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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - The "Big Three" private philanthropic foundations which dominated much of the 20th century were the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
From their inception, there has been a revolving door to United States foreign assistance and intelligence agencies. Here's a partial listing:
- Alger Hiss – State Dept/UN architect → later exposed as Soviet spy → led Carnegie Endowment
- Allen Dulles – Managed Rockefeller oil in Turkey → OSS chief → CIA director from Rockefeller Center
- Nelson Rockefeller – State Dept (Latin America) → Rockefeller Foundation dev → later VP under Ford
- John Foster Dulles – CFR founder, Rockefeller/Carnegie boards → Eisenhower’s Secretary of State
- Joseph E. Johnson – State Dept/UN advisor → led Carnegie Endowment after Hiss
- Paul G. Hoffman – Ran Marshall Plan → 1st president of Ford Foundation
- Robert A. Lovett – Sec. of Defense under Truman → Rockefeller Foundation trustee
- Dean Rusk – State Dept → Rockefeller Foundation president → back as JFK/LBJ Secretary of State
- Richard Bissell Jr. – Ford Foundation → CIA deputy director (Bay of Pigs planner)
- John J. McCloy – Assistant Sec. of War → Rockefeller & Ford Foundation chair → CFR chair
- McGeorge Bundy – JFK/LBJ Nat’l Security Advisor → Ford Foundation president
- C. Douglas Dillon – Treasury Secretary → Brookings chair → Rockefeller Foundation chair
- Thomas L. Hughes – State Dept intel chief → Carnegie Endowment president
- Morton Abramowitz – State Dept → led Carnegie Endowment → Nat’l Endowment for Democracy
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1950083661807964298
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - I've been asked about the LA wildfire donation scandal.
Here's the truth: it's standard operating procedure. In most nonprofits, only a small fraction of your donation reaches the front lines.
If this qualifies as a scandal, then the entire nonprofit sector is a scandal.
Lawmakers shouldn't treat this as an isolated case; they should treat it as a call to overhaul a broken, opaque system.
The graph below shows the 501(c)(3) grant network for the Barack Obama Foundation. But it could be almost any major nonprofit. They all look like this.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1949854293017714757
David in D/FW, Texas @David_in_DFW - Since "Hanoi Jane" is trending again, I will post this again.
Good ole Non-PC comedy thanks to "Mad TV" and Darlene McBride (1997).
**If this triggers you take it up with the liberal comedians who wrote it.
https://x.com/David_in_DFW/status/1949894689622282414
Dawson @SmittyFlix - #Clemson QB Cade Klubnik finds his way on the 2025 Maxwell Award watch list.
https://x.com/SmittyFlix/status/1949866946402406461
Deacon Keith Fournier @KeithFournier7 - Pray for the repose of the souls of the dead, comfort for their families, and an end to this evil.
Massacre in Congolese Catholic church kills at least 31 worshippers
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265591/massacre-in-congolese-catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers
https://x.com/KeithFournier7/status/1949792866324099395
Debbie Wasserman Schultz @DWStweets - Republicans shut Congress down early just to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
Americans deserve transparency, not a cover up for Trump and sex traffickers.
https://x.com/DWStweets/status/1949909298798010379
Defence Index @Defence_Index - JUST IN: Ethiopia is reportedly moving heavy weaponry toward the Eritrean border amid rising tensions with Eritrea.
A new conflict front may be emerging in the Horn of Africa.
https://x.com/Defence_Index/status/1949868503781036317
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