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Influence Watch Podcast #119: COVID-19 Relief Mistakes


As the COVID-19 death rate continues to decline in the U.S., some states are beginning the process of cautiously re-opening for business. This has not stopped other states like California from embracing a complete vote-by-mail scheme in preparation for an absentee election in the Fall. Nor has it stopped federal Democratic legislators from attempting to mandate a vote-by-mail system nationwide by attempting to include funding for that scheme in their preferred iteration of the next COVID-19 relief bill, which they’ve named the HEROES Act. Democratic leaders, in pushing for the HEROES Act, are essentially seeking to incentivize states to remain closed by funding them in the coming weeks, if not months, and using the pandemic as justification. And finally, we’ll discuss how Big Union is apparently trying to shut down levity itself by accusing a prominent conservative publisher of violating provisions of the National Labor Relations Act because he told a joke on Twitter.

Listen to “Episode 119: COVID-19 Relief Mistakes” on Spreaker.

  • Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD
  • CBS News: Newsom Signs Executive Order Declaring California a Vote-by-Mail State
  • National Conference of State Legislatures: Returning Absentee Ballots
  • Capital Research Center: Vote by Mail Is a Ticket to Voter Fraud in 2020
  • Fox News: Elections
  • Fox News: America’s Hidden Voting Epidemic? Mail Ballot Failures
  • Politico: Vote by mail poll
  • Heritage Foundation/Daily Signal: Instagram post, Instagram post
  • AP: Highlights of Democrats’ $3 Trillion-Plus Virus Relief Bill
  • WUSA 9: Trump Says $3T Coronavirus Aid ‘DOA,’ Pelosi Says Americans ‘Worth It’
  • Capital Research Center: Big Labor’s Employer Gag Order
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    Sarah Lee

    Sarah Lee was born and raised in Atlanta, Ga., but found herself drawn to Washington, DC, the birthplace of her mother, after completing a master’s degree in public administration from…
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