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InfluenceWatch Podcast #351: Michigan’s Redistricting Commission Chaos
Big Philanthropy and the so-called “good government” groups that it funds have a “solution” (I’m making air-quotes) to partisan gerrymandering: The “independent redistricting commission.” With funding from left-of-center groups like…
by Ken Braun, Michael Watson on February 7, 2025

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #350: A Parallel, Conservative Economy
The Trump administration is dismantling DEI within the federal workforce and ESG is slowly morphing into one of the most irritating terms in corporate governance. But conservatives, sensing there may…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on January 31, 2025

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #349: Biden’s Defund the Police Door Dash
On its way out the door, the Biden administration provided a number of exit gifts for its allies amongst left-wing groups: feminists and abortion-rights activists received a legally toothless declaration…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on January 24, 2025

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #348: Fix Education Bloat by Breaking Teacher Union Bloat (with Corey DeAngelis)
Almost everyone can look at the education landscape in America today and see that something has gone very, very wrong. Spending per student has increased, and there is no evidence…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on January 17, 2025

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #347: Texas Battles DEI
The incoming second Trump administration has vowed to take on “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies in the federal government and in federally supported programs. In that, the incoming administration is…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on January 10, 2025

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #346: New Year, New Administration, New Nonprofits
Well, 2025 is here. And while it came in rather tragically in the South – and we do extend our condolences to the victims of the terrorist attack in New…
by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson on January 3, 2025

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #345: Department of Ed’s Billion-Dollar Failure
As the incoming second Trump administration prepares to target government waste with the “Department of Government Efficiency” commission and activists hope that Trump’s administration will root divisive left-wing racial ideologies…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on December 20, 2024

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #344: New Management for the FBI
A new presidential administration does not typically mean new management at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but typically the incumbent FBI director did not oversee the FBI when it raided…
by Sarah Lee, Ken Braun, Michael Watson on December 13, 2024

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #343: Trump’s Labor Mistake
Donald Trump has made quick work of nominating potential cabinet members, and many of those picks – while controversial – are being met with nods – albeit sometimes lukewarm nods…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on December 6, 2024

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #342: Arabella’s Tax (Return) Day
For us at the Capital Research Center, Christmas comes in mid-November. Not because of election results or an inability to read the calendar, but because of the Internal Revenue Service’s…
by Parker Thayer, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson on November 22, 2024