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Why a new conservative brain trust is resettling across America: Pro-Donald Trump professionals aren’t just talking about remaking Western civilization

Posted by an_angry_tiger
Tags: politics, usa, republican party, presidents, donald trump, conservatism, claremont institute, author.ruth graham, source.the new york times, paywall
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/us/claremont-institute-trump-conservatives.html

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Title
Why a New Conservative Brain Trust Is Resettling Across America
Published
Jul 4 2024
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1960 words

6 comments

  1. chundissimo
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    I mean if it just came down to conservatives wanting to live near other conservatives and have a nice little community of likeminded folks that’s obviously a perfectly fine goal. But the darker...

    I mean if it just came down to conservatives wanting to live near other conservatives and have a nice little community of likeminded folks that’s obviously a perfectly fine goal.

    But the darker goals of “re-Christianization” and destroying the federal government, along with the typical bigotry that comes with their hyper nationalistic brand of religion are endlessly terrifying.

    It particularly upsets me that the country is largely unaware or uncaring of these quiet but powerful movements. Whenever I warn the conservatives in my life about this sort of thing they brush it off with “just a few crazies” or “liberals do the same”.

    35 votes
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    TMarkos
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    Disturbed at the uncritical and blithe statements in here about the mission and values of these groups. I know the NYT's reporting has been sliding right lately, but I didn't think I'd see such a...

    Disturbed at the uncritical and blithe statements in here about the mission and values of these groups. I know the NYT's reporting has been sliding right lately, but I didn't think I'd see such a fawning piece over extremist Christian nationalists. Even from a neutral reporting position it is irresponsible to characterize such groups by their stated values and not by the radical positions they seek for American society, including the intrusion of Christianity into government, the marginalization of non-white groups, the weakening of womens' rights and the dangerous centralization of power into the courts and executive branches to ensure that their agenda is not uprooted by something as trivial as the will of the governed.

    28 votes
    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      They also just posted a whole "Why I don't vote" OP-Ed from a man that did in fact vote in the past two elections. Just... Wild choices lately.

      They also just posted a whole "Why I don't vote" OP-Ed from a man that did in fact vote in the past two elections. Just... Wild choices lately.

      18 votes
  3. Goodtoknow
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    Movements like this are terrifying. The religious zealot ghouls are trying to use Handmaids Tale/Giliad as instructions for reshaping the country in their image. The left needs stronger leadership...

    Movements like this are terrifying. The religious zealot ghouls are trying to use Handmaids Tale/Giliad as instructions for reshaping the country in their image. The left needs stronger leadership and vision forward to push against this as hard they can. I'm Canadian and only feel partially insolated, but this shit creeps up here to.

    19 votes
  4. an_angry_tiger
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    The Claremont Institute has been located in Southern California since its founding in the late 1970s. From its perch in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, it has become a leading intellectual center of the pro-Trump right.

    Without fanfare, however, some of Claremont’s key figures have been leaving California to find ideologically friendlier climes. Ryan P. Williams, the think tank’s president, moved to a suburb in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in early April.

    His friend and Claremont colleague Michael Anton — a California native who played a major role in 2016 to convince conservative intellectuals to vote for Mr. Trump — moved to the Dallas area two years ago. The institute’s vice president for operations and administration has moved there, too. Others are following. Mr. Williams opened a small office in another Dallas-Fort Worth suburb in May, and said he expects to shrink Claremont’s California headquarters.

    “A lot of us share a sense that Christendom is unraveling,” said Skyler Kressin, 38, who is friendly with the Claremont leaders and shares many of their concerns. He left Southern California to move to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in 2020. “We need to be engaged, we need to be building.”

    3 votes