Taco
Bell Confirms Removal of Some Items but Says No Confirmed Link to
Cyclosporiasis Outbreak (Connecting the Dots: Yum Brands,
Taco Bell, CDC, FDA, China & The Carnegie/Soro Network)
The
outbreak has hit more than half the states in the country.
The
Epoch Times
Zachary
Stieber
Senior
Reporter
7/15/2026|Updated:
7/15/2026
A Taco
Bell restaurant in La CaƱada Flintridge, Calif., on July 14, 2026. Mario
Tama/Getty Images
Taco Bell
on July 14 confirmed that it has voluntarily removed some menu items as a
precautionary measure amid an outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite in the
United States.
“The
health and safety of our guests is our top priority. Public health officials
have not confirmed a link to Taco Bell or any specific ingredient, supplier,
restaurant or retailer,” Taco Bell said in a statement to news outlets.
“While
authorities continue their broader review, Taco Bell has voluntarily and
temporarily removed limited ingredients at select restaurants as a
precautionary measure. We will continue to closely monitor the situation and
follow the guidance of public health authorities.”
More
than half of the states in the country have recently reported cases of
cyclosporiasis, which is caused by a parasite called cyclospora that spreads
through produce contaminated with feces. Michigan has reported the most cases
with 3,309 as of July 14.
WWJ-TV,
a Detroit-based broadcaster, reported this week that Taco Bell locations had
been putting up signs that said they were unable to sell lettuce, cilantro
onion, Pico de Gallo, and
guacamole “due to a nationwide recall.”
Taco Bell did not return a request for
comment for more details.
Michigan authorities said this week that their investigation
pointed to lettuce or salad greens as a potential source of the outbreak,
although they have not been able to completely rule out other items.
“No
specific type of produce, grower or supplier has been identified as the
source,” the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said in a
statement.
Asked
whether the Food and Drug Administration was looking at any specific company,
such as Taco Bell, in its investigation, acting FDA Deputy Commissioner for
Food Donald Prater told reporters on a call on Tuesday that the “FDA certainly
is continuing its traceback investigation on multiple produce items, also
including locations that are reported by the case patients before they became
sick.”
Gwen
Biggerstaff, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention’s
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, said that the
cyclosporiasis cases in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia are likely
linked.
“The
states are really actively tracking down and interviewing cases and collating
the data that are available,” she said, adding later that the work would lead
to the identification of a source.
Cyclosporiasis
cases happen in the United States each summer, but the number this year is
unusually high, officials said. Prior cyclosporiasis outbreaks have been caused
by contaminated produce such as green onions, peas, and raspberries.
Officials
are advising people to wash their hands before and after handling produce, wash
produce before preparing and consider cooking any produce before consumption.
Yum Brandssaid
Tuesday it would sell its Pizza Hut chain for $2.7 billion, as the unit
struggles with stiff competition in the fast-food market and cautious
consumer spending.
Pizza
Hut in Mainland China will be acquired by Yum China for $1.2 billion while the rest
of the businesswill be acquired by private equity firm LongRange Capital for
$1.5 billion, the company said.
The
move follows Yum entering exclusive talks with LongRange in May, after its
said it was reviewing strategic options, including a possible sale, for Pizza
Hut, as the unit fell behind Yum's other fast-casual dining brands such as
Taco Bell.
The
fast-food industry is contending with sustained demand weakness, as growing
adoption of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs encourages consumers to choose healthier
foods.
The
pressure has been compounded by rising inflation and a decline in consumer
sentiment that has weighed on U.S. pizza giants already facing elevated
commodity costs.
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tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CBS News, Michael Bloomberg, Carter
Center, Chuck Schumer, Al Sharpton, The Black Panthers & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the CDC)
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International, Inc., H.J. Heinz Co, Kraft, The Coca-Cola Company, Kellogg
Company, Nestle USA, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Monsanto, FDA,
CDC & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on the Carnegie Corporation of New York & Food Companies)
Chinese
Crash Crushes Stock Market as Obama Imitates Chinese Economy (Past Research on China & the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank))
Madeleine
Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In
The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine
Albright & the Aspen Institute (think tank))
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the Dots: Mondelez International, Inc., H.J. Heinz Co, Kraft, The Coca-Cola
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FDA, CDC & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
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tank).
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the Brookings Institution (think tank).
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Initiative (think tank).
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for International Peace (think tank).
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tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the
founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
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for International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
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Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
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United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member
of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
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founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
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for International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
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senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
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LLP was the lobby firm for the Grocery Manufacturers
Association (GMA) and the Monsanto Company.
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(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
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a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a
commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Administration (FDA) and was the VP for public policy at the Monsanto
Company.
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Drug Administration (FDA), David A. Hamburg’s daughter and the VP
for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
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Initiative (think tank) and the president emeritus for the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
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of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
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Endowment for International Peace (think tank) the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
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Institution (think tank).
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merged with the H.
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Museums of Pittsburgh and a life trustee at Carnegie Mellon University.
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predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University, the founder
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Atlantic Council of the United States
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Advancement.
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Kraft
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World Cup, USA Bid Committee Inc., H.J. Heinz & The Soros Funded Think
Tanks, All Networking) (Past Research on H.J. Heinz)
Dr.
Morton Halperin – J Street Education Fund (Connecting the Dots: J Street,
Morton Halperin, The Open Society Foundations, Newsmax’s Mark Halperin, Rhonda
(Randi) Weingarten, The ONE Campaign, MSNBC, ACLU, The Carnegie & Soros
Funding) (Past Research on the ONE Campaign)
Here’s
why hospitals ask you your religion — and why Jews shouldn’t be afraid to
answer (Connecting the Dots: Hospitals, Health Insurance, FDA, CDC, COVID 19
Manufactures, Lindsey Graham, Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell, Joan Rivers,
“PATIENTS TO TARGET” & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation of New York)
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Francisco Sues Major Food Companies Over Ultra-Processed Products, Citing
Health Crisis (Connecting the Dots: Consumer Brands Association (CBA), formerly
the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Food Companies, Control Over
Quality & Cost & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Grocery Manufacturers Association
(GMA))
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Turmoil Sparks Vance Attack on Democrats (Connecting the Dots: The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CBS News, Michael Bloomberg, Carter
Center, Chuck Schumer, Al Sharpton, The Black Panthers & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the CDC)
Here’s
why hospitals ask you your religion — and why Jews shouldn’t be afraid to
answer (Connecting the Dots: Hospitals, Health Insurance,
FDA, CDC, COVID 19 Manufactures, Lindsey Graham, Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell,
Joan Rivers, “PATIENTS TO TARGET” & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
On a
recent trip to the ER in NYC, I was taken aback by the question and didn’t
answer. Now I know better.
NY
Jewish Week
By
Joseph Strauss March 27, 2025 2:28 pm
It's
standard procedure to fill out forms when you're admitted to a hospital — but
one particular question caught writer Joseph Strauss by surprise. (Getty
Images; design by Grace Yagel)
When I
arrived at the emergency room with mysterious abdominal pain, the first thing
they did was hand me a pen.
As I
stood at the registration desk, the pain was getting worse still — I knew I had
to puke again. But there were forms to fill and information to provide. I
jotted down my name and address, and I obliged as they told me to pose for
quite possibly the worst photograph of my entire life.
The
pain was hard to bear — I distinctly felt like there was a cinder block in my
lower abdomen but, unable to recall eating any bricks or concrete, I ruled that
out.
But I
was taken aback by what happened next.
Once I
was officially admitted to the hospital, I was led to a different, painfully
fluorescent room, where they needed more information about me. They clipped a
pulse oximeter onto my finger, took my blood pressure and then took some actual
blood. I stood on a scale. They asked for my height and I said, “five-nine” —
the searing pain, which was expanding to my lower back, eclipsed my urge to say
“five-nine-and-a-half.”
Finally,
I was led to a bed. Lying in it brought no pain relief — but a woman in scrubs
holding an iPad approached. I thought: Could this be my savior? Does her iPad
have the answers? Does she know what’s wrong with me?
No.
There were no answers, just more questions, though these ones were of the
optional variety. She asked for my marital status; “Single,” I said awkwardly
as my girlfriend looked on. The nurse tapped silently on the iPad.
And
then she asked: “Religion?”
I
thought maybe my abdominal pain had somehow disrupted my hearing. I didn’t
answer right away as questions raced through my brain: What should I do? Am I
supposed to tell her I’m Jewish? Maybe she’s Jewish? What if I
told her? What if I didn’t?
“Why?”
I asked, maybe a bit defensively.
I felt
distinctly uncomfortable — a discomfort that was separate from the one
caused by what I’d later learn was a millimeters-wide kidney stone straining
its way through my ureter.
Since I
was very young, I’ve had this notion that it’s good to be suspicious if I’m
ever asked to identify my religion. In addition to my familiarity with Jewish
history — i.e, millennia of Jewish persecution — I’d also heard horror stories
from childhood friends. People like my former classmates at a Jewish day school
in Toronto: Legend has it that a man on the street had asked if they were
Jewish, then offered them cash after they lied and said “no.” (Scared, they ran
off into, of all places, a falafel shop.)
NYU
Langone hospital is one of several NYC hospitals, photographed here on May 7,
2020. (GHI/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
On an
intellectual level, I knew my suspicion about revealing my Jewish identity was
at least somewhat ridiculous. Here I was on the Upper East Side of
Manhattan, in a city home to one million
Jews, inside a hospital named after a Jewish guy. (That’s
right: Financier Sanford Weill, of NY Presbyterian-Weill
Cornell Medical Centerfame,
was once a Jewish kid in Brooklyn.)
My
misgivings were even a bit out of character: I’m more than happy to identify
myself as a Jew — I am literally a staff writer for the New York Jewish
Week. It’s on my LinkedIn and everything.
But
lying in a hospital bed, being asked by someone I’ve never met holding a
mysterious tablet synced up to a whole network of information invisible to me —
well, I didn’t want to answer. Why? Well, famously, not everybody likes Jews!
Even here in New York City, there were 345 anti-Jewish hate crimes last
year, making up more than half of
the city’s total hate crimes.
Maybe I
wasn’t being unreasonable, I figured. So I opted not to answer. My thoughts
kept racing as the nurse tapped some more on the iPad, then moved on. And after
about 10 hours of tests — and eventually passing the stone — so did I.
In the
following days and weeks, though, as I replayed my emergency room visit in my
head, I realized I was still curious: Why did they ask me for
my religion? And should I have answered?
Friends
had different theories. Some said it was to know which type of religious
official to summon in case I died (how comforting!). Others posited that it was
purely for tracking demographics.
So I
asked around at a bunch of NYC hospitals; some of them didn’t have a response.
But according to a spokesperson for NYU Langone: “Hospitals like ours typically
ask about religion so that we can be attentive to a patient’s cultural and
spiritual needs, such as dietary preferences, traditions (such as offering
candles for the Sabbath), or if they ask for a member of the clergy to assist
in counseling or prayer.”
Aha!
This was comforting. In other words, they weren’t inputting my
name on a secret database called “PATIENTS TO TARGET.”
As a New
York-Presbyterian Hospitalspokesperson
told me via email: “During the registration process we offer our patients the
option of sharing their religious affiliation to help us provide the best, most
personalized patient experience, including access to specialized resources and
considerations, including a variety of chaplaincy services,” they wrote,
specifying that sharing religious affiliation “is completely voluntary.”
Nonetheless,
the spokesperson’s mention of chaplaincy services piqued my interest — after
all, I associated hospital chaplains with reading last rites to patients on
their deathbed. And according to Rabbi Ben Varon, a chaplain at NYU Langone
Hospital Brooklyn, that’s not an unusual association to make.
“Here
and there, I walk in and introduce myself and [people are] like, ‘Oh no, what’s
wrong?’” Varon told me. “And I reassure them right away, ‘There’s nothing
wrong. This is one of my units, I make rounds. And I’m just here to provide
emotional support and see how you guys are doing today.’”
In his
role as a chaplain, Varon said that giving patients “any amount of peace or
comfort that I can is a win.” Sometimes he sees patients during his rounds,
while other times a medical professional refers patients for him to see. While
many hospital staffers aim to provide physical healing, Varon said that
chaplains are there to help on an emotional and spiritual level, which “are
very integral aspects of people’s lives, of their healing journeys.”
When I
told Varon about my recent reluctance to disclose my Jewish identity at the
hospital, he responded that I’m not the only one. “Whether that’s like,
deep-seated trauma or fear, or whatever the reason might be — it’s hard to say
exactly, but I think there’s something there,” he said.
He
noted that Russian Jews seem especially reluctant to identify their religion
(NYU Langone Brooklyn is located in South Brooklyn, near neighborhoods with
large Russian populations). “I think Russian Jews have a very wide spectrum of
their relationship to their faith,” he said. “What it meant for them to be
Jewish in the Soviet
Union, and how that comes out for them now, living in
America — I think there’s definitely something there.”
Looking
at the census of patients in units he’s covering, Varon noted that the religion
on many of their files is listed as “none” — the same thing that’s written on
mine, presumably.
But
Varon pointed out that his support, like helping patients reflect on their
experiences or talking through a diagnosis, is equally applicable to secular or
non-religious patients — or even non-Jewish ones. Many times, he said, his work
involves simply being a presence beside a patient who is suffering or lonely.
“Sitting with someone is a holy thing, in my opinion,” he said.
Ultimately,
in the ER, I didn’t feel the need for a chaplain’s presence: I had my
girlfriend by my side and my parents on FaceTime. But suppose I’d been alone
and could’ve used the comfort — would they have sent a chaplain if I’d
identified my religion? I wouldn’t have known to ask. (“A lot of Jewish
patients have said to me, ‘Oh, I didn’t even know something like this
existed,”’ said Varon.)
Now
that I understand why hospitals ask patients about their religion, I don’t
think I’ll hesitate to answer the question the next time I’m in the hospital.
Unfortunately,
another hospital visit is likely in my future: A CT scan taken during that long
and painful night indicated that I have yet another kidney stone that needs
passing. It could be tomorrow, or three years from now — it’s anyone’s
guess. But when that day comes and I’m back in a hospital bed, my words being
typed into an iPad as I face question after question, I’ll look forward to
telling them I’m a five-nine-and-a-half Jew.
Connecting
the Dots:
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a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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a board member for the CDC Foundation and is a director at
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
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a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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a director at the Millennium Promise and is a trustee at the New
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founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
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for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American
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(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
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for Muslim Advancement.
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Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank),a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
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& Johnson(COVID 19 Vaccine
Manufacturer), the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America“Big Pharma” and is the lobby firm for Pfizer
Inc.(COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer).
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counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
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and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
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Fund.
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Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
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the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population
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a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and an Oxford
University(AstraZeneca - COVID 19
Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes scholar.
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special adviser to the president for the William J. Clinton
administration and an Oxford University(AstraZeneca - COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes
scholar.
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a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
was an Oxford University(AstraZeneca
- COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes scholar.
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senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
an Oxford University(AstraZeneca
- COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes scholar.
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a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the
White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, the Director of the Domestic Policy Council for the
Biden administration and an Oxford University(AstraZeneca - COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes
scholar.
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& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population
Fund.
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Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
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Promote Open Society and is a friend of Michael Douglas.
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a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
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the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
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Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank),the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for
Muslim Advancement.
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a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
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co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
founder & chairman for the Better World Fund and the
chairman for the United Nations Foundation.
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a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
director at the Better World Fund.
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the president of the Better World Fund and the president for
the United Nations Foundation.
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a director at the Better World Fund, a director at the United
Nations Foundation and was the United Nations U.S.
ambassador.
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a director at the Better World Fund, a director at the United
Nations Foundation, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and the secretary general for the United
Nations.
Nafis Sadik is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a
director at the Better World Fund, a director at the United
Nations Foundation, an executive director for the United Nations
Population Fund and was the undersecretary general for the United
Nations.
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Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank), David A. Hamburg’s daughter and was the
commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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A. Hamburg’s father, an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and the president emeritus for the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
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the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
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Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank),the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
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a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
is a director at the White House Project.
Robert Jeffrey is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
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a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Amy Robbins
Towers is a board member for the CDC Foundation and a
director at the Human Rights Watch.
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Council of the United States (think tank) and Human Rights
Watch.
George Sorosis the founder & chairman for
the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the Human Rights
Watch.
Gara LaMarchewas the VP & director of U.S.
programs for the Soros Open Society Foundations, an associate
director at the Human Rights Watch and a director at the White
House Project.
Karen Ackman is
a director at the Human Rights Watch and married to William
A. Ackman (Bill).
Daisy Khan was
a director at the White House Project, is a developer for Park51 and
an executive director for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Feisal Abdul
Rauf is a co-founder for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement, the founder & chairman of the Cordoba Initiative and
a developer for Park51 and married to Daisy Khan.
Cordoba
Initiative is a sister organization for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement and a sponsor for the Muslim Leaders of
Tomorrow.
Alwaleed bin
Talal is the founder of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation,
the Saudi Arabia prince and a benefactor for the Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a professor at Georgetown University, an
honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think
tank) and a director at the Center for American Progress.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank), the Center for American Progressand a supporter for
the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Robert Jeffrey is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
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.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress, was the health care policy adviser for
the Barack Obama administration and the founding chair of the
Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAIDis one of the 27 institutes and centers that make
up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Vanderbilt
Secretly Gave Radioactive Drinks to 800 Pregnant Women in 1945 (Connecting the
Dots: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), The Quaker Oats Company,
PepsiCo, Vanderbilt University, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, The
FDA, The CDC, COVID & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on PepsiCo, Quaker Oats Company & Radioactive Drinks)
Kimberly Cheatleserved as Senior Director in Global
Security at PepsiCo. and was the 27th director for
the U.S. Secret Service (She was in charge
of the Secret Service when President Trump was shot in Butler).
Larry D. Thompson is
the EVP of governmental affairs, general counsel & secretary for PepsiCo,
Inc and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Michael H. Jordan was
the division chairman & CEO for PepsiCo, Inc. and an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population
Fund.
George Soroswas the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Kenneth M.
Duberstein is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and the chairman & CEO for the Duberstein
Group, Inc.
George Soroswas the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population
Fund.
Richard N. Haass was
a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and an Oxford
University(AstraZeneca - COVID 19
Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes scholar.
Strobe Talbott is
the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank), was William
J. Clinton’s roommate at Oxford University (AstraZeneca - COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) and
an Oxford University (AstraZeneca -
COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes scholar.
Michael S. Barr is
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a
special adviser to the president for the William J. Clinton
administration and an Oxford University(AstraZeneca - COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes
scholar.
E.J. Dionne is
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
was an Oxford University(AstraZeneca
- COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes scholar.
Jane Nelson was a
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
an Oxford University(AstraZeneca
- COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes scholar.
Susan E. Rice was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the
White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, the Director of the Domestic Policy Council for the
Biden administration and an Oxford University(AstraZeneca - COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer) Rhodes
scholar.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population
Fund.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the Chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is a friend of Michael Douglas.
Donald Kennedy was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank),the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for
Muslim Advancement.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Ted Turner wasthe
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
founder & chairman for the Better World Fund and the
chairman for the United Nations Foundation.
Hisashi Owada is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
director at the Better World Fund.
Timothy E. Wirth is
the president of the Better World Fund and the president for
the United Nations Foundation.
Andrew J. Young is
a director at the Better World Fund, a director at the United
Nations Foundation and was the United Nations U.S.
ambassador.
Kofi A. Annan was
a director at the Better World Fund, a director at the United
Nations Foundation, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and the secretary general for the United
Nations.
Nafis Sadik is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a
director at the Better World Fund, a director at the United
Nations Foundation, an executive director for the United Nations
Population Fund and was the undersecretary general for the United
Nations.
William J. Perry is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), an
advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and
an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at
the Truman 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 Truman Center for National Policy and
vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.
Madeleine K.
Albright was an advisory board member of the Truman National
Security Project, the president of the Truman Center for National
Policy and an honorary director at a director at the Center for American Progress.
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.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress and
a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress, was the health care policy adviser for
the Barack Obama administration and the founding chair of the
Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAIDis one of the 27 institutes and centers that make
up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Laurene Powell
Jobs was a director at the New America Foundation and
married to Steve Jobs.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the New America
Foundation and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Ted Lieuwas honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New
York'sGreat Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in
the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member
of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminezwas a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Newton N. Minow was
an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a senior counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP was a lobby firm for Johnson & Johnson(COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer), the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America “Big Pharma” and Pfizer
Inc. (COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer).
Valerie B. Jarrett is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Vernon E.
Jordan Jr’s great niece and was the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) anda
senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a lobby firm for Johnson
& Johnson(COVID 19 Vaccine
Manufacturer), the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America“Big Pharma” and is the lobby firm for Pfizer
Inc.(COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population
Fund.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progressand a supporter for
the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress, was the health care policy adviser for
the Barack Obama administration and the founding chair of the
Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAIDis one of the 27 institutes and centers
that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Harold Varmus was
a director at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and an
advisory board member for the Earth Institute (think tank).
George Sorosis an advisory board member for the Earth
Institute (think tank), was the Chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
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.
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.
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.
Sidley Austin
LLP was a lobby firm for Johnson & Johnson(COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer), the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America “Big Pharma”,Pfizer Inc. (COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer), St. Jude
Medical Inc., and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
R. Eden Martin was
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Francis E. George was
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a cardinal for
the Roman Catholic Church.
papal knighthood is
an honor conferred by pope from the Roman Catholic Church.
John J.
Studzinski is a papal knighthood knight, a director
at the Atlantic Councilof the United States (think tank)
and a director at the Human Rights Watch.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Beth A. Brooke was
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
is a director at the White House Project.
Robert Jeffrey is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Human Rights
Watch.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Amy Robbins
Towers is a director at Human Rights Watch and a board
member for the CDC Foundation.
Gara LaMarchewas the VP & director of U.S.
programs for the Soros Open Society Foundations, an associate
director at the Human Rights Watch and a director at the White
House Project.
Karen Ackman is
a director at the Human Rights Watch and married to William
A. Ackman (Bill).
Daisy Khan was
a director at the White House Project, is a developer for Park51 and
an executive director for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Feisal Abdul
Rauf is a co-founder for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement, the founder & chairman of the Cordoba Initiative and
a developer for Park51 and married to Daisy Khan.
Cordoba
Initiative is a sister organization for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement and a sponsor for the Muslim Leaders of
Tomorrow.
Alwaleed bin
Talal is the founder of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation,
the Saudi Arabia prince and a benefactor for the Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a professor at Georgetown University, an
honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think
tank) and a director at the Center
for American Progress.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank), the Center
for American Progressand a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Robert Jeffrey is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
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.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center for American
Progress, was the health care policy adviser for the Barack
Obama administration and the founding chair of the Department of
Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAIDis one of the 27 institutes and centers that make
up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Madeleine K.
Albright was a professor at Georgetown University an
honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think
tank) and a director at the Center for
American Progress.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank), the Center
for American Progressand a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
George Sorosis the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Marjorie M.
Scardino is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank) and a trustee at the Carter Center.
Donald R. Hopkins is
the VP, health programs for the Carter Center and was a board
member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Robert Jeffrey was
a board member for the CDC Foundation and is a director
at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank), theCenter for American Progress and a supporter for
the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ezekiel Emanuel
is a senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress, Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother,
was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration and
the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National
Institutes of Health (NIH).
The National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, is one of
the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
George Soroswas the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Astrid S. Tuminezwas a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Ted Lieuwas honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York'sGreat Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district
in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a
member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress and a supporter
for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
George Sorosis 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.
Tom Daschle is the chairman for the Center
for American Progress, was the nominee for health and human
services secretary for the Barack Obama administration and a
special policy adviser at Alston & Bird.
Timothy P. Trysla is
a partner at Alston & Bird and was asenior
policy adviser to the administrator for the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
Thomas A. Scully is
a senior counsel at Alston & Bird, the president & CEO for
the Federation of American Hospitals and anadministrator
for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Trevor Fetter was
a director at the Federation of American Hospitals and a
trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
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.
Marilyn B.
Tavenner was the group president of outpatient services for the Hospital
Corporation of America and is the administrator for the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Thomas A. Scully is
anadministrator for the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, a senior counsel at Alston & Bird and
the president & CEO for the Federation of American Hospitals.
Trevor Fetter was
a director at the Federation of American Hospitals and a
trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow was
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a senior counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Francis E. George was
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a cardinal for
the Roman Catholic Church.
papal knighthood is
an honor conferred by pope from the Roman Catholic Church.
John J.
Studzinski is a papal knighthood knight, a director
at the Atlantic Councilof the United States (think tank)
and a director at the Human Rights Watch.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Beth A. Brooke was
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
is a director at the White House Project.
Robert Jeffrey is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Human Rights
Watch.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Amy Robbins
Towers is a director at Human Rights Watch and a board
member for the CDC Foundation.
Gara LaMarche was the VP & director of
U.S. programs for the Soros Open Society Foundations, an associate
director at the Human Rights Watch and a director at the White
House Project.
Karen Ackman is
a director at the Human Rights Watch and married to William
A. Ackman (Bill).
Daisy Khan was
a director at the White House Project, is a developer for Park51 and
an executive director for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Feisal Abdul
Rauf is a co-founder for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement, the founder & chairman of the Cordoba Initiative and
a developer for Park51 and married to Daisy Khan.
Cordoba
Initiative is a sister organization for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement and a sponsor for the Muslim Leaders of
Tomorrow.
Alwaleed bin
Talal is the founder of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation,
the Saudi Arabia prince and a benefactor for the Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a professor at Georgetown University, an
honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think
tank) and a director at the Center for American Progress.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank), the Center for American Progress and
a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Robert Jeffrey is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
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.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center for American
Progress, was the health care policy adviser for the Barack
Obama administration and the founding chair of the Department of
Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAIDis one of the 27 institutes and centers that make
up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Elaine L. Chao is
a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a fellow at
the Hudson Institute (think tank) and married to “Mitch” Addison
M. McConnell. (Mitch McConnell is currently in
the hospital at an undisclosed location).
Robert Jeffrey was
a board member for the CDC Foundation and is a director
at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for Doctors
Without Borders 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.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a professor at Georgetown University an
honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think
tank) and a director at the Center for
American Progress.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank), the Center
for American Progressand a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Newton N. Minow was
an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP and the president of the Crown Family Foundation.
Lester Crown
is the VP for the Crown Family Foundation, James S. Crown’s father
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Lester
Crown’s son and a trustee at 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) and a trustee at
the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Lester Crown’s son.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is the VP
for the Crown Family Foundation, Susan Crown & James
S. Crown’s father and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Susan Crown is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, an executive committee
member for the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center and her
father is Lester Crown.
Sue L. Gin was a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a director at
the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center.
R. Eden Martin is the
president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP and an advocate for the ONE
Campaign.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of
New York and the president of the Crown Family Foundation.
Shimon Peres was
the president of Israel and a friend of Haim Saban.
Haim Saban was a
friend of Shimon Peres, is a board member for the Friends
of the Israel Defense Forces, the VP for the Saban Family
Foundation, a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East
Policy and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Saban
Family Foundation was a funder for the Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Martin S. Indyk is
a founding director for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a
foreign policy director for the Brookings Institution (think tank),
a U.S. ambassador for Israel and a director at the New
Israel Fund.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population
Fund.
Stephen Hess is a senior fellow emeritus at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and is an advisory board member for the Joan Shorenstein
Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
E.J. Dionne is
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
an advisory board member for the Joan Shorenstein Center on
the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
Hushang Ansary is
an advisory board member for the Joan Shorenstein Center on the
Press, Politics and Public Policy, and was the minister of economic affairs
for Iran.
Cass R. Sunstein is
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
married to Samantha Power.
Samantha Power is
married to Cass R. Sunstein and the U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.
Susan E. Rice was
the United Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack
Obama administration, the White House national security adviser for
the Barack Obama administration and a senior fellow at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Donald F. McHenry was
a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and is an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Joan E. Spero was
a U.S ambassador for economic & social affairs for the United
Nations and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Thomas R.
Pickering is a co-chair for the International Crisis Group,
a distinguished fellow for the Brookings Institution (think tank), was
a U.S. ambassador for Israel, a U.S. ambassador for the United
Nations and a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank) the chairman of review board that investigated the 2012
attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2013, the
undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State and a trustee at
the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder the Brookings Institution
(think tank),the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
the United Nations Population Fund.
Elaine L. Chao is
a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a fellow at
the Hudson Institute (think tank) and married to “Mitch” Addison
M. McConnell. (Mitch McConnell is currently in
the hospital at an undisclosed location).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), the Hudson Institute (think tank) and
the Harlem Children's Zone.
George Soroswas the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Stanley F.
Druckenmiller is the chairman & benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone and married to Fiona Druckenmiller.
Fiona
Druckenmiller is married to Stanley F. Druckenmiller, a
director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a trustee at the NYU
Langone Medical Center and was a trustee at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
Elaine L. Chao is
a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a fellow at
the Hudson Institute (think tank) and married to “Mitch” Addison
M. McConnell. (Mitch McConnell is currently in
the hospital at an undisclosed location).
Alwaleed bin
Talal is a benefactor for the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center
for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Saudi Arabia prince
and the founder of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation.
Cordoba
Initiative is a sponsor for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow
and a sister organization for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Feisal Abdul
Rauf is the founder & chairman of the Cordoba Initiative,
a developer for Park51, married to Daisy Khan and a
co-founder for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement and a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations,Michael Douglas’s friend and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Donald Kennedy was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
Margaret A.
Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think
tank), David A. Hamburg’s daughter and the commissioner for
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
David A. Hamburg was Margaret
A. Hamburg’s father, an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and the president emeritus for the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement and a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Adebayo O.
Ogunlesi is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and a trustee at the New
York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Raymond J. McGuire is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Daniel S. Och is
a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a director at
the Robin Hood Foundation.
Richard S. Fuld
Jr. is a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and was
a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.
George Soroswas the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and is Jonathan Soros’s father.
Jonathan Soroswas the vice chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, is George Soros’s son, a director at
the New America Foundation and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute.
Bernard L.
Schwartz was a funder & director for the New America
Foundation, is a trustee at Third Way and a trustee at
the NYU Langone Medical Center.
Allida M. Black is
a governor for the Roosevelt Institute and was a historian &
editor of Roosevelt papers for George Washington University.
Besides
a residence in Washington, D.C., Graham's residence was in Seneca, South
Carolina. A Southern Baptist,
he was a member of Seneca's Corinth Baptist Church.
Death
Graham
died after a "brief and sudden illness" on the evening of July 11,
2026,[375][376] a day after returning from an official visit to Kyiv,
Ukraine.[375] One of Graham's staffers said there had been no indication that
he was ill before his death.[377] Emergency medical services responded to a
call at a home owned by Graham at around 8:30 p.m. EDT in the Capitol Hill
section of Washington, D.C. for a patient with chest pain. According to radio
transmissions, personnel reported 25 minutes later that a male was in cardiac
arrest and that CPR was underway. A nearby resident said that Graham was taken
to George Washington University Hospitalaround 9:30 p.m. EDT.[375][377] On
July 12, preliminary findings from the D.C. medical examiner stated Graham died
from an aortic dissection caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt was the chair for the Roosevelt Institute and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, the
president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a
general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and
the founder for the Green Cross International.
Ted Turner is an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, the founder
of CNN anda co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations,Michael Douglas’s friend and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Adebayo O.
Ogunlesi is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and a trustee at the New
York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Raymond J. McGuire is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Donald Kennedy was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
Margaret A.
Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think
tank), David A. Hamburg’s daughter and was the commissioner for
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
David A. Hamburg was
the president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York).
On
August 28, 2014, Rivers experienced serious complications and stopped breathing
while undergoing what was scheduled to be a minor throat procedure at the
Yorkville Endoscopy clinic in Yorkville, Manhattan.[156][157] Resuscitated an
hour later, Rivers was transferred to Mount Sinai Hospitalin East Harlem and later put on
life support.[158] She died on September 4 at Mount Sinai, never having
awakened from a medically induced coma.[159] The New York City Medical
Examiner's Office said that she died from brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen.
Disturbing
Details Emerge About The Death Of Joan Rivers
Lawrence
H. Summers was a trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center
(New York), a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama
administration, is a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progressanda board member at the International
Crisis Group.
George Sorosis
a board member for the International Crisis Group, 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.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population Fund.
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).
Jeffrey W. Greenberg was a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and is a trustee at the New
York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Glenn H. Hutchins is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Mark Schwartz is
a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, was George
Soros senior adviser and the president & CEO for Soros
Fund Management.
George Soros’s senior adviser was Mark Schwartz, was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is
founder of the Soros Fund Management.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, Emma
Bloomberg’s father and was a donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation.
Elaine L. Chao is
a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a fellow at
the Hudson Institute (think tank) and married to “Mitch” Addison
M. McConnell. (Mitch McConnell is currently in
the hospital at an undisclosed location).
George Soroswas the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Emma Bloomberg is
a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, Michael R.
Bloomberg’s daughter and was the chief of staff for the Robin
Hood Foundation.
Daniel S. Och is
a director at the Robin Hood Foundation and a trustee at
the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Richard S. Fuld
Jr. was a director at the Robin Hood Foundation and
is a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is a director at the Brain Trauma
Foundation.
Edgar M. Cullman
Jr. is a director at the Brain Trauma Foundation and
a trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York).
Joel S. Ehrenkranz is
a trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York) and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, the general
secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the
president for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and
the founder for the Green Cross International.
Ted Turner is an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, the founder
of CNN and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
David A. Hamburg was
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a
trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York) and the
president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieuwas honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York'sGreat Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district
in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a
member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminezwas a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the
founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Sorosis the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, Daisy M. Soros’s brother-in-law and
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Daisy M. Soros is George
Soros’s sister-in-law and a leader’s council member for the Breast
Cancer Research Foundation.
Jo Carole Lauder is
a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and
a trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York).
Princess Firyal is
a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research
Foundation, the Jordan princess and an overseer at
the International Rescue Committee.
Morton H. Halperinis a director at the ONE
Campaign, a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, Newsmax’s
Mark Halperin’s father, was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progressand served with the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Center for American Progressand the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
George Sorosis the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, a board member at the International
Crisis Group, was a supporter for the Center
for American Progressand
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Societywas a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Lawrence
H. Summers is a board member at the International Crisis Group,
a distinguished senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress,was a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the National Economic Council chairman for
the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at the Mount
Sinai Medical Center (New York).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for theCenter for American Progress, the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieuwas honored with
the Carnegie Corporation of New York'sGreat Immigrants Award, has represented California's
36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since
2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminezwas a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the
founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Newton N. Minow was an
honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a senior counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Morton H. Halperin is a director at
the ONE Campaign, a senior adviser for the Open Society
Foundations, Newsmax’s Mark Halperin’s father, was a
senior fellow at the Center for American
Progressand served with the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progressand the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
George Sorosis the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, a board member at the International
Crisis Group, was a supporter for the Center
for American Progressand
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Lawrence
H. Summers is a board member at the International Crisis Group,
a distinguished senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress,was a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the National Economic Council chairman for
the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at the Mount
Sinai Medical Center (New York).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for theCenter for American Progress, the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieuwas honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York'sGreat Immigrants Award, has represented California's
36th congressional district in the United States House of
Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminezwas a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Haim Saban is a
benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the VP for
the Saban Family Foundation.
Saban
Family Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
board member for Global Green USA.
Global Green USA is
the US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Barbra Streisand is
a board member for the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the founder of
the Barbra Streisand Foundation and a trustee at the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art.
Margery Tabankin is
the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation and a director at
the People for the American Way.
Norman Lear is
a director at the People for the American Way, married to Lyn
Davis Lear and a council of advisor’s member for Global Green USA.
Global Green USA is
the US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Foundation to Promote Open Societywas a funder for the People
for the American Way, the Sundance Institute and the Natural
Resources Defense Council.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Lyn Davis Lear is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute, married to Norman Lear
and a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Robert Redford is
the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, a trustee
at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and an honorary board
member for Green Cross International.
Leonardo DiCaprio is
a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council and a board
member for Global Green USA.
J. Robert Kerrey was
a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council and is a
council of advisor’s member for Global Green USA.
Global Green USA is
the US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Ted Turner was an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, the founder
of CNN anda co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Sorosis the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations,Michael Douglas’s friend and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Adebayo O.
Ogunlesi is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and a trustee at the New
York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Raymond J. McGuire is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Donald Kennedy was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
Margaret A.
Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think
tank), David A. Hamburg’s daughter and was the commissioner for
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
David A. Hamburg was
the president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York).
Open Society Foundationswas a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Sorosis the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations,Michael Douglas’s friend and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Societywas a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Roosevelt
Institute.
Allida M. Black is
a governor for the Roosevelt Institute and was a historian &
editor of Roosevelt papers for George Washington University.
George Washington University
Hospital (GWUH)maintains
significant ties with George Washington University (GWU).
Lindsey Grahamwas a member of
Seneca's Corinth Baptist Church and was taken to George Washington
University Hospital.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute, George
Soros’s son
and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father and was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt was the chair for the Roosevelt Institute and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, the
president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a
general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and
the founder for the Green Cross International.
Ted Turner is an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, the founder
of CNN anda co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Sorosis the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations,Michael Douglas’s friend and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Adebayo O.
Ogunlesi is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and a trustee at the New
York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Raymond J. McGuire is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Donald Kennedy was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
Margaret A.
Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think
tank), David A. Hamburg’s daughter and was the commissioner for
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
David A. Hamburg was
the president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York).
Joan
Rivers
Death
On
August 28, 2014, Rivers experienced serious complications and stopped breathing
while undergoing what was scheduled to be a minor throat procedure at the
Yorkville Endoscopy clinic in Yorkville, Manhattan.[156][157] Resuscitated an
hour later, Rivers was transferred to Mount Sinai Hospitalin East Harlem and later put on
life support.[158] She died on September 4 at Mount Sinai, never having
awakened from a medically induced coma.[159] The New York City Medical
Examiner's Office said that she died from brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen.
Disturbing
Details Emerge About The Death Of Joan Rivers
Lawrence
H. Summers was a trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center
(New York), a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama
administration, is a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress anda board member at the International
Crisis Group.
George Soros is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, 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.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American
Progress, the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder ofthe Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the United Nations Population Fund.
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).
Jeffrey W. Greenberg was a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and is a trustee at the New
York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Glenn H. Hutchins is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Mark Schwartz is
a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, was George
Soros senior adviser and the president & CEO for Soros
Fund Management.
George Soros’s senior adviser was Mark Schwartz, was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is
founder of the Soros Fund Management.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, Emma
Bloomberg’s father and was a donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation.
Elaine L. Chao is
a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a fellow at
the Hudson Institute (think tank) and married to “Mitch” Addison
M. McConnell. (Mitch McConnell is currently in
the hospital at an undisclosed location).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Emma Bloomberg is
a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, Michael R.
Bloomberg’s daughter and was the chief of staff for the Robin
Hood Foundation.
Daniel S. Och is
a director at the Robin Hood Foundation and a trustee at
the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Richard S. Fuld
Jr. was a director at the Robin Hood Foundation and
is a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
George Soroswas the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and is a director at the Brain Trauma
Foundation.
Edgar M. Cullman
Jr. is a director at the Brain Trauma Foundation and
a trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York).
Joel S. Ehrenkranz is
a trustee at the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York) and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, the general
secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the
president for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and
the founder for the Green Cross International.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt was an advisory board member for the Wheelchair
Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.
Allida M. Black is
a governor for the Roosevelt Institute and was a historian &
editor of Roosevelt papers for George Washington University.
George Washington University
Hospital (GWUH)maintains
significant ties with George Washington University (GWU).
Lindsey Grahamwas a member of
Seneca's Corinth Baptist Church and was taken to George Washington
University Hospital.
Allida M. Black was
a historian & editor of Roosevelt papers for George Washington
University and is a governor for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute,
George
Soros’s son
and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father and was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Israel
Medical Association Chief: Doctors in Hospitals Not Required to Get Flu Shot (Past Research on the NYU Langone Medical Center & the
Carnegie Corporation of New York)
Ken
Langone: ‘All in’ for Trump, Can Beat Hillary Clinton, ‘He’ll do a Hell of a
Good Job’ (Researcher’s note: Ken Langone’s Kappa Beta Phi involved in Bailout
Companies) (Past Research on the NYU Langone
Medical Center & Kappa Beta Phi)
NYC
Nursing Walkout Ends as Last Striking Nurses Approve New Contract (Connecting
the Dots: Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York), The New York-Presbyterian
Hospital & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on the New York-Presbyterian Hospital)
Firing,
hiring and a mystery: The 225-year-old Library of Congress has never had a
moment like this (Connecting the Dots: James H. Billington, Carla Hayden, The
Library of Congress & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on the American Society for Muslim Advancement & the White House
Project)
CDC
Turmoil Sparks Vance Attack on Democrats (Connecting the Dots: The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CBS News, Michael Bloomberg, Carter
Center, Chuck Schumer, Al Sharpton, The Black Panthers & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the CDC & The
Carter Center)
House
GOP Eyes Weingarten Book Expenses (Connecting the Dots: Randi Weingarten, The
American Federation of Teachers & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation of New York)
Dr.
Morton Halperin – J Street Education Fund (Connecting the Dots: J Street,
Morton Halperin, The Open Society Foundations, Newsmax’s Mark Halperin, Rhonda
(Randi) Weingarten, The ONE Campaign, MSNBC, ACLU, The Carnegie & Soros
Funding) (Past Research on the ONE Campaign)
Presbyterian
Church (USA) votes to formally recognize gay marriage and allow same-sex
weddings (Past Research on the New
York-Presbyterian Hospital & the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical
Center)
Iran
Divided (Connecting the Dots: Iran, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for
Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Muslim’s The United
Nations, Palestine, Park51 & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for
Muslim-Christian Understanding & Georgetown University)
CDC
Labeled Accurate Articles as Misinformation, Documents Show (Connecting the
Dots: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Supreme Court,
Facebook, COVID 19 Vaccine Manufacturer’s, FDA, Smithsonian Institution, CDC
Museum & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on COVID 19)
CDC's
COVID Shot Guidance for Kids Contradicts RFK Jr. (Connecting the Dots: (EVIL!)
The CDC, FDA, The White House Project, COVID Vaccine Manufacturers, Oxford
University Rhodes scholars, Georgetown University, Park51 (Ground Zero mosque),
Alwaleed bin Talal, The American Society for Muslim Advancement, The Muslim
Leaders of Tomorrow & Soros Funding, All Networking Against Americans. Not
All Wars Are Fought With Guns, This One Was Fought With Needles) (Past Research on COVID Vaccine Manufacturers)
Global
cooling startup raises $60M to test sun-reflecting technology (Connecting the
Dots: Stardust Solutions Funder Chris Sacca, Edward Griffin’s Chemtrail
Documentary, Edward Griffin’s Interview With Norman Dodd Regarding The Carnegie
& Carnegie/Gates/Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on COVID Vaccine Manufacturers)
Rasmussen
Poll: 45% See COVID as Population Control Plot (Connecting the Dots: Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, The United Nations Population Fund, Nafis Sadik,
Allison Fauci, Anthony Fauci, FDA, CDC, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer,
AstraZeneca, Big Pharma, The National Institutes of Health (NIH), The White
House Project, The American Society for Muslim Advancement & The
Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on COVID 19,
Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer & AstraZeneca)
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, theCenter for American
Progress)
Are
Medical Associations Compromised by Corporate Funding? (Connecting the Dots:
The American Heart Association, The American Medical Association, The FDA, The
CDC, Abbott Laboratories, Time magazine, The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, ProPublica, America's Health Insurance Plans, The Center for
American Progress & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the American Heart Association & St. Jude)
FDA's
Makary: Fauci Orchestrated 'Massive Cover-Up' of COVID (Connecting the Dots:
Anthony Fauci, Allison Fauci, The National Institutes of Health (NIH), The
Center for American Progress, CDC, FDA, COVID-19 Vaccine Manufactures, The
Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Late Andrew Carnegie. (Keep In Mind The
Norman Dodd Interview and The Carnegies Plans In 1908 To Involve The USA In War
As A Means Of Population Control, Take Over The Schools & Change History)
& Soros Funding, Networking All These Years) (Past
Research on the CDC & the Carter Center)
IDF:
Missile Defenses 'Effective' Against 180 Iranian Missiles (Connecting the Dots:
The Friends (?) of the Israel Defense Forces, United Nations, Islam, Iran, The
American Society for Muslim Advancement, Sidley Austin LLP & Soros Funding,
All Networking Against and Surrounding Israel with Evil) (Past Research on the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces)
“Tear
Down This Wall” (Connecting the Dots: Mikhail Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation,
Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross International, Global Green USA & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Roosevelt
Institute)
NYC
Nursing Walkout Ends as Last Striking Nurses Approve New Contract (Connecting
the Dots: Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York), The New York-Presbyterian
Hospital & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on the Mount Sinai Medical Center)
2025
Sundance Film Festival (Connecting the Dots: Sundance Film Festival, Robert
Redford, The Sundance Institute, America Votes, Mikhail Gorbachev, The Green
Cross International & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Sundance Institute, Mikhail
Gorbachev & the Green Cross International)
First
Lady, Barbra Streisand Raise Cash for Dems, Warn of GOP Resurgence (Past Research on the Barbra Streisand Foundation &
the Natural Resources Defense Council)
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"Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men." - St. Augustine
"A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous, and then dismissed as trivial, until finally it becomes what everybody knows." -
William James
"This is the real task before us: to reassert our commitment as a nation to a law higher than our own, to renew our spiritual strength. Only by building a wall of such spiritual resolve can we, as a free people, hope to protect our own heritage and make it someday the birthright of all men." --Ronald Reagan
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." -- Edward Abbey
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." John Stuart Mill
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." ~~~George Washington
"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University." William F. Buckley, Jr.
"Conservatives are enemies of the government. Liberals are enemies of the nation because they are not enemies of the government." Aristotle the Hun
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" Albert Einstein
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain." ANON
"That government is best which governs least." Thomas Paine
“A nation that substitutes emotion and empathy for rational thought will eventually digress into the Dark Ages,” Congressman Steve King (R-IA),
INTEGRITY: The highest courage is to dare to be ourself in the face of adversity. Choosing ethics over convenience and truth over popularity means there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
They may be more likely to go to Heaven for good intentions yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be “cured” against one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.~ C. S. Lewis
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