#USpol

"Think tanks are as American as baseball, jazz & apple pie. They perform an unsung role in holding governments accountable at all levels."

*Many* probably are perfoming that useful function.

And then, there are the rotton apples like the #HeritageFoundation and the #FederalistSociety (less think tank), that have been working on what I call the #CounterReconstruction since their founding.

Also, there is the institutionalized "initial economic sin:"

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