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Saturday, March 01, 2025

There are some useful resources online that seek to track which Project 2025 goals have already been achieved, but for all that Trump has done so far, some of Project 2025's most radical ideas for transforming the power of the president have yet to unfold. What is still in store? An ambitious plan to expand the power of the presidency is just getting started.

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The chaos of Trump's first month in office is no accident. This gutting of the federal government and impounding of Congressionally allocated funds was laid out years ago by Russell Vought, Trump's OMB director and Project 2025 architect. Todd Beeton looked at his core beliefs for The Big Picture.

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-- George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) February 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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Nothing could have prepared Americans for what the first 50-ish days of the second Trump administration have been like. Even some Cabinet members and Republican members of Congress seem caught off guard. But if you took time to look closely at Project 2025, the effort from the conservative Heritage Foundation to prepare for a new Republican administration, you're probably a little less shocked than other people.

I'm not the first to point out that many of the actions the White House and other departments have taken since the inauguration are pulled directly from Project 2025. Even though Donald Trump vociferously denied any connection to the work during the campaign, that was always transparent bunk. For example, Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025, led the Office of Management and Budget in the first Trump White House, was the policy director for the Republican National Committee's 2024 platform, and is now leading OMB again.

The authors of Project 2025 believe that far too much of the executive branch is not functionally under the control of the president. "What we're trying to do is identify the pockets of independence and seize them," Vought told The New York Times in 2023.

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-02-27 06:34 PM | Reply

"The authors of Project 2025 believe that far too much of the executive branch is not functionally under the control of the president."

In other words, they don't believe in Democracy.

And Boaz, I hope you're listening, because they don't believe in the Republic either.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-02-27 06:37 PM | Reply

"Nothing could have prepared Americans for what the first 50-ish days of the second Trump administration have been like."

Never dated a stripper who has cops for friends and they take her side?

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-02-27 06:37 PM | Reply

I can't speak for his testing the courts, but he sure is testing my limits under the Ten Commandments.

#4 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2025-03-01 02:21 PM | Reply

#4

Same here... but, 'you shall not kill' is actually better translated, 'you shall not murder'.

I think I could legit claim self-defense!

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-01 03:47 PM | Reply

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