This horrific document has been getting a lot of attention recently with the concern that Biden may not be reelected. I haven't read the entire 900 page tome, but I've read several sections, and yes, it's just as bad as they say.
However, a lot of this is just standard Republican fantasy. Trump will probably invoke Schedule F and replace around 50,000 federal employees involved in policy with the hacks the Heritage Foundation is interviewing right now. However, many of the Project 2025 proposals would require a constitutional amendment, or the cooperation of both houses of Congress, or reversals from courts that have already declared parts of it to be unconstitutional. The briefs challenging it are already being written.
Trump has claimed no involvement with it despite the contributions of several of his former staff members like Ken Cuccinelli and Ben Carson, and the document's mention of him several times. A different plan, Agenda 47, is Trump's own policy proposal. It includes hilarity like funding for the development of flying cars and "freedom cities" to be established in undeveloped areas. It also includes idiocy like forbidding most trade with China, declaring Mexican drug cartels to be foreign terrorist organizations, and sending the National Guard to quell unrest in cities (doesn't that happen already?), and straight-up bigotry like making it a crime to discuss gender with a minor.
If anyone is worried that Trump's reelection will mean there won't ever be free elections in America again, there's no need to panic. There are simply too many entrenched interests in the current system for the country to turn into a dictatorship in four years, especially with an incompetent fool like Trump at the helm.
If it sounds like I'm resigned to a Trump victory, I kind of am at this point. I don't see any way for Biden to turn this around or for some white knight to ride in and save the day. It's simply too late for anyone else to spin up a campaign in the time remaining. I would advise the DNC to concentrate on House and Senate races and to look ahead to increasing the Democratic congressional majority in 2026 with an eye to recapturing the White House in 2028 when, one way or another, Trump will no longer be a factor.
I'm not resigned - I believe people must have some level of morality left in them?
Would be great if we could have 2 new candidates...the Independent party really should have had a solid candidate ready for the election - it was a chance in a millennium for them...
@Theyitis Seems like there is NOT much going on there...maybe lack of conviction or will to bring the thing to life - which has been around for over 50 years - I know 2 people that are members....I still say they blew a good chance in 2024....
@fun4us2b The "No Labels" party was supposed to do that, but they couldn't find a candidate, and they turned out to be a tool of mainstream Republicans anyway.
It's worrying how much Reps want to turn the USA into a Christian Evangelical theocracy. Should a fundamentalist nation like that be trusted to have nuclear weapons... 🤔
@Richard65 unfortunately, in the US, the ultimate definition of that is set by SCOTUS, and, look at the justices currently, and for decades to come, sitting!
@AthrillatheHunt Interesting - Do you feel the Steele dossier effected 2016? Even though it was somewhat discredited I could not figure out why people mostly ignored it.
I'm sure there are some people here who will agree with some of those policies. Personally, I don't like DEI programs. But are you ok with ALL of those things? And are you ok with a dictatorship, so that if some of these policies turn out really bad, we won't be able to overturn them?
@LeopoldBloom It probably won't be DeSantis, but if they're able to destroy the administrative state, they could replace Trump with anyone. It would be unconstitutional to replace him with someone other than the veep, but so what? The people in charge of upholding the Constitution will be far-right Republicans who don't care about checks and balances.
@LeopoldBloom We'll see. Fascism has a long history of entrenched Conservatives going along with the Fascists, while the entrenched Liberals do nothing outside of campaigning to win democratically against people destroying the democratic institution.
Leo, here's the thing. So many of the people in the Heritage Foundation were in his cabinet the last time, and they were the ones who advised him on which Supreme Court justices to appoint. So no, I don't think you're right. I don't think Trump will fail to do what he is threatening to do. What they are threatening to do. If he does fail, they'll probably kіӏӏ him and make it look like he died from one of his numerous comorbidities, then tell the vice president to play ball or else.
