John, I'm excited to share the latest from CRC with you:Will the Freedom Foundation have its day in court? ([link removed]
After the Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME, government workers could decline to financially support their unions. Freedom Foundation launched a program to inform workers of their Janus rights, and in Washington State, the SEIU countered with a deceptive ballot measure that blocked the foundation's access to the workers' contact information. Michael Watson assesses the implications of the pending case here ([link removed] any leftist groups not pushing H.R. 4? ([link removed]
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4) would federalize elections almost as effectively as the similarly misnamed For the People Act (H.R. 1). H.R. 4 would specifically restore the requirement for some states preclear state election laws with the U.S. Department of Justice. Hayden Ludwig documents the breadth and number of left-wing groups pushing H.R. 4. here ([link removed] is Randi Weingarten? ([link removed]
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, has been a controversy magnet, especially in the latest battles to reopen schools. Recently, she publicly defended Alphonso David, who was implicated in the cover-up of now former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's alleged sexual misconduct. This contrasts with her "#BelieveSurvivors" campaign against Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Parker Thayer highlights the hypocrisy here ([link removed] is local philanthropy not local? ([link removed]
America has always had its patricians, but they typically saw themselves as patriotic "fathers" of their country and were invested in their country's well-being. George Washington commanded armies. Thomas Jefferson was a statesman and diplomat. Robert Morris bankrolled the Revolution. They contrast with the spacefaring Jeff Bezos, land-grabbing Bill Gates, and the Big Brother–inspired tech billionaires Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg. Hayden Ludwig examines modern philanthropy here ([link removed]
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InfluenceWatch Podcast 187
The Business of Woke
In this episode ([link removed] "Woke capital"—social liberalism, especially focused on critical race theory and its intellectual children “antiracism” and "equity" carried out by businessmen rather than politicians or traditional nonprofit activists. Much has been written about it, but what does "woke capital" look like from the inside?
That’s the subject of Woke Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam, a new book written by biotechnology entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who has seen the growth of woke capital from inside his own corporate boardrooms. Mr. Ramaswamy joins Mike Watson to discuss his book.
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