John, I'm excited to share the latest from CRC with you:
- How corrupt is Philadelphia?
A federal jury recently convicted union boss John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty and a city councilman on conspiracy and fraud-related charges. Tone-deaf Dougherty complained that he and his co-defendant were "found guilty of . . . how business and politics are typically and properly conducted." CRC's Michael Watson exposes what is indeed typical union politics in New York City and Philadelphia here.
- How did Maryland spend $6 million in "Zuck bucks"?
The Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Election Innovation and Research and Center for Tech and Civic Life sent $6 million to Maryland counties in 2020, facilitating the state's mail-in election and a nearly $2 million campaign to register and turn out Democratic-leaning constituencies in Baltimore and the counties bordering Washington, DC. CRC's Hayden Ludwig reports the shenanigans here.
- Who's undermining the Supreme Court . . . and why?
Barely a day goes without Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) making another fevered accusation against "the scheme" in which he claims corporations use "dark money" to control the courts. The Left has also insinuated that the Supreme Court's list of orders--"shadow docket" in lefty speak--is somehow nefarious. CRC's Sarah Lee exposes the dangers of the court-packing campaign here.
- Where did Fidelity Charitable's $744 million in "dark money" go?
In 2020, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation disappeared $744 million of its $2.6 billion cash flow via the Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, another pass-through and donor-advised fund provider. The community foundation's second- and third-largest grants went to the Center for Tech and Civic Life and the Center for Election Innovation and Research, the two distributors of "Zuck buck" grants across the country. Hayden Ludwig follows the money trails here.
Featured Interview
Zuck Bucks and
Following the Money
On Monday, I was interviewed on the Daily Clout by Dr. Naomi Wolf, where I explained how billions of dollars are flowing to "nonpartisan" charities—including vast sums from Mark Zuckerberg. These nonprofits sound innocuous, but they combine the power of Big Tech companies with get-out-the-vote efforts, using Big Tech data to microtarget voters for political purposes.
Dr. Wolf was astounded by my explanation of just how partisan those "nonpartisan" nonprofits are, despite laws prohibiting them from any election interference. She understood their methods, she said, because she had done the same things when she was a for-profit political operative selling Democratic candidates.
Watch the entire 75-minute interview here.
In particular, watch Dr. Wolf's reaction at 23:32.
InfluenceWatch Podcast 200
Teachers Strike Chicago
In this episode: Right after a period in which teachers union officials, most prominently American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, conducted a preposterous public relations campaign that pretended they were driving force behind school reopenings, teachers unions are shutting schoolhouse doors again. The fiercest battle against the most entrenched adversary rages in Chicago, where the Chicago Teachers Union is conducting an industrial action to avoid going to work.
Joining us to discuss that union, its radical history, and what Chicago parents are facing is Mailee Smith, director of labor policy at the Illinois Policy Institute.
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