InfluenceWatch Podcast

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Two years ago this week, the federal government announced “two weeks to slow the spread” — a campaign of lockdowns and closures that would metastasize into ongoing restrictions on civil liberties that failed to control the spread of COVID-19. Thanks to the power of teachers’ unions, no public institution would be more affected by the shutdowns and subsequent mask mandates than America’s public schools—and as a result, parents got a view into the education their tax dollars paid for their children to receive. They didn’t like what they saw—liberal indoctrination and critical race theory, all while administrators lost focus on the core subjects of reading, math, and the like. Joining me to discuss the state of education today is Luke Rosiak, author of the new book Race to the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education. Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Bottom-Uncovering-Destroying-Education/dp/0063056720/ Subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice at: https://influencewatch.fireside.fm/ Follow our socials: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalresearchcenter • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube • Rumble: https://rumble.com/capitalresearch • Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/capitalresearch

In 2020 as the coronavirus hit and governments ordered mass lockdowns of length and scope unprecedented in American history, Congress passed the “Paycheck Protection Program” or PPP to help small businesses maintain their payrolls with forgivable loans. But before 2021, labor unions were not supposed to receive funds from PPP; my guest, the Freedom Foundation’s Maxford Nelsen, documented as many as 226 forgivable loans made under PPP totaling over $36 million that went to labor unions and related organizations. Max joins us today to discuss this and the Freedom Foundation’s other work on government worker unions. Links: https://www.freedomfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Profiting-from-a-Pandemic-%E2%80%93-Union-Receipt-of-PPP-Loans.pdf https://www.freedomfoundation.com/litigation/ohio-suit-targets-unions-latest-money-making-scheme-seizing-vacation-time/ https://www.freedomfoundation.com/press-release/ruling-clears-way-for-hearing-on-effort-to-unionize-oregons-legislative-staffers/ https://www.freedomfoundation.com/litigation/amicus-brief-filed-in-unions-latest-case-of-forgery/ Subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice at: https://influencewatch.fireside.fm/ Follow our socials: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalresearchcenter • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube • Rumble: https://rumble.com/capitalresearch • Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/capitalresearch

Most Americans have heard the term "woke," and many have heard it attached to businesses. But what American consumers may not know is that there's a man behind the "woke boardroom" movement that is very powerful, controls a lot of money, and has shown an interest in investing his clients' money in China rather than the U.S. His name is Larry Fink, and he's the CEO of BlackRock, a very large money management firm. Consumer's Research, led by Will Hild, has been attempting to expose Fink's affinity for the Chinese Communist Party, and Fink recently pushed back, writing a letter to letter to CEO's taking exception to CR's criticism. However, Fink never reveals in the letter his links to China and the hypocrisy of his "woke" business principles. Will Hild joins CRC's Communications Director Sarah Lee on the Influence Watch podcast today to talk about CR's ad campaigns, websites, and public relations push to expose the tortured philosophy of Larry Fink. Links: Consumers Research: https://consumersresearch.org/ Who is Larry Fink?: https://whoislarryfink.com/ Fink's letter: https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter CR's letter to Governors: https://consumersresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CR-Letter-to-Governors-on-BlackRock-Consumer-Warning.pdf BlackRockLovesChina: https://blackrockloveschina.com/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/can-woke-boardroom-culture-be-broken/ Subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice at: https://influencewatch.fireside.fm/ Follow our socials: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalresearchcenter • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube • Rumble: https://rumble.com/capitalresearch • Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/capitalresearch

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In 2020, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation raked in tens of millions of dollars from personal and corporate supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement amid demonstrations after the murder of George Floyd in police custody. Since that time, many have wondered where all that money went: Today’s guest, Andrew Kerr of the Washington Examiner, was one of them. And when he went digging for federally mandated disclosures from the group, he couldn’t find them. Now he has only more questions, and BLM Global Network Foundation is finding itself in the crosshairs of even ideologically friendly regulators. Links: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/blms-millions-go-unaccounted-for-after-leaders-quietly-jump-ship https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/where-is-blms-office-its-a-mystery https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/california-threatens-to-hold-blms-leaders-personally-liable-over-missing-financial-records https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/black-lives-matter-shuts-down-fundraising-days-after-liberal-states-threatened-legal-action Subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice at: https://influencewatch.fireside.fm/ Follow our socials: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalresearchcenter • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube • Rumble: https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all • Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/capitalresearch

The American Federation of Teachers has a public image problem, as increasing numbers of parents become aware of the union’s involvement in prolonging destructive restrictions on schoolchildren in the name of “protecting” them from coronavirus—most notably school lockdowns, which despite widespread evidence that they did not control viral spread and harmed students’ educations possibly permanently continue in places like Flint, Michigan, and forced-masking orders. But rather than enable children to resume their childhoods, Randi Weingarten’s union is challenging the union’s image problem with the classical trick: Control of the narratives put before children. The AFT formed a partnership with NewsGuard, a rating group that tracks the supposed trustworthiness of news outlets, to bring its rating tools into classrooms. And in news that shouldn’t surprise anyone, NewsGuard leans to the left. Joining me to discuss the troubling partnership and NewsGuard’s alignments is Dan Gainor, vice president for Free Speech America of the Media Research Center. Links: InfluenceWatch: NewsGuard: https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/newsguard/ MRC: NewsGuard Ratings System Heavily Skews in Favor of Left-Wing Outlets: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/joseph-vazquez/2021/12/13/study-newsguard-ratings-system-heavily-skews-favor-left MRC: Free Speech America CensorTrack: https://censortrack.org/ Subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice at: https://influencewatch.fireside.fm/ Follow our socials: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalresearchcenter • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube • Rumble: https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all • Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/capitalresearch

Since Mark Zuckerberg provided hundreds of millions of dollars to assist governmental agencies in administering the 2020 elections through the private Center for Tech and Civic Life, state legislatures have considered and in many cases taken action to prevent future billionaires from privately funding the administration of elections. This week, Capital Research Center president Scott Walter testified on one such bill before the Virginia State Senate; he joins us to discuss the “Zuckbucks” and legislative responses to them. Also joining us are Hayden Ludwig and Parker Thayer, two of my colleagues who have put in yeoman’s work crunching the numbers on where exactly the Zuckbucks went. Links to Virginia's Legislature Response and Scott Walter Testimony: https://capitalresearch.org/article/virginia-moves-closer-to-banning-zuck-bucks-after-scott-walters-testimony/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/answering-questions-from-yesterdays-virginia-senate-hearing/ Links to ZuckBucks Research: https://capitalresearch.org/article/shining-a-light-on-zuck-bucks-in-key-states/#virginia https://capitalresearch.org/article/democrats-tried-to-use-the-same-2020-election-shenanigans-to-overtake-virginia-this-year/ Subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice at: https://influencewatch.fireside.fm/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalresearchcenter • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube • Rumble: https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all • Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/capitalresearch Special Guest: Hayden Ludwig.

Elections have consequences, as the country learned last year when the Biden administration took office and as Virginians are learning now that Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin has taken office to replace Democrat Ralph Northam. Youngkin’s election against the partisan alignment of the increasingly Democratic state has been credited to his emphasis on parental power in education—and his opponent, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, having said in a debate “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” And in keeping with his election message, Gov. Youngkin issued a series of executive orders that banned the teaching of “divisive concepts” like critical race theory and affirmed parents “fundamental right to make decisions concerning the care of their children.” Joining me to discuss the fundamental shifts in Virginia education policy is Nicole Neily of Parents Defending Education. Parents Defending Education: https://defendinged.org/ Subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice at: https://influencewatch.fireside.fm/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalresearchcenter • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube • Rumble: https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all • Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/capitalresearch