Heritage Foundation historical timeline
Official institutional chronology covering the foundation, the Resource Bank and policy programs.
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Mandate for Leadership series
Policy recommendations published for conservative presidential administrations; a published plan does not itself prove implementation.
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U.S. House historical record of DeMint’s House and Senate service.
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January 27, 2021 appointment announcement by CPI chairman Jim DeMint.
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EIN’s account of its 2021 founding and incubation by CPI.
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Published transcript of the January 2, 2021 call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Trump, Meadows and counsel.
Related Encyclopedia entry →January 6 committee final report — Chapter 2
Congressional investigative record on efforts to influence state election officials. Committee findings must be attributed.
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Congressional investigative account of alternate-elector efforts and underlying evidence.
Related Encyclopedia entry →CPI Form 990 / IRS financial filing
FY2024 revenue, expenses, net assets, reported governance and compensation; hosted in Nonprofit Explorer.
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Official biography describing Vought’s OMB roles and Center for Renewing America work.
Related Encyclopedia entry →America First Legal leadership
AFL’s published roles for Gene Hamilton and co-founder Stephen Miller.
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CRA’s account of its 2021 founding by Vought and current listed leadership.
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November 26, 2025 order dismissing the Georgia prosecution; allegations are not convictions.
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October 28, 2026 reporting on Mitchell’s organizing and institutional relationships; distinguish analysis from filed records.
Related Encyclopedia entry →National Review — Buckley founded the magazine in 1955 · National Review — Buckley founded the magazine · National Review — history · National Review — institutional history · Founded
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Young America’s Foundation — YAF history · Young America’s Foundation — history · Hosted founding gathering
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Sharon Statement
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Washington Post — Goldwater donor list and direct-mail legacy · Washington Post — 1981 profile · Washington Post — Viguerie and the Goldwater donor-list legacy · Washington Post — 1981 New Right profile · 1964 campaign donor/direct-mail infrastructure · Founder
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Heritage — Feulner timeline and Heritage founding · Heritage — Feulner timeline · Heritage — Edwin Feulner timeline · Co-founder · Co-founder; longtime president · Founding donor · Served on presidential transition executive committee · Delivered to the Reagan presidential transition
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Washington Post — Paul Weyrich retrospective · Washington Post — Paul Weyrich obituary/profile · New Right organizer in effort that recruited Falwell; coined 'moral majority' phrase at 1979 gathering · Founder/leader · Direct-mail fundraising contractor for early CSFC · Early funding for CSFC direct-mail effort
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Heritage — Kevin Roberts biography
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Heritage — Project 2025 launch · Heritage launched presidential transition project · Director at launch
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ALEC — About
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Leadership Institute — biography · Leadership Institute — Morton Blackwell · Founder · Youth for Reagan organizer; White House staff
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Leadership Institute — About
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CPI — Mark Meadows biography · White House chief of staff · Senior partner
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Election Integrity Network — leadership · Election Integrity Network — Leadership · Senior legal fellow · Founder and chair
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FAIR 2025 Form 990 · FAIR 2025 Form 990 — officers, grants and payments · FAIR 2025 Form 990 — Schedule I · FAIR 2025 Form 990 — officers and Schedule L
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CPI — Cleta Mitchell · CPI — Cleta Mitchell biography · CPI identifies Mitchell as a founder and chairman of PILF
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CPI 2023 Form 990 — Schedule I
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CPI 2024 Form 990 — Schedule I
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EIN — 2024 booklet · EIN 2024 booklet · EIN says it was transferred in its entirety to the Virginia Institute for Public Policy in January 2023
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Project 2025 — Mandate for Leadership · Mandate for Leadership · Personnel database was one of Project 2025's four published pillars · Authored the Mandate for Leadership chapter on the Federal Communications Commission · Mandate recommended early personnel planning including Schedule F; later policy used the Schedule Policy/Career framework · Mandate recommended OIRA review for historically independent agencies; later executive action adopted White House review
Relationship record: Personnel database was one of Project 2025's four published pillars
Relationship record: Authored the Mandate for Leadership chapter on the Federal Communications Commission
Relationship record: Mandate recommended early personnel planning including Schedule F; later policy used the Schedule Policy/Career framework
Relationship record: Mandate recommended OIRA review for historically independent agencies; later executive action adopted White House review
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CPI — About / incubation · CPI — About · CPI — About / training · CPI says it provided support to launch Personnel Policy Operations · CPI says it provided incubation support to launch America First Legal · CPI says it provided administrative, staffing and legal support to launch the organization · CPI launched the Academy to expand and formalize its training programs · CPI says it provided administrative, staffing and legal support to launch America First Legal · CPI says it provided administrative, staffing and legal support to launch Center for Renewing America · CPI says it provided administrative, staffing and legal support to launch American Moment
Relationship record: CPI says it provided support to launch Personnel Policy Operations
Relationship record: CPI says it provided incubation support to launch America First Legal
Relationship record: CPI says it provided administrative, staffing and legal support to launch the organization
Relationship record: CPI launched the Academy to expand and formalize its training programs
Relationship record: CPI says it provided administrative, staffing and legal support to launch America First Legal
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White House — 2026 staff report · Senior adviser; later deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser
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White House — 2025 staff report
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White House — Stephen Miller 2026 disclosure
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American Moment — About
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Heritage — four pillars · Heritage — Project 2025 coalition list · Heritage — Project 2025 coalition · Heritage — Project 2025 four pillars · Listed as a Project 2025 coalition partner · 180-day transition playbook was Project 2025's implementation pillar
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Relationship record: 180-day transition playbook was Project 2025's implementation pillar
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Heritage — personnel database launch · Heritage — McEntee joins Project 2025 as personnel database launches · Heritage — McEntee joins Project 2025 · Joined as senior adviser supporting the personnel pillar
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Heritage — academy launch · Heritage — Academy launch · Presidential Administration Academy was one of Project 2025's four published pillars
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White House — President Donald J. Trump
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White House — Administration
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GovInfo — Mueller Report · 2016 campaign supporter; no formal campaign role · Met in the Seychelles during the presidential transition · Chief executive / head of fund during Mueller investigation period
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Federalist Society — founding history · Federalist Society — About Us
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Federalist Society — FAQ
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Federalist Society — Leonard Leo biography · Former executive vice president; co-chair · Advised on judicial selection
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Federalist Society — Edwin Meese biography · Senior adviser/counsellor and attorney general · Joined Heritage as Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow
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State Policy Network — history
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SPN — Bradley Freedom Grants · State Policy Network — Bradley Freedom Grants
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ProPublica — Barre Seid / Marble Freedom Trust · ProPublica — $1.6 billion transfer · ProPublica — investigation · ProPublica — $1.6B transfer investigation · Reported $1.6B contribution via Tripp Lite transfer
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ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — Marble Freedom Trust · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — tax filings · Trustee and chairman
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U.S. Supreme Court — opinion
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FEC — case summary · FEC — Citizens United v. FEC · Petitioner in the Supreme Court case challenging federal restrictions on corporate-funded electioneering communications and independent expenditures
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FEC — implementation statement
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Supreme Court opinion via Cornell LII
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National Constitution Center — case overview
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Turning Point USA — founder biography
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Turning Point USA — About · Founder
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Turning Point Action — About
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Turning Point USA — current organization site
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CPI — Jim DeMint biography · President · Founder and chairman
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CPI — Partners · Listed CPI partner organization
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ProPublica + Documented — Ziklag and CPI
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CPI — Team
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CPI — Job Bank
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CPI — 2022 annual report · CPI described and developed a Washington property cluster it calls Patriots’ Row
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U.S. House Historian — Newt Gingrich
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Washington Post — GOPAC and Gingrich · Washington Post — candidate training
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Washington Post — 1996 GOPAC history · Washington Post — GOPAC history · General chairman
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U.S. House Historian — 104th Congress · Led House Republican campaign around shared national agenda
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Columbia Encyclopedia via Encyclopedia.com — Rush Limbaugh
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National Association of Broadcasters — Hall of Fame · National Association of Broadcasters — Rush Limbaugh Hall of Fame
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iHeart — Rush Limbaugh Show history · iHeart — program history
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Pew Research Center — facts about Fox News · Pew Research Center — Fox News history · Launched Fox News
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Fox News — 1996 launch retrospective · Fox News — channel launch retrospective · Founding chief executive; launched channel · Announced and launched channel with Roger Ailes
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Associated Press — Roger Ailes retrospective · Murdoch tasked Ailes in 1996 with building the Fox News cable network · Created and led Fox News Channel
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Pew Research Center — Tea Party and government overreach
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Pew Research Center — Tea Party and 2010 electorate
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Pew Research Center — Tea Party in Congress · Movement name and agenda carried into a congressional caucus
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Heritage — Hemenway joins Project 2025 · Senior adviser and associate director of personnel placement · Heritage identified Hemenway as president of Personnel Policy Operations
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Stand Together — About Us · Stand Together — About · Stand Together identifies Charles Koch as its founder
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Philanthropy Roundtable — Koch advocacy history · Helped launch advocacy organization · Predecessor network restructured into AFP branch
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Americans for Prosperity — About
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Stand Together — Careers / community structure · Stand Together — Careers / community · Stand Together — community structure · Stand Together lists Americans for Prosperity among the independent organizations and brands in its community
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Americans for Prosperity — organizational history
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ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — tax filings · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — AFP
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FactCheck.org — AFP history
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AFP — contact/501(c)(4) status
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Library of Congress — Breitbart News Network web archive · Library of Congress — Breitbart News archive · Library of Congress — Breitbart archive · Founder
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Los Angeles Times — Breitbart media history
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Washington Post — Mercer/Bannon network · Executive chairman · Reported $10 million investment / ownership stake
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Breitbart — 2012 management announcement · Became executive chairman after Andrew Breitbart's death
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Reuters — Bannon media, campaign and White House roles · Reuters — Bannon media/campaign/White House roles · Chief executive of 2016 presidential campaign; White House chief strategist in 2017
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Reuters — Bannon resumes War Room · Host
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FEC matter — Cambridge Analytica background · FEC — Cambridge Analytica factual background · FEC matter — Cambridge Analytica ownership/funding · FEC matter — Cambridge Analytica board · FEC — Cambridge Analytica board · Federal Election Commission — MUR 7147 factual background · FEC — MUR 7147 factual background · Reported $15 million startup investment; principal owner · Board member · Vice president, secretary and board member
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Relationship record: Vice president, secretary and board member
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Pacific Legal Foundation — About
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Pacific Legal Foundation — founding history
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Alliance Defending Freedom — About
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Alliance Defending Freedom — History
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Judicial Crisis Network — About · President
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Judicial Crisis Network — Gary Marx founding biography
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ProPublica — Leonard Leo and JCN history · Helped launch and raise money for organization
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ProPublica — state-court network reporting
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White House — Gene Hamilton termination report
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U.S. Senate — Barry Goldwater of Arizona · Speechwriter and collaborator on The Conscience of a Conservative
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Library of Congress — Paul M. Weyrich Scrapbooks chronology · Library of Congress — Paul Weyrich chronology · Co-organized the congressional caucus with Edwin Feulner and Rep. Phil Crane · Co-organized the congressional caucus with Paul Weyrich and Rep. Phil Crane · Co-founded with Robert Grant
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Relationship record: Co-organized the congressional caucus with Paul Weyrich and Rep. Phil Crane
Relationship record: Co-founded with Robert Grant
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Reagan Library — Fairness Doctrine topic guide
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Reagan Library — veto message · Vetoed legislation that would have codified the Fairness Doctrine after the FCC stopped enforcement
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Eagle Forum — Phyllis Schlafly biography
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Washington Post — Council for National Policy history · Washington Post — history of CNP · Washington Post — CNP history · Initial organizer · Participant in early organizing meetings · Participant in early organizing gathering
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Eagle Forum — organizational history · Founder
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Eagle Forum — mission
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Focus on the Family — About · Founder
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Focus on the Family — 50th history · Focus on the Family — institutional history · Focus on the Family — history
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Washington Post — Moral Majority retrospective · Washington Post — 1996 retrospective · New Right strategist in organizing effort around Falwell
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Washington Post — Moral Majority dissolution · Washington Post — 1989 dissolution · Washington Post — dissolution · Founder and chairman
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Concerned Women for America — founder biography · Concerned Women for America — founder history · Founder
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CWA — legacy history · Concerned Women for America — legacy history
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Washington Post — May 1981 CNP gathering · Washington Post — 1981 gathering · Initial organizer; hosted May 1981 gathering
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Washington Post — 1977 New Right organizations · Washington Post — 1977 organizational profile · Washington Post — New Right organizations
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Washington Post — How Scaife’s Money Powered a Movement · Washington Post — How Scaife’s money powered a movement · Major foundation funder beginning in 1974
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Washington Post — major recipients · Major foundation funder
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Philanthropy Roundtable — birth of the Federalist Society · Foundation backer · $15,000 grant underwrote 1982 Yale federalism conference
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Relationship record: $15,000 grant underwrote 1982 Yale federalism conference
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Philanthropy Roundtable — Olin Foundation history · Philanthropy Roundtable — Olin Foundation spend-down · Early foundation support
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Washington Post — 1985 Federalist Society profile
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State Policy Network — Bradley Freedom Grants partnership · Partnered on Bradley Freedom Grants for state policy infrastructure
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Americans for Tax Reform — Grover Norquist biography · Americans for Tax Reform — Grover Norquist · Founder and president · Chair · Hosts recurring coalition meeting
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Relationship record: Chair
Relationship record: Hosts recurring coalition meeting
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Americans for Tax Reform — About · ATR says organization was founded at Reagan's request
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U.S. Senate report — Christian Coalition history · U.S. Senate report — Christian Coalition · Founder and president · Executive director
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Christian Coalition — About
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Faith & Freedom Coalition — Ralph Reed · Faith & Freedom Coalition — About / Ralph Reed · Faith & Freedom Coalition — About · Founder and chairman
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Washington Post — FreedomWorks merger · Washington Post — FreedomWorks formation · Washington Post — formation of FreedomWorks · Restructured/merged into FreedomWorks branch · Co-chair and organizational leader
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Relationship record: Co-chair and organizational leader
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FactCheck.org — Americans for Prosperity · Founder
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Ballotpedia — FreedomWorks history
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DonorsTrust — founding story · DonorsTrust — Why DonorsTrust
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DonorsTrust — FAQ
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Jenny Beth Martin — biography · Co-founder
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Tea Party Patriots — website
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Heritage Action — About · Founded advocacy partner
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Washington Post — Rebekah Mercer profile · 2016 campaign vendor
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Claremont Institute — Mission & Overview
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Claremont Institute — Michael Anton biography · Senior fellow · White House National Security Council official
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Relationship record: White House National Security Council official
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White House — Executive Order 14158 · Established DOGE structure by executive order
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GAO — DOGE personnel and ethics report · Advised on USDS/DOGE work; was not a USDS employee · White House special government employee and senior adviser
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Relationship record: White House special government employee and senior adviser
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SpaceX — Leadership · SpaceX — leadership · Founder and chief executive
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Reuters — Space Force launch orders · Reuters — 2026 Space Force launch awards · Reuters — 2026 Space Force launch orders · Reuters — 2026 SpaceX Space Force awards · Awarded $1.6 billion in 2026 orders for 18 Falcon 9 launches, according to Reuters
Relationship record: Awarded $1.6 billion in 2026 orders for 18 Falcon 9 launches, according to Reuters
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U.S. House hearing — Erik Prince statement · U.S. House hearing — Blackwater founder statement · Congressional hearing — Erik Prince statement · Founder and former chief executive
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Erik Prince — biography
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Reuters — Vectus in Haiti · Reuters — Vectus Global in Haiti · Reuters — Haiti operations · Founder
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Reuters — Vectus in Congo · Reuters — Congo ambush
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PBS — Blackwater beginnings
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DOJ — Nisour Square convictions · DOJ — Blackwater convictions · Blackwater contractors assigned to State Department protective mission were involved in the shootings
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Constellis — corporate history · Constellis — Our History · Corporate lineage: Blackwater renamed Xe; after Prince sold his ownership, the core business was renamed Academi · Academi became part of the Constellis Holdings structure
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Relationship record: Academi became part of the Constellis Holdings structure
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GAO — private security contractors in Iraq
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America's Future — leadership · America’s Future — leadership · Chairman of the board
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PBS FRONTLINE — Flynn network reporting · PBS FRONTLINE — Flynn and Byrne · Co-founder / launch figure · Co-launched organization / public face
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Relationship record: Co-launched organization / public face
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Issue One — America Project tax filing · Issue One — tax filing analysis
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Reuters — Affinity assets and ownership · Reuters — Affinity assets and Gulf capital · Reuters — Affinity assets and Gulf cash · Reuters — Affinity assets and Gulf investors · Reuters — Affinity Gulf investors · Senior adviser to the president · Founder and sole owner · Existing investor; participated with Lunate in a $1.5 billion 2024 capital injection · Existing investor; participated with QIA in a $1.5 billion 2024 capital injection
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Relationship record: Founder and sole owner
Relationship record: Existing investor; participated with Lunate in a $1.5 billion 2024 capital injection
Relationship record: Existing investor; participated with QIA in a $1.5 billion 2024 capital injection
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U.S. Senate Finance Committee — Affinity investigation · Senate Finance Committee — Affinity investigation
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Trump White House archive — Abraham Accords signing · Senior White House adviser publicly credited for work carrying out the diplomatic effort
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House Oversight — Saudi $2B investment inquiry · U.S. House Oversight — $2 billion Affinity investment · House Oversight — Affinity investment inquiry · Committed $2 billion investment
Relationship record: Committed $2 billion investment
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Democracy Forward — HSI records release · Democracy Forward — released HSI records · HSI record says 48.4 million records obtained through Honey's independent sources · HSI records describe 26,235 USCIS-derived records used for downstream vetting · USCIS-derived records were part of the broader HSI election-related data workflow
Relationship record: HSI record says 48.4 million records obtained through Honey's independent sources
Relationship record: HSI records describe 26,235 USCIS-derived records used for downstream vetting
Relationship record: USCIS-derived records were part of the broader HSI election-related data workflow
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Democracy Docket — California voter-file provenance analysis · Democracy Docket — California voter-file provenance · Democracy Docket — Honey role and HSI declaration · Democracy Docket — Honey / California file · Democracy Docket — Honey, PFE and EIN · Democracy Docket — McLoughlin declaration analysis · Democracy Docket — Oct. 26 declaration and unresolved provenance · Deputy Assistant Secretary for Election Integrity; later senior counselor · Founder · State partner of Election Integrity Network
Relationship record: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Election Integrity; later senior counselor
Relationship record: Founder
Relationship record: State partner of Election Integrity Network
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FAIR 2024 Form 990 — Schedule L
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Democracy Docket — FAIR and Verity Vote
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EPIC — LWV v. DHS complaint · EPIC — League of Women Voters v. DHS complaint · EPIC — complaint summarizing HSI data intakes · LWV v. DHS complaint · HSI records and litigation filings state DOJ supplied a 50.6 million-record voter-roll intake · HSI ingested the 50.6 million-record DOJ dataset as a separate election-data intake
Relationship record: HSI records and litigation filings state DOJ supplied a 50.6 million-record voter-roll intake
Relationship record: HSI ingested the 50.6 million-record DOJ dataset as a separate election-data intake
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McLoughlin declaration · HSI is a DHS/ICE component participating in the 2026 voter-data intake and analytic workflow · A separate California voter file reached HSI from an unnamed DHS senior counselor; original purchaser and chain of custody remain unresolved
Relationship record: HSI is a DHS/ICE component participating in the 2026 voter-data intake and analytic workflow
Relationship record: A separate California voter file reached HSI from an unnamed DHS senior counselor; original purchaser and chain of custody remain unresolved
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FEC — Republican National Committee
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FEC — MUR 6888 Data Trust/RNC record · FEC — 2011 Data Exchange and Enhancement Agreement · FEC — Data Trust/RNC agreement record · Entered Data Exchange and Enhancement Agreement exchanging voter-list data and equal-value enhancements
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Data Trust — About
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Data Trust — platform
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Washington Post — Data Trust/i360 sharing · Washington Post — Data Trust/i360 sharing agreement · Washington Post — 2015 sharing agreement · Entered data-sharing arrangement for the 2016 election cycle, according to Washington Post reporting
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i360 — political data platform · i360 — home
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i360 — Our Approach
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Public Interest Legal Foundation — About
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Palantir — Board of Directors · Co-founder and chairman of the board
Relationship record: Co-founder and chairman of the board
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Reuters — Rockbridge Network and Vance/Thiel ties · Reuters — Rockbridge and Vance/Thiel ties · Reuters — Rockbridge Network · Co-founder with Chris Buskirk · Reuters reports Thiel poured millions into Vance's successful 2022 Senate race · Reuters reported Thiel among the network's backers, citing sources familiar with Rockbridge
Relationship record: Co-founder with Chris Buskirk
Relationship record: Reuters reports Thiel poured millions into Vance's successful 2022 Senate race
Relationship record: Reuters reported Thiel among the network's backers, citing sources familiar with Rockbridge
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SEC — Palantir 2025 Form 10-K
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Department of Defense — 2025 Maven contract modification · Defense Department — Maven contract modification · Defense Department awarded a $795 million 2025 Maven Smart System contract modification
Relationship record: Defense Department awarded a $795 million 2025 Maven Smart System contract modification
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Department of Defense — Contracts
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NASA — SpaceX launch services
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White House — Vice President JD Vance · Vice president in the second Trump administration
Relationship record: Vice president in the second Trump administration
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Qatari Diar — About · Qatari Diar says it was established by Qatar Investment Authority
Relationship record: Qatari Diar says it was established by Qatar Investment Authority
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Reuters — Trump-branded Qatar project · Planned Trump-branded golf and villa development in Qatar with Dar Global
Relationship record: Planned Trump-branded golf and villa development in Qatar with Dar Global
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Reuters — Trump business ventures and conflict questions
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Reuters — Trump business disclosure
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Mueller Report — Trump Tower Moscow and Cohen · Mueller-related congressional record · Pursued project negotiations on behalf of the Trump Organization · Was briefed repeatedly on the project and discussed possible travel to Russia, according to the Mueller investigation
Relationship record: Pursued project negotiations on behalf of the Trump Organization
Relationship record: Was briefed repeatedly on the project and discussed possible travel to Russia, according to the Mueller investigation
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Mueller Report — Trump Tower Moscow · Proposed Trump Organization real-estate project
Relationship record: Proposed Trump Organization real-estate project
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White House archive — Abraham Accords Declaration · Trump White House archive — Abraham Accords Declaration · U.S. president who hosted and facilitated the signing process
Relationship record: U.S. president who hosted and facilitated the signing process
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U.S. State Department — Abraham Accords · Israel was a signatory/normalization party under the accords framework
Relationship record: Israel was a signatory/normalization party under the accords framework
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White House archive — UAE-Israel treaty · UAE signed normalization treaty with Israel under the accords framework
Relationship record: UAE signed normalization treaty with Israel under the accords framework
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White House archive — Bahrain-Israel declaration · Bahrain signed a declaration establishing diplomatic relations with Israel under the accords framework
Relationship record: Bahrain signed a declaration establishing diplomatic relations with Israel under the accords framework
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GAO — private security contractors in Iraq
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DOJ — Blackwater contractors and State Department mission · Contracted to provide personal security services for State Department operations in Iraq
Relationship record: Contracted to provide personal security services for State Department operations in Iraq
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GAO — post-Nisour oversight changes
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Constellis Training Center — Blackwater/Xe/Academi lineage · Constellis Training Center — lineage
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Vectus Global — current services · Vectus Global — company site
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American Accountability Foundation — About
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State Freedom Caucus Network — website
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American Cornerstone Institute — About
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Conservative Partnership Academy — program
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U.S. Senate Commerce Committee — hearing material discussing nonpublic playbooks · U.S. Senate Commerce Committee — discussion of nonpublic playbooks
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White House — designation of chairmen · Designated chairman by President Trump
Relationship record: Designated chairman by President Trump
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FCC — About
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White House — January 2025 executive action
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White House — June 2026 implementation order · Restored the policy-influencing personnel framework by executive action and later implementation order
Relationship record: Restored the policy-influencing personnel framework by executive action and later implementation order
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White House — Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies · Issued executive order requiring White House review and supervision of independent agencies
Relationship record: Issued executive order requiring White House review and supervision of independent agencies
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Virginia Institute for Public Policy
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DOJ — About
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USCIS overview
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Citizens United — Who We Are
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Citizens United — FAQ / 501(c)(4) status · Citizens United — FAQ
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ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — Citizens United · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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Citizens United — David Bossie biography
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Early organizer role
Relationship record: Early organizer role
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Heritage credits Meese with helping form the first freedom-based public-interest law firm
Relationship record: Heritage credits Meese with helping form the first freedom-based public-interest law firm
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ADF lists Dobson among five leaders who played leading founding roles
Relationship record: ADF lists Dobson among five leaders who played leading founding roles
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Ran advertising and grassroots campaigns supporting Trump Supreme Court nominees
Relationship record: Ran advertising and grassroots campaigns supporting Trump Supreme Court nominees
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1986 GOPAC expansion described by Gingrich as having Reagan's endorsement
Relationship record: 1986 GOPAC expansion described by Gingrich as having Reagan's endorsement
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Documented grantmaker
Relationship record: Documented grantmaker
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Documented grantmaker
Relationship record: Documented grantmaker
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