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InfluenceWatch Podcast #227: Why Does Labor Care About Abortion?
Were any liberal organization not to weigh in on a Supreme Court decision overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that invented a nationwide right to abortion, one might expect organized…
by Michael Watson on July 15, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #226: The Omidyar Nexus
You know Soros and Steyer, Buffett and Bloomberg, but you may not be familiar with one of the most important left-of-center billionaires of all: Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay.
by Michael Watson on July 8, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #225: What Is the Taft-Hartley Act?
Seventy-five years ago last week, the U.S. Congress overrode Harry Truman’s veto and enacted the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, better known as the Taft-Hartley Act. The law corrected imbalances…
by Michael Watson on July 1, 2022

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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…
by Michael Watson on June 24, 2022

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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…
by Michael Watson on June 17, 2022

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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…
by Michael Watson on June 10, 2022

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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…
by Michael Watson on June 3, 2022

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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”…
by Michael Watson on May 27, 2022

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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…
by Michael Watson on May 20, 2022

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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.
by Michael Watson on May 13, 2022