Right-wing activists appear to be writing memos for the Trump White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Right-wing activists appear to be writing memos for the Trump White House

Salon  

In the spree of memos coming out of President Donald Trump’s Office of Personnel Management, two conservative activists have emerged as key figures, appearing to ghostwrite memos ostensibly from the office’s acting director, Charles Ezell. Noah Peters, an attorney who represented white nationalist Jared Taylor and who encouraged Kyle Rittenhouse to sue his critics, is listed as the author of a memo titled “Guidance on Presidential Memorandum Return to In-Person Work,” according to metadata reviewed by Salon. Related Executive orders show Trump is already running Project 2025 playbook despite denials James Sherk, the one-time director of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to policies like ending funding for Planned Parenthood, opposing red-flag gun laws, opposing transgender rights and ending a slew of legal immigration policies, is listed as the author of the memo titled “Federal Civilian Hiring Freeze Guidance,” according to metadata reviewed by Salon. Sherk, who Trump recently tapped to serve as the White House Domestic Policy Council, was central to Trump’s Schedule F plan late in his first administration, a policy designed to make it easier to fire federal employees while skirting civil service protections.

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A Project 2025 author carries out his vision for mass federal layoffs
3 weeks ago

A Project 2025 author carries out his vision for mass federal layoffs

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement who has long planned this move. Here is the context of the Wednesday memo and Vought’s previous work: To Vought, the federal bureaucracy is itself a constitutional crisis In Wednesday’s memo, Vought framed the federal government as …

Donald Trump team orders work pause at consumer protection agency; ‘Please do not...’
1 month, 1 week ago

Donald Trump team orders work pause at consumer protection agency; ‘Please do not...’

Hindustan Times  

The administration of US President Donald Trump has informed staff at the country 's consumer protection agency that it is temporarily shuttering its headquarters and pausing all work, according to an email shared Monday with AFP. Trump's new director of the White House Office of Management and Budget said the CFPB's Washington office would be closed this week, and told …

Trump is building his administration on a foundation laid by Ron DeSantis: opinion
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump is building his administration on a foundation laid by Ron DeSantis: opinion

Raw Story  

“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” – James Baldwin Whatever policies Republicans conjure up nationally under Donald Trump, they will be building on the work of Gov. 1 in DeSantis’ eyes translates to the imposition of far-right conservative pet projects, including loosening gun control and boosting access …

​Unclear agenda: On Donald Trump and his policy agenda
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

​Unclear agenda: On Donald Trump and his policy agenda

The Hindu  

The policy agenda of U.S. President Donald Trump suffered a political setback when a controversial memo issued by his administration’s Office of Management and Budget, proposing to freeze federal funds for a range of social services was blocked by a District Court judge. Federal grants and loans worth trillions of dollars were potentially shut off for health-care initiatives for millions …

Trump has already begun Project 2025.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump has already begun Project 2025.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In both form and substance, these Day 1 actions leave no doubt that the Trump administration intends to take up the mantle of Project 2025—the Heritage Foundation–led blueprint for building an authoritarian executive branch. As these Day 1 actions …

Trump disowned Project 2025 — but vast majority of his executive orders use it: report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump disowned Project 2025 — but vast majority of his executive orders use it: report

Raw Story  

During the 2024 election, President Donald Trump ran away from any association with Project 2025, the controversial Heritage Foundation policy list that called for a right-wing ideological takeover of the civil service and federal programs. Not all of Trump's executive orders this week involve ideas from the 900-page policy project, one of the most notable being Trump's order to revoke …

Progressives slam 'extremist' plans of Project 2025 architect tapped for key Trump post
2 months ago

Progressives slam 'extremist' plans of Project 2025 architect tapped for key Trump post

Raw Story  

As a U.S. Senate committee held a confirmation hearing for Russell Vought—Republican President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the White House Office of Management and Budget—progressive critics underscored what they called the extremism of the controversial nominee, who played a key role in crafting a proposed initiative to expand executive power and purge the federal civil service. Debra Perlin, policy …

Project 2025 architect pledges $1M to urge GOP senators to push through Hegseth: report
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Project 2025 architect pledges $1M to urge GOP senators to push through Hegseth: report

Raw Story  

Kevin Roberts, the architect of the highly controversial Project 2025, is constructing a new effort to shore up support for President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the Department of Defense, according to new reporting. Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, said Thursday the right-wing group would commit $1 million to urge Republican senators to support Pete Hegseth despite serious …

Project 2025 backers will spend $1 million to pressure GOP senators to confirm Pete Hegseth
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Project 2025 backers will spend $1 million to pressure GOP senators to confirm Pete Hegseth

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Thursday that his group will spend $1 million …

Trump’s cabinet is filling up with Project 2025 authors despite him saying he has ‘no idea’ what it is
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s cabinet is filling up with Project 2025 authors despite him saying he has ‘no idea’ what it is

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Carr also wrote the chapter on the agency in Project 2025, which Trump has …

'Showing his hand': Trump reportedly caught 'lying to voters' about 'Project 2025 lackeys'
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Showing his hand': Trump reportedly caught 'lying to voters' about 'Project 2025 lackeys'

Raw Story  

Donald Trump sought to distance himself from the controversial Project 2025 blueprint for remaking government during his re-election campaign, but he has already named at least four individuals associated with the plan to serve in his administration. “Donald Trump spent months on the campaign trail lying to voters about the clear ties between his campaign and the wildly unpopular Project …

'This is modern McCarthyism': Furious Dem nails Republicans on hidden purge hypocrisy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'This is modern McCarthyism': Furious Dem nails Republicans on hidden purge hypocrisy

Raw Story  

Call it the Catch-2025. "If this is really about making sure that we have qualified individuals inside the federal government," she asked, "Why is the president-elect choosing absolutely unqualified Cabinet secretaries to be at the head of every single agency?" She called the requirement "blacklisting" and likened the bill to policies pushed by the notorious Sen. Joe McCarthy, the notorious …

Trump team vetting more Project 2025 authors for top administration jobs: report
4 months ago

Trump team vetting more Project 2025 authors for top administration jobs: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump and his advisers tried to distance themselves during the campaign from the controversial Project 2024 blueprint, but several individuals who worked on the plan for overhauling the federal government have already found jobs in his incoming administration. Russ Vought, one of the plan's chief architects and the author of its "comprehensive policy guide for the next conservative U.S. …

'So scary': Trump allies' plan to scan emails and texts chills CNN panelists
4 months ago

'So scary': Trump allies' plan to scan emails and texts chills CNN panelists

Raw Story  

Allies of President-elect Donald Trump have taken steps to scan government workers' emails and text messages in the first step of a mass purge that has political spectators admittedly scared. The conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — the political agenda Trump denied any knowledge of as a candidate — has already begun hunting for liberals within the federal government's …

‘We’re so back’: How the Heritage Foundation is creeping back into Trump’s sphere after months of criticism
4 months ago

‘We’re so back’: How the Heritage Foundation is creeping back into Trump’s sphere after months of criticism

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last week in Washington D.C, the group marked the book’s publication with a cocktail …

Inside the conservative hunt for partisans in the federal government before Trump takes over
4 months ago

Inside the conservative hunt for partisans in the federal government before Trump takes over

CNN  

CNN — In mid-September, as tech billionaire Elon Musk intensified his efforts to elect Donald Trump as president, a wave of letters arrived at the Department of Transportation, asking the agency to turn over any emails and text messages that federal workers sent about the world’s wealthiest man and his sprawling technology empire. Some have focused on diversity, equity and …

What to know about Trump’s US government reformation plan
4 months, 1 week ago

What to know about Trump’s US government reformation plan

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. Video Ad Feedback Ex-ICE official warns about Trump's mass deportation plan 02:05 - Source: CNN Plans to ‘aggressively’ fire government workers and move agencies out of DC At the end of his first term, Trump planned to reclassify a large portion of the federal civilian workforce to make it …

What is Project 2025 and does Trump support it?
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4 months, 1 week ago

What is Project 2025 and does Trump support it?

The Telegraph  

Kamala Harris, the US vice-president, has described the ultra-conservative instruction manual known as Project 2025 as an “assault on democracy”. Trump has eschewed the 922-page document, which called for the appointment of vetted Trump loyalists as civil servants, enabling them to enact sweeping tax cuts and other proposals. The Heritage Foundation, the think tank behind the project, says that it …

Could RFK Jr. be Trump’s Project 2025 liaison? Asked to ‘help pick’ government officials
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Could RFK Jr. be Trump’s Project 2025 liaison? Asked to ‘help pick’ government officials

Raw Story  

Just days after suspending his run for the White House and endorsing Republican nominee Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview with Tucker Carlson he has been asked to join the ex-president's presidential transition team and "help pick" the administration officials in charge of running the government. Although Trump and his campaign have tried to distance themselves …

GOP said to be 'tearing their hair out' trying to contain 'radioactive' Project 2025
7 months ago

GOP said to be 'tearing their hair out' trying to contain 'radioactive' Project 2025

Raw Story  

Staffers at the Heritage Foundation are reportedly feeling the heat for their work on Project 2025, the highly controversial right-wing blueprint for governance under a second Trump administration. The fear about Project 2025 became more acute in recent weeks when former President Donald Trump tried to completely distance himself from it, despite the fact that the 900-plus page policy document …

Experts warn "don't be fooled" by Trump's Project 2025 denials: His "fingerprints are all over it"
7 months ago

Experts warn "don't be fooled" by Trump's Project 2025 denials: His "fingerprints are all over it"

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump has tried repeatedly to distance himself from Project 2025, claiming he has no idea who is behind the 922-page policy manifesto, while his campaign managers have said they "greatly welcomed" the news that its Trump-allied director has left his role. "He is running against the brand," Vought said of Trump's denials of any connection to Project …

Project 2025 Co-Author Says Donald Trump ‘Very Supportive Of What We Do’
7 months ago

Project 2025 Co-Author Says Donald Trump ‘Very Supportive Of What We Do’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A key author of a controversial blueprint for a second Donald Trump administration said he maintains close contact with Trump, despite the former president’s disavowals of his work. Russell Vought, who helped write the Project 2025 policy agenda that includes the mass firing of federal workers, said he’s kept close ties to Trump since serving as the …

Project 2025 leader says Trump ‘very supportive’ of their work and lays out plans if he returns to White House
7 months ago

Project 2025 leader says Trump ‘very supportive’ of their work and lays out plans if he returns to White House

The Independent  

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Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought talks Trump in secret video
7 months ago

Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought talks Trump in secret video

CNN  

CNN — Last month, Russell Vought sat in a five-star Washington, DC, hotel suite, bowing his head in prayer with two men he thought were relatives of a wealthy conservative donor. But in private, Vought said that those disavowals were merely “graduate-level politics.” Vought said his group, the Center for Renewing America, was secretly drafting hundreds of executive orders, regulations, …

The alarming world of ‘Project 2025’ training videos featuring Trump officials and allies
7 months, 1 week ago

The alarming world of ‘Project 2025’ training videos featuring Trump officials and allies

The Independent  

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Tyranny Expert Explains Why Trump's Latest Spin Is 'Basically A Scam'
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tyranny Expert Explains Why Trump's Latest Spin Is 'Basically A Scam'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Yale history professor Timothy Snyder isn’t buying GOP nominee Donald Trump’s attempts to distance himself from the Project 2025 handbook, following backlash to some of its proposals. On Sunday, MSNBC’s Ali Velshi noted it was a “tricky one” because “they actually went down and wrote everything they were going to do and then Donald Trump goes out …

'Don't be fooled': Trump said to have plans to implement 'MAGA document' Project 2025
7 months, 2 weeks ago

'Don't be fooled': Trump said to have plans to implement 'MAGA document' Project 2025

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's campaign is trying to pretend they kicked Project 2025 to the curb, wrote Heather Digby Parton for Salon — but "don't be fooled," it is very much still informing their plans for a second term. Project 2025, a 900-page transition plan written by the far-right Heritage Foundation, lays out how the next Republican president can replace …

Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe

Wired  

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Heritage Foundation, a key sponsor of the convention and a group that has been influencing Republican presidential policy since the 1980s, gathered its supporters to tout Project 2025, a 900-plus-page policy blueprint that seeks to fundamentally restructure the federal government. Two summers ago, Biden also …

Project 2025 summary: What's in the blueprint for a second Trump term?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Project 2025 summary: What's in the blueprint for a second Trump term?

Slate  

There are plenty of reasons to fear a second Donald Trump presidency, but one of the most demonstrably extreme things his administration could do is implement Project 2025, an ultraconservative policy manifesto that seeks to make drastic changes to how the U.S. government has operated for the past century. He wrote the chapter for HUD, recommending it prioritize keeping “noncitizens …

Trump calls Project 2025 ‘seriously extreme,’ claims he knows nothing about plan
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump calls Project 2025 ‘seriously extreme,’ claims he knows nothing about plan

The Independent  

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Trump adviser asks Project 2025 to remove his group from its advisory board amid outrage
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump adviser asks Project 2025 to remove his group from its advisory board amid outrage

Raw Story  

The more Americans learn about the Heritage Foundation's authoritarian Project 2025 initiative, the more they dislike it. According to ABC News, America First Legal — which is led by Trump's top immigration adviser, Stephen Miller — has reached out to Project 2025 and asked to be removed from its list of advisory board members. Axios reported in 2022 that several …

"Our movement": In resurfaced speech, Trump endorses Heritage Foundation's Project 2025
8 months, 1 week ago

"Our movement": In resurfaced speech, Trump endorses Heritage Foundation's Project 2025

Salon  

Donald Trump’s backtracking on Project 2025 didn’t seem to fool many – aside from a few hard-line loyalists who expressed betrayal – but apparent proof of his knowledge and endorsement of the far-reaching plan further weakens his claim that he knows “nothing.” In an April 2022 speech before the Heritage Foundation – the ultra-right group behind the 922-page policy manifesto …

'This is false': Trump's denial of Project 2025 involvement torn to pieces
8 months, 1 week ago

'This is false': Trump's denial of Project 2025 involvement torn to pieces

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump last week frantically denied that he had any knowledge or involvement in Project 2025, the radical right-wing plan to completely dismantle the administrative state and vastly expand the power of the executive branch. However, progressive journalist Judd Legum has written a lengthy takedown explaining why Trump's denials of all knowledge about Project 2025 are simply not …

Letters to the Editor: The return of McCarthyism? That’s what Trump backers’ Project 2025 sounds like
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: The return of McCarthyism? That’s what Trump backers’ Project 2025 sounds like

LA Times  

To the editor: Project 2025 has been recruiting and vetting prospective government employees for an anticipated Republican presidency. But the idea that current federal employees can be scrutinized and assessed, the results published in a list based on their personal ideas and beliefsm and then the employees subsequently reclassified or fired, is a page directly out of Joseph McCarthy’s playbook. …

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans

LA Times  

Tom Jones, a political activist and former Capitol Hill aide to Republican senators, is pictured in Bardstown, Ky. From his home office in small-town Kentucky, Jones and his American Accountability Foundation are quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican former President Donald Trump, an effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for …

Conservative-Backed Group Is Creating A List Of Federal Workers It Suspects Could Resist Trump Plans
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative-Backed Group Is Creating A List Of Federal Workers It Suspects Could Resist Trump Plans

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White House. Jacqueline Simon, policy director at the American Federation …

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White House. Jacqueline Simon, policy director at the American Federation of Government Employees, …

MAGA operative compiling list of "anti-Trump" federal workers, setting stage for Project 2025 purge
8 months, 3 weeks ago

MAGA operative compiling list of "anti-Trump" federal workers, setting stage for Project 2025 purge

Salon  

Longtime GOP operative Tom Jones is investigating dozens of federal employees suspected of opposing Donald Trump's policies as part of a larger, coordinated project by MAGA-aligned groups to reshape the government into a tool for right-wing causes. According to an Associated Press report, Jones and his American Accountability Foundation are using a $100,000 grant from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to …

Trump team already has 1,000-page manifesto outlining what to do if he wins White House: report
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump team already has 1,000-page manifesto outlining what to do if he wins White House: report

Raw Story  

If former President Donald Trump retakes the White House in 2024, he will already have a policy team ready to go with extensive plans for remaking the federal government in his image. That's because the far-right Heritage Foundation has already recruited a number of former Trump administration staffers to lay out a blueprint for the next Republican administration, reported Bloomberg …

Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision
1 year, 6 months ago

Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision

LA Times  

Kristen Eichamer, right, talks to people at the Project 2025 tent at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Aug. 14. “We need to flood the zone with conservatives,” said Paul Dans, director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project and a former Trump administration official who speaks with historical flourish about the undertaking. A chapter written by Trump’s former …

Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision
1 year, 6 months ago

Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own. “We need to flood …

Trump investigation 'intensifies' as House committee demands more info on theft of top-secret documents
3 years ago

Trump investigation 'intensifies' as House committee demands more info on theft of top-secret documents

Raw Story  

According to a report from both Politico and the Washington Post, the House Oversight Committee has asked the National Archives for more information about the top-secret documents Donald Trump illegally took with him to Mar-a-Lago. "House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney is asking the National Archives to provide information about top Trump advisers’ discussions about preserving and storing White House …

These are the documents Donald Trump doesn't want the House Jan. 6 panel to see: report
3 years, 4 months ago

These are the documents Donald Trump doesn't want the House Jan. 6 panel to see: report

Raw Story  

Court records reveal the documents that Donald Trump and his White House officials most want to keep hidden from the House select committee. The twice-impeached one-term president has claimed executive privilege over 39 pages from the 136 pages of documents that were set to be released Friday by the National Archives and Records Administration, and those documents include handwritten notes …

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