CRI Current Issues: Politics   

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Project 2025 is just beginning. This “blueprint for a next Republican administration,” from the Heritage Foundation and refugees from the first Trump administration, provides guidance for realizing a new conservative vision for government. Trump’s re-election and the appointment of sympathetic officials set the stage for this vision to become reality. The Project’s 900-page summary document, “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” is bold and specific, representing a sharp turn away from checks and balances and towards a more centralized, autocratic state. We all know about the gap between cup and lip and have witnessed countless bold documents gathering dust on policymakers’ shelves. This begs the question: “To what extent, and how, has Project 2025 come into being during the first 100 days of the Trump administration?” Aided by cartoonists, fact-checkers, and astute observers, we’ll probe this question and its implications across the political spectrum for us all.

Project 2025 is just beginning. This “blueprint for a next Republican administration,” from the Heritage Foundation and refugees from the first Trump administration, provides guidance for realizing a new conservative vision for government. Trump’s re-election and the appointment of sympathetic officials set the stage for this vision to become reality. The Project’s 900-page summary document, “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” is bold and specific, representing a sharp turn away from checks and balances and towards a more centralized, autocratic state. We all know about the gap between cup and lip and have witnessed countless bold documents gathering dust on policymakers’ shelves. This begs the question: “To what extent, and how, has Project 2025 come into being during the first 100 days of the Trump administration?” Aided by cartoonists, fact-checkers, and astute observers, we’ll probe this question and its implications across the political spectrum for us all.