Who Funds that?

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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My colleague Ken Braun, who joins me today, has written extensively on the sheer scale of the environmentalist organizations opposed to emissions-free nuclear energy, which claim at least $2.3 billion in annual revenue. But what does their anti-nuclear activity look like in practice? Joining us today to discuss that is Hugo Krueger, a nuclear engineer from South Africa working in France who is also a public advocate for the technology.

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The Richest Opponents of Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy

Hugo Kruger Substack

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It’s September: The kids have gone back to school, the oppressive heat dome is beginning to lift, and the sports calendar has turned from baseball (for those of us whose teams have woefully underachieved compared to their expectations) to football. But not all who take an interest in gridiron goings-on are interested in the on-field product: From team names to taking a knee, the NFL is surrounded by left-wing activists that want to push politics. Joining me to discuss the politics of pro football are my Capital Research Center colleagues Sarah Lee and Kristen Eastlick.

Native American group that wanted 'Redskins' removal is funded by Soros foundation, other leftist orgs

Latest NFL social-justice grant recipients sport George Soros connections

Coco Gauff Won. So Did Climate-Change Protestors.

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Those of us old enough to remember the panic over Y2K – a panic that was, as it turns out, mostly driven by fear of the unknown – see a certain resemblance between the year 2000 and today as artificial intelligence – popularly known as AI -- joins the party. Its emergence has been met with both excitement and trepidation. Will it make mundane tasks easier? Will it help our kids do better in school? Will large language models infect our discourse with bias? Are the graphics programs going to change art as we know it? Will Skynet become aware? And who will be funding, pushing, and regulating this next phase of tech innovation? In short, is AI something to fear or something to embrace, something to turn loose or take in hand? And how much should our always eager government get involved in its development and dispersion? Joining us today to discuss the coming AI revolution is Taylor Barkley, Director of Technology and Innovation at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University.

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Taylor Barkley

Which Way AI?

Schumer pledges ‘supercharged’ path to AI regulation when Senate returns from recess

Ranking Member Cassidy Releases White Paper on Artificial Intelligence

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The weather is unreliable, and often unpredictable—anyone who has grumbled at the weatherman’s forecast knows this. But increasingly, environmentalists demand that only the weather can generate the electricity that modern people need to maintain their standard of living. Zero-emissions is not enough: My colleague Ken Braun, who joins me today, extensively categorized the scale of environmentalist opposition to zero-emission nuclear energy.

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Opposition to Nuclear Energy

The Richest Opponents of Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy

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