Investigations
Trump-tied Project 2025 would weaken campaign finance laws and give big donors more power
Project 2025’s vision for our campaign finance laws would open up our elections to even more corruption.
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Trump has said he wants to destroy the “deep state” 56 times on Truth Social
[…] called Schedule F, was never fully implemented because President Biden rescinded Trump’s executive order when he took office. It’s clear that Trump and his allies—including those pushing Project 2025—want to pick up where he left off in 2020. Congress should act now to ensure that government service remains based on expertise and merit rather than […]
FOIA Requests
CREW requests records on Schedule F and Project 2025
[…] was rescinded shortly after President Biden took office, Trump has pledged to reimpose Schedule F, if re-elected. In addition, former Trump officials leading the Heritage Foundation’s ” Project 2025,” a right-wing plan to overhaul the functioning of the federal government, have called for the order to be reinstated, hoping to replace career government employees with […]
Commentary & Analysis
The Supreme Court’s big green light for a lawless second Trump administration
[…] the rug. These legal defeats symbolize the constraints the Trump administration faced just a few years ago. Now, the infamous far-right playbook for a second Trump administration, Project 2025, lists both adding the citizenship question and rescinding DACA as part of their immense manifesto. Were we to find ourselves in the same place again, would […]
Investigations
Who would help Trump carry out his promised “purge” of the “deep state”?
[…] has promised that he would reimpose Schedule F in a second term, and conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation are preparing to assist through a plan called Project 2025. Led by individuals with close ties to Donald Trump and his administration, Project 2025 hopes to engage in an unprecedented reshaping of the executive branch. The […]
Investigations
Election deniers head America First Policy Institute’s new state chapters
[…] leaders with histories of election denial, demands fresh scrutiny not only on AFPI’s goals to “enhance” election integrity, but also on AFPI’s role in supporting initiatives like Project 2025. The transition agenda—inspired by Trump, organized by The Heritage Foundation, and backed by a conservative coalition including AFPI—aims to defund or even dismantle and replace key […]
Commentary & Analysis
FAQ: The conservative attack on the merit-based civil service
[…] continued. Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and various prominent Republicans have all endorsed reviving the Schedule F initiative if elected in 2024, and in their recently released Project 2025 report, the Heritage Foundation identified Schedule F as a key piece of a future presidential transition effort. In fact, a significant portion of Project 2025 is […]
Investigations
Anonymous donations provide big payday for Trump-allied election deniers’ group
[…] But that may be just the beginning. CPI network operatives—including yet another defendant in the GA racketeering case, former Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark—are deeply enmeshed in Project 2025, a plan for a second Trump administration aimed at rolling back the modern administrative state. The plan is stunning in its audacity, aiming to defund the […]