https://freerepublic.com/tag/rinosvslunitarians/ en-us Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:05:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4358772/posts Former Vice President Mike Pence did not mince words about the mass exodus from the influential Heritage Foundation to his own group, Advancing American Freedom, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Monday. The Journal reported that AAF was “slated to hire about 15 of Heritage’s employees including several of its prominent leaders” on Monday, and Pence told the outlet that he believes Heritage has “fallen” and “abandoned its principles” in recent years. “Why these people are coming our way is that Heritage and some other voices and commentators have embraced big-government populism and have been willing to... Mediaite https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4358772/posts#comment Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:05:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4358553/posts Among those joining AAF are John Malcolm, the head of the foundation’s legal and judicial studies center, Kevin Dayaratna, the head of the foundation’s data analysis center and Richard Stern, the director of the foundation’s economic policy studies institute. AAF says it is bringing on about a dozen other staff members. Malcolm is taking seven members of his center’s team. The Wall Street Journal via MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4358553/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:39:32 GMT