InfluenceWatch Friday
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More Transgender-Specific Grants to Children’s Hospitals and Universities
As the number of children identifying themselves as transgender rose astronomically, the Biden administration assured Americans that it was both safe and normal for kids to undergo medical “transition” procedures.
DOGE and the Department of Agriculture’s “Climate Smart” Grants
One of the many things wrapped in the voluminous packaging of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act was $19.5 billion for “climate smart agriculture.” What exactly that means is hard to…
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The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: The Nonprofit News Sector
In 2019 and 2021, Capital Research Center surveyed the changing media landscape, taking note of the increasing role of nonprofit and benefactor-driven “for-loss” media investments that are beginning to replace…
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…
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: The Nonprofit News Sector
In 2019 and 2021, Capital Research Center surveyed the changing media landscape, taking note of the increasing role of nonprofit and benefactor-driven “for-loss” media investments that are beginning to replace…
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Targets of Liberal Activists
In recent years—especially since the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016—liberal activists have taken a strong interest in taking over and building journalistic enterprises to promote liberal ideology,…
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Big Philanthropy’s Play
Retaking control of local and national narratives by controlling local journalism outlets and exploiting their higher trust are attractive propositions for left-of-center activists. To that end, the MacArthur Foundation announced…
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Selecting for Activists
In addition to general investments in local outlets and state-level advocacy efforts, Big Philanthropy has sought to further control the talent pipeline of journalists seeking elevation to prestige outlets. And…
The Institutional Revolution at National Public Radio
Last week, longtime National Public Radio editor Uri Berliner wrote an op-ed on his recent experiences at NPR, tracing its ideological transformation from left-leaning to vanguardist woke-progressive. While Berliner pointed…