In the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 and Israel’s military response, America’s higher education institutions have been riven by radical pro-Palestinian demonstrations and a donor revolt against administrations that seem to be indifferent to antisemitism. To give some background on the strife in higher education and how we got to the point where Ivy League presidents could not explicitly condemn calls for genocide before Congress, the Manhattan Institute’s Heather Mac Donald joins us.

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When Race Trumps Merit How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives

DEI Drives Campus Antisemitism

It’s Time for Congress to Open Harvard’s Books

Featured Video: Affirmative Action Hurts Those It’s Intended To Help

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As some follow the siren song of statism promoted by activist groups funded by liberal foundations and push for stronger and more coercive labor unions, the National Right to Work Foundation stands athwart, defending the right of all workers to choose whether union representation is right for them or not. Joining us to discuss the state of Big Labor and the right, as well as other labor-related issues is National Right to Work Foundation vice president Patrick Semmens.

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NLRB Rules Union Officials Violated Federal Law by Forcing Nonmember Workers to Pay for Union Lobbying Activities

U.S. House Holds Hearing Today on Landmark Worker Freedom Bill

A Mandate for Labor Error: Big Labor Radicalizes

In Defense of Taft-Hartley: The Taft-Hartley Consensus

The Myth of the “Nonpolitical” Labor Union

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Are prominent environmentalist groups working on behalf of foreign powers—and wouldn’t that mean they have to declare it under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? That is the question that Senator Ted Cruz (Republican of Texas) and Representative James Comer (Republican of Kentucky and chairman of the House Oversight Committee) are asking in light of some groups’ penchant for criticizing the United States while going easy on the People’s Republic of China. Joining me to discuss these concerns are my colleague Sarah Lee and Kevin Mooney, who wrote about Cruz and Comer’s questioning for the Daily Signal.

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EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Wants Answers on Left-Wing Actors Who May Violate Foreign Agent Registration Act

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

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Since 2018, Big Philanthropy has offered great praise for one particular politician without an office to hold: Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat who claimed her 2018 loss in an election for governor was marred by improprieties. Her claims of supposed “voter suppression” brought millions from liberal foundations and mega-donors into the nonprofit voter registration group she founded, New Georgia Project, and directorships at prominent left-wing groups like the Center for American Progress and Marguerite Casey Foundation. But now Politico, the trade newspaper for D.C. political types, has released a long expose on poor management and financial practices at New Georgia Project when it was flush with cash following Abrams’s loss. Joining me to discuss these developments are my colleagues Parker Thayer and Sarah Lee.

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Voting group founded by Abrams, once led by Warnock, faces financial scrutiny

The New Georgia Problem

REPORT: How Charities Secretly Help Win Elections

InfluenceWatch: Stacey Abrams

InfluenceWatch: New Georgia Project

George Soros’ Open Society Nixes $67 Million Proposal from National Latino Groups Leaving 2024 Funding Uncertain (Exclusive)

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As if the national press were not liberal enough or sufficiently committed to the national left-wing agenda, Big Philanthropy is throwing hundreds of millions of dollars to make local journalism also align with the left-wing agenda…er, be “revitalized.” The Press Forward initiative, announced by the left-wing MacArthur Foundation, may claim to be “independent of ideology,” but the funders list suggests that the goal is to make local news look more like the New York Times, if not The New Republic. Joining me to discuss these developments are my colleague Parker Thayer and Capital Research Center president Scott Walter.

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Press Forward Will Award More than $500 Million to Revitalize Local News

A Billion-Dollar Bet on Local News

Martin Morse Wooster: Big Martin vs. Big Philanthropy

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Since the horrific Hamas terrorist massacres in southern Israel in early October, American observers have been horrified by something that really should not be happening: Mass marches of left-wing students expressing solidarity with the “Palestinian cause,” if not the Hamas regime that perpetrated the attacks itself. But a close analysis of the ideological currents in academia should have warned us that something like what we have seen on campus would, in fact, come to pass. Joining me to discuss these developments are my colleague Sarah Lee and Jay P. Greene of the Heritage Foundation.

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No One Should Be Surprised By The Depraved Radicalism On College Campuses

Former Campus Radicals Now Teach Your Children

Hamas’s American Allies: Far-Left Supporters

Why Are Some Social Justice Unionists Backing the Palestinians?

Paying for Hate on College Campuses

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They are the “Left of the Left”: The Democratic Socialists of America, a socialist political faction influential in the Democratic Party. Who are they, what do they stand for, and where do they want to take American politics? Those are the questions that our colleague Robert Stilson set out to answer in Capital Research Center’s latest magazine serial, “The Left of the Left: The Democratic Socialists of America.”

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The Left of the Left: What Is the DSA?

The Left of the Left: A Radical Agenda

The Left of the Left: A Twisted Worldview

The Left of the Left: The Democratic Party

America’s Democratic Socialists Loved Israel

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I’m Sarah Lee, and this is the Influence Watch podcast. With me today is my colleague Ryan Mauro, an expert on terror funding and the movements of terror cells across the Middle East and around the world. It’s good he’s with us today because last week, as the world watched in horror as violent terrorists aligned with Hamas led an incursion into Israel from Gaza and committed mass murder of unsuspecting Israeli civilians living near the border. Some of the discussion centered on terrorism funding in the aftermath. Everything from the Biden administration’s 6 billion dollar transfer to Iran, to the money behind pro-palestinian campus protests are in question. Joining Ryan and me today to discuss a series of articles on terror funding he wrote for the Washington Examiner BEFORE the Hamas massacre – articles that got the ear of Congress and actually led to significant changes – is investigative reporter Gabe Kaminsky.

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PayPal becomes third payment processor to stop working with Palestinian terror-tied group

Major payment processor works with left-wing charity tied to Palestinian terrorism

Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ)

Massachusetts Mapping Project Linked to Terrorists

Palestinian terror-tied group booted from new online fundraising platform

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The Arabella Advisors-managed network of liberal dark money groups that includes the New Venture Fund, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Hopewell Fund, Windward Fund, and North Fund continues to attract attention. Not all of it is good: The District of Columbia Attorney General subpoenaed information from Arabella Advisors concerning the electoral activities of the Arabella-managed nonprofits, and it was alleged that the father of disgraced cryptocurrency trader and Democratic political donor Sam Bankman-Fried sat on an advisory board at Arabella. It was also reported that a project of the Arabella-managed Hopewell Fund called the Heat Initiative is pushing Apple to scan every photograph on every iPhone. Joining me to discuss these latest Arabella-related developments are my colleagues Parker Thayer and Sarah Lee.

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NEW GROUP ATTACKING IPHONE ENCRYPTION BACKED BY U.S. POLITICAL DARK-MONEY NETWORK

DC Attorney General Subpoenas Arabella Advisors' Dark Money Network Following Free Beacon Report

Lawsuit Unearths Link Between Dem Megadonor SBF, Parents, and Democratic Dark Money Behemoth Arabella Advisors

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The United Auto Workers union has called rolling strikes against the Detroit Three automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) since mid-September. The labor action, and other strikes including the strikes that have struck Hollywood films and television, have rekindled debate over the proper role and powers of organized labor in the United States. Joining me to discuss these topics are my colleague Parker Thayer and Dominic Pino, the Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow at National Review Institute.

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What to Make of American Compass’s “New Conservative Voter”

Organized Labor Is Progressivism and Progressivism Is Organized Labor

Republicans: The UAW Will Never Love You

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