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

Do current efforts to take over election laws have a Soros backstory?
A hacked memo sent to George Soros nine years ago reveals the embryonic stages of this year's effort by congressional Democrats to take over federal election laws using the so-called For the People Act. The memo requested additional funding for targeted "voter engagement" during the 2012 election--voter engagement that violated the spirit (if not also the letter) of the law governing "nonpartisan" nonprofits. CRC's Ken Braun connects the dots here.

How will redistricting change the next Congress?
Every decade, the Census determines the apportionment of congressional seats among the 50 states, forcing states to redraw district boundaries. This redistricting is unavoidably political, as Democrats and Republicans across the country attempt to gain advantages in legislative elections for the next 10 years. CRC's Michael Watson reports here on who's trying to influence the line-drawing. He debunks the Left's claim that America suffers from a "gerrymandering crisis," and he proves that the Left's solution to the non-crisis--letting supposedly "independent" commissions draw the lines--would make matters worse.

Who's bankrolling Pennsylvania's enviro-activists?
Pennsylvania is the main battlefield in the environmental Left's campaign to "green" the country with radical policies that will raise costs for electricity, household appliances, and groceries. This deep dive exposes the major funders behind Pennsylvania's biggest environmental activists and their campaigns to capture the Keystone State. Hayden Ludwig and Kevin Mooney report here.

Which side spends more to influence public policy?
Conventional wisdom says that conservatives--allegedly the partners of big-money corporate donors and shadowy "dark money" funds--have vast sources of wealth to support their public policy networks. Liberals, by contrast, are supposedly grassroots activists who must constantly fight against money in politics. Conventional wisdom is wrong . . . again. CRC's Shane Devine runs the numbers here.

Featured Interview

Climate Groups Take Their
Radical Agenda to Court

Robert Stilson appeared on "Rob Schmitt Tonight" on Newsmax to discuss current efforts by some environmentalists, frustrated by the lack of progress on their agenda, to sidestep the political process by turning to the courts. One strategy involves harnessing the power of sympathetic state, local, and potentially federal governmental entities to extract billions of dollars in damages from Big Oil for its alleged role in bringing about climate change.

Watch the 5-minute segment here. Stilson's segment starts at 35:57.

InfluenceWatch Podcast 171

Getting America
Back to Work

In this episode: As pandemic restrictions begin to ease in the states, employers face a new problem: labor shortages due to unemployment insurance bonuses. Many people are still collecting that benefit, and it's led to a situation where employers are desperate to hire workers who are making the rational financial decision to take a government check, instead of accepting meaningful work.

Joining the InfluenceWatch podcast today is Megan Rose, a civil society fellow at the Manhattan Institute and CEO of the nonprofit group Better Together, which works to provide a dignified way to prevent child neglect through programs that strengthen families and help keep kids out of the foster care system. As part of that work, Better Together provides compassionate "second chance" job fair programs.

But attendance at their job fairs has dropped precipitously this past year. In "Jobs Without Takers" in City Journal, Rose explains why she thinks it's happening. And she suggests ways that America's governors can help get people back to work to benefit the economy, themselves, and their families.

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