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Immigration Nerd. Policy Wonk. Coffee Enthusiast. Senior Fellow @ the Searchlight Institute. Former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy.
Analytics Associate at the Searchlight Institute
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.
data nerd in politics, I can also be found @charlotteeffect on Twitter and bluesky
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.
President and Founder at the Searchlight Institute | Author of KILL SWITCH and SUPERMAJORITY coming soon from W. W. Norton
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.
policy and things @ searchlight
VP @ Searchlight Institute | Senate Snob™ | Cynically Happy Warrior
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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Chief of Staff at the Searchlight Institute. Pittsburgher in DC.
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Communication and political strategist with 20+ years of experience in red states. Former communications director for Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansans for Constitutional Freedom. Lifelong Kansan.
Communicator, Washingtonian, Alum of U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of the Treasury. ANC Commissioner.
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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