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…
Open Society Foundations
The Proxy Preview: ESG in 2023
At least 542 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) shareholder resolutions have been filed thus far in 2023. This already exceeds the total number filed in all of 2021 and appears…
How the Arabella Network Meddled in the Redistricting Process
Fair Representation in Redistricting (FRR), a front for the New Venture Fund was spawned to influence the states’ map-drawing process to favor “communities of color and other historically underrepresented communities”—in…
How the Soft-on-Crime Sausage Gets Made
In October 2022, the Ronald Brownstein of The Atlantic wrote an impassioned defense of the left-wing progressive criminal justice reform movement, claiming there is no clear connection between rising crime…
A Cool $21 Billion for Politics—Courtesy of George Soros
New filings reveal that George Soros’s nonprofit empire has poured out nearly $21 billion since 2000, making him perhaps the biggest ATM for leftist political causes in the world. At…
Charity or Billions for the Left’s Voter Pipeline? How and Why [REPOST]
Common sense might suggest that foundations interested in voter turnout should bankroll get-out-the-vote efforts rather than registration campaigns to get the most bang for their buck. In fact, they fund…
Video: Pierre Omidyar, the Next George Soros [REPOST]
Pierre Omidyar is the founder of the multinational e-commerce corporation eBay, a philanthropist, and a financier of left-wing organizations, including investigative journalism projects. Omidyar is also a major funder of…
Soros Aims to Transform the Justice System by Funding DA Races [REPOST]
Financier and left-wing philanthropist George Soros has been contributing large sums of money to progressive candidates to change the law enforcement system at the county or district level. These huge…
“Dark Money” and the Battle Against Christian Homeschooling
Europe’s conservative faithful have long been under fire from “progressives” infuriated by the historic Christian views of abortion, education, and marriage. In recent years, openDemocracy has launched a salvo of…
For Anti-Capitalists, “The Future Is Public”
The Future Is Public is an international campaign to oppose economic privatization and support extensive government-provided goods and services. Its manifesto calls for the state to control of large swaths…