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Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #158: Power and Influence of Teachers Unions
Across the country, bold political leadership from both parties has eased or overridden special interest groups’ resistance to reopening public schools, but linguini-spined leaders of both parties have permitted teachers…
by Michael Watson on February 26, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
The Groups and Persons Mentioned in Time’s “Shadow Campaign” Article
UPDATED March 2, 2021: expanded entries for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Molly Ball, and Vanita Gupta.  On February 4, 2021, Time published “The Secret History of the Shadow…
by CRC Staff on February 26, 2021

Antifa, Book Profile
Unmasked Is a Valuable Contribution to Understanding Antifa
In Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, journalist Andy Ngo observes that “Antifa is a household name in 2020 when they were virtually unheard of just five years…
by Robert Stilson on February 25, 2021

Labor Watch
Teachers Unions Extort States Unwilling to Resist
Longtime readers will remember that last summer we warned that teachers unions were strategizing to continue school lockdowns indefinitely. Some were explicitly refusing to return to work until such COVID-19-related…
by Michael Watson on February 25, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
Soros-Funded District Attorneys Linked to Increases in Violent Crime
George Soros has spent millions on giving to left-wing progressive candidates for district attorney positions across the country in an effort to advance his radical criminal reform agenda. The massive…
by John Byrne on February 24, 2021

Dangerous Documentaries
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal
In the second episode of The Politically Incorrect Guide, Tom Woods and Michael Malice demolish widespread myths about the Great Depression and the New Deal. Tom and Michael explain how…
by CRC Staff on February 23, 2021

Organization Trends
Corporations Ditch the GOP After Capitol Hill Riot
In the wake of the Capitol Hill siege, a slew of corporations announced that they would be cutting ties to Republican lawmakers who voted against certifying the election of Joe…
by Shane Devine on February 23, 2021

Green Watch
America’s Frozen Future Under the Green New Deal
Germany, the land of coal, and oil-rich Texas are in the process of exchanging their coal power plants—powered by a abundant, scalable, and relatively cheap resource—for expensive and unreliable renewables…
by Hayden Ludwig and Jon Rodeback on February 22, 2021

Green Watch
Environmentalists Spent a Record $2.4 Billion Pushing Global Warming Ideology
New research from the Capital Research Center reveals that groups on the environmental Left poured out the record $2.4 billion in 2019 (see the data in the Appendix). This stunning…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 22, 2021

Featured Items
Election Irregularities Involving CTCL: Scott Walter Testifies Before Arizona House Committee
On Thursday, February 18, CRC president Scott Walter testified (virtually) before the House Government & Elections Committee in Arizona about election irregularities involving the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL),…
by Scott Walter on February 19, 2021