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Green Watch
‘Bonkers’ About Batteries: The Unauthorized Biography of Jennifer Granholm
Earlier this month the Doomberg page on Substack chewed up the news that Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm thinks every U.S. military vehicle will be electric powered by 2030. What followed…
by Ken Braun on May 30, 2023

Labor Watch
Corruption in the Labor Movement: Labor Rackets
Corruption by labor union officials, whether in service to themselves, political allies, or organized crime syndicates, has been a fixture of American labor history since the labor movement first began…
by Michael Watson on November 14, 2022

Labor Watch
Corruption in the Labor Movement: A New Cast of Thieves
What is likely the largest federal union corruption investigation since the 1990s centered on a kickback scheme run through a joint union-management training center. Fiat Chrysler executives and agents would…
by Michael Watson on November 14, 2022

Labor Watch
Corruption in the Labor Movement: Philly’s Labor Fixer
Before 2019, John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty Jr., the longtime business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98, was one of the most powerful men in Pennsylvania. From…
by Michael Watson on November 14, 2022

Labor Watch
Corruption in the Labor Movement: Indictments
It has been over 30 years since then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani announced a civil Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters that would lead to…
by Michael Watson on November 14, 2022

CRC in the News
The Three Rivers of Money in Politics
Private money in politics flows through three main rivers: money given directly to candidates ($5 billion); soft money, sometimes called "dark money" ($133 million); and charitable giving to public policy…
by Kristen Eastlick on November 1, 2022

Organization Trends
Federal Charters and the Left’s Long-Term ESG Goals
Recent indications suggest that support for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activism—sometimes called “woke capitalism”—may be wavering within corporate America. Even BlackRock appears to be backing off its support for…
by Robert Stilson on June 23, 2022

Commentary
Juneteenth 2022
One year and one day ago, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making June 19 a federal holiday marking the day the last slaves in the…
by Jon Rodeback on June 20, 2022

Organization Trends
Today’s Left Opposes Everything Jimmy Carter Proposed on Elections
In 2005, Carter co-authored a study on America’s election systems with James Baker III. The resulting Baker-Carter Commission report still stands as a monument to how to run free, fair,…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 7, 2022

Green Watch
Nuclear Power–Hating Left: Funding the Climate Left’s Hypocrisy
Most of the climate Left opposes carbon-free nuclear energy. The list includes big names such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, and the Environmental Defense Fund. The…
by Ken Braun on February 15, 2022