InfluenceWatch Episode #224: What Is Jane’s Revenge?
After the recording of this podcast episode, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overruling Roe v. Wade. Since the leak of a draft Supreme…
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InfluenceWatch Podcast #223: Anti-Trust Crackdown
The actions of Big Tech companies—most prominently Twitter and Facebook’s decision to ban then-President Donald Trump from their platforms—have led conservatives to consider invoking anti-trust powers of which they have…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #222: The Chalkboard Review
After teachers unions staked their political positions and the future of public education on keeping schools closed—excuse me, open for virtual learning—and students in masks, a “parents revolt” has erupted…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #221: Anti-Trust and Distrust
The actions of Big Tech companies—most prominently Twitter and Facebook’s decision to ban then-President Donald Trump from their platforms—have led conservatives to consider invoking anti-trust powers of which…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #220: Dictatorship of Woke Capital
Last year, we had author Stephen Soukup on the podcast to discuss his book The Dictatorship of Woke Capital: How Political Correctness Captured Big Business. In recent months, “woke capital”…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #219: How Teachers Unions Are Failing Our Students
By fighting to keep schools closed—excuse me, open for virtual learning—for a full year in the jurisdictions in which they hold the most power, teachers unions sought to expand their power. Now…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #218: Civil Asset Forfeiture
In much of the country, the cops can take your stuff even if they aren’t able to convict you of a crime through a process known as civil asset forfeiture.
InfluenceWatch Podcast #217: The SCOTUS Leak
It’s the biggest story of the week in Washington. Following a nearly unprecedented breach of the Supreme Court’s institutional security, Politico published a draft of a possible majority opinion written…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #216: Governing for Impact
“Governing for Impact.” Behind that innocuous name is a powerful yet secretive interest group backed by liberal billionaire George Soros and his Open Society Foundations network that…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #215: States Newsroom’s Latest Frontier
Local news: It’s in decline, but people trust it more than national news by all accounts. And this creates an opening for big national organizations to get into the local…