WASHINGTON — Facing blowback against Project 2025, Donald Trump is now claiming he doesn’t know anything about the right-wing policy and staffing manifesto — even though it was founded by his own former aides to prevent a repeat of the start of his first term when a lack of competent staff led to chaos. More … Read more
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have long had ties to the Heritage Foundation, one of the most influential conservative think tanks based in Washington, D.C. with deep connections to the Republican Party, congressional lawmakers and the broader conservative movement. But if you ask them about the group’s Project 2025, a radical, 900-page policy blueprint that would … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative think tank that is planning for a complete overhaul of the federal government in the event of a Republican presidential win is suggesting that President Joe Biden might try to hold the White House “by force” if he loses the November election. The Heritage Foundation’s warning — which goes against … Read more
Concerns are growing about how a far-right policy agenda known as Project 2025 could influence a second Donald Trump presidency — as well as Canada’s relationship with the United States. Democrats have been attempting to tie Trump to the controversial initiative and convince voters its extreme conservative policies would be representative of how Trump will … Read more
Political historian Rick Perlstein delivered a damning summary of Project 2025, writing in a lengthy analysis published Wednesday that it’s “not what you’ve heard” because “much of it is too dumb to accomplish anything at all.” The right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank’s playbook — which is widely expected to guide policy in a potential second … Read more
A far-right policy agenda known as Project 2025 has increasingly become a talking point on the U.S. campaign trail as the contest between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump heats up. Biden and the Democratic Party have been seeking to tie Trump to the controversial initiative and convince voters that its extreme conservative … Read more
CNN’s Abby Phillip on Tuesday thoroughly fact-checked Donald Trump’s claim that he doesn’t know anything about Project 2025 ― presenting evidence of the former president’s connections with the people and groups that drew up the bundle of far-right policy proposals and the plans to implement them. On Friday, Trump claimed in a social media post: … Read more
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) refused to address remarks from Project 2025′s leader about a “bloodless” second American Revolution during a CNN interview Sunday. “Well he’s not running for president, is he?” — Marco Rubio on a Project 2025 leader saying the “second American revolution” will “remain bloodless, if the left allows it to be” pic.twitter.com/Svv7EOJIvk … Read more
Former President Donald Trump attempted to distance himself from the right-wing agenda known as Project 2025 — despite the fact that it’s been pushed forward by people who worked in his first presidential administration and who would likely join his second. “I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it. … Read more
Authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Wednesday warned that “one of the most alarming things” in the right-wing Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” handbook is the admission that Donald Trump didn’t accomplish all he wanted to in his first administration. “They got a slow start […] so their codeword is ‘day one,’” Ben-Ghiat told MSNBC’s Katie Phang … Read more
