Friday, December 26, 2025

Heritage Foundation undergoes mass staff exodus, the entire legal and economic policy staff departed

Bad news! This headline got my attention as the Heritage Foundation is a former employer of mine under the presidency of Ed Feulner!

I am not sure the presidents of the THF including the current Mr. Kevin Roberts (2021-) were good choices following co-founder and president Edwin Feulner (1977-2013, he passed away in 2025). His predecessor was Kay Coles James (2018-2021), she was preceded by Jim DeMint (2013-2017).

Weak or wrong leadership can ruin any institution.

"Nearly the entire legal and economic policy staff of the Heritage Foundation is departing the conservative think tank, and many will be taking up posts at Advancing American Freedom (AAF), a nonprofit founded in 2021 by former Vice President Mike Pence. The mass exodus represents a dramatic rebuke of Heritage President Kevin Roberts in the wake of his refusal to retract an October video defending Tucker Carlson for conducting a friendly interview with the antisemitic influencer Nick Fuentes. ..."

Heritage Foundation undergoes mass staff exodus as cracks open on the New Right "The divisions are no longer just between pro-Trump and anti-Trump conservatives."


Ed Feulner


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