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  1. Now do every Republican with a law license! If only we could disbar the Claremont Institute...

    'Denied': Trump lawyer and J6 architect disbarred for good
    alternet.org/john-eastman-atto

    #JohnEastman #Sedition #ClaremontInstitute #USPol

  2. Terrifying or what???

    *Must Read* if you’re American!

    “‘Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election’: US Defence Insider”

    by Brynn Tannehill in Byline Supplement on Substack

    “Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil”

    open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu

    #Press #US #Trump #Election2028 #Rigging #Democrats #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #ClaremontInstitute #UnitaryExecutive #GOP #SCOTUS

  3. #ClaremontInstitute

    "If you’re any kind of half-diligent observer of the American Right of the Trump and post-Trump era, you’ll encounter the name 'Claremont Institute' regularly. But when you begin to tally up the California think tank’s tanks accomplishments, things start to appear a little eerie: just about every illiberal, anti-democratic, and demagogic project attempted by the Right in the past few years is connected to Claremont in some way. The sheer amount of villainy engaged in by its members and associates—who like to ironically refer to themselves 'Claremonsters'—starts to verge on the self-parodic and camp. Without flattering their vanity too much, they can appear at times to be something like SPECTRE, the shadowy organization in the James Bond novels and films that turns out to be behind every crime and calamity in the world. But, more seriously, it’s hard to avoid the impression that the Claremont Institute, rather than being an ivory tower or staid policy shop, constitutes a veritable conspiracy against the American republic.

    Let’s look at some of their alumni:"

    #https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-plotters-against-americaClaremontInstitute

  4. The Claremont Institute wants to "reeducate" federal workers into MAGA ideology. This place is a cancer. How many more lawyers can they get disbarred?

    Claremont Still Pushing to ‘Reeducate’ Federal Workers
    peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/c

    #ClaremontInstitute #JohnEastman #Cancer #USPol

  5. "Natalism" conference coming to Austin, TX, in a few weeks. Speakers include white nationalist Charles Cornish-Dale (aka Raw Egg Nationalist), race-"science" advocate Jordan Lasker (aka Cremieux), and tradwife and former contributor to a magazine run by the eugenicist Claremont Institute "Peachy Keenan". Kind of makes you wonder: natalism for whom? 🤔

    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

    #eugenics #natalism #RaceScience #Cremieux #Austin #Texas #TradWife #WhiteNationalism #RawEggNationalist #PeachyKeenan #RichardLynn #MankindQuarterly #ClaremontInstitute

  6. "Natalism" conference coming to Austin, TX, in a few weeks. Speakers include white nationalist Charles Cornish-Dale (aka Raw Egg Nationalist), race-"science" advocate Jordan Lasker (aka Cremieux), and tradwife and former contributor to a magazine run by the eugenicist Claremont Institute "Peachy Keenan". Kind of makes you wonder: natalism for whom? 🤔

    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

    #eugenics #natalism #RaceScience #Cremieux #Austin #Texas #TradWife #WhiteNationalism #RawEggNationalist #PeachyKeenan #RichardLynn #MankindQuarterly #ClaremontInstitute

  7. "Natalism" conference coming to Austin, TX, in a few weeks. Speakers include white nationalist Charles Cornish-Dale (aka Raw Egg Nationalist), race-"science" advocate Jordan Lasker (aka Cremieux), and tradwife and former contributor to a magazine run by the eugenicist Claremont Institute "Peachy Keenan". Kind of makes you wonder: natalism for whom? 🤔

    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

    #eugenics #natalism #RaceScience #Cremieux #Austin #Texas #TradWife #WhiteNationalism #RawEggNationalist #PeachyKeenan #RichardLynn #MankindQuarterly #ClaremontInstitute

  8. "Natalism" conference coming to Austin, TX, in a few weeks. Speakers include white nationalist Charles Cornish-Dale (aka Raw Egg Nationalist), race-"science" advocate Jordan Lasker (aka Cremieux), and tradwife and former contributor to a magazine run by the eugenicist Claremont Institute "Peachy Keenan". Kind of makes you wonder: natalism for whom? 🤔

    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

    #eugenics #natalism #RaceScience #Cremieux #Austin #Texas #TradWife #WhiteNationalism #RawEggNationalist #PeachyKeenan #RichardLynn #MankindQuarterly #ClaremontInstitute

  9. "Natalism" conference coming to Austin, TX, in a few weeks. Speakers include white nationalist Charles Cornish-Dale (aka Raw Egg Nationalist), race-"science" advocate Jordan Lasker (aka Cremieux), and tradwife and former contributor to a magazine run by the eugenicist Claremont Institute "Peachy Keenan". Kind of makes you wonder: natalism for whom? 🤔

    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

    #eugenics #natalism #RaceScience #Cremieux #Austin #Texas #TradWife #WhiteNationalism #RawEggNationalist #PeachyKeenan #RichardLynn #MankindQuarterly #ClaremontInstitute

  10. @franebleu @photoncollector

    It depends how you mean it. There were lots of groups populated by members of the elite to advocate for particular reactionary causes that might overlap, to a greater or lesser extent, with the Heritage Foundation's goals.

    Maybe most notable was the America First Committee (actually only founded in Sept. 1940, but close enough). It was different from the Heritage Foundation in that it brought together a really disparate coalition, but it did represent a pretty fashy outlook (which is why their primary goal was to keep the US out of WWII) and basically sought to convince people that what happens in Germany stays in Germany.

    The second wave of the KKK was already fading by 1939, but still fairly potent in some areas. It was different from HF in that it was kind of a social club with a right-wing, racist "activist" element. But it was also a political machine that was successful in locking down public office in a lot of places, particularly throughout Indiana and in pockets in other states.

    The American Eugenics Society was going full steam ahead throughout the 1930s. I think a lot of HF people would push back at being associated with eugenics, but it's worth keeping in mind that the ideology of the AES and its members tended to be extremely elitist, anti-immigrant, and white supremacist; the whole point of eugenics was to "preserve" and "improve" a kind of idealized northern European racial "type". And given the HF's combination of elitism and xenophobia with a desire to control other people's reproduction, there's at least a whiff of a similarity. Also, see the next paragraph...

    It's also worth noting that Heritage isn't the only think tank in the elite right-wing orbit. Probably the most notorious right now is the Claremont Institute, which does, in fact, advocate for eugenics (they claim they don't because they don't use that term, but in practice, they're all for it); last year, the HF gave Claremont its "Heritage Innovation Prize", which comes with $100k.

    The Center for Renewing America is another. It is run by its founder and president Russ Vought, who is now the director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump, and he was a driving force behind HF's Project 2025 document.

    Anyways, there are lots of echoes from the 1930s today. Not exactly the same, but clearly there are historical and ideological linkages that are worth exploring.

    #fascism #HeritageFoundation #ClaremontInstitute #RussVought #eugenics #xenophobia #racism #KKK #AmericaFirst

  11. 28/ “Chris Buskirk is the editor and publisher of American Greatness… He was a Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute” #ClaremontInstitute www.conservativebookclub.com/profile/chri...

  12. Now that #KariLake has been appointed to run #VoiceOfAmerica it's worth reading this article about what happened to that organization under the "leadership" of #MichaelPack (a colleague of #JohnEastman at #ClaremontInstitute) during the last Trump administration.

    #VOA also has a Mastodon account @VOANews so we'll be able to watch Ms. Lake spew #propaganda in real time.

    donmoynihan.substack.com/p/cap

    #Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Republicans #Democrats #DJT #J6 #january6 #January6th

  13. J.D.Vance himself has admitted he is “plugged into a lot of weird, right-wing subcultures” and one of his faves is the obscure #ClaremontInstitute .

    Spawned in Southern California out of the teachings of an academia entrenched #BarryGoldwater speech writer named #HenryJaffa , since his death, it has found new life embracing 21st century figures like #CharlieKirk , #RonDeSantis , #JohnEastman and actively seeks out extremist #RWNJ sheriffs for intensive "fellowships".

    What #Politico terms "the intellectual nerve center of the Trumpist right " it's #thinktank was one of seven main influences recently highlighted as shaping recent #Catholic convert #JDVance and his #weird worldviews. Vance has eagerly embraced a host of #FarRight milieu members including members of secret societies, maverick publishers, and acolytes of advocates to "prioritize re-Christianizing America".

    #Claremont Institute has rebranded itself from its right wing roots in #academia to a more fearsome forefront of racially divisive anti-Democratic alt right think tanks and what one prominent former #GOP campaign manager called the "West Point of American fascism".

    Nowadays Claremont seeks out #socialmedia savvy and influential leaders, such as Vance, DeSantis & Josh Hawley who are white and wryly and openly contemptuous of the left, most minorities and even #democracy itself. Eagerly embracing divisions and propelling #MAGA Xtian supremacist ideologies, the place that brought you #Pizzagate is far from honest #AbeLincoln or other flag bearers of Claremont's #conservatism hailed at the orgs founding.

    Nowadays, largely estranged from the CA based institution it was founded at, the founder of the Claremont Institute's archives are actually held at Michigan's rural #HillsdaleCollege—a private, #conservative #ChristianAcademy headed by one of the institute’s 70's era original members.

    politico.com/news/magazine/202

    12ft.io/https://newrepublic.co

  14. J.D.Vance himself has admitted he is “plugged into a lot of weird, right-wing subcultures” and one of his faves is the obscure #ClaremontInstitute .

    Spawned in Southern California out of the teachings of an academia entrenched #BarryGoldwater speech writer named #HenryJaffa , since his death, it has found new life embracing 21st century figures like #CharlieKirk , #RonDeSantis , #JohnEastman and actively seeks out extremist #RWNJ sheriffs for intensive "fellowships".

    What #Politico terms "the intellectual nerve center of the Trumpist right " it's #thinktank was one of seven main influences recently highlighted as shaping recent #Catholic convert #JDVance and his #weird worldviews. Vance has eagerly embraced a host of #FarRight milieu members including members of secret societies, maverick publishers, and acolytes of advocates to "prioritize re-Christianizing America".

    #Claremont Institute has rebranded itself from its right wing roots in #academia to a more fearsome forefront of racially divisive anti-Democratic alt right think tanks and what one prominent former #GOP campaign manager called the "West Point of American fascism".

    Nowadays Claremont seeks out #socialmedia savvy and influential leaders, such as Vance, DeSantis & Josh Hawley who are white and wryly and openly contemptuous of the left, most minorities and even #democracy itself. Eagerly embracing divisions and propelling #MAGA Xtian supremacist ideologies, the place that brought you #Pizzagate is far from honest #AbeLincoln or other flag bearers of Claremont's #conservatism hailed at the orgs founding.

    Nowadays, largely estranged from the CA based institution it was founded at, the founder of the Claremont Institute's archives are actually held at Michigan's rural #HillsdaleCollege—a private, #conservative #ChristianAcademy headed by one of the institute’s 70's era original members.

    politico.com/news/magazine/202

    12ft.io/https://newrepublic.co

  15. J.D.Vance himself has admitted he is “plugged into a lot of weird, right-wing subcultures” and one of his faves is the obscure #ClaremontInstitute .

    Spawned in Southern California out of the teachings of an academia entrenched #BarryGoldwater speech writer named #HenryJaffa , since his death, it has found new life embracing 21st century figures like #CharlieKirk , #RonDeSantis , #JohnEastman and actively seeks out extremist #RWNJ sheriffs for intensive "fellowships".

    What #Politico terms "the intellectual nerve center of the Trumpist right " it's #thinktank was one of seven main influences recently highlighted as shaping recent #Catholic convert #JDVance and his #weird worldviews. Vance has eagerly embraced a host of #FarRight milieu members including members of secret societies, maverick publishers, and acolytes of advocates to "prioritize re-Christianizing America".

    #Claremont Institute has rebranded itself from its right wing roots in #academia to a more fearsome forefront of racially divisive anti-Democratic alt right think tanks and what one prominent former #GOP campaign manager called the "West Point of American fascism".

    Nowadays Claremont seeks out #socialmedia savvy and influential leaders, such as Vance, DeSantis & Josh Hawley who are white and wryly and openly contemptuous of the left most minorities and even democracy itself. Eagerly embracing divisions and propelling a MAGA Xtian supremacist ideologies that brought you Pizzagate is far from that of Lincoln or other flag bearers of Claremont's conservatism hailed at the orgs founding.

    Nowadays largely estranged from the CA based institution it was founded at, the founder of the Claremont Institute's archives are actually at Michigan's rural #HillsdaleCollege—a private, #conservative #ChristianAcademy headed by one of the institute’s 70's era founders.

    politico.com/news/magazine/202

    12ft.io/https://newrepublic.co

  16. Jesus! It's too hard to disbar crooked, disgraced lawyers. The wheels of justice are not merely slow--the tires are flat!

    #DisbarJohnEastman #JohnEastman #California #DC #ClaremontInstitute #GiftLink

    Trump lawyer John Eastman can’t pratice law in D.C. temporarily, court says
    wapo.st/44uJNsH

  17. From the article:

    Boise State University (BSU) professor and Claremont Institute scholar Scott Yenor was the hidden hand behind Action Idaho, a far-right online media platform that featured inflammatory rightwing commentary on politics in that state, documents obtained by the Guardian reveal.

    The documents, obtained through public records requests, also show that Yenor sought and received funding for the initiative from wealthy and influential donors like Claremont Institute board chair, Thomas D Klingenstein.

    He also attempted to hire a rising conservative writer, Pedro Gonzalez, to lead the initiative. Gonzalez was later embroiled in a controversy about antisemitic remarks he made in online chats in 2019 and 2020. They also show him tapping a network of expertise that overlaps both with the Claremont Institute and the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR), a secretive fraternal Christian Nationalist organization the Guardian has reported on extensively.

    #ClaremontInstitute #Idaho

    theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m

  18. When a judge rules that your ratfcking is worse than that committed by the guy who brought the term to public use, your career is hearing the undertaker's bell. #JohnEastman #GOPCrooks #ClaremontInstitute

    A California Judge Just Took Trump Lawyer John Eastman Out For a Walk esquire.com/news-politics/poli

  19. Those hoping for accountability for the architects of Donald Trump's anti-election scheme have reason to applaud the disbarment case against John Eastman. Great headline!

    Judge recommends disbarment for architect of Trump’s election plot msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m

    #GOP #GOPCoup #JohnEastman #NoRepublicansEverAgain #ClaremontInstitute

  20. #ChristianNationalism #SACR #ClaremontInstitute
    "The president of the rightwing Claremont Institute and another senior Claremont official are both closely involved with the shadowy Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR)..."

    Revealed: US conservative thinktank’s links to extremist fraternal order | US news | The Guardian

    "Claremont Institute officials closely involved with Society for American Civic Renewal, which experts say is rooted in Christian nationalism.'
    theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m

  21. Jason Wilson: US conservative thinktank’s links to extremist fraternal order: Claremont Institute officials closely involved with Society for American Civic Renewal, which experts say is rooted in Christian nationalism

    "The president of the rightwing Claremont Institute & another senior Claremont official are both closely involved with the shadowy Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR), an exclusive, men-only fraternal order which aims to replace the US government with an authoritarian “aligned regime”, & which experts say is rooted in extreme Christian nationalism & religious autocracy.

    The revelations emerge from documents gathered in public records requests, including emails between several senior members of SACR: Claremont president Ryan P Williams; its director of state coalitions & Boise State University professor Scott Yenor; and others including former soap manufacturer and would-be “warlord” Charles Haywood."

    #claremontinstitute #whitenationalism
    theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m

  22. Robert Hur better really want a nice job at the Heritage Foundation or the Claremont Institute (John Eastman's chair is available,) because he's otherwise a toxic partisan hack.

    #RobertHur #HeritageFoundation #ClaremontInstitute #GOPHack #GOP #Traitors

    Robert Hur’s Box-Checking emptywheel.net/2024/02/09/robe

  23. "Though on the surface this discussion might seem esoteric, experts who track extremism in the US say that due to their influence on the Republican party, the rightwing intellectuals who espouse these ideas about the attractions of autocracy present a profound threat to American democracy.

    Their calls for a 'red Caesar' are now only growing louder …."

    #democracy #authoritarianism #Caesarism #ClaremontInstitute #Republicans
    /2

  24. "For the last three years, parts of the American right have advocated a theory called Caesarism as an authoritarian solution to the claimed collapse of the US republic in conference rooms, podcasts and the house organs of the extreme right, especially those associated with the Claremont Institute thinktank."

    ~ Jason Wilson

    #democracy #authoritarianism #Caesarism #ClaremontInstitute #Republicans
    /1

    theguardian.com/world/2023/oct

  25. CW: USpol, fascism

    The "how often do men think about the Roman Empire" meme may seem harmless, but many who obsessively post online about this period are harbouring disturbing fantasies of authoritarianism. In the US, elements on the right are even openly calling for an end to their own Republic and instead for Caesarism. This is intellectualised fascism.

    theguardian.com/world/2023/oct

    #Caesarism #Fascism #ClaremontInstitute #RomanEmpire #RepublicanParty #USpolitics

  26. "the “New Right now often discusses a #RedCaesar, by which it means a leader whose post-Constitutional rule will restore the strength of his people.”

    ...anti-democracy arguments like Slack’s are gaining traction in the small but influential world of far-right think tanks like #Hillsdale & the #ClaremontInstitute.

    ...a dangerous #conspiracy theory taking root not just with obscure professors but with the iconoclastic #billionaires who back the right."
    inquirer.com/opinion/red-caesa

    #GOP #USPol #News

  27. "the “New Right now often discusses a #RedCaesar, by which it means a leader whose post-Constitutional rule will restore the strength of his people.”

    ...anti-democracy arguments like Slack’s are gaining traction in the small but influential world of far-right think tanks like #Hillsdale & the #ClaremontInstitute.

    ...a dangerous #conspiracy theory taking root not just with obscure professors but with the iconoclastic #billionaires who back the right."
    inquirer.com/opinion/red-caesa

    #GOP #USPol #News

  28. It's always interesting to me when a new name appears on my radar

    This Aug 2023 article reported that since 2020 Thomas Klingenstein (Claremont Institute's top donor and board chairman) contributed more than $11.6 million to Republican candidates and PACs

    #ThomasKlingenstein #ClaremontInstitute

    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/a