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

• Who's behind the growing effort to push corporations leftward?
  This year, a record number of shareholder proposals have been filed with publicly traded companies that push left-of-center issues. The Left's buzzword for these kinds of "woke" policies is "ESG," short for Environmental, Social, and Governance.  Activist shareholders file these resolutions to pressure a company into acting on a particular issue. CRC's Robert Stilson examines the growing effort to enlist U.S. corporations in the Left's campaigns here.

• How did Arabella Advisors' "dark money" empire begin?
  Before Arabella Advisors began there was the Arabella Legacy Fund, bankrolled by the Hewlett Foundation and Wilburforce Foundation. Its first initiative was Responsible Trails America, an AstroTurf group in Montana, pretending to represent grassroots citizens, that was set up to divert a few million dollars in federal trail funding. Today, the Arabella network is a $1.7 billion political Godzilla. Guest author Dave Skinner exposes its origins here.

• Which state is States Newsroom targeting now?
  Alaska is the latest front in the Left's battle for the states. States Newsroom, a network of left-leaning outlets posing as just-the-facts news sites in multiple states, is expanding, with new offices in Juneau, Anchorage, and elsewhere in the Last Frontier state. Although it presents itself as apolitical, States Newsroom is actually the invention of Arabella Advisors. CRC's Hayden Ludwig investigates here.

• How many states have banned "Zuck bucks"?
  In just the past two weeks, Alabama has banned private financing of government election offices, Gov. Tony Evers (D) vetoed a similar bill that passed in Wisconsin, and the Pennsylvania Senate voted a similar bill out of committee. To date, 18 states have banned or restricted "Zuck bucks," and six Democratic governors have vetoed such bans. CRC's Sarah Lee and Hayden Ludwig tally the growing reaction to Mark Zuckerberg's intervention into the 2020 election here. 

As always, I welcome your thoughts on how we can better serve our mission of exposing the Left's activists and donors. E-mail me at [email protected], or call me at 202.464.2044.

Best wishes,

Scott Walter, President