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Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #200: Teachers Strike Chicago
Right after a period in which teachers union officials, most prominently American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, conducted a preposterous public relations campaign to make themselves the supposed driving…
by Michael Watson on January 10, 2022

Labor Watch
Social Justice Unionism
If nothing else, the COVID-19 pandemic has repeatedly demonstrated that Big Labor remains a potent force in American culture and politics, even though its power has declined since the 1950s,…
by CRC Staff on December 31, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
Mark Zuckerberg, CTCL, and 2020 Election Irregularities
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan gave $350 million to a “nonpartisan” nonprofit, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), which in turn regranted the funds to thousands of governmental election…
by CRC Staff on December 28, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
More of Zuckerberg’s Election Fund
Leftist mega-donor Mark Zuckerberg channeled hundreds of millions of dollars to the infamous Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) prior to the 2020 election through a major pass-through used almost…
by Hayden Ludwig on December 20, 2021

Organization Trends
“To Encourage the Others”: Making an Example of the NSBA
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) messed up big time. It sent a letter to the Biden administration calling on the Justice Department to investigate protesting parents under the PATRIOT…
by Michael Watson on December 10, 2021

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #198: Escape from New York
Since the identification of the “Omicron variant” of COVID-19, the Left and paternalist factions of the Right at home and abroad have returned to their favorite policy packages: Harsh lockdowns…
by Michael Watson on December 10, 2021

Organization Trends
Making “Meta” Mandatory?
Last month, Facebook made two major announcements. First, the company would henceforth call itself “Meta Platforms.” The other announcement gave the reason for the rebrand: The company would invest in…
by Michael Watson on November 15, 2021

Labor Watch
Virginia Dodges Big Labor’s Bullets
This week, Virginia Republicans Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Sears, and Jason Miyares swept the governorship and statewide row offices, and Republicans appear to have retaken control of the lower house of…
by Michael Watson on November 5, 2021

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for August 2021
In August, CRC researchers not only broke new stories—see Parker Thayer’s Fox News hit on Zuckerberg’s cash finding its way into local DA races—but also kept the pressure on stories…
by Sarah Lee on September 14, 2021

Commentary, Labor Watch
Muzzles for Ye, No Shots for We
At this point, the obstinacy of the teachers unions in refusing to enable the provision of the public education guaranteed to parents by most state constitutions should require no recounting.
by Michael Watson on September 9, 2021