Articles such as this, remind us that there are still people who do
not understand that there may be two political parties, but there is
only One(1)Establishment, the American Corporate Empire(ACE).
With few exceptions, during election season, we are allowed to pick
between "Empire full strength", or, "Empire Light".
Carl Jarvis
On 3/22/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Biden Aides' Corporate Ties Should Surprise No One
By Andrew Perez, Jacobin
21 March 21
Newly released documents show Joe Biden's White House staffers recently
working as consultants for Lyft, billionaire foundations, and an Israeli
facial recognition firm. It's another reminder of the revolving door
between
big business and the state.
President Joe Biden's top White House staffers previously consulted for
ride-hailing company Lyft, an Israeli facial recognition firm, and
billionaires' philanthropic foundations, according to new financial
disclosure forms obtained by The Daily Poster.
While Biden's cabinet officials have already detailed their extensive
corporate consulting work and paid speaking gigs, the Biden administration
is just now starting to release the financial disclosure forms filed by
senior White House staff, launching a new web page on Friday where people
can request the filings. The new disclosures provide more detail about
links
between top administration officials and corporations lobbying the Biden
administration.
White House deputy chief of staff Jen O'Malley Dillon, a deputy campaign
manager for President Barack Obama in 2012, listed more than a dozen
clients
she worked for at the communications consulting firm Precision Strategies,
including Lyft and General Electric.
Lyft helped bankroll a successful ballot measure campaign in California
last
year allowing the company to continue classifying its drivers as
independent
contractors rather than employees. Lyft and other gig economy companies are
hoping to export the policy nationwide.
O'Malley Dillon also consulted for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's
philanthropic organization, known as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and
for
Gates Ventures, the private office of billionaire Microsoft cofounder Bill
Gates.
Her other clients included Arkansans for a Fair Wage, a committee that
backed a 2018 ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in Arkansas to
$11, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who served as a White House
communications director under Obama, wrote that she served as a consultant
for Lyft, too. She also disclosed handling crisis communications for
AnyVision, a facial recognition firm whose technology has reportedly been
used by Israel to surveil Palestinians in the West Bank, according to NBC
News.
Microsoft, which had invested in AnyVision, hired former Obama attorney
general Eric Holder and his team at the law firm Covington & Burling to
conduct an independent investigation into the reports. While their audit
concluded that "AnyVision's technology has not previously and does not
currently power a mass surveillance program in the West Bank that has been
alleged in media reports," Microsoft said it would sell its stakes in
AnyVision and other facial recognition companies.
Psaki is one of several Biden administration hires who worked at WestExec
Advisors, a corporate consultancy cofounded by Biden's secretary of state,
Tony Blinken. She did not specifically name her clients at the firm.
She separately disclosed consulting for Jeff Anderson and Associates, a law
firm that seeks justice for children who suffer sexual abuse, and the Zero
Abuse Project, a charitable organization founded by Jeff Anderson whose
mission is to protect children from abuse and sexual assault.
White House deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, a longtime DC deficit hawk
and
former Bill Clinton aide, disclosed providing policy consulting services to
the Walton Family Foundation, the charitable arm of the billionaire family
that founded Walmart.
Reed also consulted for Manhattan West LLC. The New York Post reported in
2011 that billionaire Mike Bloomberg's "longtime accountant set up
Manhattan
West LLC to pay some city employees over $100,000 each to work for his
charity" when he was the mayor of New York. Reed reportedly advised
Bloomberg on a potential presidential campaign in early 2019, before
joining
Biden's 2020 campaign.
White House counselor Steve Ricchetti reported being paid $280,000 by his
eponymous firm, Ricchetti Consulting Group. While Ricchetti did not list
any
clients, the New York Times reported last year that he had been working for
telecom giant AT&T.
Ricchetti's brother, Jeff, is a lobbyist and has brought in several new
clients since Biden's victory, including Amazon, General Motors, and TC
Energy, the company behind the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, which
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Biden Aides' Corporate Ties Should Surprise No One
By Andrew Perez, Jacobin
21 March 21
Newly released documents show Joe Biden's White House staffers recently
working as consultants for Lyft, billionaire foundations, and an Israeli
facial recognition firm. It's another reminder of the revolving door
between
big business and the state.
resident Joe Biden's top White House staffers previously consulted for
ride-hailing company Lyft, an Israeli facial recognition firm, and
billionaires' philanthropic foundations, according to new financial
disclosure forms obtained by The Daily Poster.
While Biden's cabinet officials have already detailed their extensive
corporate consulting work and paid speaking gigs, the Biden administration
is just now starting to release the financial disclosure forms filed by
senior White House staff, launching a new web page on Friday where people
can request the filings. The new disclosures provide more detail about
links
between top administration officials and corporations lobbying the Biden
administration.
White House deputy chief of staff Jen O'Malley Dillon, a deputy campaign
manager for President Barack Obama in 2012, listed more than a dozen
clients
she worked for at the communications consulting firm Precision Strategies,
including Lyft and General Electric.
Lyft helped bankroll a successful ballot measure campaign in California
last
year allowing the company to continue classifying its drivers as
independent
contractors rather than employees. Lyft and other gig economy companies are
hoping to export the policy nationwide.
O'Malley Dillon also consulted for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's
philanthropic organization, known as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and
for
Gates Ventures, the private office of billionaire Microsoft cofounder Bill
Gates.
Her other clients included Arkansans for a Fair Wage, a committee that
backed a 2018 ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in Arkansas to
$11, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who served as a White House
communications director under Obama, wrote that she served as a consultant
for Lyft, too. She also disclosed handling crisis communications for
AnyVision, a facial recognition firm whose technology has reportedly been
used by Israel to surveil Palestinians in the West Bank, according to NBC
News.
Microsoft, which had invested in AnyVision, hired former Obama attorney
general Eric Holder and his team at the law firm Covington & Burling to
conduct an independent investigation into the reports. While their audit
concluded that "AnyVision's technology has not previously and does not
currently power a mass surveillance program in the West Bank that has been
alleged in media reports," Microsoft said it would sell its stakes in
AnyVision and other facial recognition companies.
Psaki is one of several Biden administration hires who worked at WestExec
Advisors, a corporate consultancy cofounded by Biden's secretary of state,
Tony Blinken. She did not specifically name her clients at the firm.
She separately disclosed consulting for Jeff Anderson and Associates, a law
firm that seeks justice for children who suffer sexual abuse, and the Zero
Abuse Project, a charitable organization founded by Jeff Anderson whose
mission is to protect children from abuse and sexual assault.
White House deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, a longtime DC deficit hawk
and
former Bill Clinton aide, disclosed providing policy consulting services to
the Walton Family Foundation, the charitable arm of the billionaire family
that founded Walmart.
Reed also consulted for Manhattan West LLC. The New York Post reported in
2011 that billionaire Mike Bloomberg's "longtime accountant set up
Manhattan
West LLC to pay some city employees over $100,000 each to work for his
charity" when he was the mayor of New York. Reed reportedly advised
Bloomberg on a potential presidential campaign in early 2019, before
joining
Biden's 2020 campaign.
White House counselor Steve Ricchetti reported being paid $280,000 by his
eponymous firm, Ricchetti Consulting Group. While Ricchetti did not list
any
clients, the New York Times reported last year that he had been working for
telecom giant AT&T.
Ricchetti's brother, Jeff, is a lobbyist and has brought in several new
clients since Biden's victory, including Amazon, General Motors, and TC
Energy, the company behind the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, which
Biden blocked on his first day in office.