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 6 episodes of InfluenceWatch Podcast with the tag “green new deal”.
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Episode 117: The Left Wants the Covid Economy
April 30th, 2020 | 12 mins 48 secs
coronavirus, covid-19, economics, energy, government, green new deal, institute for energy research, left, libertarian, politics, progressive, research, right, socialist, stay at home, unemployment
You’ve heard of the Green New Deal, that radical, socialist makeover of the American economy proposed by the hardline wing of the environmentalist movement. More than a few people—including this podcast, last week—have noted that the economy envisioned by the Green New Dealers resembles the economy of…right now, in the middle of government-ordered shutdowns of all forms of normal human interaction that have put over 30 million people into the unemployment lines. Joining us to discuss that truth is Tom Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research.
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Episode 116: Environmentalists Praise Economic Devastation
April 24th, 2020 | 7 mins 23 secs
big labor, conservative, coronavirus, covid-19, crisis, government worker union, government workers, green new deal, left, liberal, libertarian, pandemic, progressive, right, states, union, unions, wuhan virus
In this episode, supporters of the Green New Deal praise the destitution inflicted by the government response to the pandemic coronavirus, government worker unions and state-government-interest advocates try to use the crisis to shore up already-broken state finances, and we debunk a supposed “prudential conservative case” for the power of Big Labor.
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Episode 106: What If Planned Parenthood Lost Public Funding?
January 23rd, 2020 | 8 mins 51 secs
big labor, bureau of labor statistics, conservative, green new deal, left, liberal, libertarian, naomi klein, planned parenthood, pro life, pro-abortion, public funding, radical-left, right, socialism, unions
In this episode, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports continuing decline in Big Labor’s ranks, radical-left author Naomi Klein admits that the Green New Deal is about making your life worse, and as pro-lifers March for Life we consider the possible ramifications of Planned Parenthood losing public funding.
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Episode 65: Bipartisan Reform Vs Teachers Unions
March 14th, 2019 | 7 mins 21 secs
afl-cio, aoc, bias, bipartisan, common sense, corruption, education, education reform, federal, federal investigation, green new deal, ivy league, labor unions, left, marijuana, ocazio-cortez, reform, right, scandal, teachers unions, unions, universities
A major federal investigation finds evidence of corruption in the admissions to the institutions which define America’s ruling caste, a counterintuitive finding shows education reform isn’t the right-left battle teacher unions and their stooges portray it as, and I agree with the American Federation of Labor on something.
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Episode 63: Atheists Try to Destroy a WWI Memorial Cross
February 28th, 2019 | 7 mins 47 secs
american action forum, aoc, bladensburg, cross, establishment, green new deal, gross national income, janus, justice antonin scalia, left-wing, lemon test, maryland, memorial, ocasio-cortez, religion, scotus, supreme court, the american legion, unions, veterans
Conservatives debate the effects of the Janus decision on public sector unions and what needs to be done to help workers exercise their rights, researchers put a price tag on the Green New Deal, and the fate of a war memorial cross goes to the Supreme Court.
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Episode 61: Anti-Semitism and Southwest Lawsuit
February 14th, 2019 | 10 mins 26 secs
anti-israel, fyre festival, green new deal, southwest airlines, women’s march, young pioneer
In this episode: the Green New Deal stages the most spectacular implosion since the Fyre Festival, a former flight attendant sues her former employer and union for firing her for opposing the union’s support for the Women’s March, and a far-left Young Pioneer in the House of Representatives finds herself in hot water for making conspiratorial anti-Israel comments.