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by Peter Schweizer


  87. Chess and Kissick, “Growing the Market for Independent Business Talent,” p. 7.

  88. Clare Malone, “Get Elected, Get Your Kids Rich: Washington Is Spoiled Rotten,” Daily Beast, February 27, 2014, https://www.thedailybeast.com/get-elected-get-your-kids-rich-washington-is-spoiled-rotten.

  89. Chess and Kissick, “Growing the Market for Independent Business Talent,” p. 7.

  90. Ellen Malcolm with Craig Unger, When Women Win: Emily’s List and the Rise of Women in American Politics (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016), pp. 280–81, https://books.google.com/books?id=q2YpCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=When+Women+Win:+Emily%E2%80%99s+List+and+the+Rise+of+Women+in+American+Politics&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjoy_j-2oLjAhUrT98KHWOGDOEQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=Elizabeth%20Warren&f=false.

  91. David Corn, “Elizabeth Warren: Passed over for CFPB Post, But . . . ,” Mother Jones, July 18, 2011, https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/obama-elizabeth-warren-cfpb-cordray-senate/.

  92. Julie Vorman, “Reform Bill Gives Birth to $550-Million Consumer Bureau,” Center for Public Integrity, July 15, 2010, https://publicintegrity.org/business/reform-bill-gives-birth-to-550-million-consumer-bureau/.

  93. Felix, Elizabeth Warren, p. 168; Timothy F. Geithner, Stress Test: Reflections on the Financial Crisis (New York: Broadway Books, 2014), p. 427.

  94. Felix, Elizabeth Warren, p. 169.

  95. Peter Schroeder and Megan R. Wilson, “Warren showed softer side to Wall Street behind the scenes as Obama aide,” The Hill, October 4, 2012, https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/260111-warren-showed-softer-side-to-wall-street-as-obama-aide.

  96. Ibid.

  97. Emily Jashinsky, “Elizabeth Warren Is Hypocritically Meeting with Wall Street CEOs,” Washington Examiner, September 20, 2017, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/elizabeth-warren-is-hypocritically-meeting-with-wall-street-ceos.

  98. Jonathan Martin, “As Warren and Sanders Jockey for Support, One Takes a Road More Traveled,” New York Times, September 19, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/us/politics/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-democrats-presidential-election.html.

  99. C. Thompson, “Elizabeth Warren Calls for Dimon to Resign from New York Fed,” Bloomberg, May 13, 2012, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012–05–13/elizabeth-warren-calls-for-dimon-to-resign-from-new-york-fed.

  100. Felix, Elizabeth Warren, p. 132; “Sushil Tyagi,” LinkedIn profile, accessed January 15, 2019, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sushil-tyagi/.

  101. Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi, All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan (New York: Free Press, 2005), p. 276, https://books.google.com/books/about/All_Your_Worth.html?id=IfGaD4FKm04C; “Elizabeth Warren Opens Up to INDIA New England,” India New England News, December 31, 2012, https://indianewengland.com/2012/12/elizabeth-warren-opens-up-to-india-new-england/.

  102. Specific Power of Attorney, Los Angeles, California, Kali Gori Private Limited, December 18, 2009.

  103. “TriColor Films—Los Angeles, CA,” Tricolorfilms.com, on Internet Archive, accessed July 1, 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20021129195220/http://www.tricolorfilms.com/ (captured November 29, 2002).

  104. Shilpa Rohatgi, “Bharat Bala Hopes to Create a Buzz at Cannes with His English-French Film ‘Hari Om,’ ” India Today, December 8, 2003, https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20031208-bharat-bala-hopes-to-create-a-buzz-at-cannes-with-his-english-french-film-hari-om-791384–2003–12–08; “Nadeem, Taurani Gave Contract Money to Kill Gulshan: Witness,” Rediff.com, September 25, 2001, http://m.rediff.com/news/2001/sep/25gul.htm; “Gulshan Kumar Murder Case: Mumbai Police Arrest Tips Audio Owner Ramesh Taurani,” India Today, October 20, 1997, https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19971020-gulshan-kumar-murder-case-mumbai-police-arrests-tips-audio-owner-ramesh-taurani-832352–1997–10–20.

  105. “The Song of Sparrows,” New York Times, on Internet Archive, accessed June 26, 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20080311071208/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/452648/The-Song-of-Sparrows/details (captured March 11, 2008); “Persian Films,” Ohio State University, accessed July 25, 2019, https://library.osu.edu/documents/middle-eastern-studies/Middle East Films/Persian Films at OSU.pdf.

  106. Stephen Holden, “Losing His Soul, Then Finding It Again, After a Season in Hell,” New York Times, April 2, 2009, https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/movies/03spar.html?rref=collection%2Fcollection%2Fmovie-guide&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest-stories&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.

  107. “The Song of Sparrows (2008),” New York Times, on Internet Archive, accessed June 27, 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20101012090309/http://movies.nytimes.com:80/movie/452648/The-Song-of-Sparrows/details (captured October 12, 2010).

  108. “The Song of Sparrows,” Thesongofsparrows.com/fa, on Internet Archive, n.d., translated, https://web.archive.org/web/20130103002223/http:/www.thesongofsparrows.com/fa/ (captured January 8, 2013).

  109. “About Us,” Cultural and Art Organization of Municipality of Tehran, accessed July 1, 2019, https://int.farhangsara.ir/about-us.

  110. “Schoolchildren’s Masters Are Honored in the Special Program the Seal of Hostages,” farhangsara.ir, accessed on June 24, 2019, translated, https://farhangsara.ir/tabid/4166/ArticleId/79121/ (translated).

  111. “Qods Cultural Center Hosts Marchers of Qods Day,” farhangsara.ir, accessed on June 17, 2019, translated, https://farhangsara.ir/tabid/4166/ArticleId/79050/ (translated); Amir Vahdat, “Protestors in Iran, Iraq Burn Israel, US Flags on ‘Quds Day,’ ” Associated Press, May 31, 2019, https://www.apnews.com/fe7f04ea375d4ff0b194c63ea22cc61e.

  112. “Marching on the Day of the Saint of Tehran (translated),” Wikipedia, n.d., photograph, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3

  _%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_-_%DB%B6–%DB%B2%DB%B8.jpg; https://www.apnews.com/fe7f04ea375d4ff0b194c63ea22cc61e.

  113. “Agents and Actors,” Thesongofsparrows.com/fa/وامل-و-بازیگران, on Internet Archive, n.d., translated, https://web.archive.org/web/20130103002223/http:/www.thesongofsparrows.com/fa/%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84–%D9%88–%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.

  114. John F. Burns and Michael R. Gordon, “U.S. Says Iran Helped Iraqis Kill Five G.I.’s,” New York Times, July 3, 2007, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/world/middleeast/03iraq.html.

  115. Hossein Jaseb and Fredrik Dahl, “Ahmadinejad Says Israel Will ‘Disappear,’ ” Reuters, June 2, 2008, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-israel-usa/ahmadinejad-says-israel-will-disappear-idUSL0261250620080603.

  116. “Najva Ashorai,” IMDb, n.d., https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179449/reference.

  117. “TriColor Films—Los Angeles, CA,” Tricolorfilms.com, on Internet Archive, accessed September 3, 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20021209175900/http:/www.tajmahalfilm.com/partners.htm (captured June 22, 2003).

  118. Elizabeth Warren (U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren), Facebook post, April 10, 2017, https://www.facebook.com/senatorelizabethwarren/posts/759883547507474; George Zornick, “Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Big Fight’ Against Monopolies,” Nation, February 15, 2018, https://www.thenation.com/article/elizabeth-warrens-big-fight-against-monopolies/; Haley Sweetland Edwards, “The Bubbling Concern over Two Beer Giants’ Blockbuster Merger,” Time, July 26, 2016, http://time.com/4422937/beer-merger-budweiser-miller-coors/.

  119. Arthur Delaney, “Elizabeth Warren: Beer Lover,” Huffington Post, October 25, 2012, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-beer_n_2016621.

  120. “Kali Gori Breweries Private Limited,” Economic Times, accessed August 12, 2019, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/company/kali-gori-breweries-private-limited-/U15541UR2011PTC033447.

  121. “Kali Gori Breweries Private Limited,” Zauba Corp, accessed August 12, 2019, https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/Kali-Gori-Breweries-Private-Limited/U15541UR2011PT
C033447; “Kali Gori Breweries Private Limited,” OpenCorporates, accessed August 12, 2019, https://opencorporates.com/companies/in/U15541UR2011PTC033447.

  122. Specific Power of Attorney, Los Angeles, California, Kali Gori Private Limited, December 18, 2009.

  123. Search under the name Craftbev International Amalgamated at Delaware’s Division of Corporations: https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx.

  124. Steven R. Reed, “Michigan Brewing Co. Auction Sells out, Falls Short,” Lansing State Journal, June 21, 2012.

  125. William Blair, “Food For Thought, Overview, Analysis, and Trends in the Food and Food Retailing Industries,” Calendar 2013, p. 5, https://www.williamblair.com/Research-and-Insights/Insights/~/media/Downloads/Emarketing/2014/IB/Food_For_Thought_2014_01.pdf; “Total Beverage Solution Acquires Celis Beers,” PR Newswire, December 10, 2013, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/total-beverage-solution-acquires-celis-beers-235240051.html; “Dave Pardus,” LinkedIn profile, accessed July 30, 2019, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-pardus-2249a411/; “Celis Brewery, Austin’s First Craft Brewery Is Set to Reopen,” PR Newswire, February 21, 2017, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/celis-brewery-austins-first-craft-brewery-is-set-to-reopen-300410461.html.

  126. Elizabeth Warren, “Unsafe at Any Rate,” Democracy Journal, no. 5 (Summer 2007), https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/5/unsafe-at-any-rate/.

  127. Opensecrets.org, “Cleary, Gottlieb et al.: 2010,” accessed June 25, 2019, https://Opensecrets.org/lobby/firmbills.php?id=D000032662&year=2010; Gary Rivlin, “How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank,” Nation, April 30, 2013, https://www.thenation.com/article/how-wall-street-defanged-dodd-frank/; Robert Schmidt and Jesse Hamilton, “When Washington’s Revolving Door Spins,” Washington Post, September 8, 2012, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/when-washingtons-revolving-door-spins/2012/09/07/af2906b6-f79e-11e1–8398–0327ab83ab91_story.html.

  128. Sarah N. Lynch, “SEC Chief’s Leadership ‘Extremely Disappointing’: Senator Warren,” Reuters, June 2, 2015, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-warren-white/sec-chiefs-leadership-extremely-disappointing-senator-warren-idUSKBN0OI2CW20150602.

  129. Linette Lopez, “Uncovered Emails Show the Cozy Relationship Between the SEC and Wall Street Lawyers,” Business Insider, September 5, 2012, http://Businessinsider.com/finally-we-have-details-on-the-cozy-relationship-between-the-sec-and-its-former-officials-turned-wall-street-lawyers-2012–9.

  130. Andrews, “Elizabeth Warren.”

  131. Michael McAuliff, “Progressive Change Campaign Committee Pats Self on Back for Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign,” Huffington Post, September 18, 2012, https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/19/progressive-change-campaign-committee_n_1687275.html.

  132. Abby Goodnough, “Senator, a Guardsman, Seeks Afghanistan Stint,” New York Times, May 2, 2011, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/us/politics/03brown.html; Patrick Howley, “The Warren Tribe,” Washington Free Beacon, May 16, 2012, https://freebeacon.com/national-security/the-warren-tribe/; “Demos Supports Elizabeth Warren to Head New Consumer Protection Bureau,” Demos, July 20, 2010, https://news.cision.com/demos—a-network-for-ideas-and-action-ltd/r/demos-supports-elizabeth-warren-to-head-new-consumer-protection-bureau,g504196.

  133. Howley, “The Warren Tribe.”

  134. Chess and Kissick, “Growing the Market for Independent Business Talent,” p. 8.

  135. Rich Barlow, “Elizabeth Warren Calls for More Federal Research Money,” BU Today, April 16, 2014, http://www.bu.edu/today/2014/elizabeth-warren-calls-for-more-federal-research-money/; Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc., Internal Revenue Service, Form 990, 2015, p. 8, https://fnih.org/sites/default/files/final/pdf/FNIH%202015%20990.pdf; Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc., Internal Revenue Service, Form 990, 2016, https://fnih.org/sites/default/files/final/pdf/FNIH_2016_990_for_public_inspection.pdf.

  136. “APTS Commends the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for Their Support of Ready to Learn in the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015,” America’s Public Television Stations (APTS), press release, April 15, 2015, https://apts.org/news/press-releases/apts-commends-us-senate-health-education-labor-and-pensions-help-committee-their-support-ready-learn; Homepage, Business Talent Group, on Internet Archive, accessed August 12, 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20150812170719/http://businesstalentgroup.com/ (the screenshot of the site was captured on August 12, 2015); “#77 Business Talent Group,” Forbes, accessed June 25, 2019, https://www.forbes.com/companies/business-talent-group/#933944670d69.

  137. Massimo Calabresi, “Elizabeth Warren Goes to Bat for Medical Device Industry,” Time, February 5, 2015, http://Time.com/3695581/Elizabeth-warren-medical-device-lobbyists-obamacare/; Ballotpedia, s.v. “Elizabeth Warren/Committees,” n.d., https://ballotpedia.org/Elizabeth_Warren/Committees.

  138. Calabresi, “Elizabeth Warren Goes to Bat for Medical Device Industry.”

  139. “J&J’s Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Business Snapped Up by Carlyle Group for $4.15 Billion in a Sale That Will Impact OCD’s Clinical Laboratory Customers,” Dark Daily, January 20, 2014, https://www.darkdaily.com/jjs-ortho-clinical-diagnostics-business-snapped-up-by-carlyle-group-for-4–15-billion-in-a-sale-that-will-impact-ocds-clinical-laboratory-customers/; Homepage, Business Talent Group, on Internet Archive, accessed August 12, 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20181025074740/https://businesstalentgroup.com/ (captured October 25, 2018).

  140. Opensecrets.org, “Elizabeth Warren Action Fund: Donors, 2018,” accessed August 12, 2019, https://www.opensecrets.org/jfc/donors.php?id=C00631861&cycle=2018; Opensecrets.org, “PAC for a Level Playing Field: Donors, 2018,” n.d., https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave.php?cmte=C00540195&cycle=2018; Opensecrets.org, “Sen. Elizabeth Warren—Massachusetts: Contributors, 2020,” accessed August 12, 2019, https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033492&cycle=2020; Opensecrets.org, “Massachusetts Senate Race: Contributors, 2012,” accessed August 12, 2019, https://www.opensecrets.org/races/contributors?cycle=2012&id=MAS1&spec=N.

  141. As quoted in Felix, Elizabeth Warren, p. 161.

  142. “AFL-CIO: Spending Detail: Contributions Gifts Grants,” Unionfacts.com, accessed July 26, 2019, https://www.unionfacts.com/spending/AFL-CIO/Contributions_Gifts_Grants.

  143. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act, S. 2628, 115th Cong. (2018), https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2628/text; “U.S. Senate Joins House in Filing Bill to Preserve Mashpee Wampanoag Land into Trust,” Cape Cod, March 27, 2018, https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/u-s-senate-joins-house-in-filing-bill-to-preserve-mashpee-wampanoag-land-into-trust/.

  144. Valerie Richardson, “Elizabeth Warren doubles down on bid to make way for controversial tribal casino,” Washington Times, May 31, 2018, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/31/elizabeth-warren-doubles-down-bid-make-way-casino/; Michael Graham, “Elizabeth Warren Takes Gamble on Wampanoag Casino,” Boston Herald, May 31, 2018, https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/05/31/elizabeth-warren-takes-gamble-on-wampanoag-casino/.

  145. Philip Marcelo, “US Sen. Warren Supports Repealing State Casino Law,” Sun Chronicle, September 2, 2014, https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/us-sen-warren-supports-repealing-state-casino-law/article_84d4e36c-32ac-11e4-a47b-001a4bcf887a.html; “Sen. Warren Plans to Vote for Repeal of Massachusetts Casino Law,” Indianz.com, September 5, 2014, http://www.indianz.com/IndianGaming/2014/028209.asp.

  146. Natwar M. Gandhi, Associate Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, letter to The Honorable Bill Archer, Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, August 20, 1996, https://www.gao.gov/assets/90/85897.pdf; Milton J. Valencia, “Judge Deals Setback for Tribe’s Casino Plan,” Boston Globe, July 28, 2016, https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/28/federal-judge-deals-setback-mashpee-wampanoag-billion-dollar-casino-plan/Bsor5BOAVqnv6ILtuVF4RK/story.html.

  147. Valerie Richardson, “Warren Blasted
for Backing Cape Cod Tribe over Blue-Collar Burg for Casino Jobs,” Washington Times, July 18, 2018, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/18/elizabeth-warren-bill-backing-masphee-wampanoag-tr/; Graham, “Elizabeth Warren Takes Gamble on Wampanoag Casino.”

  148. Graham, “Elizabeth Warren Takes Gamble on Wampanoag Casino”; Philip Conneller, “Genting Deliberating Recovery of $400 Million Investment in Massachusetts Casino After DOI Leaves Tribe High and Dry,” Casino.org, September 18, 2018, https://www.casino.org/news/genting-considering-recovery-of-400-million-mashpee-casino-loan.

  149. “Real Estate,” Cleary Gottlieb, accessed January 28, 2019, https://www.clearygottlieb.com/practice-landing/real-estate (see Investment and Financing).

  Chapter 6: Sherrod Brown

  1. Suzanne Goldsmith, “Columbus City Council member Elizabeth Brown is making the personal political,” Columbus Monthly, July 26, 2017, https://www.columbusmonthly.com/lifestyle/20170724/columbus-city-council-member-elizabeth-brown-is-making-personal-political/1.

  2. Joshua Jamerson, “Sherrod Brown Casts Himself as Progressive Before It Was Cool,” Wall Street Journal, February 1, 2019, https://www.wsj.com/articles/sherrod-brown-casts-himself-as-progressive-before-it-was-cool-11549017000.

  3. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, “Sherrod Brown Wants to Bring a Working-Class Ethos Back to the Democratic Party,” New Yorker, December 13, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/sherrod-brown-wants-to-bring-a-working-class-ethos-back-to-the-democratic-party; George Packer, “The Throwback Democrat,” Atlantic, February 7, 2019, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/sherrod-brown-just-what-democrats-need-2020/582208/; “Brown Delivers Remarks at National Action Network Legislative and Policy Conference,” Sherrod Brown’s Senate page, press release, November 14, 2018, https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-delivers-remarks-at-national-action-network-legislative-and-policy-conference; Anthony Gockowski, “Sherrod Brown Cites Bible to Attack Trump’s ‘Inhumane’ Immigration Policies,” Ohio Star, July 21, 2019, https://theohiostar.com/2019/07/21/sherrod-brown-cites-bible-to-attack-trumps-inhumane-immigration-policies/.

 

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