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10. The Claremont Institute...what a surprise. The "think" tank that's been the vanguard of making...
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 01:00 PM
Jul 2023

...Trump some sort of "intellectual"!

More than any other far-right "think" tank, Claremont has always been the institution to defend the indefensible, a veritable fifth column supporting the worst excesses and atrocities of the Trump regime. Trump consiligliere John Eastman is a major figure at Claremont.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216965911

Claremont publishes several make-work "journals", par for the course with wingnut welfare, including the execrable American Greatness.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217850281#post5
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/24/claremont-john-eastman-trump

Another "think" tank that has aided and abetted the Trump regime is the Heritage Foundation, which in recent years has gone overtly fash.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18111909

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The mainstream media edhopper Jul 2023 #1
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The Claremont Institute...what a surprise. The "think" tank that's been the vanguard of making... keep_left Jul 2023 #10
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In time, billions. WarGamer Jul 2023 #23
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