John, I'm excited to share the latest from CRC with you:Where did "Zuck bucks" start? ([link removed]
The "Zuck bucks" story begins with the New Organizing Institute, the predecessor of the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). From 2005 to 2015, the institute had one purpose: elect Democrats. When it dissolved amid allegations of financial mismanagement, three top staffers founded CTCL in Chicago, and the rest is history. CRC's Hayden Ludwig uncovers CTCL's origins here ([link removed] connected are the Bidens and China? ([link removed]
One of the most interesting revelations from the ongoing Biden classified documents drama is the starring role of Penn Biden Center, where the first classified documents were found. The center appears to be little more than an accounting code camouflaged as a think tank--a code that received tens of millions of dollars as "gifts" from China. CRC's Sarah Lee probes the Biden "think tank" here ([link removed] Big Labor becoming relevant again? ([link removed]
The legacy media would have us believe that 2022 was a banner year for labor organizing after victories over Amazon, Starbucks, and Microsoft. Yet in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics rudely popped that left-wing bubble. Union membership did rise by 273,000, but the percentage of unionized workers dropped to 10.1 percent. CRC's Michael Watson assesses organized labor's dismal prospects here ([link removed] the privileges of establishment philanthropy be revoked? ([link removed]
In America and the Art of the Possible, author Christopher Buskirk laments that "our ability to accomplish great things as a nation has waned in recent decades," noting that Americans have become more risk averse. CRC's Michael Hartmann reviews Buskirk's call to revitalize a "frontier mentality" in the context of Big Philanthropy here ([link removed]
See also:A book review ([link removed] of Joel Kotkin's The Coming of Neo-Feudalism.
Featured Publication
Capital Research Magazine, December 2022
In the December 2022 issue of Capital Research: Corruption has long been part of the union label.The Lawsuit Lobby exerts disproportionate influence on the legislative process, often against the best interests of the lawyers' clients.The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's "circular economy" suffers from circular reasoning.And the Left is trying to save us from the uncertainties of democratic elections.
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InfluenceWatch Podcast 253
George Soros and the Media
In this episode ([link removed] George Soros and his Open Society Foundations are well-known major funders of left-wing advocacy, and a new report from Media Research Center shines the light on one facet of that advocacy. According to the research, Soros and his associated philanthropies have funded 253 organizations involved in activist media worldwide.
Media Research Center associate editor Joseph Vazquez joins CRC’s Michael Watson and Sarah Lee to discuss Soros's funding of left-wing media, the broader universe of foundation-funded journalism, and what it all means.
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