Think Tank Quickies (#331)

• President Trump says the Cato Institute hates him.
• Donald J. Trump vs. the think tanks. 
• Inside the hidden world of think tanks. 
• RAND re-ups at Pentagon City tower with big plans to expand grad school. 
• Robert O'Brien and Ely Ratner are the inaugural co-chairs of the new US Taiwan Task Force.  The initiative, launched under the DC-based Global Taiwan Institute think tank, will undertake a "comprehensive review of US-Taiwan-relations and provide actionable recommendations for decision-makers in both Washington and Taipei," according to the institute. 
• Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) asks Senate witnesses to swear their think tanks don't take Mexican drug cartel money.
• Paul Dans, an architect of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, recently pulled out of the South Caroline Senate race against Lindsey Graham. 
• Viktor Orban's beloved conservative think tank, MCC Brussels, faces a fight for its life. 
• Is this the end of the golden age of Chinese think tanks with star ex-officials? 
• Egypt's Rania Al-Mashat plans to launch a coalition of regional think tanks.