Thursday, August 28, 2025

Democrats Aren't Even Hiding It: They're Pro-Crime (Connecting the Dots: Gov. JB Pritzker, CNN, Northwestern University, The Commercial Club of Chicago, Duke University, Pritzker Family Foundation, The National Council of La Raza (La Raza) & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Democrats Aren't Even Hiding It: They're Pro-Crime (Connecting the Dots: Gov. JB Pritzker, CNN, Northwestern University, The Commercial Club of Chicago, Duke University, Pritzker Family Foundation, The National Council of La Raza (La Raza) & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

By Michael DorstewitzWednesday, 27 August 2025 11:49 AM EDT

Flanked by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (R), Gov. JB Pritzker,D-Ill. speak at a news conference with others to address President Donald Trump's plan to send National Guard troops into Chicago on Aug. 25, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Besides Chicago, the president recently said he planned to target Baltimore and New York as well for his next federal crackdown on crime. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/chicago-pritzker-vera/2025/08/27/id/1224112/

The Democratic Party's strategy of simply taking the opposite side of every issue President Trump supports isn’t working out very well for them — especially when it comes to public safety.

Since Trump called for National Guard units to assist Washington, D.C. police, the Democratic National Committee claimed that crime isn’t that big of a deal.

A speaker at Monday's DNC Summer Meeting in Minneapolis made that clear.

"Don't take the bait talking about migrant crime or carjackings or the things that actually don't matter to many Americans," said Insha Rahman, a vice president at the Vera Institute of Justice, a far-left Soros-funded think tank.

Rahman suggested that Democrats should instead discuss "the policy proposals that we think work," issues such as "cashless bail."

Violent crime may not matter to this Vera Institute vice president, but it's a pretty big deal to city residents.

Washington, D.C. has one of the highest murder rates among the major U.S. cities, with more than 100 homicides so far this year, an average of nearly three per week. There have been zero murders in the two weeks since the president federalized policing.

While Democrats are blasting the crackdown, local residents, like school teacher Elliot Reed, appreciate it.

"I think it’s a good thing because it actually reinforces the fact that America is secure, safe [and] stable," Reed said. "As a moderate, as a centrist, I think something needs to be done. I have three kids, I’m about to start teaching next week. I want it to be safe."

And yesterday Iris Tao, a White House Correspondent for NTD News, revealed that she'd been mugged and pistol whipped outside her apartment in the past, and thanked Trump in person.

"Mr. President, thank you so much for what you're doing right now," she said. "Thank you for now making D.C. safer for us, our families, and my baby on the way."

Trump's efforts have been so successful that he’s been talking about expanding the effort to other cities, beginning with Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson criticized the idea, claiming that traditional methods of crime fighting are unworkable.

"We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence; we've already tried that, and we've ended up with the largest prison population in the world without solving the problems of crime and violence," far-left Democrat Johnson said during a Monday press conference.

"The addiction on jails and incarceration in this country, we’ve moved past that. It is racist, it is immoral, it is unholy, and it is not the way to drive violence down."

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker also blasted Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops and accused him of being a "wannabe dictator."

"This is exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against," the Democratic governor said.

"What Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American," he remarked, adding that no Chicagoan wants their "neighborhood turned into a war zone by a wannabe dictator."

Too late. Many Chicago neighborhoods are already war zones — he should just ask his constituents.

"The National Guard has to come here, even if it's for scare tactics," said Zoe Leigh, a member of Chicago Flips Red. "There's no control. There's no law and order."

Robert Milan, a former assistant Cook County state's attorney, said it's important that National Guard troops work in concert with city police.

"You don’t want to have Chicago police doing their thing over here and National Guardsmen doing something somewhere else," he said.

Milan said they’d successfully tried something similar when Rahm Emmanuel was mayor, by combining Chicago police with Cook County Sheriff deputies in crime-ridden areas.

"You would see that in those areas; there would be no shootings at all. Really, really dangerous areas," he recalled. "We were listening to gang. . . on wiretaps, and they were saying, 'We really got to get out of here. Police are everywhere. We can’t do anything.'"

The running joke has been that each time Trump supports the 80% side of an 80/20 issue, Democrats take the 20% side rather than agree with him on anything. This time it's even worse for them.

According to polling cited by CNN, 91% of Washington, D.C. residents believe crime is either a moderate or an extreme problem, and Democrats are taking the side of the 9%.

Being openly pro-crime is never a winning strategy, so It's no wonder that Democrats are jumping ship and their funding is drying up.

The most basic function of government at any level — local, state, or federal — is to protect its citizens.

If Democrats can't agree on that, they deserve to go the way of the dodo bird and the woolly mammoth — as an extinct but interesting curiosity.

JB Pritzker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JB_Pritzker#Philanthropy

Philanthropy

In 2007, Pritzker and his wife donated $5 million to the University of South Dakota to build the Theodore R. and Karen K. Muenster University Center in honor of his wife's parents.[205] In 2011, Milton Academy dedicated the Pritzker Science Center for which Pritzker provided the lead gift. Pritzker is a trustee and serves on the investment committee of Northwestern University. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Northwestern University School of Law. He is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Commercial Club of Chicago. He joined the Duke University Board of Trustees in 2017; his term expires in 2023.

Israel and the Gaza war

Pritzker served on the national board of AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group.

Connecting the Dots:

JB Pritzker is the governor of Illinois, a trustee and serves on the investment committee of Northwestern University, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and board of trustees at Duke University.

John A. Canning Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Edward M. Liddy is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

W. James McNerney Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

William M. Daley was a trustee at Northwestern University, the chief of staff or the Barack Obama administration and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lee M. Mitchell was a trustee at Northwestern University and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Patrick G. Ryan Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Gordon I. Segal was a trustee at Northwestern University and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

David B. Speer was a trustee at Northwestern University and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Louis A. Simpson was a trustee at Northwestern University and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Deborah L. DeHaas is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Michael W. Ferro Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Dennis J. FitzSimons is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

J. Douglas Gray is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Dean M. Harrison is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester B. Knight is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lawrence F. Levy is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

William A. Osborn is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

J.B. Pritzker is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Patrick G. Ryan Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Morton O. Schapiro is the president of Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Charles A. Tribbett III is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Frederick H. Waddell is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Arnold R. Weber is the president emeritus for Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

David B. Weinberg is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Miles D. White is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

W. Rockwell Wirtz is a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

William Wrigley Jr. II was a trustee at Northwestern University and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Dennis H. Chookaszian was a trustee at Northwestern University and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Charles K. Bobrinskoy is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was a library board member for Duke University.

Betsy D. Holden is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a trustee at Duke University.

Karsh Family Foundation was a funder for Duke University.

Bruce A. Karsh  is a co-founder for the Karsh Family Foundation, a trustee at Duke University and was an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Walter E. Dellinger III is a professor at Duke University and a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Thomas E. Donilon is a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP and the White House deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Danielle C. Gray is a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and was the assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.

Derek Douglas was an associate at O'Melveny & Myers LLP and a special assistant for urban affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

Alejandro N. Mayorkas was an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers LLP and the secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the Joe Biden Administration.

U.S. Secret Service is a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Kimberly Cheatle is the 27th director for the U.S. Secret Service and served as Senior Director in Global Security at PepsiCo.

Larry D. Thompson is the EVP of governmental affairs, general counsel & secretary for PepsiCo, Inc. and is 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 and is the founder of the Soros Fund Management.

Keith T. Anderson was a chief investment officer for the Soros Fund Management and a co-founder for BlackRock, Inc.

Thomas E. Donilon is the chairman for Blackrock, married to Catherine Russell (Jill Bidens Chief of Staff) was the White House deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 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.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

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

David M. Rubenstein is a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), a trustee at Duke University, the president of the Economic Club of Washington was and a benefactor at the Aspen Institute (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.

Margot L. Pritzker is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and married to Thomas J. Pritzker.

Thomas J. Pritzker is married to Margot L. Pritzker and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Clare M. Munana is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the chairman for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

William M. Daley was a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team, the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Timothy K. Krauskopf is trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a trustee at Northwestern University.

A. Steven Crown is Lester Crown’s son, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a trustee at Northwestern University.

Edward M. Liddy is a trustee at Northwestern University, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a director at the Boeing Company.

W. James McNerney Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.

Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Donna S. Morea was an EVP for the CGI Group Inc. and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

James L. Vincent was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and a trustee at Duke University.

JB Pritzker is a board of trustees at Duke University, the governor of Illinois, a trustee and serves on the investment committee of Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Arnold R. Weber is the president emeritus for Northwestern University and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Betsy D. Holden is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a trustee at Duke University.

Tallman Trask III was an EVP for Duke University and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Jack O. Bovender Jr. is a trustee at Duke University and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

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.

Letitia James is the chair for the Committee on Economic Development, the Attorney General of New York and obtaining her Juris Doctor degree at Howard University.

Earl G. Graves is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and a trustee at Howard University.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a trustee at Howard University, 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.

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.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

JB Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a board of trustees at Duke University, the governor of Illinois, a trustee and serves on the investment committee of Northwestern University and the president of the Pritzker Family Foundation.

Pritzker Family Foundation was a funder for the National Council of La Raza.

Raul Yzaguirre was the president & CEO for the National Council of La Raza and a director at the Economic Policy Institute.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Economic Policy Institute.

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 Economic Policy Institute and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Margot L. Pritzker is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and married to Thomas J. Pritzker.

Thomas J. Pritzker is married to Margot L. Pritzker and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Clare M. Munana is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the chairman for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

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

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

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.

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

Wendy Senor Singer was the head of Jerusalem office for AIPAC and is married to Saul Singer and her brother is Daniel S. Senor.

Saul Singer is married to Wendy Senor Singer and the editorial page editor for the Jerusalem Post.

Wolf Blitzer was a correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and is an anchor for CNN.

Campbell Brown: No Bias. No Bull was a CNN show.

Campbell Brown was an anchor for Campbell Brown: No Bias. No Bull, an anchor for CNN and married to Daniel S. Senor.

Daniel S. Senor is married to Campbell Brown and Wendy Senor Singer’s brother.

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

Lee Rosenberg was the chairman for AIPAC, a fundraiser for the2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign and is a friend of J.B. Pritzker.

J.B. Pritzker is a friend of Lee Rosenberg, Donald Pritzker’s son, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Penny S. Pritzker’s brother.

Donald Pritzker was J.B. Pritzker & Penny S. Pritzker’s father.

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

Pritzker Family Foundation was a funder for the National Council of La Raza.

Mary Alice Cisneros is a director at the National Council of La Raza (La Raza) and married to Henry G. Cisneros.

Henry G. Cisneros is married to Mary Alice Cisneros and a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).

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

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

Resources: Past Research

Commercial Club Chicago 2013-2014 Club Year Speaker (U.S. permanent representative for NATO, Ivo H. Daalder) (Past Research on Margot L. Pritzker)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-chicago-2013-2014-club.html

Muslim Call to Prayer to be Chanted Every Friday at Duke University (Past Research on Duke University)

Sunday, January 18, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/01/muslim-call-to-prayer-to-be-chanted.html

Smaller Bites – Connecting the Dots: North Carolina University, Duke University, Columbia University & Soros Funding, All Networking (Past Research on Duke University)

Monday, May 13, 2024

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/05/smaller-bites-connecting-dots-north.html

ESPN Analyst: 'Star Spangled Banner' a 'War Anthem,' Shouldn't Be Played Before Games (Past Research on Northwestern University)

Friday, November 8, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/espn-analyst-star-spangled-banner-war.html

Target Names New CEO, Tops Forecasts Despite Sales Decline (Connecting the Dots: The Target Corporation, Bud Light & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Northwestern University)

Saturday, August 23, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/08/target-names-new-ceo-tops-forecasts.html

BlackRock Pulls Ad Showing Gunman From Trump Rally (Connecting the Dots: BlackRock, Soros Fund Management, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Catherine Russell (Jill Biden’s Chief of Staff), Kimberly Cheatle, U.S. Secret Service, PepsiCo & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on O'Melveny & Myers LLP & Alejandro N. Mayorkas)

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/07/blackrock-pulls-ad-showing-gunman-from.html

New York AG James Says Mortgage Fraud Allegations Are Baseless (Connecting the Dots: Letitia James, Howard University, The Committee on Economic Development Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Letitia James, Howard University)

Friday, April 18, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/04/new-york-ag-james-says-mortgage-fraud.html

La Raza: Five Million the 'Floor' of What We Want to See Obama Do (Past Research on the Pritzker Family Foundation & the National Council of La Raza)

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/08/la-raza-five-million-floor-of-what-we.html

UnidosUS formerly National Council of La Raza (NCLR) (La Raza) (Connecting the Dots: National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Domestic Policy Council, Barack Obama, The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Pritzker Family Foundation & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Pritzker Family Foundation & the National Council of La Raza)

Friday, January 31, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/unidosus-formerly-national-council-of.html

Watch CNN's Wolf Blitzer Treat Hamas Terrorist with More Respect Than GO (Past Research on AIPAC & Penny S. Pritzker)

Thursday, August 7, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/08/watch-cnns-wolf-blitzer-treat-hamas.html

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