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Friday, July 05, 2024

Kevin Roberts took over the presidency of the Heritage Foundation in 2021, and he shifted it from a conservative think tank to an organization devoted to "institutionalizing Trumpism."

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So now you know why Trump praises Orban and hosts him at Mar-a-Lago:

In 2023, Roberts brought the Heritage Foundation into a formal partnership with Hungary's Danube Institute, a think tank overseen by a foundation that is directly funded by the Hungarian government; as journalist Casey Michel reported, it is, "for all intents and purposes, a state-funded front for pushing pro-Orbn rhetoric." . . . Roberts has called modern Hungary "not just a model for conservative statecraft but the model."

Orbn has been open about his determination to overthrow the concept of western democracy and replace it with what he has, on different occasions, called "illiberal democracy" or "Christian democracy." He wants to replace the multiculturalism at the heart of democracy with Christian culture, stop the immigration that he believes undermines Hungarian culture, and reject "adaptable family models" in favor of "the Christian family model." He is moving Hungary away from the stabilizing international systems supported by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

No matter what he calls it, Orbn's model is not democracy at all. As soon as he retook office in 2010, he began to establish control over the media, cracking down on those critical of his far-right political party, Fidesz, and rewarding those who toed the party line. In 2012 his supporters rewrote the country's constitution to strengthen his hand, and extreme gerrymandering gave his party more power while changes to election rules benefited his campaigns. Increasingly, he used the power of the state to concentrate wealth among his cronies, and he reworked the country's judicial system and civil service system to stack it with his loyalists, who attacked immigrants, women, and the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals. While Hungary still holds elections, state control of the media and the apparatus of voting means that it is impossible for the people of Hungary to remove him from power.

Trump supporters have long admired Orbn's nationalism and centering of Christianity, while the fact that Hungary continues to have elections enables them to pretend that the country remains a democracy.

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-07-05 09:06 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

It all goes back to the "Likud Model" and that is why Hungary and Israel have such "warm" relations.

#2 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-07-05 07:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Today on Truth Social, Donald Trump disavowed Project 2025, claiming to know nothing about it or who is behind it.

But is that really true? Don't count on it."

www.youtube.com

@ 4 min

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-05 07:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

From the Foreward written by Roberts on page 13 of Project 2025:

PROMISE #4 SECURE OUR GOD-GIVEN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO ENJOY "THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY.

When the Founders spoke of pursuit of Happiness,' what they meant might be understood today as in essence "pursuit of Blessedness." That is, an individual must be free to live as his Creator ordained--to flourish. Our Constitution grants each of us the liberty to do not what we want, but what we ought. This pursuit of the good life is found primarily in family--marriage, children, Thanksgiving dinners, and the like.

static.project2025.org

#4 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-07-05 09:29 PM | Reply

"Our Constitution grants each of us the liberty to do not what we want, but what we ought."

Too bad they don't apply this principle to Donald Trump or to themselves.

#5 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-07-05 09:39 PM | Reply

Democrats are desperately trying to push project 2025 as a new threat in order to distract from Biden's abhorrent debate performance and genocide stance.

In reality, it's the same plan they've had/been enacting for over a decade now. They just gave it a title and -------- are running with it as a last-ditch hail mary.

#6 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2024-07-06 07:07 PM | Reply

You act like that is a bad thing that the Dems are doing. Is it the Dems fault that low information voters don't understand what is going on?

These are people who blame Biden for Roe being overturned.

Maybe, just possibly, they need to be spoken to like 4 year olds.

That, of course, assumes that the current version of Project 2025 doesn't hold unique threats to democracy and the rights and privileges that Americans cherish.

#7 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-07-06 07:10 PM | Reply

"These are people who blame Biden for Roe being overturned."

#7 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS

You mean every democrat leaning voter under the age of 35?

Only morons think Biden's wing of the party cares about the right to an abortion. And of course we don't care about the sudden campaign pivot to fearmongering project 2025. We heard about it two years ago and realized it's the same ---- the heritage foundation always peddles. No one paying attention thinks biden will do anything to prevent project 2025. We've said this for a year now" if he cared about stopping fascists, he wouldn't run for reelection. Now that you neoliberals are finally coming to realize what everyone else in the party, not to mention most independents, realized back in 2020" you need this as a distraction.

"Maybe, just possibly, they need to be spoken to like 4 year olds."

This is exactly the problem. Neoliberals are the least educated voters and skew cripplingly old. They think their age is an asset and a mandate.

#8 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2024-07-06 07:15 PM | Reply

You would have to be an ignorant fool to think that Republicans aren't preparing for the transformation laid out in Project 2025. You would have to ignore

-The authors are people deep within the RNC (------- hand loyalists) or from his previous term

-Many of the policies were attempted during his first term but were stopped by patriotic republicans and the incompetency of the ------- regime

-The SC has just laid the ground work for what he wants to achieve-making him immune from everything allowing him to coordinate directly with his DoJ to pursue political rivals.

-The SC is in the process of dismantling the administrative state

-The ongoing relationship has with the authors of Project 2025 like Johnathan Mitchell

But go ahead and deny the danger, deny that Biden is the single person that can stop -------'s reelection, ---- deny all of the liberal things that Biden has achieved. Go all Bernie Bro on the US, that worked out well in 2016.

And BTW I agree that Biden should not have run for re-election-he may RBG us still, but at this point Biden is the single best hope to stave off a dictatorship

#9 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-07-06 07:31 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"You would have to be an ignorant fool to think that Republicans aren't preparing for the transformation laid out in Project 2025"

The only fools are folks like you that think any of their plan is new because they gave it a catchy title.

"-The authors are people deep within the RNC (------- hand loyalists) or from his previous term"

Exactly. If you had paid attention, their delusions wouldn't surprise you.

"-The SC"

x2 These are fascists that were enabled by the likes of you" --------. A progressive would have blocked garland and the rest" not succumb to fascism like joe biden.

"-The ongoing relationship has with the authors of Project 2025 like Johnathan Mitchell'

No one gives a ---- who that fascist is. You far-right DINOs are the only people platforming these idiots.

"But go ahead and deny the danger"

Pay attention. I warned of the danger 2 years ago. You idiots STILL don't think it's a danger" you see it as a political out for an abhorrent debate performance by an anti-democratic vegetable.

"And BTW I agree that Biden should not have run for re-election-he may RBG us still, but at this point Biden is the single best hope to stave off a dictatorship"

Convenient you only agree he's a ---- candidate after "its too late".

You folks are complicit if trump wins. Truthhurts indeed.

#10 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2024-07-06 10:33 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

I honestly don't understand the point of your argument, is it, just, surrender to ------- now because Biden is not the perfect candidate?

And you are complicit if ------- wins, because today, there is one single person in the whole wide world who has a chance at beating him.

#11 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-07-06 10:35 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

" today, there is one single person in the whole wide world who has a chance at beating him."

But enough about Michele Obama.

#12 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-07-06 10:37 PM | Reply

so shaking hands with Putin is a problem.

tell chuck schumer that.

talk to him before he puts cheese on his frozen hamburger pattie

and right after he attempts to INCITE CROWDS by threatening more supreme court justices.

you people are out of your F'g minds.

#13 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-07-07 01:08 AM | Reply

#11 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS

Supporting biden IS surrendering to -------.

That's why I say you and his other delusional defenders will be labelled complicit if trump wins.

#14 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2024-07-07 01:33 AM | Reply

He doesn't need to be perfect; he needs to beat trump.

Stroking out in public and actively supporting genocide ain't the move, no matter what the cult thinks.

#15 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2024-07-07 01:34 AM | Reply

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