It’s a big week for American Compass, a think tank founded in 2020 that fancies itself as the “pre-eminent alternative to the Old Right’s market fundamentalism.” On the heels of its new policy book, Rebuilding American Capitalism, it hosts an event on Capitol Hill today with multiple Republican senators.
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Miguella Marcarew and John Fluharty hold their daughter, Zana Fluharty, outside of their home in the Huntington Terrace neighborhood on September 24, 2022, in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo by Maansi Srivastava/Washington Post/Getty Images)
Miguella Marcarew and John Fluharty hold their daughter, Zana Fluharty, outside of their home in the Huntington Terrace neighborhood on September 24, 2022, in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo by Maansi Srivastava/Washington Post/Getty Images)



