they all need to drive off a cliff ...
Here are the latest developments in the Heritage Foundation’s implosion.
Three entire units of Heritage — the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and the Center for Data Analysis — are departing the think tank more-or-less en masse to become part of @AmericanFreedom, the policy nonprofit founded by @Mike_Pence, chaired by @marctshort, and run by former Heritage chief of staff @TimChapman.
Relocating to AAF are leaders of the three centers — John Malcolm, Richard Stern, and Kevin Dayaratma — plus more than a dozen other staffers, at last count. Other Heritage scholars and staffers are also reportedly approaching AAF or seeking other means of escape from the disaster area:
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Just to be clear: AAF did not approach these staffers. They were not “poached.” The would-be Heritage refugees came to AAF.
All this comes after the very public departures of Robby George, Abby Moffat, and Shane McCullar from the Heritage board and Chris DeMuth, Stephen Moore, and other key personnel from the staff. Kevin Roberts’ idiotic defense of Tucker Carlson was the precipitating event, yes, but the underlying cause is Heritage’s turn away from fusionist conservatism to nationalist populism.