John, I'm excited to share the latest from CRC with you:

Reagan ended the "Fairness" Doctrine and unleashed Rush
In honor of Rush Limbaugh (1951–2021), we reposted some of our past reporting on the "Fairness" Doctrine. Free speech is fine, except when it needs to be rationed--according to the leftist advocates of the "Fairness Doctrine." Finding the policy stifled free speech, the Reagan administration abandoned it in 1987 and, because of what Rush unleashed afterwards, the Left has wanted to reinstate it ever since. Sean Higgins reports here.

How much money will Biden's Justice Department funnel to left-wing nonprofits?
On day one, President Joseph Biden signed an executive order directing a review of numerous policies related to climate change and the environment. One such review involves possibly reviving a controversial Justice Department practice that lets the feds funnel monies from settlement agreements to outside nonprofits. In the Obama administration, the Justice Department sent nearly $1 billion in these slush fund payments to left-wing groups. CRC's Robert Stilson reveals the possibilities here.

Will Arizona ban private funding of its election offices by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg?
I just testified to the Arizona state legislature on problems with Mark Zuckerberg's $350 million in funding to the Center for Tech and Civic Life, which re-granted the money to government election offices in dozens of states, including theirs, in ways that look to have boosted Democratic turnout for President Biden. Next week the legislature votes whether to ban such funding in future. Watch my testimony here.

How does the $800 million Tides Foundation turn out votes for Democrats?
The "dark money" heavyweight Tides Foundation, which pioneered the hiding of money trails decades ago, receives almost a billion dollars a year. CRC's Hayden Ludwig exposes how it sends cash to left-leaning groups like the Voter Registration Project, Rock the Vote, and the Black Voters Matter Fund, which exploit IRS nonprofit rules to register new voters in Democratic-leaning areas that helped deliver battleground states to President Biden. Learn more here.

How big is the Lincoln Project dumpster fire?
The Lincoln Project, ostensibly a political action committee (PAC) run by disaffected, high-powered Republican political consultants, raked in millions of dollars from big-shot Democratic donors and PACs during the 2020 election cycle. Since the election, the mainstream media has suddenly begun negative reporting on the Lincoln Project. At least two co-founders have resigned after 21 men accused co-founder John Weaver of harassment. A surprising amount of Lincoln Project money went to companies controlled by its leaders. CRC's Michael Watson reports here.

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How the CDC's Neo-Racism
Almost Killed
Thousands of Americans

Is it ever right to choose who should live or die based on the color of someone’s skin? In the fight against COVID-19, the CDC came dangerously close to doing exactly that, planning to allow the death of thousands of Americans in a twisted pursuit of "social justice."

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InfluenceWatch Podcast 156

Defending the
Freedom of Association

In this episode, we discuss an issue that is well known to those involved in political giving, but perhaps not as well known to the average voter. To shed light on the issue of donor disclosure, we have as a special guest Jennifer Braceras, director of Independent Women’s Law Center (a project of the Independent Women's Forum) and a former member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She recently wrote a very sharp op-ed on the subject , "Freedom of Association Is Under Attack. Will the Supreme Court Protect It?" We also discuss cases surrounding donor disclosure that could be heard by the Supreme Court in the coming months.

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