John, I'm excited to share the latest from CRC with you:Is environmentalism conservative?
Meet the "eco-Right," the collection of lobbying, litigation, and activist nonprofits that identify themselves as free market yet have bought the Left's argument that the Earth is getting dangerously hot, we're to blame, and more taxes and regulations are the answer. CRC's new report Rise of the Eco-Right exposes the funders, leadership, and lobbying of the eco-Right; author Hayden Ludwig's op-ed here ([link removed] summarizes the report.Are "independent" redistricting commissions actually Trojan horses? ([link removed]
Michigan's new and supposedly "independent" legislative redistricting commission has begun to resemble a bad TV sit-com. The commission is composed of four Democrats, four Republicans, and five non-aligned independents, as required by law. But it appears to include two left-leaning partisans camouflaged as independents. Michael Watson warned in a CRC report ([link removed] earlier this year that redistricting commissions are highly vulnerable to manipulation. CRC's Ken Braun documents another instance here ([link removed] pols were mixed up in a $25 billion tax fraud scheme? ([link removed]
Lucifer's Banker Uncensored by Bradley C. Birkenfeld reads like an Ian Fleming thriller, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and double-crossing government agents. Birkenfeld, an international financier and whistleblower, tells quite a story and drops a bunch of big names--including Eric Holder, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry--who he claims are implicated. Hayden Ludwig reviews the book here ([link removed] powerful is volunteerism? ([link removed]
In Civic Gifts, University of Chicago sociology professor Elisabeth S. Clemens explores how civil society and government interact and how they help develop and sustain a shared sense of nationhood. CRC's Michael Hartmann sat down with Professor Clemens to discuss current views of philanthropy and charity and what they may mean for us as a nation. Watch the two-part interview and read his commentary here ([link removed] and here ([link removed]
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Industrial Revolution
e Not Destiny
In the ninth episode of The Politically Incorrect Guide, Tom Woods and Michael Malice defend capitalism through stories from the falsely maligned Industrial Revolution. Rather than reducing quality of life for workers the industrial revolution improved it tremendously, labor unions didn't cause that improvement, and the so-called robber barons dramatically improved people's standard of living.

Watch the 16-minute video here ([link removed]

InfluenceWatch Podcast 186
Is Mail-In Balloting
Here to Stay?
In this episode ([link removed] If you live in Virginia, buckle up: a new wave of absentee-ballot mailers is about to overwhelm mailboxes across the commonwealth, courtesy of the same left-wing activists who flooded the Old Dominion in 2020.

A newly obtained memo reveals correspondence from a pair of left-wing nonprofits in Washington, DC—the Voter Participation Center and Center for Voter Information—detailing a plan to flood Virginia with 2 million mail-in ballot applications ahead of the November gubernatorial race. While COVID restrictions were the original justification for expanding mail-in ballots, there appears to be an effort to keep pervasive mail-in balloting as part of American elections for the foreseeable future.

But is this a good thing?

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