House GOP Eyes Weingarten Book Expenses (Connecting the Dots: Randi Weingarten, The American Federation of Teachers & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
Newsmax.com
By Michael
Katz | Tuesday, 07 July 2026 10:58 PM
EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/house-republicans-teachers-union/2026/07/07/id/1262131/
House
Republicans are investigating reports that American Federation
of Teachers union
dues were used to help produce, promote, and publish union President Randi
Weingarten's book,
which her publisher called "a manifesto for our time."
Rep.
Tim Walberg, R-Mich., chair of the House Committee on Education and the
Workforce, and Rep. Rick Allen, R-Ga., chair of the
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, wrote
a letter Tuesday to Weingarten.
They cited reports that the "AFT expended substantial funds
on consultants, legal services, publication-related expenses, fact-checking
services, photography, and other activities connected" to her book,
"Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of
Democracy," which was released in September.
The New York Post reported in May that a Freedom Foundation study found that Weingarten's team
used more than $1.4 million in union funds and that Weingarten retained a share
of the proceeds.
The report stated that Weingarten's team included an attorney who
worked on the book pro bono but whose firm raked in $977,000 for various work
for the teachers union, as well as a "ghost writer" who earned more
than $400,000 from the union.
"The prospect that rank-and-file educators' dues may have
financed a project that generated private financial gain raises serious
questions about transparency, accountability, and fiduciary responsibility
within one of the nation's largest labor organizations," the lawmakers
wrote.
"These allegations, if accurate, raise significant questions
regarding transparency, fiduciary obligations to union members, and the use of
member dues."
Weingarten publicly stated that some of the proceeds from the book
would go back to the AFT, the AFT Disaster Relief Fund, and the AFT Educational
Foundation, according to the Post.
The
AFT's federal labor disclosures showed two "royalty payments"
totaling $125,000 were made to a Weingarten-controlled entity called
"Teachers Want What Kids Need, LLC," which the Freedom Foundation
said was not a tax-exempt charity but "an opaque corporate entity
incorporated in Delaware."
The lawmakers noted that Weingarten said the book project was
undertaken in partnership with the AFT and maintained she did nothing wrong,
but that "the available information warrants further review to determine
the extent to which union resources were devoted to a project from which you
may have personally benefited financially."
As part of the investigation, the lawmakers requested that
Weingarten turn over by July 21 records of all AFT expenditures related to
drafting, publishing, promoting, and touring the book. They also requested all
agreements between AFT and outside parties, along with records of work
performed by AFT employees on the project.
"The Committee expects your full cooperation," the
lawmakers wrote.
Weingarten's annual salary with the AFT is $469,442, according to
the labor watchdog Union Facts. The union has 1.8 million members across 3,000
local affiliates.
In her book, Weingarten referred to President Donald Trump as a
fascist, causing a stir. She also mentioned Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
"Democracy is people power," Weingarten wrote, according
to an excerpt published by Rolling Stone magazine. "But
fascists want one leader or a small group of elites to have all the power. And
that is what's happening in the United States right now — with billionaire
Trump having enabled his shadow governing partner Elon Musk, the wealthiest
person in the world, to act as his co-president."
In another excerpt, according to the Post, Weingarten wrote:
"Those hell-bent on unraveling democracy, pluralism, and opportunity have always attacked teachers and
education. It's a very old playbook. In the 1930s, Hitler and Mussolini
persecuted teachers and tried to control the curriculum."
Newsmax
has contacted the AFT for comment.
Connecting
the Dots:
Rhonda Weingarten (Randi)
was the president of the United Federation of Teachers, is the
president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a director
at the Economic Policy Institute, a director at the Drum
Major Institute for Public Policy, an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee and received her BS from Cornell University.
American
Federation of Teachers (AFT), an affiliate of the AFL–CIO.
Richard L. Trumka was
the president for the AFL-CIO and a director at the Economic
Policy Institute.
National
Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is a paid for staff by
the Economic Policy Institute.
(Dick) Richard J. Durbin is a member of the National
Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, a U.S. Senate senator
and Charles E. Schumer’s Washington housemate.
Alexis M. Herman is
a director at the Economic Policy Institute and was the
secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor.
Ray Marshall is
a director at the Economic Policy Institute and was the
secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor.
Robert B. Reich is
a director at the Economic Policy Institute and was the
secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor.
T. Michael Kerr is
an assistant secretary for administration for the U.S. Department of
Labor and was a legislative aide for the American Federation
of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Gerald W. McEntee was
the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees and is a director at the Economic Policy Institute.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Economic
Policy Institute, the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and
the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE
Campaign.
Michelle Obama was
an advocate for the ONE Campaign and a lawyer at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Howard G. Buffett is
a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E.
Buffett’s son.
Susan A. Buffett is
a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E. Buffett’s daughter.
Warren E. Buffett is Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father and an
adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
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 Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Morton H. Halperin is
a senior adviser for the Soros Open Society Foundations, served
with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
director at the ONE Campaign.
Lawrence H.
Summers is a director at the ONE Campaign and was a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Sheryl K.
Sandberg is a director at the ONE Campaign and was a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala is a director at the ONE Campaign and
was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Helene D. Gayle is
a director at the ONE Campaign and a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
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.
Andrew H. Tisch is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
trustee at Cornell University.
Abby Joseph Cohen was
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a
trustee emeritus at Cornell University.
Henry Louis
Gates Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a professor at Cornell University.
Rhonda Weingarten (Randi)
received her BS from Cornell University, was the president of the United
Federation of Teachers, is a director at the Economic Policy
Institute, a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy,
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and the president
of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
American
Federation of Teachers (AFT) is a national partner with America
Votes.
National
Education Association (NEA) is a national partner with America
Votes.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America
Votes.
Cecile Richards was
the founder & president of America Votes, the president of
the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the president of the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America and a grant overseer for the Turner
Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and 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
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
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.
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) the
chairman for the Turner Foundation and the founder of CNN.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Morton H. Halperin served with the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a senior adviser
for the Soros Open Society Foundations and a director at
the ONE Campaign.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee.
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Rhonda Weingarten (Randi) is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a director at the Economic Policy Institute, a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, received her BS from Cornell University and was the president of the United Federation of Teachers.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is a national partner
with America Votes.
National
Education Association (NEA) is a national partner with America
Votes.
American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is a national
partner with America Votes.
Association
of Trial Lawyers of America is a national partner with America
Votes.
EMILY's List is
a national partner with America Votes.
International
Brotherhood of Teamsters is a national partner with America
Votes.
League
of Conservation Voters is a national partner with America
Votes.
League of
Young Voters is a national partner with America Votes.
National
Council of La Raza is a national partner with America Votes.
National
Education Association is a national partner with America Votes.
Progressive
Majority is a national partner with America Votes.
Sierra Club is
a national partner with America Votes.
United
Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a national partner
with America Votes.
VoteVets is a
national partner with America Votes.
Working America is
a national partner with America Votes.
Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) is a national partner
with America Votes.
AFL-CIO is a
national partner with America Votes.
Kirk Adams is
the international EVP for the Service Employees International Union
(SEIU), married to Cecile Richards, and was an organizing
director for the AFL-CIO.
Cecile Richards is
married to Kirk Adams, was the president of the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund the president of the Planned Parenthood
Federation of America and was the founder & president of America
Votes.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America
Votes.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee
and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People
for the American Way.
Martin Frost is
a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and was the president
for America Votes.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
Alec Baldwin is
a director at People for the American Way.
Norman Lear is
a director at People for the American Way and married to Lyn
Davis Lear.
Lyn Davis Lear is
married to Norman Lear and a trustee at the Sundance
Institute.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Kenneth D. Cole is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and married to Maria
Cuomo Cole.
Maria Cuomo Cole is
married to Kenneth D. Cole and a trustee at the Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control”
group for guns.
Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a national partner with the America
Votes.
Robert Redford was
the founder & president for the Sundance Institute.
Karen J. Lauder was
a trustee at the Sundance Institute, a trustee at the New
York Restoration Project and is a leader’s council member for
the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Jann S. Wenner is
a trustee at the New York Restoration Project, the founder
of Rolling Stone and made the National Rifle Association
enemies list listed in 2013.
Daisy M. Soros is a leader’s council member for
the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and George Soros’s sister-in-law.
George Soros is Daisy M. Soros’s brother-in-law
and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Rhonda Weingarten (Randi) is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a director at the Economic Policy Institute, a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, received her BS from Cornell University and was the president of the United Federation of Teachers.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is a national partner
with America Votes.
Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a national partner with the America
Votes.
Resources:
Past Research
Smaller
Bites – Connecting the Dots: Cornell University & Soros Funding, All
Networking (Past Research on Cornell University)
Sunday,
January 28, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/01/smaller-bites-connecting-dots-cornell.html
Noem
to Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee (Connecting the Dots: Chuck
Schumer, Dick Durbin, Minnesota, CNN, The American Federation of Teachers, The
SEIU, The AFL-CIO, America Votes, The Nation of Islam, Keith Ellison, The
Economic Policy Institute & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Economic Policy Institute)
Monday,
February 2, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/02/noem-to-testify-before-senate-judiciary.html
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)
Tuesday,
June 17, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/dr-morton-halperin-j-street-education.html
McMahon
Warns Harvard: Obey Law on DEI (Connecting the Dots: Harvard University, The
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Columbia University & The
Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the ONE
Campaign)
Thursday,
July 9, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/07/mcmahon-warns-harvard-obey-law-on-dei.html
Smaller
Bites – American Federation of Teachers (Connecting the Dots: Rhonda (Randi)
Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, The National Education Association
as NEA, FDR, America Votes & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the American Federation of Teachers, the
National Education Association & America Votes)
Wednesday,
December 14, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/12/smaller-bites-american-federation-of.html
Exxon
Mobil Files Defamation Lawsuit Against California Attorney General,
Environmental Groups (Connecting the Dots: Exxon Mobil Corp, The Sierra Club,
Brazil & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on the Turner Foundation)
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/exxon-mobil-files-defamation-lawsuit.html
Rolling
Stone Reaching by Invoking Half-Decade Old NSSF Research (Connecting the Dots:
Gun Control, Michael Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, Hollywood & Soros Funding,
All Networking) (Past Research on Rolling Stone)
Friday,
September 19, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/rolling-stone-reaching-by-invoking-half.html
