The State Policy Network (SPN) is a Heritage Foundation spinoff created by Heritage Board member Thomas Roe in the early 90’s. While the focus of Heritage is control of federal policy, the goal of SPN is to control policy at the state level across all 50 states by using a network of think tanks that promote the same propaganda in every state to influence local government. The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions

Inspired by Ronald Reagan and funded by the right’s richest donors, a web of free-market think tanks has fueled the nationwide attack on workers’ rights.

Link to New Orleans subreddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans/comments/1n2cngx/complete_lists_of_speakers_at_the_33rd_annual/

Lemmy links with the actual speakers list if you prefer not to deal with Reddit at all: Complete lists of speakers at the 33rd annual State Policy Network meeting in New Orleans Pt 1/4

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https://toad.social/@PimentoMori/115107038669703197

I spotted a couple so far, but there are way too many for me to get through alone and today is the last day of the event:

Featured keynote speaker for SPN’s conference in the Big Easy is Arthur Brooks, formerly Paul Ryan’s favorite policy creator turned happiness guru

If you’re anti affirmative action and a fan of warrantless wiretap, you won’t want to miss former circuit court nominee Robert Alt’s advice on how to achieve the state policies you desire. Today at SPN’s conference from 3:30-4:15.

Mike Benz, who spread conspiracy theories that helped Elon Musk defund USAID, will be giving a talk about free speech tomorrow at SPN. I too am a fan of free speech.

Hans von Spakovsky, the author of Project 2025, who spoke in New Orleans this morning, asked this past May “How much due process do undocumented immigrants really need?”

  • SereneSadieEnglish
    3·
    20 days ago

    I swear, I haven’t seen or heard of a single ‘think tank’ that wasn’t outright fascist, or at the very least callously self-absorbed in the case of a fictional one in Star Trek Voyager.

    Is dogwhistle even appropriate at this stage? When it’s just so blatant a pattern?

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      There are definitely think tanks that aren’t fascist. Unfortunately you just never hear about them, bc the ones you do hear about are the ones corporations dump money into to create the influence they want lobbied to politicians.

      For some reason, most corporations and donors don’t want to fund non-fascist think tanks.