What is Project 2025?
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from BBC.com
Project 2025 was created by the Heritage Foundation think-tank and runs for nearly 900 pages.
Led by former Trump administration officials, it calls for the sacking of thousands of civil servants, expanding the power of the president, dismantling the Department of Education, sweeping tax cuts, a ban on pornography, halting sales of the abortion pill, and a whole lot more.
There is substantial agreement between many parts of the official Republican Party platform and Project 2025, although the think-tank document is much more detailed and in some policy areas and goes much farther than the party line.
There is a sharper contrast between the two when it comes to the issue of abortion, with Heritage urging much more aggressive anti-abortion policies.
Democrats have highlighted Project 2025's more controversial proposals, and called the document a blueprint for a second Trump term in office. However, Trump and his campaign have denied or downplayed its influence.
CNN found that more than half of the people listed as authors, editors and contributors of Project 2025 worked in the Trump White House, while Vox estimates that nearly two-thirds of the authors and editors served in the Trump administration. We counted 86 top level Trump White House personnel.
“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless ― if the left allows it to be,” Kevin Roberts, president of the right-wing Heritage Foundation -- July 4 2024
How many people from Trump's White House contributed to Project 2025 ? Click to see
15 of the authors of Project 2025 worked in the Trump administration's White House:
71 contributors to Project 2025 worked in the Trump administration's White House:
Authors:
Adam Candeub - Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
Dustin J. Carmack - Served as Chief of Staff to the Director of National Intelligence.
Brendan Carr - Appointed as a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Benjamin S. Carson - Served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Ken Cuccinelli - Served as Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.
Rick Dearborn - Served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Implementation.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth - Served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the Department of Transportation.
Gene Hamilton - Worked as a senior counselor to the Attorney General and also had roles in the Department of Homeland Security.
Mandy M. Gunasekara - Served as Chief of Staff for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Christopher Miller - Served as Acting Secretary of Defense.
Peter Navarro - Served as Assistant to the President and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy.
Roger Severino - Served as Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kiron K. Skinner - Served as Director of Policy Planning at the Department of State.
Russ Vought - Served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Paul Winfree - Served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of Budget Policy.
Contributors:
Erin Walsh - She served as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Organizations and Alliances at the National Security Council.
Frank Wuco - He served as a Senior Advisor at the Department of Homeland Security and also worked at the State Department.
John Zadrozny - He served as the Deputy Assistant to the President and Acting Chief of Staff of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Mari Stull - She served as a Senior Advisor at the State Department during the Trump administration. Katharine T. Sullivan - She served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice.
Aaron Szabo - He served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
Katy Talento - She served as Special Assistant to the President for Health Policy on the Domestic Policy Council.
Tony Tata - He served as a Senior Advisor in the Pentagon and was briefly the acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.
Mark Vandroff - He served as a Senior Director for Defense Policy on the National Security Council.
Tevi Troy - He served in a previous administration (George W. Bush), but not directly in the Trump White House.
Hans A. von Spakovsky - He served on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
Carla Sands - She served as the U.S. Ambassador to Denmark during the Trump administration.
Justin Schwab - He served as the EPA's General Counsel.
Darin Selnick - He served as a Senior Advisor at the Department of Veterans Affairs and as a Domestic Policy Council member.
Judy Shelton - She was nominated by President Trump to the Federal Reserve Board, although she did not officially serve in the White House.
Nathan Simington - He was nominated by President Trump and confirmed as an FCC Commissioner.
Paula M. Stannard - She served as a Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
John Ratcliffe - He served as the Director of National Intelligence.
Paul Ray - He served as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
Lora Ries - She served in the Department of Homeland Security as the Acting Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor.
James Rockas - He served as the Chief of Staff for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
Reed Rubinstein - He served as the Principal Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Agriculture.
Kevin E. Moley - He served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
Mark Morgan - He served as the Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Lucien Niemeyer - He served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment.
Nazak Nikakhtar - She served as the Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis at the Department of Commerce.
Michael Pack - He served as the CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
Patrick Pizzella - He served as the Deputy Secretary of Labor and briefly as the Acting Secretary of Labor.
Pam Pryor - She served as a Senior Advisor and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations.
David Legates - He served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Derek Harvey - He served as a Middle East advisor to the National Security Council.
Pete Hoekstra - He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Tom Homan - He served as the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Mike Howell - He served as a Senior Advisor in the Department of Homeland Security.
Valerie Huber - She served as the Chief of Staff for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Julie Kirchner - She served as the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman at the Department of Homeland Security.
Kenneth A. Klukowski - He served as a Senior Counsel in the Civil Division of the Department of Justice.
Kathy Nuebel Kovarik - She served as Chief of the Office of Policy and Strategy at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Bethany Kozma - She served as the Senior Advisor for Women’s Empowerment at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Troy Edgar - Served as the Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Homeland Security.
Joseph Edlow - Worked as the Deputy Director for Policy at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Robert S. Eitel - Served as a senior counselor to the Secretary of Education.
Jon Feere - Worked as a senior advisor to the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
George Fishman - Served as Deputy General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security.
Finch Fulton - Served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth - Served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the Department of Transportation.
Joseph Grogan - Served as the Director of the Domestic Policy Council.
Gene Hamilton - Worked as a senior counselor to the Attorney General and also had roles in the Department of Homeland Security.
Anthony Campau - Served as the Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning.
Victoria Coates - Served as Deputy National Security Advisor.
Ellie Cohanim - Served as the Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
Ezra Cohen - Served in various roles including Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.
Earl Comstock - Served as the Director of Policy and Strategic Planning at the Department of Commerce.
Monica Crowley - Served as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of the Treasury.
Sergio de la Peña - Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Michael Anton - Served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications on the National Security Council.
Paul Atkins - Served as a member of President Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum.
James Bacon - Served as a Senior Advisor for the Domestic Policy Council.
Stephen Billy - Worked at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Jim Blew - Served as Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the Department of Education.
Steven G. Bradbury - Served as General Counsel and Acting Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
Jonathan Bronitsky - Served as Chief Speechwriter for Attorney General William Barr.
So why is Trump lying about knowing anything about the comprehensive plan to dismantle American democracy known as Project 2025?
Because if people knew that over a hundred corporate lawyers, right-wing academics, and a few Wall Street guys came up with a plan to dismantle the American government and hand our country to a dictator, Trump for now, but not for long, then Trump's support would evaporate. Let's make sure that people know.
How Will Project 2025 Impact The People In My Life?
Workers
ends current laws which empower workers
targets agencies that enforce labor laws.
creation of tools for employers to bypass traditional unions.
weaken the ability of labor unions to organize and protect workers, while enhancing employer control over labor relations.
Migrants
deportation camps
closing the border on day 1
Young Men & Women
Federal abortion ban
Federal limits on birth control
criminalize porn
criminalize marijuana
prevent student loan forgiveness
LGBTQ+
makes being trans illegal
"don't say gay" bills
same sex marriage illegal (page 451)
no adoption for same sex couples
Seniors
privatizing Social Security and Medicare
increase retirement age to 69/70
Dreamers (DACA)
deportation camps for people who have lived here their whole lives
Rural Residents
cuts to EPA - deregulation allowing pollution and contamination
Military & Veterans
loyalty tests and mass firing
-- this includes for military
On pages 450 and 451 the Project promises that there will be a federal abortion ban, that children will be taken away from single mothers and same sex couples and that no fault divorce will be outlawed. These pages are a snapshot into the Christian Nationist ideology that will be enforced on us all.
From the moment of conception, every human being possesses inherent dignity and worth... The Secretary must ensure that all HHS programs and activities are rooted in a deep respect for innocent human life
In the context of current and emerging reproductive technologies, HHS policies should never place the desires of adults over the right of children to be raised by the biological fathers and mothers who conceive them.
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