Think Tank Quickies (#510)
- President Biden delivers major speech at Brookings, his last think tank speech as president.
- National security officials in Biden Administration trying to land coveted senior fellow posts at think tanks.
- Brooke Rollins, co-founder of think tank AFPI, confirmed as Trump's Agriculture Secretary.
- Think tank funders are also part of the 150-member Rockbridge Network, a secretary group of MAGA donors.
- Fred Smith, founder and longtime president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), passed away.
- American Sunlight Project: "A think tank that researches disinformation and advocates for policies that promote democracy."
- Heritage lobbying arm alum Michael Needham, who currently holds a top post at the conservative policy groups American Compass and American 2100, will be counselor to the State Department.
- Heritage Foundation's Robert Greenway is on the landing team for the CIA.
- The Heritage Foundation is going to spend $1 million on a campaign to pressure Republican senators into backing Pete Hegseth for SecDef.
- China chides CSIS' Cuba report.