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 9 episodes of InfluenceWatch Podcast with the tag “libertarian”.
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Episode 27: Supreme Court Won't Bake the Cake!
June 7th, 2018 | 44 mins 19 secs
aclu, adf, alliance defending freedom, american civil liberties union, bake the cake, christian, colorado civil rights commission, conservative, first amendment, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, gay wedding, libertarian, masterpiece cakeshop, religious liberty, supreme court, wedding cake
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 for Masterpiece Cakeshop against Colorado Civil Rights Commission in the famed case of a Christian baker being sued for refusing to make a custom designed cake for a gay wedding. But will this ruling last? And who is responsible for taking the case this far?
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Episode 26: Elon Musk's Crony Capitalism
May 31st, 2018 | 35 mins 26 secs
capitalism, corruption, elon musk, free market, labor union, libertarian, politics, space x, spacex, subsidies, tesla, tesla motors, uaw, unions, united auto workers
Elon Musk battles against corrupt unions, but his and Tesla Motors' practices are hardly clean themselves; Musk's businesses are hugely reliant are government subsidies that take from the American people for the benefit of private industry.
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Episode 23: Kochs on Campus
May 10th, 2018 | 38 mins 19 secs
academia, aft, american federation of teachers, billionaires, campus, campus politics, center for media and democracy, charles koch, charles koch foundation, ckf, cmd, college, dark money, david koch, greenpeace, influence, koch, koch brothers, koch industries, libertarian, money in politics, university, unkoch, unkoch my campus
Left-wing UnKoch My Campus activists are dedicated to having universities reject the Koch Brothers' academic donations. But UnKoch has made numerous untrue accusations, has ties to George Soros' network, and is funded by its own special interest donors.
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Episode 19: Leftist Attacks & How to Win (with guest Bill Meierling!)
April 12th, 2018 | 42 mins 54 secs
alec, american legislative exchange council, center for media and democracy, chick-fil-a, cmd, color of change, common cause, conservative, conservative censorship, democracy alliance, discrimination against conservatives, human rights campaign, kevin williamson, libertarian, media matters for america, mmfa, national review, the atlantic, ultraviolet
Special guest Bill Meierling of the American Legislative Exchange Council, which has suffered intense and coordinated left-wing attacks, helps us run down the tactics the left uses to marginalize their opponents and how to fight back in light of the recent firing of Kevin D. Williamson from The Atlantic.
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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.
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Episode 9: Koch vs. Soros
February 1st, 2018 | 56 mins 14 secs
americans for prosperity, billionaire, cato, charity, charles koch, conservative, corruption, david koch, democracy alliance, donor, foundation, foundation to promote open society, george soros, influence, koch brothers, koch industries, koch seminar network, libertarian, mercatus center, money, money in politics, open society, open society foundations, philanthropy, policy center, politics, reason foundation, special interest, super pac
Who impacts our politics more, the Koch Brothers or George Soros? And to what end? We detail their political empires.
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Episode 8: The Opioid Crisis
January 25th, 2018 | 43 mins 46 secs
addiction, conservative, crisis, drugs, fentanyl, heroin, libertarian, opiates, opioids, painkillers, politics, prescription, public health, rural america, trump
We discuss the opioid crisis, the influencers who contributed to it and those trying to stop it, and the battle over the President's Nationwide Public Health Emergency to address the opioid crisis.
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Episode 7: Behind the Immigration Battle Lines
January 18th, 2018 | 45 mins 46 secs
center for immigration studies, conservative, daca, deferred action for childhood arrivals, fwd.us, government, government shutdown, illegal immigration, immigration, libertarian, migration policy institute, policy, politics, president, racism, shithole, trump, trump administration, undocumented
We discuss DACA, the president's "vulgar" comments, and the influencers on both sides of the immigration debate.
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Episode 6: Government Shutdown?!
January 11th, 2018 | 41 mins 2 secs
big government, budget, conservative, debt, deficit, federal, government, libertarian, money, politics, shutdown, special interests, spending
Negotiations over the federal budget have started in Washington, leading to the possibility of a government shutdown if no deal is reached. What does this mean, and who are the special interests looking to protect their funding in the budget?