Preface

As stated in comment 10/10 of RoC-14, the above threads were a precursor for this, the so-called MOAB. As always, I'm not Q & Q may have a MOAB of their own, but, this is my one...

Why? Let's say hi to ol' George Soros and the Rockefellers again and again and again, shall we?

[0: comment 8/10]:

[11]:

Aircraft type Beechcraft 1900D

[^ 12. wiki: Beechcraft 1900]:

Manufacturer Beech Aircraft Corporation

Raytheon Aircraft Company[1]

[13. wiki: Beechcraft]:

^ Raytheon sold Raytheon Aircraft to Goldman Sachs creating Hawker Beechcraft

Refer also to:

[1: comment 2/3]:

Executive Housing & Properties(corporation now inactive, CEO Nany Salzman) was registered to 455 New Karner Road, Albany, NY - same address for NXIVM headquarters.[1][9]

Executive Success Programs, Inc was registered to 455 New Karner Road, Albany, NY & is also registered to 5 Southside Dr #11, Clifton Park, NY.[8][9]

~~google maps: 455 New Karner Road, Albany, NY

North-east: New Dragon Garden

South-west: Dragon Buffet

I have no reasons to immediately suspect wrong-doing by New Dragon Garden or Dragon Buffet, but, I do find their close proximity and dragon references to be curious, if not suspicious in their own right.

Also worth noting, is that another Dunkin' Donuts is not far south-east of Dragon Buffet.

Looking a tad closer: google maps: 455 New Karner Road, Albany, NY (+zoom)

Ayco, A Goldman Sachs Company.

[12. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=917119 | https://archive.is/6gUYI]~~

[1: comment 3/3]:

Bonus reading:

[25. wiki: Rainbow Room]:

The Rainbow Room is a private event space on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

[0]:

Anonymous - Message to Tech N9ne (Published on May 12, 2015)

Anonymous - A Message To David Rockefeller (Published on Dec 25, 2016)

To start things off, let's take a look back at Root of Corruption - Annex: #WHQOPSI (comment 1/3):

Notes on Alec's Political views:

Baldwin is a Democrat and endorsed Barack Obama in his two presidential campaigns.[106][107]

He serves on the board of People for the American Way.

Hold the fucking presses ladies and gents...

wiki: People for the American Way

People For the American Way (PFAW) is a progressive/liberal[4] advocacy group in the United States.[5] Organized as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization, PFAW was registered in 1981 by the television producer Norman Lear[6] who founded the organization in 1980 to challenge the Christian right agenda of the Moral Majority.

History

PFAW was founded by the television producer Norman Lear in opposition to the publicized agenda of the Moral Majority, a formerly prominent and influential American political organization associated with the Christian right.[7] Officially incorporated on September 4, 1980,[1] its co-founders included Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and Time Inc. chairman and CEO Andrew Heiskell.[8] PFAW began as a project of the Tides Foundation,[9] a donor-advised fund that directs money to politically liberal causes.[10]

Former presidents of PFAW include Tony Podesta[11] and Ralph Neas.[12]

Soon after its founding, PFAW launched an affiliated 501(c)(3) organization, People for the American Way Foundation, for the purpose of conducting more extensive educational and research activities for left-wing causes.[13] Later,[when?] the People For the American Way Voter Alliance was launched as a political action committee.

Ok so let's recap...

HRC +++ + +++++ | Danson | Johnson/Goldberg + Alec Baldwin | PFAW | TP

Leadership

Michael Keegan is the organization's president. Members of the group's board of directors included John Hall Buchanan, Jr., Alec Baldwin, Seth MacFarlane, Mary Frances Berry, Julian Bond, Bertis Downs IV, James Hormel, Dolores Huerta, Jane Lynch, Josh Sapan, Dennis Van Roekel, Howie Klein and Reg Weaver.[2]

Funding

Major donors to PFAW include George Soros' Open Society Institute, the Miriam G. and Ira D. Wallach Foundation, the Bauman Foundation, and the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund.

[3. wiki: Open Society Foundations]: (Redirected from Open Society Institute)

The whole wiki entry for OSF is worth reading, I'm going to skip ahead after the opening and history section, though.

Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is an international grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros.[2] Open Society Foundations financially support civil society groups around the world, with a stated aim of advancing justice, education, public health and independent media.[3][4]

The OSF has branches in 37 countries,[5] encompassing a group of country and regional foundations, such as the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa; its headquarters are in New York, New York.

Since its establishment in 1993, OSF has reported expenditures in excess of $11 billion.[6] The group's name is inspired by Karl Popper's 1945 book The Open Society and Its Enemies.[7]

History

On May 28, 1984, Soros signed a contract between the Soros Foundation (New York) and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the founding document of the Soros Foundation Budapest.[8] This was followed by several foundations in the region to help countries move away from communism.[9]

In 1991 the foundation merged with the Fondation pour une Entraide Intellectuelle Européenne, an affiliate of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, created in 1966 to imbue 'non-conformist' Eastern European scientists with anti-totalitarian and capitalist ideas.[10]

Open Society Institute was created in the United States in 1993 to support the Soros foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.[5]

In August 2010, it started using the name Open Society Foundations (OSF) to better reflect its role as a benefactor for civil society groups in countries around the world.[11]

Soros believes there can be no absolute answers to political questions because the same principle of reflexivity applies as in financial markets.[12]

In 2012, Christopher Stone joined the OSF as the second president. He replaced Aryeh Neier, who served as president from 1993 to 2012.[13] Stone announced in September 2017 that he was stepping down as president.[14]

In 2016, the OSF was reportedly the target of a cyber security breach. Documents and information reportedly belonging to the OSF were published by a Web site. The cyber security breach has been described as sharing similarities with Russian-linked cyberattacks that targeted other institutions, such as the Democratic National Committee.[15]

In 2017, Soros transferred $18 billion to the Foundation.[16]

A couple of notes from the OSF wiki before we move on:

Activities

The Open Society Foundations reported annual expenditures of $827 million in 2014.[17] Its $873 million budget in 2013, ranked as the second largest private philanthropy budget in the United States, after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation budget of $3.9 billion.[18]

According to the foundations' website, 1993–2014 expenditures included:[17]~~

$2.9 billion to defend human rights, especially the rights of women; ethnic, racial, and religious minorities; drug users; sex workers; and LGBTQ communities;~~

$737 million for public health issues such as HIV and AIDS, TB, palliative care, harm reduction, and patients' rights;~~

~~OSF reported granting at least $33 million to civil rights and social justice organizations in the United States.[19] This funding included groups such as the Organization for Black Struggle and Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment that supported protests in the wake of the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the death of Eric Garner, the shooting of Tamir Rice and the shooting of Michael Brown.[20][21][22] According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the OSF spends much of its resources on democratic causes around the world, and has also contributed to groups such as the Tides Foundation.[23]~~

Reception and influence

~~Open Society Foundation has been criticized in pro-Israel editorials, Tablet Magazine, Arutz Sheva and Jewish Press, for including funding for the activist groups Adalah and I'lam, which they say are anti-Israel and support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. Among the documents released by DCleaks, an OSF report reads "For a variety of reasons, we wanted to construct a diversified portfolio of grants dealing with Israel and Palestine, funding both Israeli Jewish and PCI (Palestinian Citizens of Israel) groups~~"[29][30][31]

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argosciv 7 years ago

(9/20)

Okay, let's get back to Steve Bannon:

I have to wonder why he came to be on the Trump campaign, given his history with Goldman Sachs and other questionable persons/entities...

Before we get into this, I'll quote 2 recent and relevant tweets from Donald J Trump.

https://tweetsave.com/realdonaldtrump/status/989870523042680832

Donald J. Trump

Just Out: House Intelligence Committee Report released. “No evidence” that the Trump Campaign “colluded, coordinated or conspired with Russia.” Clinton Campaign paid for Opposition Research obtained from Russia- Wow! A total Witch Hunt! MUST END NOW!

Apr 27, 2018 14:14:58 UTC

https://tweetsave.com/realdonaldtrump/status/990049088375836672

Donald J. Trump

House Intelligence Committee rules that there was NO COLLUSION between the Trump Campaign and Russia. As I have been saying all along, it is all a big Hoax by the Democrats based on payments and lies. There should never have been a Special Counsel appointed. Witch Hunt!

Apr 28, 2018 02:04:31 UTC

[24. wiki: Paul Manafort]:

Paul John Manafort Jr. (born April 1, 1949)[2] is an American lobbyist, political consultant and lawyer. He joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign team in March 2016 and was campaign manager from June to August 2016. He was previously an adviser to the U.S. presidential campaigns of Republicans Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bob Dole. In 1980 Manafort co-founded the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm Black, Manafort & Stone, along with principals Charles R. Black Jr., and Roger J. Stone,[3][4][5] joined by Peter G. Kelly in 1984.[6]:124

Manafort often lobbied on behalf of controversial foreign leaders such as former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, former dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos, dictator of the former Democratic Republic of the Congo Mobutu Sese Seko, and Angolan guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi.[7][8][9] Lobbying to serve the interests of foreign governments requires registration with the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA); however, as of June 2, 2017, Manafort had not registered.[10][11][12] On June 27 he retroactively registered as a foreign agent.[13]

Manafort is under investigation by multiple federal agencies. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly had an active criminal investigation on him since 2014 regarding business dealings while he was lobbying for Yanukovich. He is also a person of interest in the FBI counterintelligence probe looking into the Russian government's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

On October 30, 2017, Manafort surrendered to the FBI after a federal grand jury indicted him and his business associate Rick Gates. The charges arose from his consulting work for the pro-Russian government of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine.[14] The indictment had been requested by Robert Mueller's special investigation unit. The indictment charged Manafort with conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, being an unregistered agent of foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, and false statements.[15][16] Manafort has pleaded not guilty, and is under 24-hour GPS-monitored house arrest due to the weight of evidence in the cases against him.[17]

A lot worth reading here, let's jump straight to the Bannon connection for now:

Political activities

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Chairman of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign

In February 2016 Manafort approached Donald Trump through a mutual friend, Thomas J. Barrack Jr. He pointed out his experience advising presidential campaigns in the United States and around the world, described himself as an outsider not connected to the Washington establishment, and offered to work without salary.[29] In March 2016 he joined Trump's presidential campaign to take the lead in getting commitments from convention delegates.[30] In June 2016, Trump fired campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and promoted Manafort to the position. Manafort gained control of the daily operations of the campaign as well as an expanded $20 million budget, hiring decisions, advertising, and media strategy.[31][32][33]

On June 9, 2016, Manafort, Donald Trump Jr., and Jared Kushner were participants in a meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya and several others at Trump Tower. A British music agent, saying he was acting on behalf of Emin Agalarov and the Russian government, had told Trump Jr. that he could obtain damaging information on Hillary Clinton if he met with a lawyer connected to the Kremlin.[34] At first Trump Jr. said the meeting had been about the Magnitsky Act; later he said the offer of information about Clinton had been a pretext to conceal Veselnitskaya's real agenda.[35]

In August 2016, Manafort's connections to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Russian Party of Regions drew national attention in the US, where it was reported that Manafort may have illegally received $12.7 million in off-the-books funds from the Party of Regions.[36]

On August 17, 2016, Donald Trump received his first security briefing.[37] The same day, August 17, Trump shook up his campaign organization in a way that appeared to minimize Manafort's role. It was reported that members of Trump's family, particularly Jared Kushner who had originally been a strong backer of Manafort, had become uneasy about his Russian connections and suspected that he had not been forthright about them.[38] Manafort stated in an internal staff memorandum that he would "remain the campaign chairman and chief strategist, providing the big-picture, long-range campaign vision".[39] However, two days later, Trump announced his acceptance of Manafort's resignation from the campaign after Stephen Bannon and Kellyanne Conway took on senior leadership roles within that campaign.[40][41]

Upon Manafort's resignation as campaign chairman, Newt Gingrich stated that “nobody should underestimate how much Paul Manafort did to really help get this campaign to where it is right now.”[42] Gingrich later added that, for the Trump administration, “It makes perfect sense for them to distance themselves from somebody who apparently didn’t tell them what he was doing.”[43]

Trump announced his acceptance of Manafort's resignation from the campaign after Stephen Bannon and Kellyanne Conway took on senior leadership roles within that campaign.

[24: ref 40 | https://archive.is/u2tLC]:

Paul Manafort resigns from Trump campaign

The departure of Trump's embattled campaign chairman comes two days after the nominee shook up his leadership team.

^{By Nolan D. McCaskill, Alex Isenstadt and Shane Goldmacher}

^{08/19/16 10:05 AM EDT}

^{Updated 08/19/16 01:48 PM EDT}

Donald Trump’s campaign is still trembling from its shakeup this week.

Trump on Friday announced that campaign Chairman Paul Manafort had resigned, two days after the Republican nominee put in place a new leadership structure that appeared to minimize Manafort’s role.

Manafort had increasingly come under fire over his past lobbying work for pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs — which was fundamentally at odds with Trump’s boasts about being free from moneyed interests — and for the sloppy nature of the Republican National Convention, which Manafort oversaw.

“This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign,” Trump said in a statement. “I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today, and in particular his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. Paul is a true professional and I wish him the greatest success.”~~

~~The departure could help consolidate the power of Conway, who was promoted earlier this week to campaign manager and is credited with urging Trump to offer “regret” for his past offensive comments, and Breitbart executive Stephen Bannon, who was brought on as campaign CEO.~~

~~Although Manafort is out, his longtime deputy, Rick Gates, will take over as the Trump campaign's liaison to the Republican National Committee, senior communications adviser Jason Miller tweeted Friday afternoon.

Hillary Clinton's campaign seized on Manafort's departure as a chance to hammer Trump for his repeated overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which they have characterized as dangerous. "You can get rid of Manafort, but that doesn't end the odd bromance Trump has with Putin," Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement.~~

[24: ref 41 | https://archive.is/ncyiJ]:

Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort Resigns

^{August 19, 2016·10:23 AM ET}

^{Amita Kelly}

~~Manafort had been leading the campaign as chairman, but his resignation comes just days after a shakeup at the top of the operation. Trump hired two new top campaign officials, widely seen as a demotion for Manafort.

After the staff change, The New York Times reported that Manafort wrote in an internal staff memo: "This is an exciting day for Team Trump. I remain the campaign chairman and chief strategist, providing the big-picture, long-range campaign vision."

Stephen Bannon of Breitbart News is now serving as chief executive of the campaign and pollster Kellyanne Conway is campaign manager.

Manafort was under scrutiny earlier this week after The New York Times reported that his name appeared in a "black ledger" of off-the-book payments made by former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's party.~~

This still leaves me very curious about the timing of Bannon coming on to the Trump Campaign... what is going on there exactly?

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