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Non-profit
The States United Democracy Center is a left-leaning election law organization that was founded in 2020 as the Voter Protection Program (not to be confused the Voter Protection Project, another left-leaning election advocacy organization). The organization was founded as one of many organizing coalitions and left-leaning strategy groups
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Government Agency
This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the Executive Office of the President. Nominations and Appointments Jen O’Malley Dillon is White House Deputy Chief of Staff. She was Campaign Manger for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, and prior to that for Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 campaign. She was a
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Government Agency
This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Labor. Nominations and Appointments Deborah Greenfield was Senior Advisor at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy until 2022.
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Government Agency
This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Justice. Nominations and Appointments Kristen Clarke is Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. Clarke was most recently the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
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Non-profit
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is a national organization comprised of government agencies, companies and associations that provides cyber-security consulting and information sharing services that is heavily funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. Among its many subject areas,
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Non-profit
California Voter Foundation (CVF) is an election policy and voter mobilization group. While CVF claims to be non-partisan for tax reasons, its leadership has associations with the Democratic Party, and it has taken funding from left-of-center foundations and organizations.
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For-profit
Metropolitan Group is a public relations firm that services many left-of-center organizations, including Fair Fight, the Kresge Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, Earthjustice, Interfaith Power & Light, Trust for America’s Health, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Power to Decide.
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Person
Justin Levitt is a left-of-center constitutional and voting scholar who was Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights in the Biden Administration from 2021 to 2022.1 Levitt previously worked in the
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Political Party/527
Pennsylvania Justice & Public Safety PAC is a left-of-center PAC that was created in 2019 to fund the unsuccessful campaign of Jack Stollsteimer, a progressive Democratic candidate for Delaware County District Attorney who ultimately withdrew from the race. The organization is the Pennsylvania branch of the vast “Safety and Justice” network,
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Person
Antony Blinken is a Democratic foreign-policy operative and U.S. Secretary of State in the Biden administration. 1 He started his career in 1993 in the
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Non-profit
Fix the Senate Now (FTSN) is a campaign that promotes changes to the procedures of the United States Senate that would make it easier for lawmakers to pass left-of-center policies. In particular, the campaign blames the “filibuster,” the Senate’s long-standing practice of requiring super-majority votes to end debate on legislation,
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Non-profit
The Free State Foundation (FSF) is a nonpartisan, right-of-center public policy think tank that advocates for laws and policies promoting free enterprise, limited government, and the rule of law. FSF’s primary focus is on eliminating what it deems to be unnecessary and counterproductive regulations affecting the technology and communications industries.
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Non-profit
The Institute for Free Speech (IFS; formerly the Center for Competitive Politics) is an activist organization that works to stop perceived threats to freedom of expression and assembly. The institute provides education and training, conducts research, engages in advocacy, and files lawsuits in order to achieve its objectives. IFS claims
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Non-profit
The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded by Libertarian Party activist Ed Crane, libertarian economist Murray Rothbard, and businessman Charles Koch, the organization conducts policy research in support of libertarian policies and has been credited with bringing libertarianism into the political mainstream.
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Non-profit
Virginia Progressive Prosecutors for Justice (VPPFJ) is a professional association of local prosecutors who support left-of-center criminal justice policies. VPPFJ is an outgrowth of the Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys (VACA), an ostensibly nonpartisan professional association of Virginia prosecutors. VACA and similar organizations often advocate for policies aligned with a
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Person
Wendy Weiser is a left-leaning attorney and elections activist who currently works as the director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, a left-leaning think tank and legal activist organization housed at the New York University Law School. Weiser’s work at the Brennan Center focuses around
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Person
Amber McReynolds is a left-of-center vote-by-mail advocate and member of the United States Postal Service board of governors, appointed in 2021 by President Joe Biden as an “independent,” a legal designation that observers dispute.
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Non-profit
Women’s Prison Association (WPA) is the oldest and first organization in the United States dedicated to working with women involved in the criminal justice system and their families. It operates mostly in and around New York City. In 2019, WPA was among a group of organizations that advocated for a
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Person
Roger Milliken, Jr. is an environmentalist and major left-of-center donor based in Maine. He is the husband of Margot Milliken and the son of late major conservative donor and textile tycoon Roger Milliken. Milliken, a timber company owner, is an avid environmentalist. He is the former chair of
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Government Agency
The Biden-Harris Transition refers to the process of transitioning the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. As part of that
