[…] Roughly 600 of the employees in those positions accepted voluntary separation compensation or deferred resignation, but an overwhelming majority were fired. According to a prior study of Project 2025’s plans for the Department of Education, which the Trump administration appears to be implementing, some of President Trump’s plans for the agency could lead to cuts […]
[…] Anthony List to the longtime media critics at the Media Research Center to Heritage Action for America, the 501(c)(4) arm of the Heritage Foundation, home of the Project 2025 initiative. It’s not clear exactly what services they’re getting for their money, but as the New York Times reported in 2022, some conservative operatives believe that […]
[…] have objected to Trump’s failure to provide notice and justification, but others have defended Trump’s actions. Trump’s dismissal of so many IGs aligns with the aims of Project 2025, the conservative agenda shaped by many Trump administration officials which called for the mass replacement of IGs by Trump. What we’ll be watching for: Whether Trump […]
[…] nation are protected, our food and medicine are safe, our air and water are clean, and our children have access to education. “The Administration’s efforts, outlined in Project 2025, to decimate the ability of our government to do work for the people will harm everyday Americans. We are challenging these actions in court,” said Skye […]
[…] dismantle our government’s current merit-based civil service system. The Senate should consider this when examining his nomination, as well as his ties to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025. Federal agencies filled with unqualified party loyalists would negatively impact almost every part of everyday Americans’ lives and would likely cause large-scale corruption. It would also […]
[…] Biden rescinded the order after taking office, President Trump repeatedly stated his intention to reissue it if reelected. Trump’s position has garnered support from the authors of Project 2025, a broad policy agenda that advocates for the systematic dismantling of the civil service through mass firings, replacing career civil servants and agency experts with unqualified […]
The Heritage Foundation, one of the key groups behind Project 2025, flooded federal agencies with thousands of FOIA requests. The public deserves to know what info may have been provided in these requests.
Project 2025’s vision for our campaign finance laws would open up our elections to even more corruption.
[…] 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 […]
[…] 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 […]
[…] 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 […]
[…] 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 […]
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