InfluenceWatch Podcast #274: George Soros’s Successor
George Soros, the famous liberal billionaire investor-philanthropist, is over 90 years old, which would motivate anyone in his position to think about his succession. This week, the Wall Street…
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InfluenceWatch Podcast #273: Biden’s War on Cars
The private automobile defined post–World War II America, liberating the masses from the regimentation of railroad schedules and the limitations of foot transportation. But the Left has never liked the…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #272: The Folly of Reimagining Big Labor
A new union-curious faction of conservatism is growing in the run-up to the 2024 election. Leading the charge is a group of otherwise solidly conservative legislators (you’ll recognize the names)…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #271: Fix the Court’s Foul-Up
If I could provide just one piece of free advice in public advocacy, it’s this: Don’t openly say you messed up on an on-record call with a reporter—you might as…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #270: Durham’s Report on Russiagate
This week, Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham issued the final report on his investigation into Crossfire Hurricane, better known as the “Russia collusion investigation” targeting the 2016 presidential campaign…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #269: The Border Crisis
Title 42, an emergency policy allowing U.S. authorities to send border-crossers back whence they came (usually Mexico) on public-health grounds, is ending with the COVID-19 public health emergency. And with…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #268: Women’s Right to Self-Defense
With news last month that Visa and Mastercard had paused a plan to track gun purchases, and last year’s SCOTUS decision that struck down a New York law that put…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #267: Weingarten Will Not Be Apologizing
This week, three years after the COVID pandemic lockdowns began, American Federation of Teachers union president Randi Weingarten, who many feel was the public face of extended school lockdowns, testified…
InfluenceWatch Podcast 266: ESG in 2023
If the “ESG”—environmental, social, and governance—movement had a guiding text, it would the Proxy Preview. Put out by the corporate social responsibility investing nonprofit As You Sow, the Proxy Preview…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #265: Athenai Institute Battles CCP Disinformation
The Athenai Institute is a college student-led organization that seeks to limit the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on U.S. college campuses. Since their inception in 2020, they have…