Saturday, August 15, 2026

Collins' Moderate Brand Faces a Reckoning in Maine (Connecting the Dots: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Elaine Chao, John McCain, The Washington Post & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Collins' Moderate Brand Faces a Reckoning in Maine (Connecting the Dots: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Elaine Chao, John McCain, The Washington Post & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Newsmax.com

By Jim Morley    |   Saturday, 08 August 2026 10:33 AM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/collins-maine-moderate/2026/08/08/id/1265474/

Republican Sen. Susan Collins is confronting signs of an eroding base among the Democratic and independent voters who typically have helped sustain her political career in Maine, according to Washington Post reporting published Saturday.

Collins has long relied on split-ticket voters in the otherwise Democratic-leaning state, but interviews with more than two dozen Maine voters by the outlet found some former supporters increasingly dissatisfied with the senator and her relationship with President Donald Trump.

''I just gave her the benefit of the doubt,'' Democrat Kim Bridgham, who voted for Collins and Democrat Joe Biden in 2020, told the Post.

''I tend to be somewhat moderate, and I used to believe that she was a moderate.''

Bridgham pointed in particular to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement following the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian immigrant by an ICE agent in Biddeford.

''I’m horrified that some young father who’s just trying to provide for his family just got basically gunned down in the street,'' Bridgham said.

Collins has called for an independent investigation into the shooting and pressed the administration over ICE vehicle stops.

She also highlighted $20 million for ICE body cameras and additional de-escalation training in an appropriations bill, and said ICE officials promised Maine would be first to receive body cameras as the agency equips field agents nationwide.

But Bridgham said Collins’ occasional breaks with Republicans have not been enough.

''When she voted for RFK Jr., I totally lost it,'' she said.

''I feel like she only votes against her party when she knows it doesn’t count.''

Collins provided a notable recent exception when she became the first Republican senator to announce she would oppose Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, subsequently announced her opposition as well.

Blanche was nevertheless confirmed in an extraordinarily narrow 50-49 Senate vote early Saturday morning, with Collins and Murkowski joining Democrats in opposition.

The episode underscores the political balancing act Collins faces in Maine, where her reputation for independence remains central to her campaign even as critics argue her breaks with Trump are too infrequent.

Some longtime supporters remain firmly behind her. Madeleine Thibeault, an 83-year-old Democrat, cited Collins’ ability to direct federal resources to Maine.

''I know she’s been there 30 years, but she’s done things,'' Thibeault said. ''She kept the navy yard open, the fire departments, all kinds of stuff.''

Others who once viewed Collins as a moderate Republican role model say their support has finally collapsed.

Margaret Shaw, a 74-year-old retired teacher who previously backed Collins, described the senator’s 2018 vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a turning point.

''That put the crack in the teapot,'' Shaw said.

''I’m watching the country devolve before my eyes, and so I’m far more vocal and I’m thinking about it,'' she added.

''Can’t she speak out? Can’t she be like John McCain?''

Independent Theresa Boisot, who voted for Collins in 2020 and Trump in 2024, also said she has soured on both.

''She’s taking money from other people and she’s not giving it to us poor people,'' Boisot said. ''I just don’t like Trump, and I don’t like Susan Collins, and I think they both need to hit the road.''

Collins is facing Democrat Troy Jackson, the former Maine Senate president, after Democrats turned to him following the implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign.

Jackson is seeking to capitalize on dissatisfaction with Trump and Collins, while the Collins campaign portrays him as outside Maine’s political mainstream.

''Jackson has based his latest campaigns on far-Left policies borrowed from the democratic socialist playbook,'' Collins spokeswoman Blake Kernen told the outlet.

''Centrist voters are going to have a clear choice this fall between a partisan Augusta legislator who has spent his entire career on the ideological fringes and a proven independent leader whose public service is defined by working with members of both parties to deliver for Maine.''

A recent University of New Hampshire poll cited by the Post showed Jackson with 49% support among likely voters and Collins with 46%, with 3% undecided, though polling in Maine has proved unreliable in previous elections.

For some voters, the question is also generational. Independent Beth Hutchinson said she respects Collins’ record but is considering voting for someone else.

''She should be retired. I’m sorry,'' Hutchinson said. ''I am retiring this year. She’s worked longer than I have. Really, lady. It’s time, go home.''

Hutchinson, however, remains wary of Jackson’s politics.

''We’re in the middle, we’re more conservative,'' she said of Maine.

Connecting the Dots:

E.J. Dionne is a columnist for the Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Robert Kagan is a columnist for the Washington Post and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Susan M. Collins is a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R- Maine and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Kenneth M. Duberstein is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the chairman for the Harvard University Institute of Politics and a trustee emeritus at the Hudson Institute (think tank).

Elaine L. Chao is a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics, a fellow at the Hudson Institute (think tank) and married to (Mitch) Addison M. McConnell.

James A. Leach was a director at the Harvard University Institute of Politics and a member Japan-US Friendship Commission.

Lisa Murkowski is a member of the Japan-US Friendship Commission and a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R-Alaska.

Addison M. McConnell is married to Elaine L. Chao and a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R-Kentucky and was a majority leader.

John S. McCain III was a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R-Arizona and an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Susan M. Collins  is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service, a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R- Maine and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Erskine B. Bowles is a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Kenneth M. Duberstein is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a trustee emeritus at the Hudson Institute (think tank) and was a VP for the Committee for Economic Development.

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

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

Stuart E. Eizenstat was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Lloyd Howell Jr. was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is a director at the Partnership for Public Service.

John E. Sexton was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and was a director at the Partnership for Public Service.

Susan M. Collins is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service, a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R- Maine and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

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.

Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great 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. Tuminez was 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.

E.J. Dionne is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a columnist for the Washington Post.

Robert Kagan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and is a columnist for the Washington Post.

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 and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

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 the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

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

Warren E. Buffett is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was a director for the Washington Post Co.

Washington Post Co. was the owner of the Washington Post.

E.J. Dionne is a columnist for the Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

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.

Susan M. Collins was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R- Maine and an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

John S. McCain III was an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service and a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R-Arizona.

Resources: Past Research

Shaffer to Newsmax: Murkowski, Collins Looking to Politicize Hegseth Confirmation (Connecting the Dots: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, R.I.N.O.’s, The Japan-US Friendship Commission, The Partnership for Public Service, Obamacare, The Harvard University Institute of Politics & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Susan Collins & Lisa Murkowski)

Thursday, January 23, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/shaffer-to-newsmax-murkowski-collins.html

Only Made Possible Though Networking (Past Research on the Washington Post)

Monday, June 9, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/only-made-possible-though-networking.html

Treasury Flags $5 Billion in Suspected Smuggling Activity (Connecting the Dots: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, The IRS, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation of New York)

Friday, August 14, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/08/treasury-flags-5-billion-in-suspected.html

Friday, August 14, 2026

Treasury Flags $5 Billion in Suspected Smuggling Activity (Connecting the Dots: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, The IRS, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Treasury Flags $5 Billion in Suspected Smuggling Activity (Connecting the Dots: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, The IRS, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Newsmax.com

By Nicole Weatherholtz    |   Thursday, 13 August 2026 07:55 PM EDT

Friday, August 14, 2026

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/treasury-fincen-human-smuggling/2026/08/13/id/1266048/

Nearly $5 billion in suspicious financial activity was potentially tied to human smuggling over a three-year period, according to a new Treasury Department report that highlights the vast sums of money moving through smuggling networks operating across the U.S. border.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, said financial institutions filed 67,540 reports involving suspected human smuggling from 2023 through 2025.

The money often moved along well-known migration routes, while large amounts of cash were handled near the U.S. southwest border. Investigators also found frequent transactions between people who had no verifiable family relationship.

"Many human smuggling networks generate profit for larger transnational criminal organizations, including Mexico-based drug cartels," FinCEN Director Andrea Gacki said in a statement. "Suspicious activity flagged by financial institutions provides critical information, and we will continue to work closely with both the private sector and law enforcement to dismantle human smuggling networks and protect our borders."

The number of reports involving suspected human smuggling reached its highest point in 2024 before falling 62% in 2025.

The United States was the most common location for people named in the reports, followed by Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Colombia.

Money-transfer businesses accounted for about 97% of the reports. They flagged customers sending money in ways that did not match their usual behavior, transfers to locations along migration routes, and transactions that appeared deliberately broken into smaller amounts to avoid reporting requirements.

In 59% of those reports, the sender and recipient had no verifiable family connection, according to FinCEN.

Bank filings represented about 3% of the total data, but the transactions they identified accounted for roughly 61% of the nearly $5 billion in suspicious activity.

Among the warning signs were accounts receiving money from numerous people and customers making cash transactions that appeared designed to stay below reporting thresholds.

Travel agencies also surfaced in the analysis. FinCEN said some appeared to be sham businesses arranging travel for migrants, while legitimate agencies may have unknowingly helped facilitate smuggling-related activity.

The findings were based on reports financial institutions submit to federal authorities when they detect transactions that could be connected to illegal activity.

Connecting the Dots:

Xerox Corporation is a U.S. investor in Guatemala.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a director at the Xerox Corporation, a director at Catalyst and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Ursula M. Burns is the chair & CEO for the Xerox Corporation and a director at Catalyst.

Anne M. Mulcahy was the chairman & CEO for the Xerox Corporation and a director at Catalyst.

Ann M. Fudge is a director at Catalyst and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Charles O. Prince III is a director at the Xerox Corporation and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a co-chair for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future.

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.

Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great 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. Tuminez was 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.

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

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Ernesto Zedillo was a board member for the International Crisis Group and the president of Mexico.

Carlos Pascual was the VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for Mexico.

John D. Negroponte was a U.S. ambassador for Mexico, a U.S. ambassador for Honduras and an EVP for McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

Pedro Aspe was the secretary of the treasury for Mexico, and a director at McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

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

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

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

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for Colombia.

Ann Dibble Jordan is married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr., an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was a director at Catalyst.

Ann M. Fudge is a director at Catalyst and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a director at Catalyst, a director at the Xerox Corporation and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Ursula M. Burns is a director at Catalyst and the chair & CEO for the Xerox Corporation.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a director at Catalyst, a director at the Xerox Corporation and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Xerox Corporation is a U.S. investor in Guatemala.

Paul A. Allaire was the chairman & CEO for the Xerox Corporation and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Letitia James is the chair for the Committee on Economic Development and the Attorney General of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

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

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

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.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Charles O. Rossotti is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Timothy D. Adams was an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

David D. Aufhauser was a general counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

James A. Baker III was a secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Kenneth W. Dam was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is a lifetime director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Stuart E. Eizenstat was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Robert M. Kimmitt was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George P. Shultz was a secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Herbert M. Allison Jr. was an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Teresa M. Ressel was an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

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.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Jonathan Soros’s father and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee and the Roosevelt Institute.

Jonathan Soros was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is George Soros’s son and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.

James Roosevelt Jr. is a governor at the Roosevelt Institute and was an associate commissioner for the Social Security Administration (SSA).

Gwendolyn S. King was a commissioner for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and is a founding partner at the Directors' Council.

Michele J. Hooper is a founding partner at the Directors' Council and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a member of the Belizean Grove and a director at the Xerox Corporation.

Xerox Corporation is a U.S. investor in Guatemala.

Deborah L. Wince-Smith is a member of the Belizean Grove and was a member of the IRS Oversight Board.

IRS Oversight Board is the citizen’s board for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean Grove and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

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

Henry A. Kissinger was a member of the Bohemian Club, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

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) and the International Rescue Committee.

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

Timothy F. Geithner is a director at the International Rescue Committee, was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a researcher for Kissinger Associates, Inc. and a secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Charles O. Rossotti was a commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

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.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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

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

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

Brent Scowcroft was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and the vice chairman for Kissinger Associates and a friend of Henry A. Kissinger.

Henry A. Kissinger was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a member of the Bohemian Club, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc.

Timothy F. Geithner is a director at the International Rescue Committee, was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a researcher for Kissinger Associates, Inc. and a secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

J. Stapleton Roy was a U.S. ambassador for China and a vice chairman for Kissinger Associates, Inc. and is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

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) 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 Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.  

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

Ernesto Zedillo was a board member for the International Crisis Group and the president of Mexico.

Carlos Pascual was the VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for Mexico.

John D. Negroponte was a U.S. ambassador for Mexico, a U.S. ambassador for Honduras and an EVP for McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

Pedro Aspe was the secretary of the treasury for Mexico, and a director at McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

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

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

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

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for Colombia.

Ann Dibble Jordan is married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr., an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was a director at Catalyst.

Ann M. Fudge is a director at Catalyst and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a director at Catalyst, a director at the Xerox Corporation and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Ursula M. Burns is a director at Catalyst and the chair & CEO for the Xerox Corporation.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a director at Catalyst, a director at the Xerox Corporation and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Xerox Corporation is a U.S. investor in Guatemala.

Deborah L. Wince-Smith is a member of the Belizean Grove and was a member of the IRS Oversight Board.

IRS Oversight Board is the citizen’s board for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean Grove and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

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

Henry A. Kissinger was a member of the Bohemian Club, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

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) and the International Rescue Committee.

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

Timothy F. Geithner is a director at the International Rescue Committee, was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a researcher for Kissinger Associates, Inc. and a secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Resources: Past Research

What Part of Open Borders Breed Violent Crime Doesn't Left Get? (Connecting the Dots: Van Jones, CNN, Mexico, Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution, United Nations & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Mexico)

Saturday, June 29, 2024

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/06/what-part-of-open-borders-breed-violent.html

California Gov. Brown to Meet With Mexican President (Past Research on Honduras)

Monday, July 28, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/07/california-gov-brown-to-meet-with.html

Giving to Guatemala (Starbucks partners with Save the Children) (Past Research on Guatemala)

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/giving-to-guatemala-starbucks-partners.html

Musk Says DOGE, Treasury Agree on New Anti-Fraud Measures to Claw Back $50 Billion in Payment Fraud (Connecting the Dots: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, The IRS, The Social Security Administration (SSA) Timothy Geithner, Kissinger Associates, Inc., Henry Kissinger, Bohemian Club, Belizean Grove & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the U.S. Department of the Treasury, The IRS, The Social Security Administration (SSA))

Sunday, February 9, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/musk-says-doge-treasury-agree-on-new.html

Kurt Volker to Newsmax: Modi Presence at China Summit Very Troubling (Connecting the Dots: Kurt Volker, His Wife Ia Meurmishvili & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Kissinger Associates, Inc.)

Monday, September 1, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/kurt-volker-to-newsmax-modi-presence-at.html

Judge Dismisses DOJ’s Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard (Connecting the Dots: Judge Richard Stearns, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, Harvard Law School & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation of New York)

Thursday, August 13, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/08/judge-dismisses-dojs-anti-semitism.html


Thursday, August 13, 2026

Judge Dismisses DOJ’s Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard (Connecting the Dots: Judge Richard Stearns, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, Harvard Law School & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Judge Dismisses DOJ’s Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard (Connecting the Dots: Judge Richard Stearns, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, Harvard Law School & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said the claims in the lawsuit were ‘too isolated and episodic to support a plausible inference.’

The Epoch Times

Jacki Thrapp 8/13/2026|Updated: 8/13/2026

Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 29, 2026. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-dismisses-dojs-anti-semitism-lawsuit-against-harvard-6074896

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice on Aug. 13 that accused Harvard University of failing to protect Jewish students from harassment.

The lawsuit, filed on March 20, 2026, accused the prominent university of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Judge Richard Stearns of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said on Aug. 13 that the claim of an ongoing violation of Title VI lacked sufficient evidence.

“Without diminishing any concern arising from these occurrences, the court finds them, singly and collectively, to be too isolated and episodic to support a plausible inference that any institutionalized noncompliance with Title VI persists at Harvard to this day,” Stearns wrote in a ruling on Aug. 13.

The ruling was made after Harvard filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

“The Amended Complaint focuses almost entirely on incidents that took place during the 2023–2024 school year,” Stearns added. “Only three incidents are alleged to have occurred after this period, all of which took place nearly a full year later (and more than one full academic year before this case was filed) in March of 2025.”

Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department, told The Epoch Times in a statement on Aug. 13: “We disagree with the ruling and are assessing next steps. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is actively investigating antisemitism nationwide. The Civil Rights Division has an extensive and active portfolio of antisemitism enforcement, including indictments, prosecutions, settlements, and investigations across the country.”

The Epoch Times reached out to Harvard for comment but did not receive a response by publication time.

The initial 44-page lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, alleged that the university fostered and continued to foster a campus climate in which hostile anti-Semitism, discrimination, and anti-Israeli conduct thrived in the wake of the Hamas terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel.

The Trump administration alleged that Jewish students at the school were harassed, physically abused, stalked, and spat upon as Harvard allegedly “turned a blind eye” to anti-Semitism and discrimination.

“Fearful for their safety, Jewish students wore baseball caps to conceal their yarmulkes or kept out of sight, effectively denying them access to Federally funded educational opportunities,” the complaint states.

Former Attorney General Pamela Bondi, in a statement made at the time the lawsuit was filed, accused Harvard and other schools of allowing “anti-Semitism to flourish on campus,” and she said that the “litigation underscores the Trump Administration’s commitment to demanding better from [the] nation’s schools and putting an end to discriminatory behavior that harms students.”

Judge Richard Stearns

Ballotpedia

https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Stearns

Richard Gaylore Stearns (b. 1944) is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He joined the court in 1993 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. At the time of appointment, Stearns was an Associate justice for the Superior Court of Massachusetts.

Education

A native of California, Stearns graduated from Stanford University with his bachelor's degree in 1968 and also graduated with a master's degree from Oxford University's Balliol College in 1971 and also graduated from Harvard Law School with his J.D. degree in 1976.

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Sunday, May 31, 2026

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Report: Obama Threatened to Shoot Down IAF Iran Strike (Past Research on Israel)

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/03/report-obama-threatened-to-shoot-down.html

Musk on Trump Attack: Head of Secret Service Should Resign (Connecting the Dots: The head of the Secret Service is Kimberly Cheatle, PepsiCo, Alejandro Mayorkas, O'Melveny & Myers LLP & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Secret Service is Kimberly Cheatle, PepsiCo)

Sunday, July 14, 2024

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/07/musk-on-trump-attack-head-of-secret.html

“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, Green Cross International & Mikhail Gorbachev)

Monday, January 6, 2025

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Clear Channel Refuses AFDI Ads Countering ICNA’s Lies with the Truth About Muhammad (Past Research on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank))

Saturday, June 20, 2015

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Charleston: CNN’s Sick Pattern of Using the Dead as Political Weapons Against the Right (Past Research on CNN)

Saturday, June 20, 2015

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