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Project 2025 Reshaping American Governance Under The Trump

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project 2025 reshaping american governance under the trump

Amanda Becker, The 19th Amanda Becker, The 19th Orion Rummler, The 19th Orion Rummler, The 19th Mariel Padilla, The 19th Mariel Padilla, The 19th This story was originally published by The 19th. In the months leading up to his election, President Donald Trump insisted that he had nothing to do with the far-right vision for his second administration known as Project 2025, a Christian-nationalist blueprint to... As the year draws to a close, a crowd-sourced effort, as well as trackers from advocacy organizations and labor unions, show that his administration has implemented roughly half of the goals laid out in...

From Heritage’s Project 2025 to America First Legal, these seven groups are driving Trump’s second-term agenda—reshaping federal agencies, civil rights, and global diplomacy Since the 1960s, think tanks and advocacy groups have been key influencers of presidential policymaking. For decades, Democrat and Republican presidents have relied on think tanks for research and policy ideas. Most recently, think tank roles have shifted from advisory to actual policy formulation and implementation, whereby the President is the marionette controlled by the think tank puppeteers. Research is replete with the fact that seven conservative organizations have had, in just 285 days of Trump 2.0 – hundreds of their recommendations implemented. If, since Jan.

20, your mind has been spinning around after witnessing a rapidly reshaped federal government and change in international diplomacy and social norms, you may wonder who is pulling Trump’s strings. Let’s examine the seven think tank puppeteers who have controlled President Trump since Jan. 20 and will continue to change the USA until Jan. 2029. This should help you better understand what’s going on at the White House. Donald Trump posted on Truth Social in mid-2024 “I know nothing about Project 2025” despite an April 2022 speech at a Heritage Foundation event where he endorsed or acknowledged the project’s efforts (Salon, July...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent, topic-by-topic guide to Project 2025, with everything you need to know about how the second Trump administration is remaking America—from a go-to authority at The AtlanticWhen President... The debates—and anxiety—surrounding this initiative have only increased as authors of the Project assume positions of power in the second Trump administration.So, what is Project 2025, exactly? Who wrote it, and what does it mean for everyday Americans, across the political spectrum, now and in the years to come?In The Project, award-winning journalist David A. Graham offers much-needed context and distills the essential elements of this sprawling document. Breaking down the Project’s strategy for transforming—and radically empowering—the executive branch, Graham then explains what the architects behind Project 2025 are doing with that power: enforcing traditional gender norms, decimating the civil service, performing... Authoritative yet highly accessible, The Project demystifies it for those whose lives it will affect most.

David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers politics and national affairs. He won the Toner Prize for Excellence in National Political Reporting for his coverage of the 2020 presidential election. Before joining The Atlantic, he reported for Newsweek, The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Journal, and The National. “Whittles [Project 2025] down to an easily manageable summation, providing a handy and necessary reference guide for concerned citizens . .

. Concise and well-reasoned, Graham’s critical handbook uncovers the players and the plays orchestrating this revolutionary political movement that will impact the nation well beyond the four years of Trump’s second term.”—Booklist, starred review “A... . . [Project 2025] has four chief aims: to restore the man-headed family, dismantle the ‘administrative state,’ close the border and defend the nation’s sovereignty, and ‘secure our God-given individual rights to live freely. .

. .’ Essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of the Trumpian maelstrom.”—Kirkus Reviews Journalist David Graham says the aim of the creators of the conservative action plan Project 2025 is to push the federal government "as far to the right as they can." His new book is... Project 2025 (also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project)[3] is an American political initiative published in April 2023 by the Heritage Foundation with the goal of reshaping the federal government by consolidating executive... president to implement those policies.[5][6] The project's policy document Mandate for Leadership[7] calls for the replacement of federal civil service workers by people loyal to "the next conservative president" and for taking partisan control of the Department of Justice...

Project 2025 is based on a controversial interpretation of unitary executive theory according to which the executive branch is under the president's complete control.[28][29] Analysts note that the approach would further reduce agency independence... PBS News Hour reporting has linked these ambitions to discussions of domestic military involvement, pointing to Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., as a potential precedent.[30][28] The project's proponents say it... toward autocracy.[33] Some legal experts say it would undermine the rule of law,[34] separation of powers,[6] separation of church and state,[33][35] and civil liberties.[6][34][36] Most of Project 2025's contributors worked in either Trump's first administration (2017−2021) or his campaign for the 2024 presidential election.[a] Several Trump campaign officials maintained contact with Project 2025, seeing its goals as aligned... The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank founded in 1973, has had significant influence in U.S. public policy making.

In 2019, it ranked among the most influential public policy organizations in the United States.[56][57] It coordinates with many conservative groups to build a network of allies.[23] During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 – a policy manual for “the next conservative President” that was produced by the Heritage Foundation and written by veterans of the... Trump claimed he knew “nothing about Project 2025” and had “no idea who is behind it,” despite evidence to the contrary, while Democrats portrayed the document as “Trump’s Project 2025.” Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris ran an ad campaign tying Trump to Project 2025 and created the website TrumpsProject2025.com. At the Democratic National Convention, multiple speakers warned about the project’s proposals (not always accurately), including speakers who used an oversize copy of the book as a stage prop. Democrats focused on specific Project 2025 proposals – including some, such as closing the Department of Education, that Trump did support and has acted on since returning to office, and others, that he didn’t...

Since taking office, Trump has been actively implementing or trying to implement many of Project 2025’s recommendations through directives, executive orders, his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget and major pieces of legislation, notably the...

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