Don Cheadle Tells Trump: ‘Die In a Grease Fire’

Don Cheadle Tells Trump: ‘Die In a Grease Fire’

by Daniel Nussbaum 28 Aug 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/08/28/actor-don-cheadle-tells-trump-die-grease-fire/

Actor Don Cheadle unloaded on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a day-long Twitter tirade on Saturday, calling him a “POS” and suggesting that people of his “ilk” are responsible for conditions in violence-plagued cities like Chicago.

The 51-year-old House of Lies actor kicked off a series of Twitter posts by responding to a tweet in which Trump suggested that the ongoing gun violence in Chicago would prompt more African-American voters to cast their ballots for him in November.

When one Twitter user told Cheadle the candidate was “clearly right” about the severity of violence in Chicago, the actor responded that people like Trump are “contributors to the conditions” that make the city so violent. The actor also accused the Republican nominee of throwing out “red meat” to his “alt-right troglodytes.”

Cheadle continued to combat his social media followers and take shots at Trump throughout the day:

The actor returned to his Twitter account Sunday morning to contend that he was not passing judgement on all of Trump’s supporters, just the “hateful, bigoted racists.”

While Cheadle conceded in his Twitter rant that both Trump and Democrat presidential contender Hillary Clinton both have “negatives,” Cheadle appears to be supporting Clinton in the 2016 race.

In July, the actor contributed his voice to a pro-Clinton climate change warning video directed by James Cameron that aired at the Democratic National Convention.

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle is a co-founder for the Enough Project, Bridgid Coulter’s partner, and a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts.

Note: Enough Project is an affiliated project with the Center for American Progress.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.  

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

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

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Bridgid Coulter is Don Cheadle’s partner, and the ICEF Family board member for the Inner City Education Foundation.

Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation was a funder for the Inner City Education Foundation, and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.  

David I. Fisher was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is a California Institute of the Arts.

Richard J. Grad is a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts, and a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and Craig M. Robinson’s sister.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

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

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

Penny S. Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, Donald Pritzker’s daughter, was the national finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee, the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, and Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team.

Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, Ezekiel Emanuel & Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.  

Ezekiel Emanuel is Rahm I. Emanuel & Ari Emanuel’s brother, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Enough Project is an affiliated project with the Center for American Progress.

Araceli Ruano is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts.

Don Cheadle is a co-founder for the Enough Project, Bridgid Coulter’s partner, and a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts.

Janet Dreisen Rappaport is a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts, and a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Peter Norton is a trustee emeritus at the California Institute of the Arts, and a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Janet Dreisen was a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts, and a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Anthony N. Pritzker was a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts, a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Donald Pritzker’s son.

Barbra Streisand is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and the founder of the Barbra Streisand Foundation.

Ratan N. Tata was a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and is a trustee at the X Prize Foundation.

James Cameron is a director at the X Prize Foundation, and directed a pro-Clinton climate change warning video that aired at the Democratic National Convention.

Ari Emanuel the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and is Rahm I. Emanuel & Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother.

Barbra Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Donald Trump was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is a director at the Police Athletic League of New York City, and the candidate for the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign.

Joseph M. Cohen was a director at the Police Athletic League of New York City, and a trustee emeritus for the California Institute of the Arts.

Don Cheadle is a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts, a co-founder for the Enough Project, and Bridgid Coulter’s partner.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is a trustee emeritus for the California Institute of the Arts, and a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.  

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

George Soros is a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), 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.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.  

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

Enough Project is an affiliated project with the Center for American Progress.

Don Cheadle is a co-founder for the Enough Project, Bridgid Coulter’s partner, and a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts.

Michael D. Eisner was a trustee at the California Institute of the Arts, and is a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp.

Chelsea V. Clinton is a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp, and vice chair for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Berkeley’s Soda Tax is Upper-Class War on Poor

Berkeley’s Soda Tax is Upper-Class War on Poor

by Chriss W. Street 27 Aug 2016Newport Beach, CA

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/08/27/berkeleys-soda-tax-upper-class-war-poor/

Although Berkeley, California claims its “soda tax” cuts unhealthy purchases by 21 percent, it mostly taxes the poor and exempts the high-sugared coffee treats that the upper-class crave.

The pioneering 2014 law led to elitists in Mexico, England, and France pushing through taxes on sugar-laden soda beverages; while Philadelphia became the second city in the United States to pass a soda tax in June. Similar ordinances are now on the November ballots in the three Northern California cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Albany.

According to a new University of California study published in the American Journal of Public Health less than three months before the local Bay Area elections, Berkeley’s penny-per-ounce tax levy on sugary soda drinks is being hailed a major public health success in reducing sugar drinks that cause high rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

Opposition to a “soda tax” normally focuses on the discriminatory nature of singling out one sugared item in the grocery cart as the culprit for bad health. But the more insidious issue is that soda taxes are specifically discriminatory by economic class.

Elite upper-class UC professors would vocally shame a soda guzzlers carrying a 64 ounce Mountain Dew Arctic Burst, but they are mum when it comes to their own Starbucks Venti Caramel Brulée Frappuccino, packed with 520 calories. Furthermore, large sugary coffee drinks contain about 50 percent of an adult’s daily recommended allowance of saturated fat.

According to one New York City poll, only 11.2 percent of those living in the elite upscale Chelsea or Greenwich Village and just 18.4 percent of adults in the tony Upper East and West Sides popped a soda a day. That was far below the poor neighborhoods of Brooklyn’s Flatbush, where 45.7 percent popped a soda each day and the South Bronx, where 45.5 percent of residents are daily soda drinkers.

But if the study would have included sugared coffee drinks, the percentage of elites that imbibe sugared drinks would have been much more similar. There are 2,000 Starbucks locations in New York City, with the vast majority in upscale communities. For the low sugared soda drinkers of Chelsea, Greenwich Village and Upper East and West Sides, there is a Starbucks every two blocks on average, plus plenty of coffee competitors.

Furthermore, national canned soda sales have been in a decade-long decline, dropping another 1.2 percent in 2015, according to Beverage Digest. But sugary “ready-to-drink” canned coffee drinks jumped by 19 percent in 2015. Canned coffee beverages volume grew by 48.1 percent over the last five years, from 50.6 million to 89.7 million gallons.

None of the nations or the cities that have passed or have on the ballot a “Starbucks Tax” on frothy sugared coffee concoctions, because it would be wildly unpopular to tax the same upper-class politicians and elites that tend to push “nanny state” laws.

John Cawley, professor of public policy and economics at Cornell University, is suspicious that the UC Berkeley study may be flawed because retailers absorbed 30-50 percent of the tax.

Cawley agreed that “when prices go up, people buy less,” due to the law of demand. “But this is a very large decrease.” He added sarcastically, “It will be interesting, as more information comes in, whether this finding holds up.”

Soda

Coca-Cola Company was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Jonathan Soros’s father, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and Gavin Newsom was a guest at his 2013 wedding reception.

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

PepsiCo, Inc. was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

David B. Weinberg is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.

Ernesto Zedillo is an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company, and was the president of Mexico.

Janet A. Howard was a VP for the Coca-Cola Company, is a governor at the Roosevelt Institute, and a director at the French-American Foundation.

Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and George Soros’s son.

Donald F. McHenry was a director at the Coca-Cola Company, and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James D. Robinson III was a director at the Coca-Cola Company, and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mary N. Dillon was an EVP for the Coca-Cola Company, a division president for PepsiCo, Inc., and is a director at the Starbucks Corporation.

Craig E. Weatherup was the president of PepsiCo, Inc., and is a director at the Starbucks Corporation.

Larry D. Thompson is an EVP of governmental affairs, general counsel & secretary for PepsiCo, Inc., and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Sheryl K. Sandberg was a director at the Starbucks Corporation, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

David H. Romer was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

University of California, Berkeley is a University of California campus.

Haas School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.

Richard C. Blum is a regent at the University of California, a board member at the Haas School of Business, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Dianne Feinstein, and a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Douglas E. Goldman is a board member at the Haas School of Business, and was a medical director of emergency services for San Francisco (CA).

Coca-Cola Company was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

PepsiCo, Inc. was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Dianne Feinstein is married to Richard C. Blum, a California congressional delegation senator, and was the mayor of San Francisco (CA).

Charlotte Mailliard Shultz is the chief protocol officer for San Francisco (CA), a governor for the Commonwealth Club of California, and married to George P. Shultz.

Lata Krishnan Shah is a governor for the Commonwealth Club of California, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Coca-Cola Company was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

PepsiCo, Inc. was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

George P. Shultz is married to Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Larry D. Thompson is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and an EVP of governmental affairs, general counsel & secretary for PepsiCo, Inc.

G. Richard Thoman is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a director at the French-American Foundation.

Douglas M. Price is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a director at the French-American Foundation.

Janet A. Howard is a director at the French-American Foundation, a governor at the Roosevelt Institute, and was a VP for the Coca-Cola Company.

Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and George Soros’s son.

Charles E.M. Kolb is a director at the French-American Foundation, and the president of the Committee for Economic Development.

Stuart E. Eizenstat was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company.

Carolyn S. Chin was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is a member of the Belizean Grove.

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

Julie Daum is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Davia B. Temin is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Maryles Casto is a member of the Belizean Grove, and a governor for the Commonwealth Club of California.

Charlotte Mailliard Shultz is a governor for the Commonwealth Club of California, married to George P. Shultz, and the chief protocol officer for San Francisco (CA).

George P. Shultz is married to Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Gavin Newsom was the mayor of San Francisco (CA), an invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, and is the lieutenant governor for the California state government.

Jerry Brown is the governor for the California state government, and Kathleen L. Brown’s brother.

Kathleen L. Brown was the California state government treasurer, is Jerry Brown’s sister, and 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.           

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

Richard M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.

Mellody L. Hobson is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Starbucks Corporation.

Byron D. Trott is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a friend of Warren E. Buffett.

Warren E. Buffett is a friend of Byron D. Trott, Howard G. Buffett’s father, the chairman & CEO for Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and was a director at the Coca-Cola Company.

Howard G. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s son, a director at the Coca-Cola Company, and a director at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Ronald L. Olson is a director at Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

George P. Shultz was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is married to Charlotte Mailliard Shultz.

Charlotte Mailliard Shultz is married to George P. Shultz, a governor for the Commonwealth Club of California, and the chief protocol officer for San Francisco (CA).

Maryles Casto is a governor for the Commonwealth Club of California, and a member of the Belizean Grove.

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