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As state legislatures convene in what is likely to be a competitive federal election year, what can states do to ensure their elections are fairly conducted? Jason Snead of the Honest Elections Project joins us to discuss his organization’s recommendations for safeguarding U.S. elections.

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Safeguarding Our Elections

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All is not well at the Democratic Socialists of America, the most prominent and powerful openly socialist political advocacy organization in America. Longtime activists are quitting, the budget isn’t balancing, and Everything Leftism is propagating. Joining me to discuss the turmoil at the DSA are my colleagues Sarah Lee and Robert Stilson.

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Turmoil at the Democratic Socialists of America

Explaining “Everything Leftism”

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If you’re like me, electricity is something that just comes out of the wall and turns on the lights. If you’re like our guest, energy policy expert and creator of the docuseries Juice: Power, Politics, and the Grid Robert Bryce, energy and electricity are so much more—he joins Ken and me to discuss the realities of the power we all use and how it got to our appliances.

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Juice the Series

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

Robert Bryce

Federal Judge Sides With Osage Nation, Orders Removal Of 84 Wind Turbines

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In theory, the case is a simple question: Must fishing rig owners pay the government for the mandatory government inspectors who attend those rigs? But in deciding that question, the Supreme Court must consider a more complicated one: How much “deference” do the courts owe to federal regulatory agencies’ interpretations of the law? The prevailing rules, known as Chevron deference after a Supreme Court case involving the oil company, demand wide deference to agencies, but that is now being questioned in a case before the Supreme Court which might reverse or constrain Chevron deference. Joining us to discuss this is Paige Gilliard, an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation.

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7 Takeaways From Arguments In The SCOTUS Case That Could Slay The Administrative State

The Separation of Powers: {Explained}

Three Chevron Deference nightmares: What happens when courts defer to federal agencies

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You would think that nobody remotely close to power in the United States would praise the barbarous attacks by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas against Israel of early October 2023. But one very prominent activist group’s leader did: The Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR, whose national executive director, Nihad Awad, told the American Muslims for Palestine convention that he “was happy to see the people of Gaza break the siege on October 7.” Joining me to discuss the background, influence, and future of CAIR are my colleague Ryan Mauro and Dexter Van Zile, managing editor of the Middle East Forum's Focus on Western Islamism (FWI).

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Focus on Western Islamism

The Future of Hamas Is Pretty Bleak

CAIR Leader Says He Was 'Happy To See' Hamas Attack Israel

Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

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It is the final week of 2023, a time when many will reflect on the year rapidly passing by. Joining me to reflect on the past year in Big Philanthropy and its influence in public policy are two of my senior colleagues: Capital Research Center president Scott Walter and CRC Center for Strategic Giving director Mike Hartmann.

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https://capitalresearch.org/article/best-of-2023-how-charities-secretly-help-win-elections/

https://capitalresearch.org/article/best-of-2023-everybody-votes-campaign-masquerading-as-a-charity-to-register-democrat-voters/

https://capitalresearch.org/article/a-mandate-for-labor-error-part-3/

https://thegivingreview.com/legislation-proposed-to-increase-taxes-on-large-university-endowments/

https://capitalresearch.org/article/influencewatch-podcast-292-surprised-by-campus-radicals-you-shouldnt-be/

https://capitalresearch.org/article/paying-for-hate-on-college-campuses/

https://capitalresearch.org/article/my-problem-with-effective-altruism/

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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