Archive for the ‘Lobbyists’ Category
Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
Tags: DOGE Days Parody
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Tuesday, June 25th, 2024
More than two-thirds of Congress cashed a pharma campaign check in 2020, new STAT analysis shows
June 9, 2024 By Lev Facher
WASHINGTON — Seventy-two senators and 302 members of the House of Representatives cashed a check from the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the 2020 election — representing more than two-thirds of Congress, according to a new STAT analysis of records for the full election cycle.
Pfizer’s political action committee alone contributed to 228 lawmakers. Amgen’s PAC donated to 218, meaning that each company helped to fund the campaigns of nearly half the lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Overall, the sector donated $14 million.
The breadth of the spending highlights the drug industry’s continued clout in Washington. Even after years of criticism from Congress and the White House over high prices, it remains routine for the elected officials who regulate the health care industry to accept six-figure sums.
The findings, published in a new STAT examination of the drug industry’s political giving, also come on the heels of an extraordinary year for the pharmaceutical industry. In 2020, the federal government leaned heavily on drug makers to develop Covid-19 vaccines at lightning speed — helping to rehabilitate the industry’s reputation and political credibility in the process.
STAT’s analysis includes an interactive map that allows readers to visualize contributions between individual drug industry PACs and states, lawmakers, and congressional districts. It builds upon a previous analysis STAT published before the election, and now includes complete records for the 2020 election cycle.
Donations from companies like Pfizer and Amgen are among the most visibly widespread.
Pfizer, which played arguably the biggest role in 2020’s vaccine race, also had a frenzied year politically. In addition to giving roughly $1 million to members of Congress, Pfizer also wrote checks to 1,048 individual candidates in state legislative races.
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Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
New Hunter Biden Emails Obtained by America First Legal From Lawsuit Against the National Archives Reveal Over 1,000 Emails Between Rosemont Seneca and the Office of Vice President
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released three more tranches of emails (Productions 5, 6, and 7) from the National Archives in response to AFL’s request and lawsuit for records from Joe Biden’s time as Vice President in the Obama Administration and Hunter Biden’s corrupt foreign business dealings.
The latest documents reveal a staggering number of emails between Rosemont Seneca and the Office of the Vice President, revealing further evidence that there was no separation between Hunter’s private business dealings and the official business of the Obama-Biden White House. Rosemont Seneca frequently used the Biden name to gain access to and favors from the White House.
The documents also reveal further evidence of Hunter’s influence in the official Office of the Vice President. Hunter had the ability to direct correspondence, plan guest lists for State dinners and receptions, and bring people into the White House at his discretion. This evidence further calls into question Joe Biden’s claims that he was never involved with, never discussed, and did not know about Hunter’s business dealings, and it raises questions as to the propriety of the massive payments Hunter was receiving while he was commanding such influence in the Office of the Vice President.
1. “Rosemont Seneca” was merely the private arm of Joe Biden’s Office of the Vice President:
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
Very interesting ! Be sure you don’t miss the informative video on exactly who and what Blackrock is Nancy
That can’t be healthy
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It doesn’t take a genius to know that yesterday, we got another really big flag to get off of main stream news if you seek any unbiased news analysis or editorial content. That the biases, the censorship is only going to get worse. And no, I am not necessarily writing of Tucker’s departure, although that too is another signpost.
What really has me concerned is that earlier this year, it was announced that BlackRock has increased its ownership position in Fox Corporation (FOXA).
This increase in stock ownership now means that Blackrock owns 15.1% of the Fox Corporation. They are the second largest owner, just after the Murdock family.
Now, the Family Trust Murdoch still owns 19% of the company, with other, smaller institutional investors owning the rest. The CEO of the Fox Corporation was Rupert Murdoch, but it is currently Lachlan Murdoch.
BUT with this increase in 2.7% of Fox Corp, it is clear that Blackrock is fast becoming a controlling entity in Fox Corporation.
Together, BlackRock and Vanguard own 18% of Fox (now almost 21%), 16% of CBS, 13% of Comcast — which owns NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, and the Sky media group, 12% of CNN, and 12% of Disney — which owns a number of subsidiaries. Media behemoths that may present themselves as rivals are, in reality, owned by the same company.
 After watching the above video, one has to ask – “how does Blackrock, the largest corporation in the world, seek to “save” the world and from what”? Why do they own so much media? What is their goal? A handful of transnational corporations should not control so many of our access points to the news. It is unhealthy.
This is why we have to seek out alternative sources.
I like to use The Epoch Times, Citizen Free Press, Real Clear Politics, Twitter (I have a large list of people and organizations that I follow), Daily Wire, AsiaTimes, WarRoom, justthenews, Briebart and many others. I stay away from any source that receives significant government funding (NPR, PBS and BBC).
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Sunday, January 15th, 2023
VIDEO AND ARTICLE
University that housed Biden center pressed to end FBI China spy probe after big Beijing donations
University of Pennsylvania, which hosted the Penn Biden Center where classified documents were found in November, received $47.7 million from China in the three years when Biden was affiliated with it.
By John Solomon and Nick Givas
January 12, 2023
The University of Pennsylvania, the Ivy League institution which collected tens of millions of dollars from China while paying Joe Biden and hosting his foreign policy think tank, successfully pressured the Biden Justice Department to end an FBI counterespionage program targeting Beijing’s increasing influence within U.S. academia.
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Friday, July 15th, 2022
Received this email from the very liberal League of Women Voters and I’m passing it along to you as it shows how effective and determined the LWV is at squashing any common sense moves to make our elections more secure. So much easier to commit voter fraud when signatures on absentee ballots do not need to be verified ! Nancy
Hundreds of you spoke out against the problematic proposal – thank you!
| On Thursday, the State Board of Elections rejected a request to require a “signature-match” process that had the potential to invalidate legitimate absentee ballots.
The initiative by the NC Republican Party aimed to allow county boards of elections to compare voters’ signatures on their registration forms to today’s signature on an absentee ballot. This plan was fraught with problems. It had the potential to create an opportunity for human error and create disparate standards. And the process could have resulted in the invalidation of ballots, particularly of older voters or those with disabilities, whose signatures may have changed over time.
We brought this issue to the attention of our League members, and you responded in a big way! We heard about so many public comment submissions from League members throughout the state. We contributed greatly to the nearly 8,000 submissions that the NCBOE received. Thank you for making your voices heard!
This ruling is a victory for voters. But we must be on the lookout for future tactics designed to disenfranchise voters, cast doubt on the integrity of our elections, and discourage North Carolinians from making their views count at the ballot box.
Thank you for standing up for voters!
Until the next battle,
Marian Lewin
1st Vice President
League of Women Voters of North Carolina
P.S. There is an election happening July 26 in North Carolina! Early voting is underway and will conclude on July 23. Learn more about it on our website, and be sure to direct your networks to VOTE411.org to get all the nonpartisan election information they need. Six municipalities – Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Hickory, Mooresville, and Sanford – will hold local general elections on July 26. Other municipalities and boards of education will hold runoff elections that day – Cary, New Bern, Rocky Mount, Statesville, Franklin County Board of Education, and Jackson County Board of Education District 2. And two second primary elections will take place – Graham County Sheriff (Republican) and Wake County Sheriff (Democratic). |
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Friday, February 4th, 2022
A shady liberal funding network is pushing Biden’s hand for SCOTUS pick
by Caitlin Sutherland February 3, 2022
A secretive liberal dark-money juggernaut spent more than a billion dollars in 2020 to help President Biden win the White House, take the US Senate and hold the US House of Representatives.
This group, Arabella Advisors, isn’t a household name, but if there is a liberal cause that you’ve heard of, Arabella is likely funding it. And now the group is turning its attention to the Supreme Court.
Arabella, which former Clinton administration official Eric Kessler founded in 2005, manages a network of five nonprofit groups: the New Venture Fund, the Sixteen Thirty Fund, the Hopewell Fund, the Windward Fund and the North Fund. Each of these groups focuses on different policy issues, but they all operate under the Arabella umbrella.
With its base of billionaire donors including Bill and Melinda Gates, Pierre Omidyar and Hansjörg Wyss, the Arabella network doles out money to hundreds of stand-alone organizations across the country, as well as the liberal pop-up groups they establish and control.
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
VIDEO AND ARTICLE
SUSTAINABLE BY TOM DEWEESE
THE WAR ON FREE ENTERPRISE, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND INDIVIDUALS
Sustainable: The WAR on Free Enterprise, Private Property and Individuals describes in detail the process being used at every level of government to reorganize our society under the excuse of environmental protection. Author Tom DeWeese pulls back the curtain to reveal the policies and the powers behind them that are systematically changing our culture and system of government to impose a political agenda of top-down control at every level. He provides invaluable insight as to how elected officials are pressured by an army of private organizations, planners and federal agencies, armed with federal grants to impose specific regulations in the name of Sustainable Development. Sustainable serves as a hand book for property rights activists to organize opposition. It provides vital information to a news media that is basically clueless to these policies, and it provides a blue print for fighting back as it offers hope to those who are its victims. Read more
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
Thanks to Steve Bishop and Skip Woody for sharing this information. These are the same officials in congress that are constantly asking the public (that’s us !) for donations to support their campaigns. Nancy
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List of US lawmakers who made BIG stock trades last year… how many of you believe that these WERE NOT on “inside information?”
Biggest stock traders in Congress in 2021
Chart taken from Marketwatch.
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2021
NOVEMBER 11, 2021 11:00 PM
EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:
While Democratic leaders work out how to pay for a $1.75 trillion reconciliation bill that could include enhanced child tax credits, universal preschool, and subsidized childcare, they’re also kicking around the idea of throwing in a major tax cut — one whose benefits would overwhelmingly accrue to the highest income earners.
In fact, some of the biggest beneficiaries could be the very politicians who are pushing to get it passed.
Included in the bill is a provision to raise the current $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions, known as the SALT cap, to as high as $80,000. Established in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the cap restricts how much high earners can write off on their federal tax returns. If it’s raised, the rare earners who pay property, state, and local income taxes in excess of $80,000 could write off an additional $70,000 on their federal returns.
At the top federal income tax rate of 37%, these filers would add nearly $26,000 to their net income every year. Those with middle incomes could get a tax cut, too — about $20 a year, on average.
Maxine Waters
Estimated property value: $4 million
Estimated property taxes: $32,000
Estimated write-off: $22,000
Waters, who chairs the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, lives in a 6,000-square-foot Los Angeles mansion that is no longer located in her district . With an $80,000 SALT cap, Waters could write off an additional $22,000 in property taxes.
Joe Biden
Estimated property value: $3.8 million
Estimated property taxes: $21,000
Estimated write-off: $11,000
The president owns two Delaware homes, one in Wilmington and one in Rehoboth Beach, with a combined value of just under $4 million. Thanks to the state’s low property taxes, it is estimated that he owed a relatively paltry $21,000 to the local authorities for them in 2021. Still, raising the SALT cap could grant Biden a cool $11,000 federal tax write-off from his two houses.
Nancy Pelosi
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