Also John Oliver / Last Week Tonight's video on Trump's second term.
I wonder what the likelihood of all this happening is, but the mere fact that it seems like far more than half is... eye-opening.
This was a half ass video. Go to Wikipedia and read if you want to see this disaster in it’s entirety.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
Executive Summary: Project 2025 envisions widespread changes across the government, particularly economic and social policies and the role of the federal government and its agencies. The plan proposes taking partisan control of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), dismantling the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and sharply reducing environmental and climate change regulations to favor fossil fuel production.[7][12] The blueprint seeks to institute tax cuts,[13] though its writers disagree on the wisdom of protectionism.[14] Project 2025 recommends abolishing the Department of Education, whose programs would be either transferred to other agencies, or terminated.[15][16] Funding for climate research would be cut while the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be reformed along conservative principles.[17][18] The Project urges government to explicitly reject abortion as health care[19][20] and eliminate coverage of emergency contraception under the Affordable Care Act.[21] The Project seeks to infuse the government with elements of Christianity.[6] It proposes criminalizing pornography,[22] removing legal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,[22][23] and terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs,[3][23] as well as affirmative action.[24] Some conservatives and Republicans have criticized the plan for its stance on climate change[25] and foreign trade.[14] Other critics believe Project 2025 is rhetorical "window-dressing" for what would be four years of personal vengeance at any cost.[26] The project's authors also acknowledged that most of the proposals would require the Republican Party to control both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.[26] Other aspects of the plan have recently been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and would face court challenges, while others still are norm-breaking proposals that might survive court challenges.[27]
The Project recommends the arrest, detention, and deportation of undocumented immigrants living in the United States.[28] It promotes capital punishment and the speedy "finality" of those sentences.[29] Dans acknowledged it was "counterintuitive" to recruit so many to join the government to shrink it, but pointed out the need for a future president to "regain control" of the government.[3] Although the project cannot by law promote a specific presidential candidate, many contributors have close ties to Donald Trump and his 2024 presidential campaign.[30][31] The Washington Post called the project "the most detailed articulation of what a second Trump term would look like."[32] While initially[when?] the Trump campaign said the project aligned well with their Agenda 47 proposals,[26] the Project has increasingly caused friction with the Trump campaign which has generally avoided specific policy proposals that can be used to criticize him.[32] In July 2024, Trump disavowed Project 2025.[33]
The project's authors also acknowledged that most of the proposals would require the Republican Party to control both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
In July 2024, Trump disavowed Project 2025.
There's also how the Supreme Court recently made a ruling that limits the ability of federal agencies to legally act without more explicit direction from congress, and gives courts more ability to scrutinize their actions.
This plan would represent a terrifying slide into totalitarianism and is something we should take steps to avoid, but I think there's a lot going against it and reasons to be hopeful that it will fail.
People have no attention span. It takes real effort to condense and summarize the key points to such an audience. Once intrigued though, they may continue on to read/watch/listen/learn from other sources.
Conversely, there is just too much going on in the world right now, to pay attention to every single thing that wants us to do so. Like a crowded marketplace with each seller yelling out their wares - it is the correct decision to tune most of it out while straining to listen for what you need.
Wow, just wow, good video explanation. Terrifying.
This is all you need to read to know that calling out the bots and MAGA propagandists here on lemmy is absolutely necessary. Don’t let them post their bullshit without poking every hole in it that you can. Don’t block them. That gives them a platform with no opposition .
We are voting for the survival of democracy, and these people are all for destroying it.
Conservatives think project 2025 is the latest silly liberal conspiracy from sad people who have “Trump Derangement Syndrome”.
We’re almost a quarter through the 21st century?
