***** “During the 20th century, America managed to make the economic and social systems both more and more
fair and more and more prosperous. A huge, secure, and contented middle class emerged. Incomes rose in
sync. But then the New Deal gave way to the Raw Deal. Beginning in the early 1970s, by means of a long war
conceived of and executed by a confederacy of big business CEOs, the superrich, and right-wing zealots,
the rules and norms that made the American middle class possible were undermined and dismantled. The
clock was turned back on a century of progress, making greed good, workers powerless, and the market
all powerful while weaponizing nostalgia, lifting up an oligarchy that served only its own interests.”
[ Kurt Andersen: “Evil Geniuses” ]
If YOU are a patriotic American who loves YOUR country for what it used to be: a mass middle class society focused on democracy – then you. MUST read about. ‘PROJECT 2025″. – the FAR RIGHT plan to erase much of the 20th century progress toward a REAL democracy in order to build a theocratic oligarchy [ a real life “Gilead” ].
Find critical analysis that gets YOU past the opaque and euphemistic language of “Project 2025’s” authors, many of whom are NOW in the Trump administration, some in VERY key positions.
I*ve just finished David Graham’s. “The Project’. l35 pages], excerpts appear here. Also: Bryan Woodward’s “Project 2025 Explained Chapter By Chapter” [135 pages], and Lois Alarcon’s “Project 2025…An Objective Analysis.”
1] “Project 2025 is a skeleton key for understanding the second Trump presidency – as well as the future of the Republican Party and the American right….Project 2025 is a scheme to massively expand the power of the president….Three-quarters of the authors and contributors worked in the first Trump administration….thirty-seven of forty-seven executive actions taken in Trump’s first few days back in office directly or partially matched recommendations in “Project 2025.” [ David Graham: “The Project” ]
******* “Pushed by relatively small members of radical-right billionaires and millionaires who have become profoundly
hostile to America’s modern system of government, an apparatus decades in the making, funded by those
same billionaires and millionaires, has been working to undermine the normal governance of our democracy
…one such manifesto calls for a ‘hostile takeover” of Washington, D.C.”
[ Nancy MacLean: “Democracy In Chains” ]
2] “What sets “Project 2025” apart..and makes it important to take seriously and comprehend is its detailed scheme for execution….Russell Vought [2024 speech]: “We have detailed agency plans..We are writing the actual executive orders. We are writing the actual regulations now, and we are sorting out the legal authorities for all of what President Trump is running on.” [ Grahame: “The Project” ]. [!!!!! is he saying that Trump is a trained seal?????]
***** “Heritage started publishing papers and making arguments to the right of the conservative mainstream – turning
Social Security into an optional system….”We are different from previous generations of conservatives”, one of the
cofounders, Paul Weyrich, explained later. “We are radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of
the country.”….Heritage’s ultra-conservatives encompassed the two big strange-bedfellow constituencies of the
Republican right, the libertarians and the uncomfortable-with-liberty fundamentalist Christians.”
{ Kurt Andersen: “Evil Geniuses” ]
3]. “Project 2025 will guide Trump’s dismantling of democracy” [St. Louis Post editorial; 7/18/24]: “The [Heritage’s] president, Kevin Roberts, said in a recent interview..the..project..will drive ‘a second American revolution” – one that ‘will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”…..Consider some of “Project 2025’s” specific recommendations:…. place much of the federal bureaucracy, currently made up primarily of nonpolitical civil servants, under the direct control of the president…..greatly expand the role of the U.S. military on domestic soil…..turn the civil-rights function of the Department of Justice on its head…..turn the FBI into little more than a personal police force for the president…..aggressively turn back the clock on environmental and climate programs..”
***** “We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentration in the hands of a few.
But we can’t have both.” [ Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis ]
4] From “The Project” [ Graham ], various things YOU may care about [read this very carefully!!!]: “What we’re trying to od is idnetify the pockets of independence and seize them.”……”We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected.”…..”..an America where..sex is closely policed, public schools don’t exist, and justice is harsh, all in accordance with fundamentalist Christian principles..”…..”..privatize Medicare, slash Medicaid, and limit federal protections for patients.”…..”..ensure that far fewer people enter the country, both legally and illegally..”…..”..shifting to a consumption tax..” [note: HIGHLY regressive]…..”..cut regulations wherever possible.”…..”..privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac..”…..politicize the Census Bureau…..”..abandon practically all federal efforts at combating climate change..”….”..privatization of N.O.A.A…”……….
***** “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a
few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very
definition of tyranny.” [ James Madison; Federalist #47 ]
5]. “Trump wants to be king, Russ Vought has a plan to make it happen.” {Isabella Dias; “The Architect”; Mother Jones; November-December, 2024]: “Vought could be one of the key figures leading us into a new and violently authoritarian future.”
Still having trouble believing the above – a small fraction of the evidence, then consider the following;
1]. This coup by far right millionaires is NOT THE FIRST ATTEMPT!!!!!! – Read and research “The Plot To Seize The White House” [ Jules Archer ] – about the July – November, 1933 plot. See McCormack-Dickstein Committee hearings begun in November, 1934, and a report of February, 1935.
2]. Research support given the Nazis before and during World War II – “Trading With The Enemy’ [Charles Higham], and “IBM And The Holocaust” [Edwin Black]. If American business people could support Hitler, why not other things…????
With Justice For All 