A small think tank's crusade against Obamacare is making some Republicans nervous - POLITICO

With its well-placed alumni network and aggressive advocacy, Paragon Health Institute is pressuring Republicans to let Obamacare subsidies expire despite urging from GOP centrists...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/obamacare-aca-subsidies-extension-trump-00589336

 

Think tank says Alito misconstrued its research in SC gerrymander case

"In sum, we agree with Alito when he noted that 'non-white voters turn out at a much lower rate than white voters.' But his conclusion that this fact means that racial data cannot be used to draw maps that could discriminate is simply not the case," Morris wrote. 

"What this data can and does establish, however, is that the Court's retreat from protecting voting rights for people of color has resulted in increasing gaps in participation in places like South Carolina," he concluded...

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4690200-think-tank-says-alito-misconstrued-research-sc-gerrymandering-case/

Republicans Are Transforming Federal Courts for the Next Generation

The Nation's Elie Mystal says Conservative think tanks and Senate Majority Leader McConnell are creating a right-wing federal court system with Trump's help that will affect generations to come https://youtu.be/wXS702TTRLw

George Soros and Charles Koch team up for a common cause: an end to “endless war” — Vox

The controversial billionaire philanthropists are launching a new anti-interventionist think tank.
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/1/20677441/soros-koch-end-interventionist-wars-military

Silicon Valley-Funded Privacy Think Tanks Fight in D.C. to Unravel State-Level Consumer Privacy Protections - The Intercept

Silicon Valley-funded privacy think tanks' positions on a federal online privacy bill mirror the tech industry's lobbying priorities.
https://theintercept.com/2019/04/16/consumer-privacy-laws-california/

You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead - Center for Public Integrity

Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks. Disguised as the work of lawmakers, these so-called "model" bills get copied in one state Capitol after another, quietly advancing the agenda of the people who write them. ....
https://publicintegrity.org/state-politics/copy-paste-legislate/you-elected-them-to-write-new-laws-theyre-letting-corporations-do-it-instead/

Microsoft says it found another Russian operation targeting prominent think tanks - The Washington Post

Microsoft said it had found and attempted to disrupt a "spear-phishing" attack by Russian intelligence aimed at groups that had criticized Russia...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/02/20/microsoft-says-it-has-found-another-russian-operation-targeting-prominent-think-tanks/

How Catholics became the brains of the Religious Right -- even though it's evangelicals who brought the votes - Raw Story

Catholics make up a disproportionate share of the intelligentsia of the religious Right in the United States. Although they constitute only a fifth of the US population (and white Catholics make up less than 12 per cent of the US population), they maintain a high profile among conservative think tanks, universities and professional organisations. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/catholics-became-brains-religious-right-even-though-evangelicals-brought-votes/

Trump Insisted Russia Is Now on the Democrats’ Side. This Growing List of Hacks Proves Otherwise - Mother Jones

In a startling announcement Tuesday, Microsoft revealed that the same Kremlin-backed military intelligence unit believed to have carried out the 2016 hacking of the Democratic National Committee attempted last week to target the US Senate and conservative think tanks that have broken with President Donald Trump. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/08/russian-hackers-midterm-elections-trump/

Koch Brothers-Backed Effort to Sabotage Unions Uses Secret “Tool Kit” to Encourage Members to Quit

Internal documents obtained by The Guardian show how a network of right-wing think tanks have launched a nationwide effort to convince members of public sector unions to stop paying dues.....
Interview:
https://youtu.be/SegSQiIGKew

They’re the think tank pushing for welfare work requirements. Republicans say they’re experts. Economists call it ‘junk science.’ - The Washington Post

The Foundation for Government Accountability think tank has close ties to conservative governors in Kansas, Maine and Mississippi — and an outsize influence on Republican debate over work requirements for food stamps. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/18/theyre-the-think-tank-pushing-for-welfare-work-requirements-republicans-say-theyre-experts-economists-call-it-junk-science/

As Conservative Group Grows In Influence, Financial Dealings Enrich Its Leaders — ProPublica

 Well before John Tillman began running the Illinois Policy Institute a decade ago, the nonprofit think tank was calling for major reforms to state government, especially its finances. But few in Springfield — or elsewhere in Illinois — paid attention. ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-policy-institute-john-tillman-transactions#140004