Thread by @RobletoFire

BIDEN CABINET FINANCIALS MASTER THREAD:

This will be a catalog of the incoming Biden administration's financial disclosures and relevant data/stories—several of which were first reported by us here @McscNetwork.

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1. ANTONY BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE

Blinken's most prominent business ventures came from @WEAdvisors, a consulting firm he co-founded, which paid him $1.2M+ to consult for:
@McKinsey
@Microsoft
@blackstone
@boeing
@GileadSciences
@ATT
@RBC
@SoftBank
@Uber
@FedEx

Blinken also started a venture capital firm focused primarily on defense contractors—Pine Island Capital Partners—with Michéle Flournoy (future Defense Sec. Austin sat on the board).

Pine Island has pledged to capitalize on their newfound access. access
dailyposter.com/p/breaking-pot…

Following that mentality, we @McscNetwork recently reported that another company Flournoy advises—AI defense company @SparkCogGS—recently enlisted Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff's former firm @DLA_Piper to lobby for "business development opportunities".
rokfin.com/article/3239/E…

2. LLOYD AUSTIN, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

Austin, a Raytheon board member at the time of his nomination, received six figure salaries (and millions in stock) from several companies, such as:
@RaytheonTech
@BoozAllen
@NucorCorp
@tenethealth

Austin sat on the board of Pine Island Capital, a defense focused VC firm co-founded by Antony Blinken.

Presently, Pine Island owns 2 companies, 1 of which is Precinmac, who supplies:

—High-rate-of-fire Gatling-type weapons
—Multi-rocket launch systems
—Missile guidance systems

3. AVRIL HAINES, DIR. OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Haines earned $440K from @Columbia, but also was paid $180K to consult for CIA backed big-data firm @PalantirTech.

She also consulted for Blinken & Flournoy's @WEAdvisors, and served on the board of the latter's @CNAS think tank.

As Deputy CIA Director under Obama, Haines not only played a key role in the redaction of 92% of the CIA "Torture Report"—but also chose not to discipline the CIA agents who hacked the PC's of the Senate staffers who authored it.
thedailybeast.com/the-proxy-war-…

4. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Mayorkas—made $3.3M+ from his partnership at mega-lawfirm WilmerHale, performing legal services for:
@Airbnb
@Clorox
@LeidosInc
@northropgrumman
@Uber
@blackstone
@Cisco
@twitter
@PNCBank
@Intuit
@TMobile

5. NEERA TANDEN, OMB DIRECTOR

Tanden—a longtime Clinton operative—brought in $800K+ from her dark money funded think-tank, @amprog (and it's affiliated action fund).

She also reported ~$25,000 in speaking fees for @WellsFargo, @unfoundation, and @CapitalGroup.

6. JANET YELLEN, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Yellen reported millions of dollars in speaking fees for:
@Citadel
@Cisco
@DeutscheBank
@GoldmanSachs
@UBS
@Google
@apolloglobal
@Experian
@MorganStanley
@Vanguard_Group
@OneCarlyle
@Barclays
@BankofAmerica
@jpmorgan
@Citibank

Yellen was a frequent speaker @Citadel, the global hedge fund owned by GOP megadonor Kenneth Griffin, who pumped $60M into Republican SuperPACs in 2020.

Citadel also owns a minority stake in Blinken & Austin's Pine Island.

Griffin has also donated to @BidenInaugural.

7. ADEWALE ADEYEMO, DEPUTY DIR. OMB

Adeyemo made $540K+ as President of @ObamaFoundation

He also sat on the board of liberal think-tank @Demos, and was interim Chief of Staff to Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock—where he has $50K-$100K in stock, and maintains a retirement account.

8. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS

McDonough—reported six figure salaries from @NotreDame, @MarkleFdn, and his firm, Macro Advisory—through which he racked up ~$160K in speaking/consulting fees for:
@Apple
@Mastercard
@novonordisk
@GSK
@CharlesSchwab

9. JENNIFER GRANHOLM, SECRETARY OF ENERGY

Fmr MI Governor Granholm was paid to consult/speak for:
—@CNN ($200K)
—David Brock's @American_Bridge ($228K) & @mmfa ($200K)
—@AIPAC

She also disclosed stock holdings in:
@apple
@ATT
@Cisco
@DukeEnergy
@Ford
@pfizer

Granholm is also on the board of electric vehicle company Proterra, w/ an interest valued anywhere between $1M—$5M.

Proterra just announced their intention to go public. It's unclear whether she will have been confirmed—and therefore divested—by then.
insideevs.com/news/466529/pr…

While Jennifer Granholm was chair of liberal dark money think tank @American_Bridge, the group spent an organizational record $60M (through its Super PAC) to get Joe Biden elected.

Now, she has a job in his administration.
medium.com/@RobletoFire/b…

Not only did Granholm oversee @American_Bridge largest campaign in its history, she was also personally involved in "Victory 2020", a joint fundraising effort between AB and Biden's original SuperPAC Unite The Country.

The effort raised $9M+, almost all from dark money sources.

10. KATHLEEN HICKS, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

Hicks reported $323K from "bipartisan" think tank, @CSIS—where she was "Kissinger chair" and "Dir. Of International Security Program"

Kissinger himself is a trustee and counselor to CSIS.

In addition to Kissinger, @CSIS also counts the following among their board of trustees:
—@exxonmobil CEO Darren Woods
—@SpeakerRyan
—@OneCarlyle CEO Kewsong Lee
—@generaldynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic
—Fmr @Boeing chairman William McNerney
csis.org/programs/about…

11. LINDA THOMAS GREENFIELD, UN AMBASSADOR

Thomas-Greenfield earned $500K+ from @ASG, Madeline Albright's namesake firm, consulting clients such as:
@Microsoft
@Amazon
@gatesfoundation
and others

12. CECILIA ROUSE, CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS

A fmr @TRowePrice trustee and @CFR_org member, Rouse's diclosures show stock holdings in several major companies, including:
@Microsoft
@amazon
@Apple
@blackrock
@comcast
@intel
@pfizer
@RaytheonTech
@UHC
@Visa
@3M