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    data nerd in politics, I can also be found @charlotteeffect on Twitter and bluesky

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    Senior Fellow, Searchlight Institute; Fellow, Watson School at Brown University's Watson School; Author, "Why Nothing Work: Who Killed Progress--And How to Bring It Back."

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    Fellow @Searchlight Institute

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    Blas has been working for more than 20 years on homeland security, immigration, border, and trade issues. He has served in senior roles at the White House, the U.S. Senate, and the Department of Homeland Security.

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    VP @ Searchlight Institute | Senate Snob™ | Cynically Happy Warrior

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    Analytics Associate at the Searchlight Institute

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    President and Founder at the Searchlight Institute | Author of KILL SWITCH and SUPERMAJORITY coming soon from W. W. Norton

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    policy and things @ searchlight

  • Will Raderman

    Senior Policy Advisor at the Searchlight Institute. Formerly a Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center, a Research Fellow at Boston University, & a Field Organizer at Bernie Sanders for President. MSc in Population Health.

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    Mara Keisling is a Senior Fellow at Searchlight. She has spent over 30 years as a trans activist including almost 20 as the Founding Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.

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    Energy and climate politics and policy. Formerly White House Climate, Executive Director of Blue Horizons Foundation, Stripe Climate, Hewlett Foundation, Spitzer Trust. PhD UC Berkeley.

  • Daniel Delgado

    Immigration Nerd. Policy Wonk. Coffee Enthusiast. Senior Fellow @ the Searchlight Institute. Former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy.

  • Eliot Wertheimer

    Mainer at Tufts studying politics.

  • Emily Kraschel

    Tax Policy (and sometimes trade) at Searchlight Institute

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