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Influence Watch Episode #110: What the Green New Deal Would Mean
Last year, the hard-left—pressure groups like the Sunrise Movement, politicians like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, and labor unions like the Service Employees International Union—presented the “Green New Deal,”…
by CRC Staff on February 24, 2020

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Influence Watch Podcast #109: State Debates Enforcing Workers’ Rights
In this episode, Democrats announce a $50 million campaign to take control of drawing legislative district boundaries, the Pennsylvania Legislature considers legislation to enforce the Supreme Court’s Janus decision and…
by CRC Staff on February 14, 2020

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Influence Watch Podcast #108: The Iowa Democratic Caucus Disaster
In this episode, the Iowa Democratic Party’s reliance on a Democratic-establishment-connected political vendor results in vote-counting-chaos, the House of Representatives affirms its loyalty to the will of Organized Labor, and…
by CRC Staff on February 7, 2020

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Influence Watch Podcast #107: Citizens United Ten Years Later
Ten years ago this month, the Supreme Court handed down a controversial decision with bearing on influence and politics: Citizens United v. FEC. As liberal activists push ever harder to…
by CRC Staff on January 31, 2020

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Influence Watch Podcast #106: What if Planned Parenthood Lost Public Funding?
In this episode, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports continuing decline in Big Labor’s ranks, radical-left author Naomi Klein admits that the Green New Deal is about making your life…
by CRC Staff on January 24, 2020

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Influence Watch Podcast #105: RIP, Sir Roger Scruton
In this episode, the Department of Labor takes deregulatory action to undo a key Obama administration favor to its supporters in Big Labor, center-right scholar of philanthropy Bill Schambra offers…
by CRC Staff on January 17, 2020

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Influence Watch Podcast #104: Howard Zinn: Historian, Author, and Communist?
In this episode, a union with close ties to top left-wing Senators targets the technology industry for an organizing campaign; our colleagues at Dangerous Documentaries take aim at the late,…
by CRC Staff on January 10, 2020

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Influence Watch Podcast #103: Three Pillars Supporting the Left
We’re starting off the New Year by taking one last look back at the old year, thanks to the “2019 Philanthropy Awards” published by Inside Philanthropy, a left-of-center news and…
by CRC Staff on January 3, 2020

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #102: Green Groups Push to Subsidize the Rich
In this episode, a lawsuit alleges that United Auto Workers leadership was prepared to sell out its membership as a result of kickbacks from Fiat Chrysler, my colleague Ken Braun…
by CRC Staff on December 20, 2019

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #101: Teachers’ Union Funding Abortion and Higher Taxes
Thanks for tuning in, I’m Michael Watson and this is the Influence Watch Podcast. In this episode, we look behind the curtain of a massive “dark money” entity that funds…
by CRC Staff on December 13, 2019