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The Rainey Center’s 2026 National Summit is coming to Walt Disney World, December 7–9 2026.
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"Non-traditional conservatives" That's how Rainey Center President @sarahehunt01 introduced the Rainey Center - One of the only center-right shops with active relationships across the full bench, because policy is an ecosystem that runs up and down the food chain. Contrarian,
Many thanks to @AEI and @dpletka for hosting me, Zainab Zeb Kahn @MALANational , and Zainab Al-Zuwaij @Zainab17 this afternoon. What a wonderful discussion about our new poll, “Muslim American Identity at America’s 250.” (Link below)
Rules established. Capital invested. Administration changes. Rules reversed. Capital stranded. Repeat. Our CEO @sarahehunt01 argues the federal government is increasingly in the business of negotiating one-off deals to unwind its own decisions and Congress has both the authority
When we talk about "investor confidence," we're not just talking about energy companies. We're talking about the pension funds, the endowments, and the retirement systems that millions of Americans depend on. @sarahehunt01 explains who really bears the cost when government
Energy companies are now receiving competing demands from two levels of government at the same time, each advancing a different view of the public interest.
@sarahehunt01 breaks down what that impossible position means for the broader investment environment and why it can't
State-level bans on climate systems engineering aren't a settled political position - they're a symptom of a governance vacuum.
@sarahehunt01: If you fill that vacuum with monitoring and transparency, opinions change quickly. Republicans support oversight by an 8-to-1 margin.
New op-ed from Rainey Center Fellow Devan Patel in the Washington Examiner:
On AI, the Pope and the president agree more than you think. Children's safety. Human dignity. Countering China's surveillance model. The Magnifica Humanitas and American AI policy share more
The Bluepoint dispute isn't really about offshore wind. Our CEO, Sarah E. Hunt, argues it's about something more fundamental: whether government agreements retain their value when political priorities shift. If investors can't trust that approved projects survive the next
America is in a global race for energy leadership and 10 years of bipartisan work is bearing fruit. We must keep the momentum going to lead the world in nuclear.
@jharrell before @HouseCommerce 👇
"I'm not going to fight over whether nuclear or wind or solar or natural gas is the best form of electricity. We need to build all of it that is feasible." @sarahehunt01
The goal isn't ideology, it's supply diversity, energy security, and winning.
#EnergyPolicy#AllOfTheAbove
Not a hypothetical.
A significant amount of American home security systems and internet activity is stored on servers in China. This isn't a tech problem. It's an energy infrastructure problem. And building more is one of the most direct national security arguments we have.
The conversations have to happen somewhere. The Rainey Center is making sure they do.
How do we build what America needs to win the AI arms race with China?
#EnergizeAmerica2030#EnergyPolicy#RaineyCenter