National Education Association supports vaccine mandates, COVID-19 testing (Connecting the Dots: The National Education Association (NEA), America Votes, Planned Parenthood, FDA, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, CNN & Soros Funding, All Networking)

National Education Association supports vaccine mandates, COVID-19 testing (Connecting the Dots: The National Education Association (NEA), America Votes, Planned Parenthood, FDA, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, CNN & Soros Funding, All Networking)

By Jordan SmithPublished August 13, 2021Updated 5:31PMHealthFOX TV Digital Team

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/national-education-association-supports-vaccine-mandates-covid-19-testing

As employers across the United States debate vaccine requirements, the nation’s largest teachers’ union is weighing in. 

The National Education Association (NEA) issued a statement on Thursday backing the use of FDA-authorized vaccines for all public school educators.

The NEA said it has strived to follow the science throughout the pandemic, and that the science on the vaccines is clear: "They have proven to be enormously effective in fending off infection and, in ‘breakthrough’ cases, preventing serious illness."

"Evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines, combined with other safety measures are the most powerful weapon we have against the pandemic," NEA President Becky Pringle said. "We believe that such vaccine requirements and accommodations are an appropriate, responsible, and necessary step to ensure the safety of our school communities and to protect our students."

The U.S. is in the midst of a surge of COVID-19 cases that have been largely driven by the more infectious delta variant. Like previous administrations, the White House has rejected the idea of a federal vaccine mandate.

But the Biden administration has been supportive of employers who require proof of vaccination from their workers. Companies like Facebook, Google and United Airlines are among those mandating the COVID vaccine.

Many entities have required vaccination but also gave the option for unvaccinated persons to be frequently tested — a move the NEA expressed support for.

"We also support regular COVID-19 testing in lieu of vaccination for those not yet vaccinated or those for whom vaccination is not medically appropriate or effective," Pringle said. "We believe that such vaccine requirements and accommodations are an appropriate, responsible, and necessary step to ensure the safety of our school communities and to protect our students.

Pringle said 90% of NEA’s 3 million members have already been vaccinated. But she encouraged schools to provide appropriate employee accommodations, such as paid leave and readily available vaccination sites, to those who are not yet inoculated. She called employee input "critical."

"In order to ensure that students and educators are able to enjoy safe, uninterrupted, in-person education, educators must have a voice in how vaccine requirements are implemented," Pringle said. "Educators must also continue to play an active role in developing other mitigation systems—including testing, tracing, masking, distancing, hand washing, ventilation, cleaning, and disinfection."

Connecting the Dots:

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, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and was a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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).

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 commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

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

Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),

the chairman for the Turner Foundation and the founder of CNN.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is a director at Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine Manufacture).

Charles O. Prince III is a director at Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine Manufacture) and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

Constance J. Horner was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a director at Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacture).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacture).

Amy W. Schulman is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the EVP & general counsel for Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacture).

Resources: Past Research

America Votes (Past Research on America Votes & the National Education Association (NEA))

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/11/america-votes.html

Planned Parenthood Prez: ‘A Woman Voting for Ted Cruz Is Like a Chicken Voting for Col. Sanders’ (Past Research on Cecile Richards)

TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/04/planned-parenthood-prez-woman-voting.html

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

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/06/charleston-cnns-sick-pattern-of-using.html

FDA Fails to Protect Americans from Dangerous Drugs and Unsafe Foods (Past Research on the FDA)

SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/05/fda-fails-to-protect-americans-from.html

Johnson's Baby Powder and Ovarian Cancer (Past Research on Johnson & Johnson & the FDA)

SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/04/johnsons-baby-powder-and-ovarian-cancer.html

IG Farben / Bayer / Pfizer / Israel (Past Research on Pfizer)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2021/09/ig-farben-bayer-pfizer-israel.html 

Pfizer used Israel as “the world’s first laboratory” to study its Covid vaccine’s efficacy, NOT promote safety (Connecting the Dots: Pfizer, Israel, Obama, The Soros Funded Brookings Institution, Aspen Institute & The International Rescue Committee, All Networking)

Pfizer used Israel as “the world’s first laboratory” to study its Covid vaccine’s efficacy, NOT promote safety (Connecting the Dots: Pfizer, Israel, Obama, The Soros Funded Brookings Institution, Aspen Institute & The International Rescue Committee, All Networking)

BizNews

28th October 2022 by Nadya Swart

https://www.biznews.com/health/2022/10/28/pfizer-israel

While Israel is a relatively small country, it was dubbed “the world’s laboratory” by none other than Pfizer’s CEO Albert Burla. Israel‘s Covid-19 vaccination programme, officially named “Give a Shoulder”, began on 19 December 2020, and was praised for its speed, having given 20% of the Israeli population the first dose of the vaccines’ two dose regimen in the span of three weeks. This article reveals that, in exchange for the privilege to be the first country in the world to roll out the vaccine among its population, Israel entered into two agreements with Pfizer over COVID-19 vaccines that turned Israel into an agent of a commercial pharmaceutical company — and forced the state to give up its sovereign responsibility to protect the well-being of its citizens. In the framework of one of these agreements “The Real World Epidemiological Evidence Collaboration Agreement”, the research outcome measures, defined by Pfizer, did not include safety. In effect, the contract between Pfizer and Israel’s Ministry of Health enabled the pharmaceutical giant to conduct a real-world experimental study of its Covid-19 mRNA vaccine efficacy using the Israeli population as test subjects.  – Nadya Swart

How the Israeli Ministry of Health Became an Agent for Pfizer

By Guy Shinar*

A bit of background: at the end of 2020, Israel was facing an empty trough. None of the aggressive measures taken by Israel against COVID – lockdowns, social distancing, school closures and attempts to cut off the chain of infection by means of quarantine – had succeeded in preventing the spread of the virus.

In addition, the then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced the threat of the disbanding of his government and the replacement of his leadership in the elections. All this was overshadowed by indictments pending against him. Netanyahu decided to bet on Pfizer’s vaccine as the strategy that could potentially allow him to solve the COVID problem, with the added benefit of substantial political gain.

In this way, in exchange for the privilege to be the first country in the world to roll out the vaccine among its population, Israel entered into two agreements with Pfizer: a production and supply agreement that was not made public at all; and “The Real World Epidemiological Evidence Collaboration Agreement,” which is discussed in this article.

“The Real World Epidemiological Evidence Collaboration Agreement” was signed on January 6th, 2021. Its declared purpose was to collect and analyse epidemiological data arising from the vaccination of the population in Israel, and to determine if herd immunity would be achieved as a result of the vaccine. In the framework of this agreement, research outcome measures were defined. 

Outcome measures did not include safety. All outcome measures explicitly defined in the agreement were efficacy outcomes, such as the number of those infected with COVID, number of hospitalisations with COVID, and death from COVID, or indices on the speed of the vaccine rollout in Israel, such as the number of vaccinated by age and demographic characteristics.

None of the outcome measures that were explicitly agreed upon in advance were safety outcomes, such as overall mortality, hospitalisations from any cause or the known side effects of vaccines, whatever they may be.

What constitutes a “catastrophe?” – The agreement included a declaration, according to which the two parties recognise that the success of the cooperation depends on the rate and extent of the vaccine rollout to the population in Israel. Israel’s Ministry of Health promised that the distribution, deployment, and provision of the vaccine to the population would be carried out in a timely manner.

This was agreed without any condition regarding vaccine safety, with the exception of a “catastrophe” which would lead to the vaccine being taken off the shelves. It isn’t clear from the agreement what constitutes a catastrophe, which of the parties gets to declare a catastrophe and what steps should be taken in order to identify a catastrophe before or at the beginning of its occurrence.

Pfizer will provide experts and expertise – The agreement defines that Pfizer will collaborate with Israel’s Ministry of Health by providing, at Pfizer’s own discretion, experts in the fields of: infectious and respiratory diseases, vaccines, epidemiology, mathematical modelling, data analysis and public health. The parties agreed to provide each other with documentation and computer programs for data analysis.

In other words, the agreement defines that Pfizer’s role not only amounts to providing vaccines and setting research goals, but also provision of experts in data analysis, and data analytics computer programs. As such, Israel’s Ministry of Health gave up its scientific independence, not only in determining the research goals, but also in performing the research.

Control over publications – One clause in the agreement discusses publications as a result of the collaborative research. The parties agreed to publish together in the scientific and medical literature, while marking the contribution of each of them. However – and this is a big “however” – in case the other party decides to publish separately, each of the parties maintains the right to prevent the other party from mentioning the first party in the publication.

In other words, Pfizer has the power under the agreement to omit any reference to its contribution to the research, so its involvement in setting research goals, methods or even in writing the research results is not mentioned at all. 

Thus, a study may be portrayed as independent of Pfizer, although it is not necessarily so. In addition, if either party wishes to publish without the other party, then it is the duty of the party wishing to publish to submit the publication for review and feedback from the other party (the time allotted for the review is redacted and we do not know how long it is). This is how the party who is not interested in the publication can potentially delay it – which may render the publication meaningless in a dynamic event such as COVID. In other words, the agreement gives Pfizer considerable control over the content and timing of the publications.

Pfizer’s right to use the data collected – Under the agreement, the Ministry of Health gives Pfizer the right to use data collected as part of the collaboration for purposes such as research and development, submission to regulatory authorities, scientific publication, and other business objectives.

Redacted sections – It should be noted that entire sections in the publicly available version of the agreement are redacted, as are whole sentences or key numbers from other sections. Section 6, which deals with indemnifications and limitations of damages and liability, is redacted in its entirety. 

The same goes for Section 10.10 dealing with dispute resolution. In Section 3, which details the contributions of each party to the collaboration and is therefore the heart of the agreement, there is a redacted sentence at a particularly troubling place: right after the mutual acknowledgment by Pfizer and the Ministry of Health that “the viability and success of the Project is dependent on the rate and scope of vaccinations in Israel,” and right before the Ministry of Health’s disturbing contractual commitment to assure what appears to be an all-out “rapid distribution, deployment and use” of the vaccine.

The name and title of Pfizer’s signatory to the agreement, as well as the name of their representative for dispute resolution, are also redacted. Why this is necessary is puzzling. 

Why is the agreement with Pfizer so significant? Because it turns the state from a sovereign entity into an agent of a commercial pharmaceutical company seeking to operate in its territory. A role of the state is to protect the wellbeing of its citizens and residents. 

As a result, it imposes safety, efficacy and quality requirements on pharmaceutical companies, and operates a regulatory system with legal authority to determine whether or not the drugs meet these requirements. The role of the pharmaceutical company is to test the efficacy and safety and ensure the quality, to the full satisfaction of the state.

The one who markets and distributes the drugs is of course the drug company and not the state. This is not the case under the agreement with Pfizer, in which the Ministry of Health takes on some of the roles of the supervised, and in fact puts itself in a conflict of interest with its own role as the supervisor: it follows from the agreement that the Ministry of Health turns into: (1) the vaccine distributor and marketer for the population; (2) a research and data collection contractor on outcomes aimed at evaluating the efficacy of vaccines alone, and not their safety; (3) the “publisher” of scientific articles – effectively requiring Pfizer’s approval – under the academic guise of its own health authorities (such as the major health funds or the Ministry of Health itself).

The Ministry of Health research about the vaccine, co-authored by senior officials and published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the Lancet and Circulation, is predominantly about the efficacy research outcomes defined in the collaboration agreement. No less than 10 articles tested only efficacy outcomes, exactly as explicitly defined in the agreement. Two articles (and a letter to the editor) examined a single safety outcome – myocarditis – and concluded that it appears infrequently and is usually mild.

None of the articles report on the two main outcomes required for a reliable assessment of the vaccine’s benefit to risk ratio: overall mortality for any reason and hospitalisations for any reason, as compared in a statistically valid manner between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. 

Why did Ministry of Health officials enter into this agreement? Why didn’t they maintain their role as regulators, and why did they volunteer to serve as Pfizer’s marketing, distribution, research and publication branch? It appears highly likely that pressure from Netanyahu and his bureau contributed to the matter. But the personal angle, and the potential conflict of interest it may entail, cannot be ignored: the academic prestige conferred by numerous articles published in NEJM and the Lancet can be life-changing in terms of academic prestige and promotion.

So what exactly do we have here? The research collaboration agreement between the Ministry of Health and Pfizer reflects a preconceived notion according to which the vaccine is safe to use and all that remains to be researched are various indicators that are supposed to demonstrate its efficacy. 

This is despite the fact that at the time of entering into the agreement the safety assessment of the Pfizer vaccine was based on a randomised trial that was too small and short to allow sufficient characterisation of key safety aspects, such as overall mortality from any cause.

Abandoning this preconceived notion became almost impossible once the agreement was signed, due to a confluence, not only between Netanyahu’s political agenda and Pfizer’s commercial interests, but also potentially between them and the academic prestige of senior Ministry of Health officials. Israel would have done well if it had refrained from entering into the agreement.

In this way, Israel could have rolled out its vaccination program in a measured way among the at-risk populations, without having to do so hastily as a result of a contractual obligation, and without forcing it in practice through the Green Pass on the entire population, and on children, in particular.

Connecting the Dots:

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.

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

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP. 

Cameron F. Kerry is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

John F. Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s brother, married to Teresa Heinz Kerry and the climate czar for the Joe Biden Administration.

Teresa Heinz Kerry is married to John F. Kerry and an honorary 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.

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).

Constance J. Horner was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a director at Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacturer).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacturer).

Amy W. Schulman is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the EVP & general counsel for Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacturer).

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.

Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Haim Saban is a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a friend of Shimon Peres and a board member for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Shimon Peres is a friend of Haim Saban and the president of Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister for Israel.

Thomas R. Pickering was a U.S. ambassador for Israel, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a distinguished fellow for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is the VP for the Crown Family Foundation.

Crown Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Newton N. Minow is the president of the Crown Family Foundation and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.

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

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Crown Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Lester Crown is the VP for the Crown Family Foundation, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

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

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

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

Morris J. Amitay was a lobbyist for the General Dynamics Corporation and an executive director for AIPAC.

AIPAC is a U.S.-based lobby group for Israel.

Wendy Senor Singer was the head of Jerusalem office for AIPAC and is Daniel S. Senor’s sister.

Daniel S. Senor is Wendy Senor Singer’s brother, married to Campbell Brown and was a guest on Morning Joe.

Campbell Brown is married to Daniel S. Senor and was a guest on Morning Joe.

Tina Brown is a frequent guest on Morning Joe and the founder of the Daily Beast.

Mika Brzezinski is a co-host for Morning Joe and Zbigniew Brzezinski’s daughter.

Zbigniew Brzezinski is Mika Brzezinski’s father, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and was a board member for the International Crisis Group.

George Soros is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, 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 International Rescue Committee.

ONE Campaign  is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.  

Morton H. Halperin  is a director at the ONE Campaign, a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, Mark Halperin’s father, and was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Mark Halperin is Morton H. Halperin’s son, an American journalist, currently a host and commentator for Newsmax TV and a frequent guest on Morning Joe.

Morning Joe is a MSNBC program.

Harold E. Ford Jr. is a political commentator at MSNBC and was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

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.

Resources: Past Research

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

Hours After John Kerry Demands Green Transition Accelerated – His Emissions Closet Swings Wide Open (Connecting the Dots: Cameron Kerry, John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Soros, the Climate Reality Project, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the EPA and onto the FDA, Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson. It’s the Network That Never Ends. One Project (Climate Change) Just bleeds into the Next (Covid Project))

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/07/hours-after-john-kerry-demands-green.html

Smaller Bites - Newsmax Drops Journalist Lara Logan Over Immigration Remarks (Connecting the Dots: Newsmax, MSNBC, Mark Halperin, Morton H. Halperin & Soros Funded Foundation’s Think Tanks, All Networking)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/10/smaller-bites-newsmax-drops-journalist.html

Morning Joe and Mika: ‘Our Hearts Break’ for Disgraced Mark Halperin (Past Research on Morning Joe & Mark Halperin)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/10/morning-joe-and-mika-our-hearts-break.html

Smaller Bites – Tim Cook (Connecting the Dots: Tim Cook, Apple Inc., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers & Soros Funded Climate Reality Project, All Networking)

Smaller Bites – Tim Cook (Connecting the Dots: Tim Cook, Apple Inc., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers & Soros Funded Climate Reality Project, All Networking)

Connecting the Dots:

Timothy D. Cook is the CEO for Apple Inc. and a VP for the Compaq Computer Corporation.

Thomas J. Perkins was a director at the Compaq Computer Corporation and is a partner emeritus for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.

The Climate Project is a merged organization with the Climate Reality Project.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project.

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

Albert A. Gore Jr. was a donor for The Climate Project, is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a director at Apple Inc.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.

Thomas J. Perkins is a partner emeritus for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was a director at the Compaq Computer Corporation.

Timothy D. Cook is a VP for the Compaq Computer Corporation and the CEO for Apple Inc.

Resources: Past Research

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Global Warming Skeptics Should Dump Company's Stock (Past Research on Tim Cook & Apple)

MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/03/apple-ceo-tim-cook-global-warming.html

Smaller Bites – Alec Baldwin (Connecting the Dots: Alec Baldwin & Soros Funded People for the American Way, Networking)

Alec Baldwin Sues to 'Clear His Name' in Movie Set Killing

Newsmax

Saturday, 12 November 2022 12:01 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/alec-baldwin-shooting-rust/2022/11/12/id/1096080/

Saying he wants to clear his name, Alec Baldwin on Friday sued people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in New Mexico.

Alec Baldwin is a director at the People for the American Way.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for the American Way.

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

Resources: Past Research

15 Reasons Alec Baldwin Is a Bigot, Bully, and Spoiled Prima Donna (Past Research on Alec Baldwin)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/15-reasons-alec-baldwin-is-bigot-bully.html

Kraft joins USA bid committee Board of Directors (Connecting the Dots: 2022 FIFA World Cup, USA Bid Committee Inc., H.J. Heinz & The Soros Funded Think Tanks, All Networking)

Kraft joins USA bid committee Board of Directors (Connecting the Dots: 2022 FIFA World Cup, USA Bid Committee Inc., H.J. Heinz & The Soros Funded Think Tanks, All Networking)

Saturday, Jan 23, 2010, 11:31 AM

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/kraft-joins-usa-bid-committee-board-directors

Robert Kraft, a founding investor of Major League Soccer (MLS), accepted an invitation to join the Board of Directors for the USA Bid Committee on Tuesday in its efforts to bring the FIFA World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022.

Kraft Heinz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_Heinz#History

The merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz was agreed to by the boards of both companies, with approval by shareholders and regulatory authorities in early 2015.[11][12] The new Kraft Heinz Company became the world's fifth-largest food and beverage company.

Connecting the Dots:

Katharine Weymouth was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc. and is a director at the Economic Club of Washington.

David M. Rubenstein is the president for the Economic Club of Washington and the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was the president of the Economic Club of Washington and an honorary 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.

Donna E. Shalala was a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

Michael R. Bloomberg  was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc., a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation and is a friend of Henry A. Kissinger.

George Soros was a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was the Harlem Children's Zone, the Robin Hood Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc. and is a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg.

David H. Koch is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a trustee at the Reason Foundation.

Drew Carey is a trustee at the Reason Foundation and was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

Casey Wasserman was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc. and is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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

Ari Emanuel is the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother and was a trustee at the American Film Institute.

Morgan Freeman was a trustee at the American Film Institute and a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

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

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.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and an honorary 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.

Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to the U.S. Department of State secretary John F. Kerry and was married to H. John Heinz III.

H. John Heinz III was married to Teresa Heinz Kerry and the heir to the H.J. Heinz Co.

H.J. Heinz Co. was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

John F. Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration and Cameron F. Kerry’s brother.

Cameron F. Kerry is John F. Kerry’s brother and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

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

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and was the president of the Economic Club of Washington.

David M. Rubenstein is the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the president for the Economic Club of Washington.

Donna E. Shalala was a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

Katharine Weymouth was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc. and is a director at the Economic Club of Washington.

Resources: Past Research

Casey calls on FIFA to release corruption report (Past Research on the 2022 FIFA World Cup)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/10/casey-calls-on-fifa-to-release.html

Smaller Bites – David Rubenstein (Connecting the Dots: David Rubenstein, Joe Biden, The Smithsonian Institution, Economic Club of Washington, The U.S. Supreme Court & The Soros Funded Think Tanks, All Networking)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/11/smaller-bites-david-rubenstein.html

Charter Jet Company NBC Says Flew Prince in Emergency Landing is Owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (Past Research on the H.J. Heinz Co.)

MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/04/charter-jet-company-nbc-says-flew.html

John Kerry to Deliver Major Address on Israel on Wednesday (Past Research on John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry & Cameron Kerry)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/12/john-kerry-to-deliver-major-address-on.html

Smaller Bites – Chevron (Connecting the Dots: Chevron, Venezuela, Smithsonian Institution, Joe Biden, David M. Rubenstein & the Soros Funded Think Tanks, All Networking)

Biden Administration Allows Chevron To Pump Oil In Venezuela—Here’s Why It’s So Controversial

Brian BushardForbes Staff

I cover breaking news for Forbes

Nov 26, 2022,04:19pm EST

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/11/26/biden-administration-allows-chevron-to-pump-oil-in-venezuela-heres-why-its-so-controversial/?sh=514f74d7ae5f

TOPLINE

The Biden Administration granted a license to Chevron to resume oil production in Venezuela—easing sanctions imposed on the country in 2019 over corruption and human rights concerns—though a senior U.S. official is claiming it’s not related to the energy crunch caused by the war in Ukraine.

Connecting the Dots:

Chevron Corp. are U.S. investors in Iraq.

Chevron USA, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Chevron Corp.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Chevron USA, Inc.

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

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 the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

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

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),

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

Moises Naim  is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, was a board member for the International Crisis Group and a minister of trade and industry for Venezuela.

George Soros is member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

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

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

David M. Rubenstein is the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution and the president for the Joe Biden administration.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Smithsonian Institution and the Brookings Institution (think tank). 

Ann M. Fudge is the U.S. program advisory panel chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Chevron USA, Inc. and the Hess Corporation.

Chevron USA, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Chevron Corp.

Chevron Corp. are U.S. investors in Iraq.

Sam Nunn was a director at the Chevron Corp., is a director at the Hess Corporation and a co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

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

Moises Naim  is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, was a board member for the International Crisis Group and a minister of trade and industry for Venezuela.

George Soros is member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

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

Resources: Past Research

A Strategic War (Past Research on the Chevron Corp)

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-strategic-war.html

Venezuela, Colombia Border Areas Hopeful as Reopening Looms (Connecting the Dots: Venezuela, Colombia & Soros Funded Think Tanks)

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/08/venezuela-colombia-border-areas-hopeful.html

Smaller Bites – David Rubenstein (Connecting the Dots: David Rubenstein, Joe Biden, The Smithsonian Institution, Economic Club of Washington, The U.S. Supreme Court & The Soros Funded Think Tanks, All Networking)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/11/smaller-bites-david-rubenstein.html

Smaller Bites – The CBRE Group, Inc. (Connecting the Dots: The CBRE Group, Inc., Richard Blum & Wife Senator Dianne Feinstein. Soros Funded Think Tank, All Networking)

CBRE Group

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBRE_Group

CBRE Group, Inc. is an American commercial real estate services and investment firm. The abbreviation CBRE stands for Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis. It is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2021 revenue).

Connecting the Dots:

Laura D'Andrea Tyson is a director at the CBRE Group, Inc., a professor at the Haas School of Business and was 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.

Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and was the chairman for the CBRE Group, Inc.

Dianne Feinstein is married to Richard C. Blum, a Democratic Senator for the U.S. Senate and a member of the Alfalfa Club.

Frederic V. Malek a member of the Alfalfa Club and a director at the CBRE Group, Inc.

Resources: Past Research

Researcher’s Note: Was this an accident or premeditated? (Past Research on the CBRE Group, Inc.)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2018/02/researchs-note-was-this-accident-or.html

Smaller Bites – Railroad Strike (Connecting the Dots: Railroad, CSX, Sidley Austin LLP & The Soros Funded Think Tank, All Networking)

Largest US Rail Union Votes Against Contract, Raising Strike Risk

Newsmax
Monday, 21 November 2022 03:16 PM EST

(Stock Photo Secrets)

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rail/2022/11/21/id/1097384/

Workers at the largest U.S. rail union voted against a tentative contract deal reached in September, raising the possibility of a year-end strike that could cause significant damage to the U.S. economy and strand vital shipments of food and fuel.

Train and engine service members of the transportation division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) narrowly voted to reject the deal. That unit, which includes conductors, brakemen and other workers, joins three other unions in rejecting a deal brokered via a board appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden.

"There's a lot of anger about paid sick leave among the membership" who kept goods flowing during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Seth Harris, a professor at Northeastern University.

Railroads have slashed labor and other costs to bolster profits and are fiercely opposed to adding sick time flexibility that would require them to hire more staff. Those operators, which include Union Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway Inc's BNSF and CSX, say the contract deal has the most generous wage package in almost 50 years of national rail negotiations.

"The union needs to get this done in advance of the new Congress as their involvement will unlikely result in 'better' for them," said Reliant Labor Consultants principal Joe Brock, a former Teamsters local president.

Republicans, who historically favor corporations over unions, earlier this month won control of the U.S. House starting in January.

"I see a minimal improvement in sick pay, and huge pressure from the (Biden) administration to accept a deal," Brock said.

But railroads are also under pressure to wrap up talks. Major U.S. industry groups complain that rail industry cost cuts have hurt service. On Monday, several renewed calls for Biden and Congress to swiftly intervene to prevent a strike or employer lockout ahead of the holiday season.

A White House official said "a shutdown is unacceptable because of the harm it would inflict on jobs, families, farms, businesses and communities across the country," adding that it would be best for unions and railroads to resolve their differences.

CAN BE SETTLED 'WITHOUT A STRIKE'

A rail traffic stoppage could freeze almost 30% of U.S. cargo shipments by weight, stoke inflation and cost the American economy as much as $2 billion per day by unleashing a cascade of transport woes affecting U.S. energy, agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare and retail sectors.

Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Congress should step in to prevent any disruption, warning it would be catastrophic for the economy. Automaker General Motors has said a halt would force it to stop production of some trucks within about a day.

Labor unions have criticized the railroads’ sick leave and attendance policies and the lack of paid sick days for short-term illness.

"This can all be settled through negotiations and without a strike," SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson said in a statement.

The National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC), which represents the nation's freight railroads in talks, said the "continued, near-term threat" of a strike "will require that freight railroads and passenger carriers soon begin to take responsible steps to safely secure the network in advance of any deadline."

The railroads showed no sign of being willing to reopen talks and said, "Congress may need to intervene, just as it has in the past, to prevent disruption of the national rail system."

The standoff between U.S. railroad operators and their union workers in September disrupted flows of hazardous materials such as chemicals used in fertilizer and disrupted U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak service as railroads prepared for a possible work stoppage.

Unions, including a separately contracted unit covering more than 1,000 SMART-TD yardmasters, have ratified nine of 13 agreements covering about half of the 115,000 workers affected by the talks.

The deal includes a 24% compounded wage increase over a five-year period from 2020 through 2024 and five annual $1,000 lump sum payments.

Three other unions that rejected the deal have already agreed to extend a strike deadline until early December.

Beginning on Dec. 9, SMART-TD would be allowed to go on strike or the rail carriers would be permitted to lock out workers, unless Congress intervenes.

If there is a strike by any of the unions that voted against the deal, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and other rail unions that have ratified agreements have pledged to honor picket lines.

The Biden administration helped avert a service cutoff by hosting last-minute contract talks in September at the Labor Department that led to a tentative contract deal.

Connecting the Dots:

CSX Transportation is a subsidiary of the CSX Corporation.

American rail freight system is a Class 1 railroad for CSX Transportation.

Carter G. Phillips was an attorney for CSX Transportation and is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.

D. Cameron Findlay was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and the deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.   

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP. 

Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for General Motors.          

Cameron F. Kerry is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

John F. Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s brother and married to Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Teresa Heinz Kerry is married to John F. Kerry, and an honorary 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.

James W. Cicconi is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and was the chairman for the CBRE Group, Inc.

Laura D'Andrea Tyson is a director at the CBRE Group, Inc. and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Albert DiClemente was the VP for the CBRE Group, Inc. and is a director at Amtrak.

Resources: Past Research

Researcher’s Note: Again I ask the question was this an accident or premeditated? (Past Research on the Railroad)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2018

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2018/02/researchers-note-again-i-ask-question.html

Michelle Obama to Host New GM CEO, Dem Donor Mary Barra at SOTU (Past research on General Motors)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/michelle-obama-to-host-new-gm-ceo-dem.html

Chamber of Commerce to Spend $50 Million to Crush Tea Party (Past Research on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/chamber-of-commerce-to-spend-50-million.html

94,391,000 Americans Out of the Labor Force in August (Past Research on the U.S. Department of Labor)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/09/94391000-americans-out-of-labor-force.html