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Irish Examiner
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Author interview: America's ‘high-brow' Cold War propaganda operation
In early April 2006, George C Minden died at his Manhattan home, aged 85. 'For 37 years, [Minden] ran a secret American programme that put 10m Western books and magazines in the hands of intellectuals and professionals in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union,' explained an obituary The New York Times published two weeks after Minden's death. Minden was born in Bucharest in 1921. His family owned some of Europe's largest oil reserves and on the eve of the Second World War, the Romanian teenager was on course to become the country's richest individual. By 1945 though, Romania lay in Stalin's territory. After communists seized Minden's family assets, he fled to Britain, then Spain, and eventually settled in New York, where he started working for the Free Europe Committee (FEC). Established at the start of the Cold War, the FEC was an anti-communist CIA front organisation, made up of East European political dissidents that sought to liberate their countries from communist oppression. One of the FEC's early projects was Radio Free Europe. Launched in 1950, it provided news and cultural programming across the Eastern Bloc — such as Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Poland — then politically and militarily aligned to Moscow. The FEC also fronted numerous other cultural organisations, including Free Europe Press. In the spring of 1955, it printed 260,000 copies of George Orwell's political fable, Animal Farm (1945). These were sent by balloon into East-Central Europe, but many were shot down. Many writers banned on eastern side of Iron Curtain The British novelist was banned on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain. As were many western writers like Hannah Arendt, Albert Camus, and Virginia Woolf. That strict censorship also applied to dissident writers from the East, such as the Polish poet, Czesław Miłosz, and the Russian novelist and historian, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The CIA eventually devised more inventive ways to smuggle their books in from the West. Some were sent by direct mail. Others were hidden in trains, trucks, yachts, in food tins, and in Tampax boxes. In Washington, it became known as the 'CIA book program'. Its main purpose was to build up moving libraries of illicit books into Soviet spheres of influence, where censorship and the Sovietisation of culture and history went hand in glove. Minden became the brains behind the decades-long covert operation. By the late 1950s, he had become an influential figure in the Free Europe Press Book Center, in New York, which handled the CIA's mailing project to East-Central Europe. Two decades later, Minden was president of the International Literary Center, a cosmopolitan network with offices in many countries, which controlled covert CIA literary influencing programmes across the Eastern Bloc and the Soviet Union. 'I like to think of the CIA Book Program as a network of planes, trains, and automobiles; where small quantities of literature were being sent, via a vast number of routes,' Charlie English explains from his home in Hackney, London. Earlier this year, the former journalist and editor at The Guardian published The CIA Book Club. The narrative is based on hundreds of hours of interviews that English conducted in Poland, Sweden, the US, France, Austria, and the UK, from 2020 to 2024. Today, most files linked to the CIA Book Program remain classified. But Minden's notes are not. They detail meetings the Romanian exile held with network contacts across Europe over nearly four decades. After Minden died, his family found his notes in a closet and later donated them to the Hoover institution library and archives at Stanford University, California. 'When I read those reports, I started matching the names on them with real people, who I later interviewed,' English explains. That list of interviewees includes figures like Adam Michnik, who was imprisoned for much of the 1980s for speaking out against Polish censorship. The Polish journalist, editor, writer, and intellectual was also a leading advisor to Poland's Solidarity trade union. One of the most influential workers' movements in postwar Europe, Solidarity evolved into a broader political social movement that used civil resistance to advance workers' rights. In December 1981, the Polish government, then led by general Wojciech Jaruzelski, declared martial law across the country, in a kneejerk reaction to the growing influence of the Solidarity movement. Led by the electrician and trade-union activist, Lech Wałęsa (who won Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and later served as the president of post-communist Poland) Solidarity gained substantial support and became a symbol of resistance against communist oppression. Not just in Poland itself, but also across the Eastern Bloc. Underground newspaper in Poland Helena Łuczywo is another important character in English's book. Between 1982 and 1989, the Polish journalist and opposition leader edited Mazovia Weekly. The underground paper was launched under conditions of extreme censorship. Still, until the end of the Cold War, it remained Poland's most widely read underground paper. Most of the funds to keep Mazovia Weekly afloat came from the CIA, at least indirectly. The cash passed through a vast chain of people, before reaching the underground movement. Most intellectuals and journalists in Poland at this time had no qualms about having their palms greased with dollars from Langley and Washington. English claims they were caught 'in a Manichaean battle between two superpowers where they had to pick a side'. From the outset, the intended target of the CIA Book Program was the Soviet Union. But it was easier to get books, radio scanners, and even TV satellites, into Poland, the most populus country in East-Central Europe. The KGB (the main security agency of the Soviet Union) was much more ruthless and efficient than the Polish secret police, the SB. Arduous path to intellectual freedom and democracy English believes that Poland's arduous path to intellectual freedom, and to democracy, are closely linked. Michnik was at the heart of that struggle. In May 1989, along with Helena Łuczywo, Michnik co-founded Poland's first independent daily newspaper, Election Gazette. That November, the Berlin Wall fell. This pivotal historical moment marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. But a political tsunami was already happening in Poland. A major turning point came on June 5, 1989, when the opposition movement achieved a huge victory in Poland, in what turned out to be the most significant election there since before the Second World War. CIA funding played more than a small role in that result. In August 1989, Tadeusz Mazowiecki was elected prime minister of Poland. The Polish journalist and Solidarity official became the first non-communist leader to be elected head of state in the Eastern Bloc since the late 1940s. Poland's transition from a one-party communist state to a Western European democracy took many years. The country joined Nato in 1999 and became an EU member state in 2004. Those decades of underground literary activity during the Cold War gave the new Polish leaders a head start. 'Unlike other states emerging from Soviet rule, Poland had a ready-made administrative elite class that understood the changes that would be required to emerge from the ruins of communism,' says English. But is English going a little too easy on the CIA? In 2018's Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War the American political scientist Lindsey O'Rourke, noted that between 1947 and 1989, US regime-change operations around the world included 64 covert cases where the CIA supported armed dissident groups, backed bloody coup d'etats, engaged in election interference, and played a central role in both successful and failed attempts to covertly assassinate foreign leaders. English claims he was careful not to give the 'the CIA a blank cheque'. 'I followed the facts of the story,' he says. 'The CIA Book Program was undoubtedly a propaganda operation, but a high-brow propaganda operation. 'I don't think many of us would criticise giving people the opportunity to read George Orwell or Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I can only applaud that.' Read More Book review: The sordid and confused spy world of an unfaithful vassal in sixties Britain
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Where does J.J. Spaun stand in Ryder Cup points, Official World Golf Ranking?
Winning the U.S. Open comes with many perks: $4.3 million paycheck 10-year exemption into the U.S. Open 5-year exemption into the other majors and The Players 5-year PGA Tour exemption It's all big for champion J.J. Spaun, particularly the last one as Spaun was only recently worried about losing his livelihood. That's no longer a concern. Spaun, also The Players runner-up, has earned over $9.6 million this season and is sixth in FedExCup points. There's plenty more money to come and plenty of opportunities — well-earned opportunities. Advertisement Spaun is now eighth in the Official World Golf Ranking, a jump of 17 spots. He's moved up 10 spots in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings and is third, with the top 6 earning automatic spots after the conclusion of the second FEC playoff event, Aug. 17. Of note on the European side, Tyrrell Hatton moved to second in the standings thanks to his T-4 at Oakmont, and Robert MacIntyre climbed seven spots to fourth with his runner-up. Like the U.S., six players will qualify and the captain will have another six picks.
NBC Sports
4 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Where does J.J. Spaun stand in Ryder Cup points, Official World Golf Ranking?
J.J. Spaun joins the set on Live From the U.S. Open to talk about his "all mental" reset after Sunday's delay, how his playoff at The Players gave him belief, his best shots of the final round and his long journey here. Winning the U.S. Open comes with many perks: $4.3 million paycheck 10-year exemption into the U.S. Open 5-year exemption into the other majors and The Players 5-year PGA Tour exemption It's all big for champion J.J. Spaun, particularly the last one as Spaun was only recently worried about losing his livelihood. That's no longer a concern. Spaun, also The Players runner-up, has earned over $9.6 million this season and is sixth in FedExCup points. There's plenty more money to come and plenty of opportunities — well-earned opportunities. Spaun is now eighth in the Official World Golf Ranking, a jump of 17 spots. He's moved up 10 spots in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings and is third, with the top 6 earning automatic spots after the conclusion of the second FEC playoff event, Aug. 17. Of note on the European side, Tyrrell Hatton moved to second in the standings thanks to his T-4 at Oakmont, and Robert MacIntyre climbed seven spots to fourth with his runner-up. Like the U.S., six players will qualify and the captain will have another six picks.
The Hill
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Experts warn FEC is a watchdog lacking ‘bark or bite' with no quorum
Experts are sounding alarms over the status of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which has been largely paralyzed from performing much of its work. Former Commissioner Allen Dickerson's departure from the body at the conclusion of his term at the end of April gave the normally six-person FEC its third vacancy. A loss of quorum now prevents the FEC from carrying out many of its responsibilities, including holding meetings, conducting investigations and issuing penalties against potential violators. An apparent lack of urgency in filling the vacancies could cause a significant backlog of cases as the midterm elections approach. 'It really puts the country in a bind when the FEC doesn't have a working quorum, without enough commissioners to do its job, everything just piles up,' said Michael Beckel, the senior research director for the cross-partisan group Issue One, which educates and advocates on issues concerning U.S. democracy, elections and government. 'At the end of the day, without a quorum, the FEC is a watchdog that doesn't have the ability to bark or bite,' he said. The lack of quorum is a rarity in the agency's 50-year history but not entirely without precedent. The first instance occurred in 2008, toward the end of George W. Bush's presidency. Beckel said political pressure contributed to the end of that six-month gap in the FEC's work as Republican presidential nominee John McCain used public financing for his campaign and needed the agency to sign off on the funding, which it could only do with the quorum of at least four members. But no major party nominee has used public financing since then, and Beckel expressed doubt about a similar situation arising to create the same pressure. 'Without the same sort of political pressure existing now, it's hard to imagine what contours might arise that would lead to a logjam being broken,' he said. The other instances came in Trump's first term, in 2019 and 2020, with just a one-month respite between them. Complaints can still be submitted to the agency during this period, but the FEC can't enact fines or other penalties, issue new rules or advisories or conduct audits. Since the current loss of quorum began, two scheduled public meetings have been canceled. The pending situation could be similar to the one that Dickerson, Commissioner Shana Broussard and former Commissioner Sean Cooksey inherited when the Senate confirmed their nominations to the agency in December 2020, ending the last loss of quorum. The FEC last had six members in January. Dickerson told The Hill in an interview that much of the backlog dated back to the 2016 election cycle, and the commission's members had to make 'very difficult decisions,' taking into account a limited budget, about what cases they could move forward on and what needed to be let go given time constraints. He credited Broussard, who served as chair in 2021 while he served as vice chair, as being key to clearing the backlog. 'We had a shared commitment to ensuring that the commission was restored to functioning order, and that required dealing with, in many cases, old and complex cases that were really making it difficult for the agency to get back up and running,' Dickerson said. 'And that was a lot of hard work and late nights.' He said the extent of the problem that the current lack of quorum causes for the FEC will depend on how long it lasts and the number of credible complaints that are filed, adding that often complaints aren't well argued or are designed more for 'headlines' than the law. Dickerson said a lot of focus is on the FEC's enforcement docket, but he expressed more concern about its current inability to engage on rulemaking and requests for advisory opinions to assist the public. 'The closer one gets to an election, the more likely it is that the outside world is going to need guidance from the commission on novel questions of the law,' he said. 'And until a quorum is restored, that's a key function of the commission that may be undervalued by some people, which I think is maybe its most important function.' Cooksey stepped down from his post on the first day of Trump's term and expressed hope that Trump would nominate appointees to fill the positions of commissioners whose terms have expired. Commissioners are allowed to continue to serve on the FEC even after their term has expired until the Senate confirms a replacement. Two of the three current commissioners, Broussard and James Trainer III, are serving on expired terms. But Trump removed former Chair Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat, in February and didn't lay out any process to replace her. Weintraub argued her unilateral removal by Trump was illegal, but her seat has been vacant since then. Weintraub said in an interview that Congress anticipated the problem of a new commissioner not being ready in time to replace an outgoing one in allowing commissioners to remain until a replacement is set. 'That is a normal process. That's what should have happened in my case, and had I been replaced in the normal course, rather than summarily moved, the commission would not be without a quorum today,' she said. The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment about whether Trump has any plans to nominate additional commissioners soon. The FEC declined to comment on the vacancies and possible future nominations. While the lack of quorum has mostly occurred during the Trump administration, numerous administrations have allowed commissioners to continue to serve well past their term's expiration. Dickerson said he wouldn't consider this to be a sign of a lack of prioritization but an effect of the large size of the federal government and smallness of the FEC. 'We need to hope that those seats are filled. I think it's best for the republic to have six working commissioners with a range of views and with significant bipartisan buy-in on its decision-making,' he said. 'But I'm not going to characterize the decision-making of the government overall based upon an agency the size of the FEC.' Beckel said the loss of a quorum shouldn't be interpreted as an opportunity for candidates to 'push the envelope,' as willful violations of campaign finance law can still face prosecution from the Justice Department (DOJ) and complaints can still be filed to the FEC. 'There will still be watchdogs out there filing campaign finance complaints,' he said. 'There will still be partisan actors out there who are making sure that their opponents don't do anything awry.' But Weintraub and some reform groups expressed concern that bad actors could feel emboldened to commit violations. Omar Noureldin, the senior vice president of policy for the watchdog Common Cause, noted the DOJ's shrinking of its public integrity unit in the aftermath of the resignations of multiple officials over the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams being dropped. 'It's very clear, from what we've seen from the civil rights division to the public integrity section to the tax division, that enforcement is not going to be something that is a priority,' he said. 'There are state laws that regulate campaign finance and city laws for local elections and so those are still avenues by which we can hold some folks accountable,' Noureldin added. 'But it's not going to be at the scale that the FEC can do.' But some also were concerned about the potential members the Trump administration would choose. Erin Chlopak, the senior director of campaign finance for the Campaign Legal Center, pointed to Trump's executive order exerting control over federal agencies, including the FEC. She said this is 'completely contrary' to Congress's vision of the agency as independent. 'That independence is uniquely crucial to its ability to do its job,' she said. 'If that's going to be an issue, then that's yet another reason why restoration of the forum poses different concerns, sort of unique concerns in this moment.'
Politico
10-06-2025
- Business
- Politico
Uber launches a PAC
Presented by Recycled Materials Association With Daniel Lippman UBER'S NEW PAC: After pouring tens of millions of dollars into state and local political campaigns and ballot measures in recent years, Uber has opened a federal PAC for the first time — signaling that the rideshare giant is preparing to become a bigger player in federal politics. Javi Correoso, Uber's head of federal affairs, is serving as Uber PAC's treasurer, according to a statement of organization filed with the FEC on Tuesday. — Uber has had a presence in D.C. for more than a decade. The company spent more than $2.6 million on federal lobbying last year, and has nearly a dozen lobbying firms on retainer in town. It donated $1 million to the past two presidential inaugural committees, but its campaign spending — individual executives notwithstanding — has been limited to state ballot fights over issues like independent worker classification as well as state legislative races. — That's mostly a reflection of where the majority of regulation has taken place for companies like Uber. But the company increasingly has an interest in federal policy issues. 'We're launching Uber PAC to support candidates who understand our business and the ways that policies and regulations — in areas like autonomous vehicles, insurance, and flexible work — can impact the millions who use Uber every day,' the company said in a statement. — Uber joins several of its fellow gig companies that have launched federal PACs over the past few years. Rideshare company Lyft formed a corporate PAC in 2020, while delivery service DoorDash started a corporate PAC in 2022, according to FEC filings. Happy Tuesday and welcome to PI. This newsletter runs on tips, so let's hear 'em. You can add me on Signal, email me at coprysko@ and be sure to follow me on X: @caitlinoprysko. SILICON VALLEY RALLIES FOR CLEAN ENERGY: Tech giants are mobilizing to salvage clean energy tax incentives from elimination in the GOP reconciliation bill, The Wall Street Journal's Amrith Ramkumar and Jennifer Hiller report, in 'a sign that access to power is a priority for the biggest artificial-intelligence companies.' — 'The Data Center Coalition, a group that includes Microsoft, Alphabet's Google, and Meta Platforms, recently made its pitch in a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.), according to a copy viewed by The Wall Street Journal.' — 'The bill is fueling industry concerns about rising prices and power shortages if planned investments don't materialize. But garnering enough Republican support to preserve the tax credits could prove difficult because of the party's slim majorities in both chambers.' — 'The Data Center Coalition discussed the topic with about 30 Republican senators, including Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Curtis of Utah, who have expressed support for the tax credits. Other groups that count big tech companies as members, including TechNet and the Clean Energy Buyers Association, have discussed saving the credits with the same lawmakers and have been encouraged by the talks, people familiar with the matter said.' RELATED READ: John Ketchum, the chief executive of utility giant NextEra Energy, said at POLITICO's Energy Summit this morning that Republicans' push to boost domestic manufacturing and dominate the energy and AI industries would be dealt a serious blow by gutting the IRA's green tax credits, enacting strict supply chain restrictions and focusing on nuclear and coal power, per Isa Domínguez. FLY-IN SZN: The reconciliation bill may be the hottest item on Congress' agenda right now, but several trade groups are heading to the Hill this week to discuss another pressing issue for the business community: the Trump administration's tariffs. — The National Retail Federation is holding its third tariff-focused small business fly-in in as many months, bringing in small retailers to discuss the tariffs' impact on their business. They're scheduled to meet with Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) and Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) as well as the Republican staff for the House Small Business and Ways and Means committees and Democratic staff for the Senate Finance Committee. — The American Seed Trade Association was on the Hill today to urge lawmakers to eliminate tariff and nontariff trade barriers and increase funding for ag research, among other things. Representatives of the seed industry were set to meet with more than 80 offices during the fly-in, with member-level sitdowns expected with Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Reps. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.) and Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.). — Meanwhile, CEOs with AdvaMed will meet with lawmakers tomorrow to try and win support for a new medtech Medicare coverage bill. They'll also discuss tariffs' impact on the industry following congressional testimony on the issue last month from AdvaMed's president and chief executive. They'll close out the day with a showcase of their products for lawmakers. — Elsewhere on the Hill, more than 1,000 advocates with the Alzheimer's Association were in town today for a fly-in aimed at winning additional investments in Alzheimer's and dementia research. Advocates had more than 400 meetings on the books, during which they planned to push for priorities like Medicare coverage of dementia screening tests and more training and resources for caretakers. — There are a few reconciliation-focused fly-ins this week as well. State leaders with Americans for Prosperity are in town to lobby Hill offices on permanently renewing the 2017 tax cuts. More than 90 leaders from the Koch-funded grassroots group will be in town to meet with their state congressional delegations to underscore the urgency of passing the bill. — And the National Federation of Independent Business has flown in small business leaders to lobby for maintaining the House-passed reconciliation bill's permanent extension of the 20 percent pass-through deduction. NFIB members will also press lawmakers to repeal the 2021 law aimed at cracking down on shell companies (even though it was gutted by Treasury earlier this year). WALL STREET CHIDES REGULATORS' CYBER PRACTICES: 'Groups representing banks and other financial institutions on Monday urged the Trump administration to bolster cybersecurity at financial regulatory agencies, citing 'security weaknesses' exposed by recent breaches,' POLITICO's Michael Stratford writes. — In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Managed Funds Association and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association asked regulators to ramp up their security and data protection practices following recent breaches of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's email system and Treasury's data systems. — 'The groups asked the Trump administration to stop requiring financial institutions to submit sensitive data to regulators through online portals or email,' Michael writes. 'They also want regulators to give financial firms the option of keeping data on their own systems and allow examiners to access the data on site at their firms or through firm computers.' CLEARING THE BAR: 'Members of the D.C. Bar have elected an employment attorney as the association's new president, overwhelmingly rejecting the candidacy of lawyer Bradley J. Bondi, brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi,' per The Washington Post's Keith Alexander. — 'With nearly 38,000 ballots cast, Bar officials announced Monday that Diane Seltzer garnered more than 90 percent of the vote. Bradley Bondi, a partner in the criminal defense firm Paul Hastings, received about 9 percent.' — Ahead of the election, 'some members expressed concern that if Bondi were elected president of the 121,000-member association, it would open the door for the Trump administration to exert influence over the group and even use it to carry out retaliation against lawyers and firms deemed by President Donald Trump to be adversaries of his.' — Bradley Bondi rejected that notion during a debate last month but denounced his critics in a statement on Monday after the results were announced. 'Their tactics, which included smearing me over my family and peddling conspiracies about my intentions, were not just an assault on my integrity but on the D.C. Bar's very mission,' he said. ICYMI — NCAA NOTCHES SOME WINS: 'Now that a judge has approved the settlement of three major antitrust cases against the NCAA and power conferences, the political jostling over college sports legislation is expected to heat up on Capitol Hill,' The Washington Post's Jesse Dougherty reports. — And draft legislation obtained by the Post, including for one measure teed up for a House hearing this week, 'would amount to a bill that checks off every item the NCAA has spent years — and millions — lobbying for.' DOGE DEPARTURE: Tom Krause, who led the team of DOGE officials at the Treasury Department, has returned to his role as CEO of Cloud Software Group, according to an email to company employees obtained by PI. — 'I have concluded my service as a Special Government Employee serving as Fiscal Assistant Secretary (PDO) for the U.S. Department of Treasury, effective Friday, June 6,' Krause said in the email. 'This was a temporary role I took on in addition to my role as CEO of Cloud Software Group, and I was honored to have had the opportunity to serve my country.' — Krause had been leading the government cost-slashing effort's review of federal payments. In February, he was elevated to a new role overseeing Treasury's financial operations — 'including running the federal payments system and managing the cash and debt that finances the government' — after a top career Treasury official resigned in protest after clashing with Krause over access to the payments system and demands to freeze foreign aid, POLITICO's Michael Stratford reported at the time. — Krause was one of the DOGE officials at the center of a legal fight over access to sensitive federal payment data systems, which a federal judge ultimately allowed last month. Jobs report — Marybeth Nassif is joining Jones Walker as a director in the government relations practice group. She previously was a professional staff member for the House Appropriations Committee. — Kevin McKinley has joined Andreessen Horowitz's government affairs team to lead the venture firm's state-level policy efforts. McKinley, who previously managed Meta's legislative policy team in California, is a16z's first government affairs hire to focus solely on state-level policy. — Daniel Harder has joined Mayer Brown as a senior government affairs adviser in D.C. He was previously director of public policy and government affairs at Biogen and is an EMD Serono and Mike Bishop alum. — Jason Mulvihill will be president and CEO of the Association for Consumer Debt Relief. He previously was president of Capitol Asset Strategies. — David Shapiro will be executive director of the MacArthur Justice Center. He currently is executive director of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee. — Cara Duckworth is now senior vice president of communications at USTelecom – The Broadband Association. She previously was chief corporate comms officer at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. New Joint Fundraisers None. New PACs 40 Acres PAC (PAC) Democracy for All PAC (Leadership PAC: Sharice Davids) Elevate King County PAC (Super PAC) REPUBLICAN FORWARD (Super PAC) Rise Up PAC (Hybrid PAC) UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (UBER PAC) (PAC) New Lobbying REGISTRATIONS Bell & Lindsay, Inc. (Formerly White House Consulting Inc.): Gov Biz Advantage, Inc. (For Quantum Knight) Best Best & Krieger LLP: Rancho Guejito Corporation C2 Strategies: Soaring Technologies Capital Park Partners LLC: LLC Checkmate Government Relations: American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance Checkmate Government Relations: Coquille Indian Tribe Checkmate Government Relations: Earth Ai Inc. Checkmate Government Relations: Hanesbrand Inc. Checkmate Government Relations: Health Equality Campaign Checkmate Government Relations: Qualtrics International Inc. Checkmate Government Relations: Swr International, Inc. Checkmate Government Relations: T1 Energy Inc. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: State Of Hawaii Department Of Agriculture Eleni Kalisch: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. Empire Consulting Group: Astrion Empire Consulting Group: California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) Empire Consulting Group: Ssp America Impression Strategy, LLC: World Vision, Inc. Invariant LLC: 2U, LLC Kairos Government Affairs: North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association K&L Gates, LLP: American Bearing Manufacturers Association K&L Gates, LLP: American Gear Manufacturers Association K&L Gates, LLP: Best Buy Co., Inc. K&L Gates, LLP: Sifive, Inc. Lemunyon Group, LLC: US-Jia, LLC (Northeast Maglev) Lighthouse Strategies LLC: The Metals Company Mabry Public Affairs LLC: Lower Colorado River Authority Mercury Public Affairs, LLC: Sentinel Management LLC Mercury Public Affairs, LLC: Weill Cornell Medicine Miller Strategies, LLC: Cow Creek Band Of Umpqua Tribe Of Indians Miller Strategies, LLC: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd. Miller Strategies, LLC: Koch Government Affairs, LLC Miller Strategies, LLC: Stonepeak Partners Lp Miller Strategies, LLC: Sunset Lakes West Associates Lllp Miller Strategies, LLC: Zipline International Inc. Mr. Gaylord Hughey: Energy Access Innovations LLC Ogr: Comerica Incorporated And Its Subsidiaries Ouraring Inc.: Ouraring Inc. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: Victaulic Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP: Albuquerque Indian Health Board The Bishop Consulting Group: Croplife America Thegroup Dc, LLC: Clean Energy Buyers Association Tholos Government Relations: Medforth Group Venture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC): Keeping America's Edge Venture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC): United States Hispanic Business Council (UShbc) New Lobbying Terminations Invariant LLC: Shiftkey, LLC Pettus Consulting: American Sugar Cane League Tholos Government Relations: Ttm Technologies,Inc.
