Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan Credentials Background Joseph (Joe) Rogan is an American standup comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast, the top-ranked podcast in America as of 2024.3“The Top 50 Podcasts in […]

Peter Thiel

Image credit: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia Peter Thiel Credentials Background Peter A. Thiel is the billionaire president of the hedge fund Clarium Capital Management. He co-founded PayPal, […]

Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)

Background The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is Ireland’s largest farming representative organisation and its most active lobbyist on agriculture, food and the environment.2“Search: Return submit date: From 01 Jan 2015; Public Policy Area: Agriculture, Food, Environment,” Lobbying.ie website, search August 6, 2024. Archived August 6, […]

Ibec

Background Ibec is Ireland’s largest business organisation and lobby group, representing multiple industry trade associations including the agri-food sector. Ibec was formed in 1993 in a merger of groups representing Irish employers.2Emmet O’Connor, 2002. “Ireland in Historical Perspective: The Legacies of Colonialism — Edging Towards […]

Teagasc

Background Teagasc (pronounced “Cha-gask”) is the Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland. It is a state agency and charity established in 1988, which provides “integrated research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry […]

JD Vance

Credentials Background James David (JD) Vance has been a Republican senator from Ohio since January 2023 and was chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate and would-be vice president for the November 2024 election.2Mike Wendling. “JD Vance was once ‘never Trump’. Now he’s […]

Rupert Lowe

Credentials Background Rupert James Graham Lowe has been the Reform UK MP for the constituency of Great Yarmouth since being elected in the July 2024 general election. Lowe served as Brexit Party MEP for the West Midlands between July 2019 and January 2020.2“Rupert Lowe,” europarl.europa.eu. Archived […]

Christopher DeMuth

Christopher DeMuth Credentials Background Christopher Clay DeMuth” is the former president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a former distinguished fellow2“Hudson Institute Thanks Distinguished Fellow Christopher DeMuth,” Hudson Institute, September 29, 2023. Archived August 28, 2024. Archive […]

Preston Manning

Image c/o: Jake Wright, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Preston Manning Credentials Background Preston Manning founded the Reform Party of Canada, which would later become the Canadian Alliance Party and merge with the Progressive Conservatives to create the new Conservative Party of Canada.1“Ernest Preston Manning,” Government of Alberta, July 13, 2020. Archived February […]

Manning Foundation for Democratic Education

Manning Foundation for Democratic Education Background The Manning Foundation for Democratic Education was founded in 2007 by Preston Manning, who founded the Reform Party of Canada, which would later become the Canadian Alliance Party and merge with the Progressive Conservatives to create the new Conservative Party of Canada.1“Ernest Preston Manning,” Government of Alberta, July 13, […]