Carl,
Yes, there is a national security state, a pentagon, international
corporations, all of which control government policy. But still, the parties
are different. At present, the Democratic Party is a mainstream party. The
Republican Party is not. It is a very right wing party that represents white
Americans who are becoming a numerical minority. So the Republican Party is
developing ways of staying in power which avoid Democratic processes. The
Democratic Party, on the other hand, uses a superficial kind of Democratic
process to stay in power. We appear to have a vote, even if whom we vote for is
controlled by money.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Biden Aides' Corporate Ties Should Surprise No
One
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 Biden blocked on his first day in office.RSN
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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.