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

Where are donations to Black Lives Matter going?
The two primary groups in the Black Lives Matter movement have restructured themselves significantly over the past year. CRC's Robert Stilson follows the tens of millions of dollars in donations, reporting where they came from and where they went (and didn't) in his two-part update here and here.

How are leftist mega-donors remaking the U.S. justice system?
From George Soros's funding a new wave of radically lenient district attorneys across America to Kamala Harris's and Mark Zuckerberg's promoting and funding "bail funds" to pay bails for criminal defendants, the Left's biggest donors are funding massive efforts to remake the U.S. justice system from the ground up. CRC's Shane Devine looks at future of "progressive" justice and its resulting crime waves here.

Are these pastors a front for Texas teachers unions?
The leaders of Pastors for Texas Children, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Fort Worth, apparently don't understand the legal limitations on their charitable status. The group's recent advocacy clearly constitutes electioneering, in violation of its nonprofit status. And contrary to claims on its website, the group seems particularly beholden to at least one special interest: teachers unions. CRC's Michael Watson reports here.

How are environmental activists using the courts to fight "climate change"?
Some environmental activists, frustrated by their lack of political success, are now trying to sidestep the democratic process by turning to the courts. One strategy involves persuading (and even underwriting) lawsuits from state and local governments that seek to extract billions of dollars in damages from Big Oil for its allegedly nefarious role in climate change. Robert Stilson surveys the judicial battlefields here.

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How Capitalism Went Woke

Odd as it may seem, big business is trending far-left. Only a few years ago most Americans would have assumed business leaders mostly supported Republican politicians and establishment policies, but the world has changed. From Disney to Coca-Cola to LinkedIn to Sandia National Laboratories and many more, corporate America is empowering a movement that can only be fully satisfied by the total destruction of corporations.

Watch the 3-minute video here.

InfluenceWatch Podcast 166

Foreign Billionaire
Influences American Policy

In this episode: Federal law prohibits foreign nationals, except holders of permanent resident (or “green card”) status, from making political contributions in federal elections. But foreign billionaires are free to spend whatever they like on "news" organizations and advocacy groups that influence American public policy.

Which brings us to Swiss billionaire Hansjoerg Wyss, the major environmentalist donor who just dropped a bid to buy the Chicago Tribune and turn the paper into a clone of the Washington Post. But a funny thing happened on the way to a Midwestern #Resistance media outlet: The New York Times exposed Wyss’s agenda, and he dropped his bid for the Tribune. Joining me to discuss Wyss, the brouhaha, and Wyss’s other projects is my colleague Hayden Ludwig.

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