Think Tank Quickies (#512)
- Biden's Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo joins the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) as a distinguished fellow.
- An armed man arrested at the US Capitol said he planned to burn down the Heritage Foundation.
- Brooke Rollins' disclosures show she made $1 million at AFPI.
- AFPI executive, Heidi Overton, expected to join Trump Domestic Policy Council.
- The Cato Institute is launching an external affairs department, led by Chad Davis and with Simone Shenny as director of external affairs.
- A new analysis from FOIAengine, a product developed by online data journalism platform PoliScio Analytics, found that the Heritage Foundation, which spearheaded Project 2025, used more than 7,700 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to research 1,400 federal officials in preparation for implementing the Trump agenda.
- Jessica Chen-Weiss is the inaugural director of the new Johns Hopkins SAIS Institute for America, China and the Future of Global Affairs.
- Alexander Velez-Green is now performing the duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. He was previously named senior adviser to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy nominee Bridge Colby. He most recently was senior policy adviser at the Heritage Foundation and has worked for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), the RAND Corporation, and the Center for a New American Security (CSAS).
- Mastermind of Iran's US influence effort appointed head of ministry think tank.
- Trump tried to destroy USDA's in-house think tank.
