Report: Trump Team Focuses on Pentagon Officers to Fire (Connecting the Dots: Generals, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Navy, U. S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Defense, Center for a New American Security, The Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), Afghanistan, NATO & Soros Funding, All Networking & Controlling the U.S Military)

Report: Trump Team Focuses on Pentagon Officers to Fire (Connecting the Dots: Generals, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Navy, U. S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Defense, Center for a New American Security, The Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), Afghanistan, NATO & Soros Funding, All Networking & Controlling the U.S Military)

Wednesday, 13 November 2024 04:39 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-transition-team-pentagon/2024/11/13/id/1187952/

Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon.

The planning for the firings is at an early stage after Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris and could change as Trump's administration takes shape, said the sources, who are familiar with the Trump transition and requested anonymity to speak candidly about the plans.

One of the sources questioned the feasibility of a mass firing at the Pentagon. It was also unknown if Trump would endorse the plan, although he has railed extensively against defense leaders who have criticized him. Trump also spoke during the campaign of firing "woke" generals and those responsible for the troubled 2021 pullout from Afghanistan.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to request for comment.

A second source said the incoming administration would likely focus on U.S. military officers seen as connected to Mark Milley, Trump's former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Milley was quoted in the book "War" by Bob Woodward, which was published last month, calling Trump "fascist to the core" and Trump's allies have targeted him for perceived disloyalty to the former president.

"Every single person that was elevated and appointed by Milley will be gone," the second source said. "There's a very detailed list of everybody that was affiliated with Milley. And they will all be gone."

The Joint Chiefs of Staff include the highest-ranking officers in the U.S. military and comprise the heads of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, National Guard and Space Force. The disclosure of plans to fire senior leaders of the U.S. armed forces comes a day after Trump picked as his defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a veteran and Fox News commentator who has signaled a willingness to clean house at the Pentagon.

"The next president of the United States needs to radically overhaul Pentagon senior leadership to make us ready to defend our nation and defeat our enemies. Lots of people need to be fired," Hegseth said in his 2024 book "The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free."

The first source familiar with the transition planning said Milley's successor, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, would be among the many officers to leave.

"The chiefs of the Joint Chiefs and all the vice chiefs will be fired immediately," the source said, before noting that this was still only early planning.

Some current and former U.S. officials have played down the possibility of such a major shakeup, saying it would be unnecessary and disruptive at a time of global turmoil with wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East.

The first source said that it would be difficult bureaucratically to fire and replace a large swath of senior U.S. military officials, suggesting the planning could be bluster and posturing by Trump allies. But the second source suggested the Trump camp believed the Joint Chiefs of Staff needed to shrink because of perceived bureaucratic over-reach. Such cuts could be endured in an organization the scale of the U.S. military, the source said.

"These people are not irreplaceable. They are very replaceable. And then the other thing too is there is no shortage of people that will step up," the source said. "In World War II, we were very rapidly appointing people in their 30s or people competent to be generals. And you know what? We won the war."

Connecting the Dots:

James E. Cartwright was the vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a U.S. Marine Corps general and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. was the vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a U.S. Navy admiral and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Joseph W. Ralston was the vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a U.S. Air Force general and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Colin L. Powell was the chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank). 

Marc Grossman was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a special representative for Afghanistan.

Richard C. Holbrooke was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a special U.S. envoy for Afghanistan.

Zalmay Khalilzad is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for Afghanistan.

John R. Allen is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a commander for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

David H. Petraeus is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a commanding officer for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

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

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

Chuck Hagel was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a sergeant in the U.S. Army and a secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.  

Togo D. West Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a general counsel for the Department of the Navy.

Madeleine K. Albright was an honorary director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a director at the Center for a New American Security.

Center for a New American Security is a contributor for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Richard J. Danzig is a director & former chairman for the Center for a New American Security and was the secretary for the U.S. Navy.

Robert O. Work was the CEO for the Center for a New American Security and the undersecretary for the U.S. Navy.

Gary Roughead is a director at the Center for a New American Security and was an admiral for the U.S. Navy.

Bloomberg LP was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

George Soros was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations. 

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Daniel W. Christman was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army.

Wesley K. Clark is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a general in the U.S. Army.

George A. Joulwan is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a general in the U.S. Army.

Barry R. McCaffrey was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a general in the U.S. Army.

Robert W. RisCassi was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a general in the U.S. Army.

Carl E. Vuono is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a general in the U.S. Army.

Eric K. Shinseki was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a general in the U.S. Army and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

Togo D. West Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the secretary for the U.S. Army, the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense.

U.S. Department of Defense oversees the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force.

John A. Gordon was a general for the U.S. Air Force and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Richard L. Lawson was a general for the U.S. Air Force and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Joseph W. Ralston was a general for the U.S. Air Force and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Brent Scowcroft was the lieutenant general for the U.S. Air Force and is the interim chairman; for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Charles F. Wald was a general for the U.S. Air Force and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Michael P.C. Carns was a general for the U.S. Air Force and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

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

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

James L. Jones Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), was the supreme allied commander – Europe for NATO, the commander, U.S. European Command for the U.S. Department of Defense, the national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration and a general in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Anthony C. Zinni is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a general in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Carlton W. Fulford Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a general in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Arnold L. Punaro is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a major general in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Madeleine K. Albright was an honorary director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a director at the Center for a New American Security.

John R. Allen is a director at the Center for a New American Security and was a general for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Arnold L. Punaro is an advisory board member for the Center for a New American Security and was a major general for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Gregory S. Newbold was a director at the Center for a New American Security and a lieutenant general for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Albright Group LLC was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

Albright Group LLC is a merged company with the Albright Stonebridge Group.

Richard R. Verma was a counselor for the Albright Stonebridge Group and an advisory board member for the Center for a New American Security.

Madeleine K. Albright was the founder of the Albright Group LLC, a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group, a director at the Center for a New American Security and an honorary director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

U.S. Navy was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

U.S. Air Force was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

U.S. Army was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

U.S. Coast Guard was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

U.S. Department of Defense was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

U.S. Marine Corps was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.

James E. Cartwright was a U.S. Marine Corps general, the vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

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

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

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

Thomas R. Pickering is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the chairman of review board that investigated the 2012 attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2013.

William A. Owens was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a U.S. Navy admiral and the vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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

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

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

Madeleine K. Albright was an honorary director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the founder of the Albright Group LLC, a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group, a director at the Center for a New American Security, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and the president of the Center for National Policy.

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.

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.

William J. Perry is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

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

Eugene Habiger is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was a general for the U.S. Air Force.

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

Open Society Foundations was a funder for 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. 

Robert E. Hunter is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for NATO.

George A. Joulwan is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was the supreme allied commander for NATO in Europe.

Wesley K. Clark is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was the supreme allied commander for NATO in Europe.

Norman W. Ray was and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and an assistant secretary general for NATO.

Andrew Goodpaster was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and the supreme allied commander for NATO in Europe.

Resources: Past Research

Gen. Martin Dempsey Apologizes to Slain Navy SEAL's Mother (Past Research on the Joint Chiefs of Staff)

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/04/gen-martin-dempsey-apologizes-to-slain.html

Navy SEALs Tell Congressman They Don’t Have Enough Rifles To Go Around (Past Research on the U.S. Navy)

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/03/navy-seals-tell-congressman-they-dont.html

Jade Helm 15: Controversial military exercise starts Wednesday (Past Research on the U.S. Army)

Wednesday, September 30, 201

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/09/jade-helm-15-controversial-military.html

Hagel calls for review of US nuclear force (Past Research on the U.S. Air Force)

Friday, January 24, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/hagel-calls-for-review-of-us-nuclear.html

Witch Hunt By Navy Brass Against Decorated Chaplain for Expressing Traditional Marriage View (Past Research on the U.S. Marine Corps)

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/03/witch-hunt-by-navy-brass-against.html

Billions Keep Flowing to Afghanistan, State Dept. Blocks Audit to Disclose Where Money is Going (Connecting the Dots: USAID, IRS, Afghanistan, Military, Soros All Networking for the Taxpayers Dollars) (Past Research on Afghanistan)

Monday, June 27, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/06/billions-keep-flowing-to-afghanistan.html

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

Thursday, March 24, 2022

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

Trump to Take Aim at Education (Connecting the Dots: Jimmy Carter, The U.S. Department of Education & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Trump to Take Aim at Education (Connecting the Dots: Jimmy Carter, The U.S. Department of Education & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

By Charlie McCarthy    |   Tuesday, 12 November 2024 10:14 AM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-administration-department-of-education/2024/11/12/id/1187696/

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is expected to try and overhaul several aspects of the country's education system.

First and foremost is the possible elimination of the Department of Education, something Trump has suggested.

The president-elect also plans to focus on curbing woke policies at schools and offering parents better opportunities to send kids to private schools.

"There are a lot of very smart people who are very excited to get into positions where we can actually start making change happen," Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice told The Wall Street Journal.

Speaking at a Wisconsin rally in June, Trump said "on Day 1" he would "sign a new executive order" that would cut federal money for any school "pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto the lives of our children."

Trump has targeted the Education Department, which was created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter, saying he would close the department after previously suggesting it should be merged with the Labor Department. Many educational responsibilities would fall to individual states.

Monday on X, Elon Musk called closing the Department of Education a "good idea."

Closing the Department of Education would require congressional action and likely a super majority of 60 votes in the Senate, The Washington Post reported.

Trump also has said he would use government funding to limit left-wing ideology, such as critical race theory, in schools and universities.

The president-elect could use certain laws or the accreditation system to pressure schools to do such things as reducing accommodations for transgender students and addressing antisemitism on campus.

Also, Trump has said that he believes Title IX should prevent transgender individuals from competing in women's sports. The Biden administration said Title IX prohibited discrimination based on gender identity.

The Republican Party platform said it wanted universal school choice "in every State in America." The Journal reported Trump likely will try to provide a public subsidy for private-school tuition or other educational expenses outside the public school system.

Trump has indicated he would support the Educational Choice for Children Act, which would provide $10 billion in federal tax credits to go toward private-school tuition, home schooling or other educational costs.

Connecting the Dots:

Jimmy Carter was the president of the Jimmy Carter administration, an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise, in 1979 created the U.S. Department of Education and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. 

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

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

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

James Cole Jr. is the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Education and was a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

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. 

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and the president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA).

John G. Roberts Jr. is an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA) and the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Elena Kagan is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was the solicitor general for the Barack Obama administration.

Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Jimmy Carter is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

William J. Clinton is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. 

Stephen G. Breyer is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Anthony M. Kennedy is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

David Hackett Souter is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Harry A. Blackmun was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lewis F. Powell Jr. was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

John Paul Stevens was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Potter Stewart was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Byron R. White was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sonia Sotomayor is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and was a member of the Belizean Grove.

Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

Henry A. Kissinger was a member of the Bohemian Club and a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

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

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

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

Joyce Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and Achieve Inc.

Achieve Inc. helped develop the Common Core educational standards.

Michael Cohen is the president of Achieve Inc. and was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Education.

Valerie B. Jarrett was a director at the Joyce Foundation, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

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. 

James Cole Jr. was a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and is the general counsel for 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.

Institute of Education Sciences is a division of the U.S. Department of Education.

John Q. Easton is a director at the Institute of Education Sciences, was an executive director at the Consortium on Chicago School Research and a research director at the Chicago Public Schools.

Arne S. Duncan was the superintendent for the Chicago Public Schools and is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Education for the Barack Obama administration.

David J. Vitale was the chief administrative officer for the Chicago Public Schools, the president of the president of the Chicago (IL) Board of Education and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Norman R. Bobins was a member of the Chicago (IL) Board of Education and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Penny S. Pritzker was a member of the Chicago (IL) Board of Education and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP and the president for the Barack Obama administration.     

Stephen F. Smith was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP and Clarence Thomas’s clerk.

Clarence Thomas’s clerk was Stephen F. Smith, was an assistant secretary for civil rights for the U.S. Department of Education, a guest at the Koch Industries annual conference and is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Koch Industries is the sponsor for the Koch Industries annual conference.

David H. Koch is the EVP for Koch Industries and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

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

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

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

Joyce Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and Achieve Inc.

Achieve Inc. helped develop the Common Core educational standards.

Michael Cohen is the president of Achieve Inc. and was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Education.

Jimmy Carter created the U.S. Department of Education in 1979, was the president of the Jimmy Carter administration, an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.  

William J. Clinton is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the president of the William J. Clinton administration.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder of the Soros Economic Development Fund.

Stewart J. Paperin was the president of the Soros Economic Development Fund and is a director at the Millennium Promise.

Quincy Jones was a director at the Millennium Promise and is a director emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

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

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

James Cole Jr. was a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and is the general counsel for 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

Fond Remembrances for Jimmy Carter After Entering Hospice (Connecting the Dots: Jimmy Carter, Carter Center, Phi Beta Kappa Society, U.S. Supreme Court, Richard Nixon, Saudi Arabia, Muslims, The White House Project & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Jimmy Carter)

Monday, February 20, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/02/fond-remembrances-for-jimmy-carter.html

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

Monday, December 21, 2015

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

This Conspiracy Claims the Smithsonian Destroys Giant Skeletons (Connecting the Dots: Smithsonian Institution, Sidley Austin LLP, Joe Biden, Ruth Padel, Oxford University & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution)

Friday, October 18, 2024

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/10/this-conspiracy-claims-smithsonian.html

Donald Trump: Obama ‘The Single Best Thing to Ever Happen to Jimmy Carter’ (Past Research on the Millennium Promise)

Friday, May 27, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/05/donald-trump-obama-single-best-thing-to.html

Medicare's Latest Pay Cut Will Harm Seniors (Connecting the Dots: The American Medical Association, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Insurance, FDA, Obamacare, The Center for American Progress & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Medicare's Latest Pay Cut Will Harm Seniors (Connecting the Dots: The American Medical Association, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Insurance, FDA, Obamacare, The Center for American Progress & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

By Sally PipesMonday, 11 November 2024 01:26 PM EST

(Dreamstime)

https://www.newsmax.com/sallypipes/medicare-doctors-healthcare/2024/11/11/id/1187542/

Doctors are getting a pay cut in 2025. That's the upshot of a rule issued by Medicare earlier this month.

Patients will be the ones who pay the price for Medicare's parsimony. Seniors and younger people alike will find it harder to secure access to doctors and care.

Physician practices' finances have been under stress for years. Next year's looming 2.9% reduction in reimbursement is the fifth pay cut Medicare has proposed since 2021. After accounting for inflation, Medicare payments to doctors fell nearly 30% between 2001 and 2024, according to the American Medical Association.

The costs associated with operating a practice — like rent, utilities, medical equipment, time spent battling insurance companies over things like prior authorization, and wages for staff — haven't fallen. They're up more than 50% since 2001. Even as Medicare proposes to cut physician payments next year, it admits that doctors' expenses are set to increase 3.5% in 2025.

"To put it bluntly," AMA President Dr. Bruce A. Scott recently said, "Medicare plans to pay us less while costs go up. You don't have to be an economist to know that is an unsustainable trend."

Medicare currently covers nearly 48 million American patients. This makes it the second-largest provider of health coverage in the nation, next to Medicaid. And the Medicare population is growing. The country is aging, and more Baby Boomers are retiring.

Asking doctors to see more beneficiaries for less money is unsustainable indeed.

Some practices will close or sell to hospitals or corporate entities rather than try to make the math work with lower Medicare reimbursements.

That's already been happening in recent years. Between 2019 and 2024, hospitals and corporate entities acquired more than 44,000 practices.

Others will respond to lower payments by reducing the number of Medicare beneficiaries they see. As a result, the supply of care available to them will go down.

So seniors may have to wait longer for care. They may lose access to their doctor. Or they may not find one who will take them as a patient.

Lower Medicare reimbursements and higher operating costs will likely cause providers to demand higher payments from commercial insurers. Private insurers paid an average of 129% of what Medicare paid for physicians' services between 2010 and 2020, according to one recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

That number will almost certainly go up, as a matter of financial necessity. Consolidating providers will also enjoy more negotiating leverage.

The result will be higher premiums for the privately insured. Narrower provider networks might come about, too, as insurers search for ways to limit costs.

There is, of course, still time for lawmakers to prevent next year's cuts in Medicare physician reimbursement from taking effect. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House introduced legislation in late October that would stop Medicare's looming reimbursement cut and provide doctors with a slight pay increase for 2025 tied to inflation.

Congress needs to take action before the end of this year. Otherwise, patients could find doctors a lot harder to come by.

Connecting the Dots:

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was lobby firm for American Medical Association.

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

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

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.

Harold H. Koh was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration and is Howard K. Koh’s brother.

Howard K. Koh is Harold H. Koh’s brother and is the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Barack Obama administration.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Kathleen Sebelius is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Barack Obama administration and her counselor at HHS was Dora Hughes.

Dora Hughes was Kathleen Sebelius’s counselor at HHS and is a senior policy adviser at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

James David Vance worked at Sidley Austin LLP and is the Vice President for the Donald Trump Administration.

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) 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.

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

Tom Daschle is a director at the Center for American Progress and was a nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration.

Center for American Progress was a funder for America's Health Insurance Plans.

Scott Armstrong is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans, a member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the president & CEO for the Group Health Cooperative.

Richard A. Barasch is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman & president & CEO for the Universal American Corporation.

Mark T. Bertolini is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman & president & CEO for Aetna Inc.

Bruce G. Bodaken is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and was the chairman & president & CEO for the Blue Shield of California.

Gail K. Boudreaux is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the EVP for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Mary K. Brainerd is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for HealthPartners Inc.

Angela F. Braly is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and was the president & CEO for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri.

William M. Cameron is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman & CEO for American Fidelity Assurance.

James G. Carlson is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and was the chairman & president & CEO for the Amerigroup Corporation.

David M. Cordani is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for the CIGNA Corporation.

Michael W. Cropp is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for Independent Health.

Michael M. Dudley is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president for Sentara Health Plans Inc.

Mark B. Ganz is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for Cambia Health Solutions, Inc.

Jay M. Gellert is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for Health Net, Inc.

Vicky B. Gregg is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.

Patricia A. Hemingway Hall is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for the Health Care Service Corporation.

George C. Halvorson is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman for Kaiser Permanente.

Daniel J. Hilferty III is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for Independence Blue Cross.

Daniel J. Houston is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and was a director at Catalyst Health Solutions.

Michael B. McCallister is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman for Humana Inc.

Kevin P. McCarthy is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the EVP for the Unum Group.

Unum in the US

http://www.unumgroup.com/About/UUS.aspx

For more than 37 years, Unum has been the leading provider of group disability benefits in the U.S.1

J. Mario Molina is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman & president & CEO for the Molina Healthcare Inc.

Daniel P. Neary is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman & CEO for Mutual of Omaha.

Robert A. Reed is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for the Physicians Mutual Insurance Company.

James Roosevelt Jr. is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for the Tufts Health Plan.

Eric H. Schultz is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Charles D. Baker Jr. was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the president & CEO for the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Anthony L. Watson is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman & CEO for the HIP Health Plan of New York.

Debbie J. Ahl was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the president & CEO for the Sterling Life Insurance Company.

K. Rone Baldwin was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the EVP & COO for the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

Christy W. Bell was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the EVP for the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

Frank J. Branchini was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans, is the president & COO for Emblem Health and the CEO for Group Health Inc.

Benjamin M. Cutler was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the chairman & CEO for USHEALTH Group Inc.

Joseph A. Frick was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the vice chairman for Independence Blue Cross.

H. Edward Hanway was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman & CEO & president for the CIGNA Corporation.

Robert I. Lufrano was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the CEO for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.

Frederick J. Manning was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the chairman & CEO for the Celtic Insurance Company.

David M. McDonough was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the president & CEO for the Trustmark Insurance Company.

Adrienne Morrell was a lobbyist at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is a lobbyist for Health Net, Inc.

Ronald A. Williams was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the chairman for the Emergency Medical Services Corp.

Jeannine M. Rivet was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the EVP for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Lewis G. Sandy was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the SVP for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Tom Daschle was an adviser for the UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration and a director at the Center for American Progress (think tank).

Center for American Progress (think tank) was a funder for America's Health Insurance Plans.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress (think tank).

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

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Center for American Progress (think tank), the America's Health Insurance Plans and the American Medical Association.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld,

an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and married to Ann Dibble Jordan.

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

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

Center for American Progress was a funder for the America's Health Insurance Plans.

Tom Daschle is a director at the Center for American Progress, was a nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration and a special policy adviser at Alston & Bird. 

Thomas A. Scully is a senior counsel at Alston & Bird, the president & CEO for the Federation of American Hospitals and an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Timothy P. Trysla is a partner at Alston & Bird and was a senior policy adviser to the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Marilyn B. Tavenner is the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and was the group president of outpatient services for the Hospital Corporation of America.

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

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

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

Trevor Fetter was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and a director at the Federation of American Hospitals.

 Jack O. Bovender Jr. was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and the chairman & CEO for HCA Holdings Inc.

Nancy-Ann DeParle is a director at HCA Holdings Inc., was the White House health czar & deputy chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration and an administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration.

Health Care Financing Administration was the predecessor for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Hospital Corporation of America was the predecessor for HCA Holdings Inc.    

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.

Kenneth M. Duberstein was the VP for the Committee for Economic Development and is the chairman & CEO for the Duberstein Group, Inc.

Duberstein Group, Inc. is the lobby firm for the America's Health Insurance Plans.

Scott Armstrong is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and a member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

Dan L. Crippen was the SVP for the Duberstein Group, Inc. and a director at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

CBO Confirms: Biden-Harris Election Year Medicare Cost-Shifting Policy Will Cost Taxpayers Billions in 2025

October 03,2024

https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/cbo-confirms-biden-harris-election-year-medicare-cost-shifting-policy-will-cost-taxpayers-billions-in-2025

Washington, D.C.--The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of a newly announced Biden-Harris program intended to paper over the flaws of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).  Based on CBO estimates, this election-year stunt to artificially lower the cost of seniors’ Part D premiums will cost taxpayers at least $7 billion in 2025, including $2 billion in additional interest on our already ballooning debt.  CBO also notes the underlying partisan policy changes to seniors’ prescription drug coverage could cost up to $20 billion more in 2025 than previously assumed.

This analysis is in response to a request from U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), U.S. Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), U.S. House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) and U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Missouri).

Ranking Member Crapo Statement:

“The Congressional Budget Office has confirmed that the Biden-Harris Administration’s latest 2024 gimmick will spend billions in taxpayer dollars to blanket over the consequences of the rushed, partisan so-called Inflation Reduction Act.  This type of executive overreach treats the Treasury as a piggy-bank, exacerbating inflation and sidestepping Congress to advance conveniently timed political aims.”

Ranking Member Grassley Statement:

“When Democrats unilaterally enacted major changes to Medicare two years ago, they set seniors up for new expenses and fewer options.  This nonpartisan CBO analysis confirms CMS’s cost-shifting plan is a dishonest election-year gimmick to cover up those consequences. Rather than coming to the table and legitimately addressing its partisan mistakes, the Biden-Harris administration threw taxpayer dollars at the problems it created, putting Americans on the hook for tens-of-billions more dollars.”

Chair Arrington Statement:

“As predicted, the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act not only quelled investment for new cures, but caused Medicare prescription drug plan premiums to skyrocket, and Democrats are scrambling to cover it up before the election.

“In July, the Biden-Harris CMS scrambled to create a new federal program that will send billions of tax dollars to large health insurance companies to cover up a massive flaw in their so-called Inflation Reduction Act.

“Now, CBO confirmed that the Administration’s election year Hail Mary will cost taxpayers an astounding $7 billion next year alone, and $21 billion over the planned 3-year demo, adding to the more than $2 trillion in Biden-Harris executive spending.”

Chair McMorris Rodgers Statement:

“The CBO confirms the $7 billion cost for just one year of the Biden-Harris administration’s politically motivated scheme to buy off big insurance companies just weeks before an election.  The American people should not be fooled by this illegal, last-ditch attempt to cover up Democrats’ disastrous policies that significantly raised Medicare Part D premiums.  President Biden and Vice President Harris should abandon this ill-fated plan and work on bipartisan solutions to lowering the cost of care, like the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act."

Chair Smith Statement:

“The so-called Inflation Reduction Act – which is law as a result of Vice President Harris’ tie-breaking vote in the Senate – has led to a predictable spike in the cost of prescription drug coverage for America’s seniors.  Rather than change course, the Biden-Harris Administration is cutting taxpayer-funded blank checks to large health insurers to sweep the mess under the rug.  It is a shameful attempt to delay the inevitable fallout of a failed policy that leaves taxpayers footing the bill today and seniors paying the price tomorrow.”

Background:

Congressional Democrats included policies in the IRA that significantly redesigned the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit at an initial estimated cost of nearly $30 billion over ten years.

These policy changes restructured the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit and take effect in 2025.  As a result, Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors responded by significantly increasing their plan bids and base beneficiary premiums for 2025, as well as reducing the number of plans offered to seniors next year.

In response, on July 29, 2024, the Biden-Harris Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration program, which will send Federal dollars to large health insurance companies to artificially lower the cost of seniors’ Part D premiums.

The bottom line:

The Premium Stabilization Demonstration program will shift financial liability onto American taxpayers by applying a uniform reduction of $15 to the base beneficiary premium, establishing a year-over-year limit of $35 on how much a plan’s total Part D premium can increase, and adjusting risk corridors to shift financial liability from large insurance companies to taxpayers.

Under the Biden-Harris Administration, average Medicare Part D premiums increased by over 11 percent from 2021 to 2024, costing seniors an average of $52 more per year for their prescription drug coverage.  On the contrary, under the Trump Administration, average Part D premiums decreased by over 5.5 percent, saving seniors an average of $27 a year.

As a result, before the announcement of the Biden-Harris Administration’s election-year bailout of health insurance companies, seniors’ premiums had increased under this Administration at more than twice the rate that they decreased under the Trump Administration.

While the Trump Administration lowered costs by increasing free-market competition, the Biden-Harris Administration has subjected seniors to soaring prescription drug costs with sloppy partisan policymaking and one-size-fits-all “Washington knows best” mandates. 

Because of Democrats’ rushed, partisan policymaking in the IRA, America’s seniors were faced with sharp increases in their prescription drug premiums as well as fewer choices for coverage.

To cover up rising premiums ahead of November, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a demonstration program, which will buy down premium increases by sending billions of taxpayer dollars directly to large insurance companies.  A recent editorial from The Wall Street Journal called the plan “a Medicare election bribe for seniors.”

Resources: Past Research

Shock Report: Federal Government Will Bill Peoples' Estates After Death To Pay For Medicaid Expenses (Past Research on Medicare & Medicaid)

Monday, December 16, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/shock-report-federal-government-will.html

A Gun to the Head: Obamacare Medicaid Expansion and the Federal Takeover of State Governments (Past Research on Medicare & Medicaid)

Saturday, November 22, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-gun-to-head-obamacare-medicaid.html

THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION GOES INSANE (Past Research on the American Medical Association)

Friday, May 21, 2021

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-american-medical-association-goes.html

J. D. Vance (Connecting the Dots: J.D. Vance, Sidley Austin LLP, Obama, CNN, Kimberly Cheatle, U.S. Secret Service, PepsiCo, U.S. Secret Service, Pence, FBI, Merrick Garland, Alejandro Mayorkas, O'Melveny & Myers LLP & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Sidley Austin LLP & J.D. Vance)

Monday, July 15, 2024

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/07/j-d-vance-connecting-dots-jd-vance.html

Who is Involved in Your Healthcare? (Connecting the Dots: America's Health Insurance Plans, the Center for American Progress (Think Tank), Vaccine Manufacturer’s & the Soros Funded Think Tanks All Networking) (Past Research on the America's Health Insurance Plans)

Thursday, October 13, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/10/who-is-involved-in-your-healthcare.html