollars fund the center.

Rutgers last year equated the condemnation of Hamas last year to attempts to "ignore over 75 years of colonial violence and the horrific consequences born out of these decades of oppression and attempted erasure."

"I am not at all surprised that the center's director received funding from George Soros's web of dark money," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told the Washington Examiner.

He said he and his colleagues aim to vet the center's funding sources and "promotion of antisemitic propaganda."

OSF told the Examiner its foundation "is a leader in the effort to advance racial justice in the United States, and in the fight against antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate.

"We are proud to support individuals working to expand justice and opportunity for historically marginalized communities through innovative projects and research."

Connecting the Dots:

Daisy Khan is an executive director at the American Society for Muslim Advancement and was a director at the White House Project.

Gara LaMarche was a director at the White House Project, a VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations and an associate director for the Human Rights Watch.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

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

Shirley Ann Jackson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was a professor at the Rutgers University.

Shirley Ann Jackson was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and a professor at Rutgers University.

Resources: Past Research

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

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

University To Students: You’re a Criminal If You Don’t Use Transgender Approved Language (Past Research on Rutgers University)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/08/university-to-students-youre-criminal.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: Joe Biden, Obama, Anita Dunn, SKDK, Susan Rice & Soros Funding, All Networking

Anita Dunn

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

Anita Dunn (née Babbitt; born January 8, 1958) is an American political strategist serving as a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, having originally held the post from January 20, 2021, to August 12, 2021,^[1] and returning May 5, 2022.

Previously, she served as acting White House Communications Director in the Obama White House. Additionally, she served as managing director at SKDK, a strategic communications firm in Washington, D.C.,^[3] and an advisor to the Biden presidential transition.^[4] Dunn has worked on six Democratic presidential campaigns over a period of 40 years.

Connecting the Dots:

Anita B. Dunn is the senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker, produced an ad campaign for the Keystone XL pipeline, William W. Bradley’s chief of staff and a communications director for the Barack Obama administration.

TransCanada Corporation is a SKDKnickerbocker client and the proposed builder for the Keystone XL pipeline.

SKDKnickerbocker is a media consultant for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Peter G. Peterson is the founder for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and was the chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Peter G. Peterson Foundation was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

William W. Bradley is an advisory board member for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and Anita B. Dunn was his chief of staff.

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

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

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 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Susan E. Rice was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the White House national security adviser, former U.S. ambassador to UN for the Barack Obama administration and is a stockholder in the TransCanada Corporation. 

TransCanada Corporation is a SKDKnickerbocker client and the proposed builder for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Anita B. Dunn is a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker, produced an ad campaign for the Keystone XL pipeline, the senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, was William W. Bradley’s chief of staff and a communications director for the Barack Obama administration.

Resources: Past Research

Planned Parenthood Hires Crisis Communication Firm Featuring Anita Dunn (Past Research on Anita Dunn)

THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/07/planned-parenthood-hires-crisis.html

Let’s connect the dots and see where Susan Rice fits in the George Soros Network with Past Research (Past Research on Susan Rice)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2020/08/lets-connect-dots-and-see-where-susan.html