Articles

Deception & Misdirection
Beyond Cambridge Analytica: How Tech Giants Can Impact Elections
Capitol Hill was buzzing last week when Mark Zuckerberg spoke at Congressional hearings about Facebook’s handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the security of the website’s user data. But…
by Haelena Bondi-Camacho on April 19, 2018

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast Episode #20: The Left Comes for Your Car
In this episode: Environmentalists, labor unions, and other activists are working together to make driving your car more expensive. And the corrupt United Auto Workers sells out their workers in…
by CRC Staff on April 19, 2018

Foundation Watch
Did George Soros Change His Mind on Bitcoin?
Billionaire George Soros recently approved his Soros Fund Management (SFM) to trade cryptocurrency. The news uncovered by Bloomberg likely surprised many, considering Soros slammed virtual currency—bitcoin in particular—this past…
by Jacob Grandstaff on April 18, 2018

Philanthropy
The Dark Side of Big-Scale Aid
This piece originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily, April 18, 2018. Of course the scandal about Oxfam, where The Times of London reported that Ronald Van Hauermeiren allegedly used prostitutes…
by Martin Morse Wooster on April 18, 2018

Featured Items
Featured Video: George Soros’s European Uprisings
Most Americans know George Soros as a funder of a number of American left-wing movements such as Occupy Wall Street. But in fact, the billionaire’s goals have always…
by CRC Staff on April 18, 2018

Organization Trends
Who Funds the Funders’ Committee?
This is the first piece in a developing series about the politicization of the 2020 U.S. Census. Just who is the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), and why…
by Hayden Ludwig on April 17, 2018

Organization Trends
Origins of Antifa
The Left’s explosive, prolonged rage at the election of President Donald Trump on Nov. 8, 2016, gave new life to the ultra-violent leftist movement known as Antifa. As a result,…
by Matthew Vadum on April 16, 2018

Featured Items
Featured Op-Ed: Sam Harris Was Right; Ezra Klein Should Know Better
This essay originally appeared in Quillette, April 12, 2018. Earlier this week, Ph.D. neuroscientist turned pop-philosopher Sam Harris invited Vox Editor-at-Large Ezra Klein to debate Harris on his popular …
by Joseph (Jake) Klein on April 16, 2018

Philanthropy
Initial Questions About the “Facebook Commission”
The day before Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress to defend the social network, Facebook announced: “a new initiative to help provide independent, credible research about the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 13, 2018

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast Episode #19: Leftist Attacks and How to Win
In this episode: Special guest Bill Meierling of the American Legislative Exchange Council, which has suffered intense and coordinated left-wing attacks, helps us run down the tactics the left uses to…
by CRC Staff on April 12, 2018