InfluenceWatch Podcast
The podcast where we go beneath the surface to reveal the web of connected influence, money, and motivation driving the news.
We found 4 episodes of InfluenceWatch Podcast with the tag “afl-cio”.
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Episode 28: Supreme Court Protects Fair Elections!
June 14th, 2018 | 38 mins 56 secs
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The Supreme Court voted 5-4 in Husted v. A Phillip Randolph Institute to uphold the State of Ohio's procedure for determining how to remove the names of relocated or dead registered voters from electoral rolls, helping ensure fair and accurate elections.
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Episode 24: Local Union Scams
May 17th, 2018 | 42 mins 18 secs
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Local unions regularly manipulate their cronies in government to enact unfair policies for their own benefit. We detail such union scams across the country, with a special focus on a local union supported “head tax” preventing Amazon from expanding in Seattle.
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Episode 22: Sexual Harassment at the Left's PR Firm
May 3rd, 2018 | 41 mins 51 secs
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We detail the sexual harassment scandal at the Left's most powerful think tank, the Center for American Progress, and the many other scandals in the group's history.
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Episode 21: New York's Left in Disarray
April 26th, 2018 | 39 mins 20 secs
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New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo got a shock when the left-wing Working Families Party, important in his previous election, instead endorsed his primary opponent actress Cynthia Nixon. This race is representative of the splits riling the modern Left.