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Tech Bro NonsenseFormer Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AIbillionaire tech tycoon and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt comments to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce: "What we need from you is we need the energy in all forms, renewable, non-renewable, whatever. It needs to be there, and it needs to be there quickly.""Many people project demand for our industry will go from 3 percent to 99 percent of total generation... an additional 29 gigawatts by 2027 and 67 more gigawatts by 2030. If [China] comes to superintelligence first, it changes the dynamic of power globally, in ways that we have no way of understanding or predicting.”Meta Says It's Okay to Feed Copyrighted Books Into Its AI Model Because They Have No "Economic Value"In the ongoing suit Richard Kadrey et al v. Meta Platforms, led by a group of authors including Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company has argued that its alleged scraping of over seven million books from the pirated library LibGen constituted "fair use" of the material, and was therefore not illegal.Meta's attorneys are also arguing that the countless books that the company used to train its multibillion-dollar language models and springboard itself into the headspinningly buzzy AI race are actually worthless. Meta cited an expert witness who downplayed the books' individual importance, averring that a single book adjusted its LLM's performance "by less than 0.06 percent on industry standard benchmarks, a meaningless change no different from noise." Thus there's no market in paying authors to use their copyrighted works, Meta says, because "for there to be a market, there must be something of value to exchange," as quoted by Vanity Fair — "but none of [the authors'] works has economic value, individually, as training data." Other communications showed that Meta employees stripped the copyright pages from the downloaded books.Tellingly, the unofficial policy seems to be to not speak about it at all: "In no case would we disclose publicly that we had trained on LibGen, however there is practical risk external parties could deduce our use of this dataset," an internal Meta slide deck read. The deck noted that "if there is media coverage suggesting we have used a dataset we know to be pirated, such as LibGen, this may undermine our negotiating position with regulators on these issues."Lauren Sánchez in Space Was Marie Antoinette in a Penis-Shaped RocketKaty Perry Boasts About Ridiculous Rocket Launch While NASA Is Scrubbing History of Women in Space“It's about a collective energy and making space for future women. It's about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth.”Last month, the Orlando Sentinel first reported, NASA scrubbed language from a webpage about the agency's Artemis missions declaring that a goal of the mission was to put the first woman and first person of color on the Moon; just a few days later, NASA Watch reported that comic books imagining the first woman on the Moon had been deleted from NASA's website.A webpage for "Women at NASA" is still standing, but pictures of women and people of color — astronauts, engineers, scientists — have reportedly been removed from NASA's real-world hallways amid the so-called "DEI" purge. Per Scientific American, the word "inclusion" has been removed as one of NASA's core pillars. And as 404 Media reported in February, NASA personnel were directed to remove mentions of women in leadership positions from its website.OpenAI NonsenseOpenAI Is Secretly Building a Social NetworkOpenAI has been secretly building its own social media platform, which The Verge reports is intended to resemble X-formerly-Twitter — the social media middleweight owned by CEO Sam Altman's arch-nemesis, Elon MuskOpenAI updated its safety framework—but no longer sees mass manipulation and disinformation as a critical riskOpenAI said it will stop assessing its AI models prior to releasing them for the risk that they could persuade or manipulate people, possibly helping to swing elections or create highly effective propaganda campaigns.The company said it would now address those risks through its terms of service, restricting the use of its AI models in political campaigns and lobbying, and monitoring how people are using the models once they are released for signs of violations.OpenAI also said it would consider releasing AI models that it judged to be “high risk” as long as it has taken appropriate steps to reduce those dangers—and would even consider releasing a model that presented what it called “critical risk” if a rival AI lab had already released a similar model. Previously, OpenAI had said it would not release any AI model that presented more than a “medium risk.”Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions, Sam Altman saysBeing nice to your AI chatbot requires computational power that raises electricity and water costsAltman responded to a user on X (formerly Twitter) who asked how much the company has lost in electricity costs from people being polite to their models: “Tens of millions of dollars well spent — you never know,” the CEO wrote.AI models rely heavily on energy stored in global data centers — which already accounts for about 2% of the global electricity consumption. Polite responses also add to OpenAI's water bill. AI uses water to cool the servers that generate the data. A study from the University of California, Riverside, said that using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to three bottles of water — and even a three-word response such as “You are welcome” uses about 1.5 ounces of water.Antitrust NonsenseTrump DOJ's plan to restructure Google hurts consumers, national security, says exec: 'Wildly overbroad'Kent Walker, Google's president of global affairs: "We're very concerned about DOJ's proposal. We think it would hurt American consumers, our economy, our tech leadership, even national security. The proposed reform from DOJ "would result in unprecedented government overreach that would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses — and jeopardize America's global economic and technological leadership at precisely the moment it's needed most."8 revelations from Mark Zuckerberg's 3 days on the witness stand in Meta's antitrust trialThe FTC alleges Meta "helped cement" its illegal monopoly in the social media market with its acquisition of Instagram and the messaging app WhatsApp more than a decade ago.8 revelations:Antitrust worries surfaced years agoTwo years before the FTC initially sued Meta over allegations that it violated US competition laws, Zuckerberg considered breaking Instagram out into its own company to avoid potential antitrust scrutiny, according to a 2018 internal email revealed by the government at trial."I wonder if we should consider the extreme step of spinning Instagram out as a separate company," Zuckerberg wrote in the email to company executives. "As calls to break up the big tech companies grow, there is a non-trivial chance that we will be forced to spin out Instagram and perhaps WhatsApp in the next 5-10 years anyway." If a break up were to happen, Zuckerberg wrote, history showed that companies could end up better off.Asked about this view at trial, Zuckerberg said, "I'm not sure exactly what I had in mind then."A 'crazy idea' to boost Facebook's relevanceZuckerberg's "crazy idea" for Facebook in 2022 involved purging all users' friends. The CEO — fearful that Facebook was losing cultural relevance — made the proposal in a 2022 email to the social network's top brass."Option 1. Double down on Friending," Zuckerberg wrote in the message. "One potentially crazy idea is to consider wiping everyone's graphs and having them start again."Sheryl Sandberg wanted to play Settlers of CatanZuckerberg once offered to give Sheryl Sandberg, the former COO of Meta, a tutorial in the board game Settlers of Catan.The lesson offer came up in 2012 messages in which the two discussed the fresh $1 billion purchase of Instagram, partially redacted missives presented by the FTC during Zuckerberg's testimony showed."We would love it. I want to learn Settlers of Catan too so we can play," Sandberg told Zuckerberg in the message. He responded: "I can definitely teach you Settlers of Catan. It's very easy to learn."Meta's rivalry with TikTok has only just begunDuring his testimony, Zuckerberg hammered home Meta's argument that the tech giant faces massive competition from other apps, especially TikTok."TikTok is still bigger than either Facebook or Instagram," Zuckerberg testified. "I don't like it when our competitors do better than us. You can sort of bet that I'm not going to rest until we are doing quite a bit better than we are doing now.”Facebook Camera app struggles were a source of worryInstagram's early rise shook Zuckerberg. As his company struggled to mount its response with the Facebook Camera app, the CEO began to lose his patience."What is going on with our photos team?" Zuckerberg wrote in a 2011 message to top executives, as revealed by the FTC in court. Zuckerberg then described a number of individuals, whose names were redacted, as being "checked out." He added another person didn't want "to work with this team because he thinks this team sucks."In May 2012, Facebook launched a photo-sharing app called Facebook Camera, which aims to make it simpler for the social network's users to upload and browse photos on smartphones. Only weeks after Facebook spent $1 billion on a similar photo-sharing app called Instagram. Zuckerberg tried to buy Snapchat for $6 billionZuckerberg's failed bid to buy Snapchat was highlighted by the government to bolster its argument that Meta sought to maintain its dominance in the social media market through acquisitions rather than competition.Facebook isn't really for friends anymoreWhile under questioning by the FTC, Zuckerberg said that Facebook had greatly evolved since he launched the platform more than 20 years ago and that its main purpose wasn't really to connect with friends anymore.The FTC argues that Meta monopolizes the market for "personal social networking services.""The friend part has gone down quite a bit," Zuckerberg testified. He said the Facebook feed has "turned into more of a broad discovery and entertainment space."Not impressed by WhatsApp cofounderZuckerberg wasn't too impressed with one of WhatsApp's cofounders after a 2012 meeting he had with company leadership."I found him fairly impressive although disappointingly (or maybe positive for us) unambitious," Zuckerberg wrote in an email to colleagues after the meeting, it was revealed at trial.Jan Koum and Brian Acton cofounded WhatsApp in 2009. Zuckerberg said in his testimony that he thinks he was referring to Koum. Asked about his email, Zuckerberg seemed uneasy. He said that Koum was clearly smart but that he and Acton were staunchly opposed to growing their messaging app enough to be a real threat to Facebook. Zuckerberg would go on to buy WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion.Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms adds former Trump advisor to the board days before an antitrust showdown with the FTCMeta Platforms is further boosting its lineup of heavy hitters with the additions of Stripe CEO Patrick Collison and Dina Powell McCormick to the mix. Powell McCormick was the former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump during his first term. Married to Republican Senator Dave McCormick, former CEO of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest hedge fundsStakeholder/shareholder activism NonsenseBP suffers investor rebellion at first AGM since climate strategy U-turnBP suffered an investor rebellion on Thursday after facing shareholders for the first time since abandoning its climate strategy at a meeting marred by protest.About a quarter of shareholders (24.3%) voted against the chair, Helge Lund, which marked the first time in at least a decade that more than 10% of BP's shareholders voted against the re-election of the chair.The outgoing chair told shareholders that the company had “pursued too much while looking to build new low-carbon businesses” but that “lessons have been learned”.BP's CEO Murray Auchincloss (2.7% against), repeated his previous claim that BP's optimism in the global green energy transition was “misplaced”, and that the board's “one simple goal” was to “grow the long-term value of your investment”.Mark Van Baal, the founder of the green activist investor group Follow This, said shareholders had “made it clear that weakening climate commitments is unacceptable”. He added: “This historical result serves as a wake-up call to BP's board and emphasises investor expectation for robust governance mechanisms and genuine leadership on ESG issues.”Starbucks CEO faces major backlash after details of his work routine are revealed: 'Ill-conceived decision'A press release from the National Center for Public Policy Research reported on the hypocrisy of Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol's transportation practices when considering the company's public commitment to eco-friendly practices.Niccol travels regularly from his home in Newport Beach, California, to Starbucks' headquarters in Seattle, Washington, via private jet. Each 2,000-mile round-trip commute releases nearly nine tons of carbon dioxide.The National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project's director Stefan Padfield pointed out the discrepancy of policy and practice during his presentation of Proposal 8 requesting an annual report on emissions congruency. He noted that each round trip made by Niccol "is roughly the annual energy-consumption footprint of the typical American household."This analogy paints a vivid picture of the hypocrisy between Starbucks' public environmental commitments and the practices of the CEO. Gaps are apparent. Target CEO Cornell meets with Sharpton to discuss DEI rollback as civil rights leader considers boycottCEO Brian Cornell met with the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York on Thursday as the retailer faces calls for a boycott and a slowdown in foot traffic that began after it walked back key diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the civil rights leader told CNBC Wednesday.The meeting, which Target asked for, comes after some civil rights groups urged consumers not to shop at Target in response to the retailer's decision to cut back on DEI. While Sharpton has not yet called for a boycott of Target, he has supported efforts from others to stop shopping at the retailer's stores.“You can't have an election come and all of a sudden, change your old positions,” Sharpton told CNBC in a Wednesday interview ahead of the meeting. “If an election determines your commitment to fairness then fine, you have a right to withdraw from us, but then we have a right to withdraw from you.”IBM Informs Staff of DEI Retreat as Trump-Era Scrutiny GrowsEmployees were told of the changes earlier this week, in a memo that cited “inherent tensions in practicing inclusion.” Legal considerations and shifting attitudes to DEI were among the factors for the company. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna discussed the changes in his monthly video update to employees Thursday.Anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck said he first contacted the company in February to question its policies. IBM confirmed it discussed its changes with Starbuck.The company (-10% gender influence gap) also disbanded a diversity council that represents the views of employee groups as part of its reevaluation.Exxon Faces No Shareholder Proposals for First Time in 25 YearsThe absence of requests in Exxon's proxy statement comes a year after the company sued two climate-focused investors to remove what it described as their “extreme agenda.” It also tracks with the US Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to back guidelines that make it easier for corporations to block votes on shareholder resolutions at their annual meetings.Exxon said in a statement late Monday that it received only one proposal this year and the SEC agreed it should be discarded because “it tried to micromanage the company.”Occidental Petroleum Corp., Valero Energy Corp. and Dow Inc. are other companies with no shareholder proposals up for vote at this year's annual meetings.Exxon said this year marks “the first time in recent history that our proxy includes zero proposals from activists.” It was just four years ago that a small fund scored a victory over Exxon, placing three directors on the company's board.Climate activist shareholder group Follow This pauses big oil campaignClimate activist shareholder group Follow This said on Thursday a lack of investor appetite has forced it to suspend its nearly decade-long campaign seeking stronger commitments from major oil and gas producers to emission cutsHarley-Davidson slams activist investor, saying its campaign is messing up its CEO searchIn early April, H Partners' Jared Dourdeville, who had been a Harley director since 2022, abruptly resigned from the board, saying among other things that Harley had “cultural depletion” because of its work-from-home policies and the exit of several senior leaders. And that was not his only point of contention with the rest of the board.Investment firm H Partners, a major investor with 9.1% of Harley's shares, in an open letter filed on Wednesday, urged fellow shareholders to remove three longtime directors from Harley's eight-member board at its annual meeting in mid-May by withholding votes for them. H Partners said the board had not held Harley CEO Jochen Zeitz accountable for what it called his repeated “strategic execution failures” and “severe underperformance.”CEO/Chair Zeitz (2007, 30%)Lead DIrector Norman Thomas Linebarger (2008, 13%)Sara Levinson (1996, 20%)"We believe Mr. Zeitz, Mr. Linebarger, and Ms. Levinson should be held accountable for the destruction of shareholder value,"Harley's bylaws stipulate that directors who win less than 50% of votes in an election must tender their resignations.Harley announced last week that Zeitz, CEO since 2020 and board member for 18 years, would resign but stay in his role until a successor is found. H Partners wants him out now.That followed a letter issued a day earlier by Harley-Davidson, which accused H Partners of “publicly campaigning” against it and saying that those efforts are also “adversely impacting the CEO search process and ongoing execution of the Hardwire strategic plan,” referring to a turnaround plan it launched in 2021.Harley said that it began a CEO search late last year after Zeitz expressed interest in retiring and has interviewed three potential CEOs, including one supported by Dourdeville, but declined to offer any the job. The company has also said that Dourdeville had cast only one vote against the majority during his time as a director and that as recently as November 2024 he had expressed support for Zeitz.Harley-Davidson faces board fight from H Partners amid calls for CEO to exit soon

9:05 – 9:22 (15mins) Weekly: The Heritage Foundation - Rob Bluey - President and Executive Editor of The Daily Signal @RobertBluey The Heritage Foundation @Heritage Heritage.orgThe Pope Passes And The Conversation Leans Toward His Politics 9:25 – 9:37 (12mins) Weekly Feature: “THAT’S CRAP!!” 9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) NCPPR Guest: Stefan Padfield Director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research. Topic: STEFAN PADFIELD: DOES THE SEC BELIEVE ‘TRANSING’ KIDS IS NORMAL BUSINESS FOR CVS?Free Enterprise Project Commentaries“The SEC Staff recently issued a ‘no-action’ letter that can be read as concluding that CVS’s ordinary business includes ‘transing’ kids,” writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets.But wait, there’s more. And it’s chilling:CVS is a health care company, which raises the very disturbing specter that part of the reason it is supportive of transing kids (assuming you agree with that characterization) is so that it can benefit financially by, for example, providing the drugs associated with transitioning….See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) NCPPR Guest: Stefan Padfield Director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research. Topic: STEFAN PADFIELD: DOES THE SEC BELIEVE ‘TRANSING’ KIDS IS NORMAL BUSINESS FOR CVS?Free Enterprise Project Commentaries“The SEC Staff recently issued a ‘no-action’ letter that can be read as concluding that CVS’s ordinary business includes ‘transing’ kids,” writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets.But wait, there’s more. And it’s chilling:CVS is a health care company, which raises the very disturbing specter that part of the reason it is supportive of transing kids (assuming you agree with that characterization) is so that it can benefit financially by, for example, providing the drugs associated with transitioning….See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:05 – 9:22 (15mins) Weekly: The Heritage Foundation - Rob Bluey - President and Executive Editor of The Daily Signal @RobertBluey The Heritage Foundation @Heritage Heritage.orgThe Pope Passes And The Conversation Leans Toward His Politics 9:25 – 9:37 (12mins) Weekly Feature: “THAT’S CRAP!!” 9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) NCPPR Guest: Stefan Padfield Director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research. Topic: STEFAN PADFIELD: DOES THE SEC BELIEVE ‘TRANSING’ KIDS IS NORMAL BUSINESS FOR CVS?Free Enterprise Project Commentaries“The SEC Staff recently issued a ‘no-action’ letter that can be read as concluding that CVS’s ordinary business includes ‘transing’ kids,” writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets.But wait, there’s more. And it’s chilling:CVS is a health care company, which raises the very disturbing specter that part of the reason it is supportive of transing kids (assuming you agree with that characterization) is so that it can benefit financially by, for example, providing the drugs associated with transitioning….See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) NCPPR Guest: Stefan Padfield Director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research. Topic: STEFAN PADFIELD: DOES THE SEC BELIEVE ‘TRANSING’ KIDS IS NORMAL BUSINESS FOR CVS?Free Enterprise Project Commentaries“The SEC Staff recently issued a ‘no-action’ letter that can be read as concluding that CVS’s ordinary business includes ‘transing’ kids,” writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets.But wait, there’s more. And it’s chilling:CVS is a health care company, which raises the very disturbing specter that part of the reason it is supportive of transing kids (assuming you agree with that characterization) is so that it can benefit financially by, for example, providing the drugs associated with transitioning….See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) Weekly: NCPPR Guest: Terris ToddTopic: Why the left struggles to find true leadership and what it means for Black Americans Plain And Simply-The Democrat Left Proves Everyday That They Are The Party Of Racists See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) Weekly: NCPPR Guest: Terris ToddTopic: Why the left struggles to find true leadership and what it means for Black Americans Plain And Simply-The Democrat Left Proves Everyday That They Are The Party Of Racists See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:25 – 9:37 (12mins) Weekly Feature: “FAKE NEWS!!” 9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) National Center for Public Policy Research Guests: Stefan Padfield Stefan Padfield, Director of Free Enterprise Project will join Vic Wednesday, discussing the DEI retreats and Costco in particular. While Corporations are Shedding DEI-Costco Continues The Use Of This Race-Based Equity ProgramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:25 – 9:37 (12mins) Weekly Feature: “FAKE NEWS!!” 9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) National Center for Public Policy Research Guests: Stefan Padfield Stefan Padfield, Director of Free Enterprise Project will join Vic Wednesday, discussing the DEI retreats and Costco in particular. While Corporations are Shedding DEI-Costco Continues The Use Of This Race-Based Equity ProgramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Free Enterprise Project's Scott Shepard provides an update on the strategy many activists and investors are using to steer businesses out of politics and ideological virtue signalling and back to focusing on their core products and services. Among those tools is the Proxy Navigator that allows investors to automatically direct the votes that come with their shares to thateffect. For more information: https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2024/10/24/scott-shepard-discusses-boycotts-hrc-wef-fascism-and-more-during-pray-vote-stand-summit/

Mike Ferguson in the Morning 11-11-24 Scott Shepard from the Free Enterprise Project talks about the freedom movement's progress on moving woke corporations back to neutral. Story here: https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2024/10/24/scott-shepard-discusses-boycotts-hrc-wef-fascism-and-more-during-pray-vote-stand-summit/ (https://nationalcenter.org/) (https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/staff/scott-shepard/)     NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewsTalkSTL Livestream 24/7: bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Ferguson in the Morning 11-11-24 (6:05am) Scott Shepard from the Free Enterprise Project talks about the freedom movement's progress on moving woke corporations back to neutral. Story here: https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2024/10/24/scott-shepard-discusses-boycotts-hrc-wef-fascism-and-more-during-pray-vote-stand-summit/ (https://nationalcenter.org/) (https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/staff/scott-shepard/)     (6:20am) Stel's encounter with a kamikaze deer on the way home on Friday night out in the boonies of Warren County near Marthasville.  We discuss 2nd Amendment issues and an Illinois judge striking down the latest gun control law. Story here: https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/11/08/federal-judge-rules-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-unconstitutional/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=organicclicks&tbref=hp     (6:35am) FEMA supervisor told hurricane rescue and relief workers to avoid helping homes that displayed Trump campaign materials. Story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3225155/fema-supervisor-who-told-team-to-avoid-homes-with-trump-signs-speaks-out/     (6:50am) MORNING NEWS DUMP     NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewsTalkSTL Livestream 24/7: bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Institute for Reforming Government's Jake Curtis, The Federalist's Brianna Lyman, Advancing American Freedom's Tim Chapman, Heritage Foundation's EJ Antoni, Free Enterprise Project's Scott Shepard, and The Stream's John Zmirak

9:05 – 9:22 (15mins) NCPPR Weekly: Scott Shepard  Scott Shepard is general counsel at the National Center for Public Policy Research and Director of its Free Enterprise Project. WHAT: Partisan Investment HousesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:05 – 9:22 (15mins) NCPPR Weekly: Scott Shepard  Scott Shepard is general counsel at the National Center for Public Policy Research and Director of its Free Enterprise Project. WHAT: Partisan Investment HousesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rod Arquette Show with Greg Hughes Rundown – “Wingman Wednesday,” May 22, 20244:20 pm: Utah Speaker of the House Mike Schultz joins the guys to discuss his anger over faculty members at the University of Utah supporting the pro-Palestinian protests on campus.5:05 pm: Ryan Walker, Executive Vice President of Heritage Action, joins the program to discuss cuts Joe Biden is making to the Medicare Advantage Program, going against his promise to never slash benefits for America's senior citizens.6:05 pm: Jennie Taer, Texas Reporter with the New York Post joins Rod and Greg to discuss how illegal immigrants are rushing to cross the border now over concerns that Donald Trump will be elected President in November.6:38 pm: Stefan Padfield, Deputy Director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research joins the program to discuss how Amazon is making corporate donations to radical left-wing groups.

Moms for Liberty's Scarlett Johnson, Wisconsin Right Now's Jim Piwowarczyk, Wedding Barn owner Jean Bahn, Strategic Vision's David Johnson, Attorney Mike Pugliese, and Free Enterprise Project's Ethan Peck

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Trevor Scott FitzGibbon is president of Silent Partner and an award-winning PR strategist with more than 20 years of experience. His work has primarily focused on defending human rights, whistleblowers, and exposing corruption throughout his career. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Daniel Greenfield is an investigative journalist and columnist with a strong interest in the historical origins of the crises tearing apart our nation. A Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, he has covered national and international events, high profile breaking news stories, and - with his consistent probing journalism - has shown how the lessons of history can be applied to the present. GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Ethan Peck is an associate for the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, the conservative movement's only full-service shareholder activism and education program.

Scott Shepard from the National Center's Free Enterprise Project joins Kevin Freeman in the Economic War Room to discuss the issues surrounding environmental, social, and governance investing and how it has been used to push political agendas to the detriment of shareholder value. Shepard highlights how large investment firms like BlackRock have shifted from offering ESG-specific investment vehicles due to their underperformance to continuing to use their influence to drive ESG goals. He also explains the role of proxy voting and how, traditionally, company shareholders have been sidelined in favor of "stakeholder" interests. To combat this, Shepard introduces the Proxy Navigator tool, a free resource for shareholders to vote in line with their interests and enforce corporate neutrality, aiming to maximize returns and defend the principle of free-market capitalism. Kevin Freeman emphasizes the importance of this tool for individual and institutional investors, offering a way to assert their voices against politicized corporate governance and re-establish the fiduciary standard eroded by the ESG movement.

US Senate Candidate Eric Hovde, Congressman Tom Tiffany, The American Spectator's Jed Babbin, Free Enterprise Project's Scott Shepherd, WI-02 Candidate Charity Barry in studio and Glenn Youngkin campaign manager Mark Campbell

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Ethan Peck is an associate for the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, the conservative movement's only full-service shareholder activism and education program. Prior to pursuing a career in political advocacy, Ethan worked as an audio engineer and music producer in New York, as well as an editor for the Jerusalem Post in Jerusalem. He credits both experiences as instrumental to his eventual departure from the left. Ethan is well-versed in woke ideology and the social justice mindset, and is hopeful that traditional American values can be communicated effectively across the aisle. He holds a Master's Degree in Counter-Terrorism from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Pedro Israel Orta is a Miami-born son of Cuban immigrants who fled the tyranny of Fidel Castro's communism. He brings his 18-year experience as a Central Intelligence Agency veteran to this memoir, having served in war-torn regions like Iraq, Afghanistan, and another undisclosed location in the Middle East, and at the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community, working on whistleblower issues. Orta's bravery in exposing abuses of power led to his own retribution and termination despite earning eight Exceptional Performance Awards for his contributions to U.S. national security—mostly in counterterrorism operations. 

This is the full episode of The Morning Show with Preston Scott for Fri. Apr. 5, 2024. Our guest today includes Scott Shepherd from the Free Enterprise Project. Follow the show on Twitter @TMSPrestonScott.Check out Preston's latest blog by going to wflafm.com/preston. Check out Grant Allen's blog by going to wflafm.com/grantallen.Listen live to Preston from 6 – 9 a.m. ET and 5 – 8 a.m. CT!WFLA Tallahassee Live stream: https://ihr.fm/3huZWYeWFLA Panama City Live stream: https://ihr.fm/34oufeRFollow WFLA Tallahassee on Twitter @WFLAFM and WFLA Panama City @wflapanamacity and like us on Facebook at @wflafm and @WFLAPanamaCity.

Show 14-12 Summary: Conservatives on offense means conservatives doing the right thing and for the right reasons. First up, we talk with Scott Shepard of the Free Enterprise Project about Apple's viewpoint discrimination (meaning conservatives) and FEP's shareholder proposal to expose the issue. Remember Apple's Big Brother ad? Turns out they've become Big Brother—even their … Read More Read More The post 14-12 Conservatives on Offense | The Right Things for the Right Reasons appeared first on The I Spy Radio Show.

Ethan Peck is a shareholder activist for the National Center's Free Enterprise Project. The ADL smeared me as antisemitic for opposing the WEF and UN, even though I'm Jewish

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Ethan Peck is an associate for the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, the conservative movement's only full-service shareholder activism and education program. Prior to pursuing a career in political advocacy, Ethan worked as an audio engineer and music producer in New York, as well as an editor for the Jerusalem Post in Jerusalem. He credits both experiences as instrumental to his eventual departure from the left. Ethan is well-versed in woke ideology and the social justice mindset, and is hopeful that traditional American values can be communicated effectively across the aisle. He holds a Master's Degree in Counter-Terrorism from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Mario's background is in financial markets and economics. He worked for over twenty years in the City of London and specialised in the exchange-traded derivatives market. Mario Innecco runs the Youtube channel Maneco64 which is the home of alternative economics and contrarian views.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Scott Shepard is a fellow at the National Center as well as the director of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, which is the original and premier opponent of the woke takeover of American corporate life.   Scott has taught at law schools including the Wake Forest School of Law in North Carolina and the Willamette University College of Law in Oregon. He is the author of the legal textbook Wills, Trusts and Estates in Context. He previously served as a policy director with the Yankee Institute in Connecticut and the manager of the Water Law Project at the Pacific Legal Foundation. He also has experience in government and private practice.   Scott earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia, a master's degree from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond.    

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Charles A. Marino is a nationally recognized security expert, strategic advisor, opinion leader, and writer with deep knowledge of security methodologies, tactics, and technology. A former executive with the United States Secret Service and Security Executive for Fortune 500 companies, sports teams, high-net-worth individuals, and other clients, Charles brings first-hand knowledge of high-value protective and investigative operations to the leadership of Sentinel Security Solutions. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Scott Shepard is a fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research and Director of its Free Enterprise Project. 

Lawfare, DEI, ESG the NSA and FBI and eventually you throw up your hands and yell WTF!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's show, Roger Stone discusses the Deep State Protecting Biden Crime Family. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Joe Hoft is an author and a contributor at The Gateway Pundit alongside his twin brother Jim Hoft, the founder. He previously was an international corporate executive in Hong Kong for a Fortune 500 company for nearly a decade. He has presented at corporate board and audit committees in numerous countries across the globe and has overseen the financial reporting on multi-million and billion-dollar global entities. He's written five books to date, including his most recent book: The Steal—Volume II: The Impossible Occurs, about the 2020 Election. Joe is a regular guest on news shows across numerous media outlets, and he has interviewed the top conservatives in the world today, including President Trump. Joe Hosts "The Joe Hoft Show" on TNT. https://tntradio.live/shows/the-joe-hoft-show/ GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Roger Stone is a seasoned political operative, speaker, pundit, and New York Times Bestselling Author featured in the Netflix documentary “Get me Roger Stone”. A veteran of ten national presidential campaigns, he served as a senior campaign aide to four Republican presidents, including Nixon, Reagan, and Donald J. Trump. Mr. Stone served as Chairman of Donald Trump's Presidential Exploratory Committee in 2000 and Strategic Consultant in 2012. GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Scott Shepard is a fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research and Director of its Free Enterprise Project.

From the inception of the Economic War Room five years ago, we've warned about domestic economic warfare. American corporations are used as pawns for global elitist goals like ESG. The best and the brightest minds have explained the threat, and we've been providing solutions. We've talked about BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, and they've since become somewhat household names. And we together have had some real victories against companies like Bud Light, Disney, and Target. All of those big corporations that adopted woke policies suffered major defeats in 2023. And there are real heroes in this movement — in this battle. Thought leaders, the National Center, and the Free Enterprise Project are among them. Scott Shepard, a fellow with the National Center, joins Kevin Freeman to talk about solutions to combat the woke boardrooms.

On today's show, Gene Valentino discusses the Trump lead in polls. Later, Scott Shepard discusses how George Soros is allegedly destroying America. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Gene Valentino is a GOP political strategist and insider, the host of the Grassroots Truth Cast Podcast, and a former County Commissioner in Escambia County, Florida. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Scott Shepard is a fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research and the Director of its Free Enterprise Project.

The Free Enterprise Project's Stefan Padfield draws attention to a proposed rule that the NASDAQ stock exchange could impose on listed companies regarding board diversity. The rule, according to Padfield, is that all companies would have to either disclose the demographic makeup of their boards of directors or publicly state why they haven't disclosed that information. In addition to the regulation, Padfield argues that the rule would not be effective in increasing diversity since it specifically allows for self-identification as meeting the goals. In other words, a man who claims to be ("self identifies") a woman would count the same as an actual, biological woman. The Free Enterprise Project has filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission over implementation of the rule. https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2023/11/01/stefan-padfield-nasdaqs-absurd-diversity-rule-will-replace-women-with-men-who-identify-as-women-to-achieve-equality-for-women/

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: One of the most awarded books in fiction, the Britfield & the Lost Crown series is transforming literature and education while bringing encouragement to children and families worldwide. With the first of seven Britfield movies in development, the Theatrical Play (February 2023), and the Global Book Tours (2023-25), it is estimated that Britfield will surpass the C. S. Lewis and Tolkien series in worldwide sales and impact. The first live-action Britfield movie is projected to become one of the highest grossing films in cinematic history. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Scott Shepard is a fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research and Director of its Free Enterprise Project.

This is the full episode of The Morning Show with Preston Scott for Tues. Oct. 24, 2023. Our guests today include: Andrew Shirvell from Florida Voice for the Unborn, Stefan Padfield from the Free Enterprise Project, and Howard Eisenman in MoneyTalk. Follow the show on Twitter @TMSPrestonScott.Check out Preston's latest blog by going to wflafm.com/preston. Check out Grant Allen's blog by going to wflafm.com/grantallen.Listen live to Preston from 6 – 9 a.m. ET and 5 – 8 a.m. CT!WFLA Tallahassee Live stream: https://ihr.fm/3huZWYeWFLA Panama City Live stream: https://ihr.fm/34oufeRFollow WFLA Tallahassee on Twitter @WFLAFM and WFLA Panama City @wflapanamacity and like us on Facebook at @wflafm and @WFLAPanamaCity.

WILL's Dan Lennington, Trail Life USA's Stephen Ashton, Spectator's Jed Babbin, Less Government's Seton Motley, Strategic Vision's David Johnson, and Free Enterprise Project's Scott Shepherd

State Senator Dennis Linthicum has a final wrapup and take on the legislative session. I talk with the Stefan Padman from the Free Enterprise Project about their fight to stop the de-banking push from woke bankers and credit cards.

Junk Science's Steve Milloy, Senator Ron Johnson, Free Enterprise Project's Ethan Peck, Strategic Vision's David Johnson, and Heritage Foundation's EJ Antoni

Ethan Peck from the Free Enterprise Project discusses concerns about Chinese influence on US businesses. He argues that the nation could be leveraging their financial influence to push businesses into taking actions that run counter to America's interests.

Ron Gordon from Edward Jones has the market update, Scott Shepard from the Free Enterprise Project - they are going after Target wokey-pokey via shareholder action. Open for Business with Randal from Advanced Air, too.

Former Milwaukee Co Sheriff David Clarke, Badger Institute's Mark Lisheron, American Principles' Project's Terry Schilling, Americans For Tax Reform's Grover Norquist, Free Enterprise Project's Scott Shepherd, and Washington Times' Jed Babbin

Scott Shepard is a fellow at the National Center as well as the deputy director of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project and he's on with Joe to get into what we are learning about the FBI and Twitter, the World Economic Forum and ESG Investing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wisconsin Right Now's Jessica McBride, US Representative Glenn Grothman, Front Page Mag's Daniel Greenfield, Crime Prevention Research Center's John Lott, Less Government's Seton Motley, and Free Enterprise Project's Ethan Peck

Joan Sammon, founder of OG-360, a boutique consulting firm for the oil and gas industry reviews the history of the ESG movement in her series, “The Malign Genesis of ESG” – (Parts 1, 2, and 3). - - - - - Jacki shares her thoughts on Biden's plan to further drain the strategic petroleum reserve (it is not clear how tanking poll numbers constitutes an “emergency” for which our strategic reserves should be tapped) and Biden's demand that oil companies cut profits. - - - - - Ethan Peck of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research explains why the tide has turned on the ESG movement, with states pulling their pension funds and other investments out of firms that divest from fossil fuels. States will no longer tolerate playing politics with pensioners' and taxpayers' money.

Senator Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Right Now's Jessica McBride, Free Enterprise Project's Ethan Peck, Less Government's Seton Motley, Empower Wisconsin's Matt Kittle, and Wisconsin Attorney General Candidate Eric Toney in studio.

Wisconsin Right Now's Jessica McBride, Empower Wisconsin's Matt Kittle, Free Enterprise Project's Ethan Peck, American Greatness' Julie Kelly, and Brian Schimming in studio

Ron Gordon the stock news for today, Ethan Peck from the Free Enterprise Project takes on the Woke diversity crowd in corporate America, the latest is American Airlines, open phones follow, a Britt check-in with Mike G.

Show Summary: 2022 will be all about fighting the woke. First up, we welcome first-time guest, Judge Vance Day, who is running for Position 3 on the Oregon Court of Appeals. If he wins, he'll be the only Constitutionalist on the court. Then we bring back Scott Shepard, Director of the Free Enterprise Project. With … Read More Read More The post Warriors Beating Back the Woke Culture appeared first on The I Spy Radio Show.

Today's show rundown: While you watch this ringing of hands, of the Democrats and the Left on MSNBC, and CNN, they are besides themselves. Elon Musk is the Devil, and you can't open this country up to ACTUAL free speech. Everyone is screaming at the tops of their lungs saying that Musk's desire to buy twitter is all about White Power. Mind you, Musk left his birth country of South Africa at 17 because he didn't want to be conscripted into the military to use force to impose upon black people. Mark introduces us to Ethan Peck, our guest today. He is a member of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project. Mark explains a little about what / how the Free Enterprise Project does what they do. Ethan is what we like to call a recovering Lefty. Kinda like former smokers, except that being a lefty is worse for your health than smoking. Marxism is very inviting to group of people who feel like they are victims. Ethan grew up in NYC, a very Democratic area of Long Island. It was almost a given that you were supposed to be a democrat. While living abroad in Israel, he was able to see how news media where he worked, would change words to articles he wrote, he was able to see how the things he was instructed in Liberal Arts college were put into practice real time. The religious nature of the Woke Ideology is really what caused Ethan to come over to the other side. Ethan Peck is an associate for the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, the conservative movement's only full-service shareholder activism and education program. Prior to pursuing a career in political advocacy, Ethan worked as an audio engineer and music producer in New York, as well as a news editor for the Jerusalem Post in Jerusalem. He credits both experiences as instrumental to his eventual departure from the left. Ethan is well-versed in woke ideology and the social justice mindset, and is hopeful that traditional American values can be communicated effectively across the aisle. He holds a Master's Degree in Counter-Terrorism from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. https://nationalcenter.org/ https://twitter.com/ethanbenrobert Black Rock Loves China Health Tip Link Spermidine Info

Our guests today include:- Dr. Joe Camps in Healthy Expectations, and- Scott Shepard from the Free Enterprise Project. Check out Preston's latest blog by going to wflafm.com/preston. Listen live to Preston from 6 – 9 a.m. ET and 5 – 8 a.m. CT!WFLA Tallahassee Live stream: https://ihr.fm/3huZWYeWFLA Panama City Live stream: https://ihr.fm/34oufeRFollow WFLA Tallahassee on Twitter @WFLAFM and WFLA Panama City @wflapanamacity and like us on Facebook at @wflafm and @WFLAPanamaCity.

Vicky Hartzler, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Missouri, discusses Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's inability to define the word “woman,” the Left's continued attack and disregard for women's sports, and the first firing in four years of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea. Mike Waltz, U.S. Representative for the 6th District of Florida, talks about President Biden's trip to Europe and the latest on Ukraine and Russia. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, responds to Disney's announcement that they will “take action” against Texas over the recent order criminalizing sex change surgeries on minors and discusses his appeal to the Texas Supreme Court regarding his investigation into the gender transitions of minors. Tony Perkins, President of FRC Action, explains why FRC Action has challenged President Biden's authoritarian mask mandates on airplanes. Justin Danhof, General Counsel and Director of the Free Enterprise Project for the National Center for Public Policy Research, comments on the increasing wokeness of Disney. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Professor Giordano got to speak with more amazing people at CPAC2022. In this episode, he speaks with Michael Loftus about the need for humor in life and politics. We also discuss The Loftus Party's quest for life, liberty, and the pursuit of some serious happiness. Deroy Murdock discusses the failures of the Biden administration and the Democrat party, and the need for Republicans to focus on core conservative principles. Scott Shepard, Fellow and Director of the Free Enterprise Project, discusses what the organization is doing to combat the woke corporations looking to push a radical social agenda. More Information Professor Giordano started The P.A.S. Report because of his unique ability to break down complex issues in a way that appeals to everyday Americans. By introducing facts, a conservative political perspective, and some common sense, the listeners can come to their own conclusions about news, politics, and government.   The P.A.S. Report is a rapidly growing conservative political podcast. Professor Giordano also interviews great guests, including Tucker Carlson, Mollie Hemingway, John Solomon, Dr. Scott Atlas, Victor Davis Hanson, Miranda Devine, Speaker Newt Gingrich, Michael Knowles, Dinesh D'Souza, Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, General Keith Kellogg, Dave Rubin, Congressman Dan Crenshaw, Congressman Lee Zeldin, Gad Saad, Lou Dobbs, Sharyl Attkisson, Brian Kilmeade, Gordon Chang, and so many more.   If you're looking for thought-provoking content and common-sense analysis when it comes to news and politics, you've come to the right place.   Visit https://pasreport.com, and don't forget to share this episode with family, friends, and on social media.

Today's show rundown: Chuck starts out talking about division in our country - caused primarily by the media. Truth is under assault by this media, and they just will not stop. If you can convince men of absurdity, you can lead them to commit atrocities. We have a complicit, legacy media who just keep this train running. Take this Rittenhouse trial, the main stream media is only showing the prosecutions side, who the defense speaks, they aren't covering it at all. People on the jury of the Rittenhouse trial are being threatened. The Judge on the trial is getting death threats. This is FROM the people who are supposed to believe in lives mattering right? We were just mislead with the supposed "facts" in this case, the AR-15, the victims, where Rittenhouse was...all of it is being proven to be false. Mark believes now, that whatever you hear coming out of this White House...believe the opposite. You can't trust the media, you can not trust this White House. Jen Saki is just looking into the camera and lies...she does it with virtue...she forcefully lies. She lies with the commitment of being indignant that you would ask her such a question. Build back bankrupt is paid for? We get into Pfizer, and our guest - Scott Shepherd, who is with the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center. Scott is going to tell us what is going on with Pfizer. Is this a bad time to be a young, white, educated executive, looking to climb up in corporate America? Are you disadvantaged? Build Back Socialist is what this new bill should be called? Bio: Scott Shepard is a fellow at the National Center as well as the director of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, the conservative movement's only full-service shareholder activism and education program. Scott has taught at law schools including the Wake Forest School of Law in North Carolina and the Willamette University College of Law in Oregon. He is the author of the legal textbook Wills, Trusts and Estates in Context. He previously served as a policy director with the Yankee Institute in Connecticut and the manager of the Water Law Project at the Pacific Legal Institute. He also has experience in government and private practice. Scott earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia, a master's degree from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond. https://worldmission.cc/donate-humanitarianoutreach/

Scott Shepard is on from the Free Enterprise project regarding his discoveries of the culture at Pfizer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott Shepard from the Free Enterprise Project argues that social media and technology/web companies (including Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc) violate the First Amendment rights of people when they coordinate with government to decide which opinions and news may be posted online. The conversation focuses on social media's blocking of opinions and references to the origins of COVID-19.

Our guests today include: - Ira Schoffel with Warchant.com, and- Scott Shepard, Director of the Free Enterprise Project.

Politically correct radicals have used the tools of speech, censorship and liberty to wage war against our civilization. Yet in the name of "free speech," many conservatives have failed to fight back in defense of virtue and truth. Michael Knowles joins me to discuss it and his book, "Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds." And the president of the Human Rights Campaign is in hot water for helping Gov. Andrew Cuomo take aim at one of his female accusers. Will HRC-supporting companies jump ship on this sexually radical organization? Scott Shepard, director of the Free Enterprise Project, will stop by to talk about it on Thursday's JANET MEFFERD TODAY.

Christian investors have a great deal of authority that we don't know we have. Scott Shepherd of The Free Enterprise Project, who is very actively engaging with corporate America gives step-by-step instructions on how you can do the same.

Christians are increasingly alarmed about big companies taking stances which conflict with a Biblical world-view. In this episode, Scott Shepherd of The Free Enterprise Project, an expert who engages frequently with companies, gives advice on how to move from alarm, complaint and boycott to engagement, persuasion and influence. Subscribe to "Business in the Kingdom" on Edifi and your favorite podcast platform.

Davis Soderberg from the Free Enterprise Project (part of the National Center For Public Policy Research) discusses his oped, “Hard Work, Competition, and Self-Reliance: Martyrs In The Quest For Equity. Davis argues that laws, policies, and other programs created with the stated goals of achieving equity in the US are, instead, causing more reliance on government and less reliance on a strong work ethic at the personal level. https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2021/05/31/hard-work-competition-and-self-reliance-martyrs-in-the-quest-for-equity/

Guests: Justin Danhof, general council for the National Center for Public Policy Research, as well as director of the center's Free Enterprise Project. On to discuss The Equality Act. Will Hild, executive director of Consumers' Research. On to discuss the Consumers First Initiative from Consumers' Research. And your calls... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years, major American corporations have been drifting to the political Left.  Now that drift seems more like a tidal wave. Companies like Coca Cola, Delta Airlines … and even Major League Baseball have, for example, condemned Georgia's legislature's effort to protect free and fair elections.  And increasingly the very top echelons of many big corporations - the C Suites and the boards of directors - are filled with people on the left promoting a “woke” agenda. Household names like Levi, Nike, Air BnB, Blackrock, Ford, the NBA and Bank of America are now aligned with the Democrat Party. This corporatist move to the left has emerged as the latest front in the war to “fundamentally change America.” How this happened is a complicated and disturbing story. Joining me to tell it is Justin Danhof director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research, who has waged a long battle against creeping leftism in corporate America. And Matt Schlapp, Chairman ACU, which sponsors CPAC, and the founder of Cove Strategies, an advisor to many major corporations. Effective ways remain for conservatives to push back against this trend. Justin, Matt and I provide an insider's view about what's going on in corporate America and how to deal with its lurch to the left.

Justin Danhof is the General Counsel for the National Center for Public Policy Research, as well as Director of the Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP). Danhof previously worked as a research associate with the National Center for Public Policy Research from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining the National Center for Public Policy Research, Danhof worked in the Miami-Dade State’s Attorney’s Office in the Economic Crimes and Cybercrimes Division, for the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Danhof’s work has been widely published and quoted in major newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Politico, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Washington Post. He has also appeared on the Fox News Channel, One America News Network, and the Fox Business Channel, among others. Launched in 2007, the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project focuses on shareholder activism and the confluence of big government and big business. The Free Enterprise Project (FEP) is the conservative movement’s only full-service shareholder activism and education program: It files shareholder resolutions, engages corporate CEOs and board members at shareholder meetings, petitions the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interpretative guidance, and sponsors effective media campaigns to create the incentives for corporations to stay focused on their missions. As the leading voice for conservative-minded investors, FEP annually files more than 90 percent of all right-of-center shareholder resolutions. Dozens of liberal organizations, however, annually file more than 95 percent of all policy-oriented shareholder resolutions and continue to exert undue influence over corporate America. Founded in 1982, follow the National Center, a non-partisan, free-market, independent conservative think tank on Twitter at @NationalCenter for general announcements. To be alerted to upcoming media appearances by National Center staff, follow its media appearances Twitter account at @NCPPRMedia --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-aidan-byrne0/support

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Justin Danhof of the Free Enterprise Project has been warning of this type of boardroom activism for years, and joins Gary and Jim for the latest on this movement.

Can you have too many choices to get news coverage and opinions to consider? In this segment, the Free Enterprise Project's Scott Shepard discusses efforts by some members of Congress to pressure media companies into dropping specific news and opinion programming based on which viewpoints are shared. The Members of Congress specifically called for conservative channels, including FOX News, One American News Network, and Newsmax TV to be discontinued by private cable and streaming carriers. Shepard argues that pressure is an affront to the idea of the free exchange of ideas and shows a troubling trend in both our political and media industries.

The Free Enterprise Center's Scott Shepard discusses his op-ed that criticizes corporations that agree to demands of liberal activist groups and protesters. Here's the link to the article: https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2020/11/06/woke-companies-stop-pandering-to-millennials-socialism-phase/

Justin Danhoff is the General Counsel for the National Center for Public Policy Research and the Director of the Center's Free Enterprise Project. The Free Enterprise Project is the shareholder activist for the conservative movement. The left has 80-100 groups that are operating to move corporate America to the cultural left. Blackrock and its CEO, Larry Fink, among others, are supporting liberal ESG (Environment/Social/Governance) initiatives demanding companies align their policies with the Paris Climate Accord and investing in China with a far worse ESG record. Everyone thinks about political elections in November and how they shape our nation and future. However, votes on corporate proxy statements have just as much ability if not more to change the culture. You don't have to change the laws to change culture. If you can change the way corporations operate, you've already succeeded. If you can get 10 leading firms in any industry to go along with liberal goals, the rest will follow. It's way faster than the legal process and more effective.

The Voice of Reason in a city of chaos. Weekday afternoons on 1310 WIBA Madison. 2PM – Vicki opens the show talking about what's happening in Minneapolis, and Wisconsin groups hosting “solidarity” events. Then, State Senator Chris Kapenga joins Vicki to go over the continued failures of the Evers Administration on unemployment 2:30 – Sherriff David Clarke joins the program to go over the “solidarity” events being hosted in Milwaukee following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis 3PM – David Johnson, Strategic Vision, joins Vicki to talk about the politics of lifting social distancing restrictions 3:30 – Seton Motley, Red State, joins Vicki to discuss President Trump's Executive Order on Social Media 4PM – Justin Danhof, Free Enterprise Project, joins Vicki to continue the Social Media Executive Order discussion 4:30 – J. Christian Adams, PJ Media, joins the program to talk about absentee ballot voting fraud