Project 2025

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What is Project 2025"

Project 2025, also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project,^[5] is a political initiative published by the American conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation in 2023. The project aims to promote conservative and right-wing policies to reshape the federal government of the United States and consolidate executive power after Donald Trump is inaugurated into office following the 2024 presidential election.

 

Project 2025 is the ninth iteration of the Mandate for Leadership series, published since 1981. The project asserts a controversial interpretation of the unitary executive theory, according to which the entire executive branch is under the complete control of the U.S. president. It proposes reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers as political appointees in order to replace them with people loyal to the president.^[12] Proponents of the project argue it would dismantle what they view as a vast, unaccountable, and mostly liberal governmental bureaucracy.^[13] The project also seeks to infuse the government and society with conservative Christian values.^] Critics have characterised Project 2025 as an authoritarian, Christian nationalist plan to steer the U.S. toward autocracy. Legal experts have said it would undermine the rule of law,^[19] separation of powers,^[7] separation of church and state, and civil liberties.

 

Project 2025 envisions sweeping changes to economic and social policies and the federal government and its agencies. The plan proposes taking partisan control of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Commerce, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), dismantling the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and abolishing the Department of Education, whose programs would be transferred or terminated.

 

It calls for making the National Institutes of Health (NIH) less independent, stopping it from funding research with embryonic stem cells, and reducing environmental and climate change regulations to favor fossil fuels. The blueprint seeks to institute tax cuts, but its writers disagree on protectionism. The project seeks to cut Medicare and Medicaid,^[ and urges the government to explicitly reject abortion as health care. It seeks to eliminate coverage of emergency contraception and use the Comstock Act to prosecute those who send and receive contraceptives and abortion pills. 

 

It proposes criminalising pornography and imprisoning those who produce it, removing legal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,and terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs while having the DOJ prosecute "anti-white racism" instead. The project recommends the arrest, detention, and mass deportation of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. It proposes deploying the military for domestic law enforcement. It promotes capital punishment and the speedy "finality" of those sentences. 

This plan is a modern day equivalent to the 11935 Nuremberg Laws in Germany. 

Edited November 8, 2024 by DUI_Offender

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Project 2025: 

You voted for it, America. You dug your own grave.

Edited November 8, 2024 by DUI_Offender

[gatomontes99]

Trump broke you.

[User]

Another crappy trolling thread. 

[Fluffypants]

18 minutes ago, DUI_Offender said:

What is Project 2025"

Project 2025, also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project,^[5] is a political initiative published by the American conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation in 2023. The project aims to promote conservative and right-wing policies to reshape the federal government of the United States and consolidate executive power after Donald Trump is inaugurated into office following the 2024 presidential election.

 

Project 2025 is the ninth iteration of the Mandate for Leadership series, published since 1981. The project asserts a controversial interpretation of the unitary executive theory, according to which the entire executive branch is under the complete control of the U.S. president. It proposes reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers as political appointees in order to replace them with people loyal to the president.^[12] Proponents of the project argue it would dismantle what they view as a vast, unaccountable, and mostly liberal governmental bureaucracy.^[13] The project also seeks to infuse the government and society with conservative Christian values.^] Critics have characterised Project 2025 as an authoritarian, Christian nationalist plan to steer the U.S. toward autocracy. Legal experts have said it would undermine the rule of law,^[19] separation of powers,^[7] separation of church and state, and civil liberties.

 

Project 2025 envisions sweeping changes to economic and social policies and the federal government and its agencies. The plan proposes taking partisan control of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Commerce, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), dismantling the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and abolishing the Department of Education, whose programs would be transferred or terminated.

 

It calls for making the National Institutes of Health (NIH) less independent, stopping it from funding research with embryonic stem cells, and reducing environmental and climate change regulations to favor fossil fuels. The blueprint seeks to institute tax cuts, but its writers disagree on protectionism. The project seeks to cut Medicare and Medicaid,^[ and urges the government to explicitly reject abortion as health care. It seeks to eliminate coverage of emergency contraception and use the Comstock Act to prosecute those who send and receive contraceptives and abortion pills. 

 

It proposes criminalising pornography and imprisoning those who produce it, removing legal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,and terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs while having the DOJ prosecute "anti-white racism" instead. The project recommends the arrest, detention, and mass deportation of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. It proposes deploying the military for domestic law enforcement. It promotes capital punishment and the speedy "finality" of those sentences. 

This plan is a modern day equivalent to the 11935 Nuremberg Laws in Germany. 

You are more than welcome to leave the US. If you think Trump is that bad then it would benefit you to leave because we all know what fascist dictators do to dissentors.

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16 minutes ago, User said:

Another crappy trolling thread. 

I'm so glad I ahve most of your posts on ignore. I just clicked to see if you had anything insightful.

Sadly, that was not the case. 

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1 hour ago, Fluffypants said:

You are more than welcome to leave the US. If you think Trump is that bad then it would benefit you to leave because we all know what fascist dictators do to dissentors.

lol...this is a Canadian forum, skippy.

[Fluffypants]

Just now, DUI_Offender said:

lol...this is a Canadian forum, skippy.

I know but you are acting as if you live here. What are you so worried about then. You seem awfully invested in what happens here.

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1 minute ago, Fluffypants said:

I know but you are acting as if you live here. What are you so worried about then. You seem awfully invested in what happens here.

It's a Canadian forum, skippy.  The forum is intended for Canadians to talk about local, national, and international events.

Maybe try an American forum, if you don't like Canadians commenting on American politics.

[CdnFox]

3 hours ago, Fluffypants said:

You are more than welcome to leave the US. 

He's an Alberan I believe

[CdnFox]

3 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

I'm so glad I ahve most of your posts on ignore. I just clicked to see if you had anything insightful.

Sadly, that was not the case. 

Dude you are a mess. Surely to god there's real things that trump really actually intends to do that we could talk about instead of this nonsense fake garbage that Kamala just lost an election trying to sell.

Let's talk about what we're likely to see in his economic plans, let's talk about possible solutions for Ukraine that he might propose, let's talk about the reality behind his proposed tariffs and what's likely to happen versus what's been said. Let's talk about what he should do with NATO. Let's talk about how he would even begin to think about deporting all of these Mexicans.

Those are real things that he's really probably going to address to one degree or another. This whole project 2025 thing is a complete joke

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On 11/7/2024 at 9:51 PM, CdnFox said:

 

Those are real things that he's really probably going to address to one degree or another. This whole project 2025 thing is a complete joke

With each passing day since Trump's election win, Project 2025 looks more and more like it will eventually be implemented, especially considering who trump has appointed to important positions in his new cabinet.

[CouchPotato]

4 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

With each passing day since Trump's election win, Project 2025 looks more and more like it will eventually be implemented, especially considering who trump has appointed to important positions in his new cabinet.

Care to elaborate?

[CdnFox]

6 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

With each passing day since Trump's election win, Project 2025 looks more and more like it will eventually be implemented, especially considering who trump has appointed to important positions in his new cabinet.

Only in the minds of deranged lunatics who seek conspiracy everywhere.

It's pretty obvious the path trump is going to walk, and it's not project 2025. He's setting up for two things, the first is to address the economy and government waste to get spending down and the second is to punish those who used lawfare against him in the past and to discourages use in the future.

I don't think he has any interest in the slightestand carrying on the culture wars. He wants to get results that people can feel in their pocketbook and set the stage for the next republican leader.

Plus some trolling.  I see he's already yanking the left's chain about sticking in for another term  

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16 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

I don't think he has any interest in the slightestand carrying on the culture wars. He wants to get results that people can feel in their pocketbook and set the stage for the next republican leader.

Trump was a compete failure during his first term, in that regard.  Then again, Trump failed at nearly every business venture he tried,

Then again "at first you don't succeed, try, try again."

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Project 2025's creator is 'ecstatic' over Trump's terrible cabinet picks

 

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As the rest of the world scratches their heads at Trump's bizarre and unqualified cabinet picks, Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, said that he is "ecstatic."

Roberts told right-wing extremist host Steve Gruber that the president-elect's choices are "sending signals that you better go back if you're here illegally."

"Honestly, I’m ecstatic,” Roberts said. “I mean, this is exceeding our expectations and our expectations were high because President-elect Trump, of course, has a proven record."

For those who aren't MAGA loyalists, Trump's appointments have been baffling. He chose anti-vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, who has a long history of embracing conspiracy theories, and has been rebuked by his famous family. Kennedy believes, among many other falsehoods, that the environment turns children transgender (it doesn't), that vaccines cause autism (they don't), and that HIV does not cause AIDS (it does).

Trump has appointed Matt Gaetz to Attorney General, who has been the subject of an investigation by the House Ethics Committee over claims he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, who he allegedly paid to travel with him. Gaetz has also been accused of paying a minor girl for sex.

Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, opposes women and transgender people in combat roles, and admitted to not washing his hands because he doesn't believe in germs.

"I do have to say my favorite, which would surprise no one including the President-elect, [is] Tom Homan, our visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation, as border czar, who's already just sending signals that you better go back if you're here illegally," Roberts continued. "But all of the names that you mentioned and then some that are rumored to be named in the next couple of days, this has the making of one of the best cabinets in modern American history and that is fitting because there is a lot of work ahead."

Roberts' organization, the Heritage Foundation, has a long history of opposing LGBTQ+ rights, as well as fighting against marriage equality, protections for LGBTQ+ workers, and healthcare for transgender youth. The conservative think-tank is also the source of Project 2025, the over 900-page policy blueprint for a second Trump administration that includes dismantling LGBTQ+ rights, banning abortion, and implementing loyalty tests for government employees.

Roberts recently said on Bloomberg Podcasts' Balance of Power that "because the work of Project 2025 represents the conservative movement, it would be very difficult for anybody to implement policies on education, on the border, on taxation, without at least consulting those ideas and people."

[CouchPotato]

33 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

It's pretty obvious the path trump is going to walk, and it's not project 2025.

In the leftist mind though, no matter what happens, he will have implemented Project 2025. It's close to a thousand pages long, and while I have not read it, there are bound to be some really good ideas in there. A lot of them will just be things conservatives have wanted for years and were open about wanting for years. So if Trump does anything similar to any of the things proposed in the document, it will be confirmation for them that he was always secretly on board with it.

Edited November 16, 2024 by CouchPotato

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Project 2025 Leader Is ‘Ecstatic,’ Says Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are ‘Exceeding Our Expectations’

Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, also released his book this week...which had been delayed until after the election so Project 2025 wouldn't cause any more controversy for the Trump campaign. 

By Kylie Cheung  |  November 14, 2024 | 5:38pm

Photo: ScreenshotPolitics Project 2025 

 For months, Donald Trump denied any knowledge of or connection to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s far-right agenda for his second term. The 900-page policy plan details how to enforce a national abortion ban without passing any new laws, how to surveil abortion seekers, how to ban porn, execute a mass deportation campaign, and more—and, suffice to say, it was not popular. But Trump and JD Vance’s ties to it were inextricable; most of its writers were former Trump advisers, and Vance, himself, wrote the introduction to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ book. So, in August, with Roberts’ book just weeks away from being published with a glowing endorsement from Vance, he postponed its publication to… this week. It was a cynical, obvious ploy to mitigate controversy and attention on Project 2025.

But now that Trump has won, it appears there’s no need for anyone—not Trump, not his surrogates, and certainly not Roberts—to pretend Project 2025 isn’t very much real and all but inevitable. On Wednesday, Roberts appeared on the right-wing Steve Gruber Show to promote his book, and when asked about Trump’s recent cabinet appointments, the Project 2025 architect made it clear that everything’s going according to plan. “Honestly, I’m ecstatic,” he told Gruber. “I mean, this is exceeding our expectations and our expectations were high because President-elect Trump, of course, has a proven record.” Roberts even raved that “this has the making of one of the best cabinets in modern American history, and that is fitting because there is a lot of work ahead.” In turn, Gruber, a middle-aged man, embarrassingly gushed that the cabinet Trump is assembling is akin to “the Avengers.” 

 

Because Project 2025 is focused on policy changes that a presidential administration can make directly without help from Congress, Roberts’ suggestion that this could be “one of the best cabinets” in history is especially terrifying. So far, Trump has appointed an unhygienic Fox News host to be secretary of defense, right-wing provocateur Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence, noted war hawk Marco Rubio to be secretary of state, and, on Wednesday, alleged human trafficker and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) to run the Justice Department. Gaetz holds an aggressively anti-abortion record and, as Project 2025 lays out, the DOJ can effectively ban the mailing of abortion pills in all states by enforcing the Comstock Act of 1873. 

Earlier this year, Trump said he’d look into restrictions on birth control after significantly cutting funding for family planning in his first term. The policing of not just abortion but all reproductive health, including birth control, is an obsession in Roberts’ new book, Dawn’s Early Light. “It’s true that contraceptives give families more control over when they have children,” he writes. “But the creators of the technologies wanted to go much further than controlling a natural process; they wanted everyone in our culture, regardless of their beliefs or choices about contraceptives, to believe that having kids is an optional individual choice instead of a social expectation or a transcendent gift.” This is the book that Vance, our new vice president-elect, wrote a foreword for and fully endorsed. 

Elsewhere in the book, which comes amid rising conservative attacks on IVF, Roberts criticizes the fertility service for having “the added effect of incentivizing women to delay trying to start a family, often leading to added problems when the time comes.”

At a book party for Roberts earlier this week, the Intelligencer’s Sarah Jones tried to speak to conservative attendees about Project 2025; she said they found Trump’s connections to it “tenuous” and shrugged off the plan as typical liberal hysteria: “They made it sound like a conspiracy theory. Very silly,” one partygoer told Jones. Many of Project 2025’s writers formerly served in the Trump administration and were picked by Trump to write the 2024 Republican Party platform. In 2018, two years into Trump’s first term, the Heritage Foundation boasted that then-President Trump had implemented two-thirds of the agenda they wrote for him at the time. 

With the election behind them, top Trump allies and right-wing thought leaders are no longer being shy about their intentions with Project 2025. The morning after the election, Matt Walsh, the far-right podcaster who holds an unhealthy obsession with children’s genitals, tweeted, “Now that the election is over I think we can finally say that yeah actually Project 2025 is the agenda. Lol.” Benny Johnson, another far-right influencer who often collaborates with Republicans, tweeted that same day, “It is my honor to inform you all that Project 2025 was real the whole time.” A Texas Republican Party official said, “Can we admit now that we are going to implement Project 2025?”

Speaking to Gruber, Roberts compared Trump to a “great CEO,” because “the one thing that they do really well is appoint talented people to implement plans.” Unfortunately, there’s nothing “tenuous” about what’s likely to happen next.

 

source: https://www.jezebel.com/project-2025-leader-is-ecstatic-says-trumps-cabinet-picks-are-exceeding-our-expectations

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6 minutes ago, CouchPotato said:

In the leftist mind though, no matter what happens, he will have implemented Project 2025. It's close to a thousand pages long, and while I have not read it, there are bound to be some really good ideas in there. A lot of them will just be things conservatives have wanted for years and were open about wanting for years. So if Trump does anything similar to any of the things proposed in the document, it will be confirmation for them that he was always secretly on board with it.

Why do you post about issues you ahve not even bothered to research? 

[CouchPotato]

Just now, DUI_Offender said:

Why do you post about issues you ahve not even bothered to research? 

Have you read it?

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Just now, CouchPotato said:

Have you read it?

Yes.

[CouchPotato]

2 minutes ago, DUI_Offender said:

Yes.

Assuming that is true, are you asserting that everything proposed in it is some nefarious, theocratic policy?

[CdnFox]

4 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

Trump was a compete failure during his first term, in that regard.  Then again, Trump failed at nearly every business venture he tried,

Then again "at first you don't succeed, try, try again."

Did quite well in his first term. Not as well as he'd like to say he did, but he did a pretty solid performance. By every reasonable metric if I just took the data and showed it to someone and said what do you think of this president they'd say that's pretty good.

The problem is no matter how well he did you guys are going to say he did horrible because if he didn't,.......  WHY WOULDN'T  people want to vote for him?

Biden did crappy and the people know it. Trump did fine and the people know it. And having compared the two they've come back and said we absolutely want more trump if our other choice is someone like Biden and Kamala insisted she was just like Biden

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24 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Did quite well in his first term.

Yes, Trump did quite well under his first term.

Except for the being the only President in history to have a net job loss

Except for the being the President  to have a record deficit

Except his pandemic response was by far, the worst out of all first World countries

Except his handling of the pandemic led to over 1,000,000 deaths.

Aside from that, he did a great job....lol. 

Edited November 16, 2024 by DUI_Offender

[Matthew]

4 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

Why do you post about issues you ahve not even bothered to research? 

The fascists on this board would obviously all cum in their pants if they read it. They only deny its relevance out of a need to be oppositional.

The narrative on the left has been inaccurate--that its some kind of trump playbook. Trump is completely ignorant of policy and governing, and has no conservative principles. So this is an effort by an outside conservatives group to mobilize the bureaucracy for their ends, given trumps failure to implement policy in his first term.