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 8 episodes of InfluenceWatch Podcast with the tag “constitution”.
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Episode 92: Senator Warren Proposes Infringement of Rights
October 4th, 2019 | 6 mins 42 secs
big labor, conservative, constitution, court of appeals, dc circuit court, elizabeth warren, fcc, grievances, infrastructure, left-wing, net-neutrality, obama, rights, unions
Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes a substantial infringement on the right to petition the government for redress of grievances, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects a challenge to the FCC’s rescission of an Obama-era rule classifying internet service providers as public utilities, and we hit the “highlights” of recent labor union filings that both show odd spending habits and illustrate the deep involvement of Big Labor in the institutional left-wing infrastructure.
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Episode 89: Leftist ThinkProgress Shuts Down
September 12th, 2019 | 6 mins 18 secs
big labor, conservative, constitution, corporate, freedom foundation, libertarian, progressives, rights, seiu, think progress, thinkprogress
We say good riddance to the liberal blog ThinkProgress after its corporate parent shuttered it, the Freedom Foundation forces the SEIU to respect a worker’s legal and constitutional rights, and “progressives” take aim at technological progress to boost Big Labor.
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Episode 77: Autoworkers Reject Union
June 21st, 2019 | 7 mins 23 secs
administration, conservative, constitution, cross, environmentalists, establishment, left, liberal, libertarian, obama, religion, supreme court, tennessee, uaw, volkswagen, ww1
Workers #resist the United Auto Workers in Tennessee, environmentalists lament changes to an aggressive Obama administration rule, and the Supreme Court affirms that a World War One memorial cross does not constitute an “establishment of religion.”
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Episode 64: Google Discriminates… Against Men?
March 7th, 2019 | 6 mins 2 secs
aclu, constitution, crony, democrats, discrimination, economy, fec, fightforfifteen, free speech, glass ceiling, google, hr 1, illinois, irony, legislatures, minimum wage, pay gap, sexism, term limits, trump, unconstitutional, unions, wage gap
House Democrats advance their unconstitutional incumbent protection act, SEIU-supported members of Congress advance SEIU’s far-left legislative priorities, and a social justice crusade at Google turns up a surprising result.
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Episode 57: Fast Food Under Attack?!
January 17th, 2019 | 7 mins 17 secs
alex caputo-pearl, american federation of teachers, arun gupta, arun gupta nlrb, bds, ben sasse, boycott divestment and sanctions, code pink, codepink, constitution, dccc, democrats, diana furchtgott-roth, fake news, far-left activists, fight for $15, fight for 15, house majority pac, influence watch, knights of columbus, lausd, mcdonald’s, moveon.org, national education association, national fast food workers union, national labor relations board, no religious tests clause, proposition 13, seiu, service employees international union, united teachers los angeles, women’s march
Two multi-year labor union campaigns reach their climaxes as Democrats introduce a $15 minimum wage bill at the behest of the Service Employees International Union and the radical teachers union in Los Angeles goes on strike, far-left activists celebrate the controversial Women’s March by distributing literal fake news, and the Senate re-affirms the No Religious Tests clause of the Constitution.
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Episode 31: Fighting for the First Amendment (w/ guest Lori Windham!)
July 5th, 2018 | 41 mins 3 secs
abortion, becket fund, becket law, christian, conservative, constitution, first amendment, free speech, influence watch, janus, legal, libertarian, masterpiece cake shop, nifla, pro-life, religious liberty, supreme court
Today we're joined by Lori Windham of Becket Law (@BecketLaw), who helps go behind the curtain of June's First Amendment Supreme Court victories, including protecting the religious free speech of Christian cake bakers and pro-life crisis pregnancy centers.
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Episode 15: #GunControlNow vs. #2A
March 15th, 2018 | 47 mins 40 secs
2nd amendment, americans for responsible solutions, ar-15, assault rifles, assault weapons, constitution, everytown, florida, gun control, gun owners of america, gun restriction, handguns, march for our lives, marjory stoneman douglas high school, michael bloomberg, moveon, national association for gun rights, national rifle association, nra, parkland, second amendment, second amendment foundation, semi-automatic
In the wake of the Parkland, Florida school massacre, gun control advocates have become filled with hope this could be their moment. Who are they, who is funding them, and who is fighting them to defend the 2nd Amendment?
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Episode 13: Janus v. AFSCME (with guest Mark Mix!)
March 1st, 2018 | 44 mins 26 secs
afscme, conservative, constitution, first amendment, free speech, labor unions, legal, libertarian, mark janus, mark mix, national right to work, politics, right to work, supreme court, union dues, unions
Special guest Mark Mix (National Right To Work) discusses the vital Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME and his organization's role in it.