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About Michael Anton, a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and a research fellow at Hillsdale College, helped spread the conspiracy theory that Democrats would steal the 2020 election. Prior to the 2016 election, he wrote a controversial essay called “The Flight 93 Election” urging voters to “seize control of the cockpit” and support Trump’s … Read more
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About A political theorist and writer, Darren Beattie earned a PhD in Political Theory at Duke University in 2016, which is also when he became the only non-tenured professor in the U.S. to join a group of scholars in signing a letter endorsing Trump and predicting his 2016 presidential win. In 2017 the Trump White … Read more
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The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (commonly known as the Bradley Foundation) is a private charitable foundation based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that donates to a wide array of right-wing causes.
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Founded in 1979, the Claremont Institute has long provided a national refuge for serious conservative scholars to come together. As an organization, it provides fellowships to educate conservative influencers, supports legal action through briefs and lawsuits, and publishes the Claremont Review of Books.
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DonorsTrust is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 1999 by Whitney Ball, a libertarian who had held key roles at the Cato Institute and the Philanthropy Roundtable, as well as being a board member of the State Policy Network (SPN). Mother Jones calls DonorsTrust the “dark-money ATM of the conservative movement” since it was set up explicitly to allow investors to bankroll institutions and activities while obscuring their own identities.
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John Eastman is a right-wing lawyer and law professor who advised Trump on ways to hold on to the presidency despite losing the 2020 election. He has subsequently been subpoenaed by both the House Select Committee and the Justice Department in their ongoing investigations of the insurrection.
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The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (commonly known as the Federalist Society) is a right-wing legal organization consisting of “over 65,000 legal professionals and others interested in current intellectual and practical developments in the law.” It also claims to have a students’ division with more than 10,000 members.
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J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has served as Ohio’s junior senator since 2023—his first experience in public office—and as of July 2024 joined Trump’s ticket as his candidate of choice for vice president.
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Charles Kesler is a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute and a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College in California. He participated in Trump’s 1776 Commission, which issued a report attacking liberal thought and pushing for more “patriotic education” in America that glosses over the role of slavery in the country’s history.
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The American Mind is a right-wing opinion website, podcast, and newsletter produced by the reactionary Claremont Institute.