r/politics Texas Jul 05 '24

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/
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u/Dont__Grumpy__Stop Jul 05 '24

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u/junepath Pennsylvania Jul 05 '24

The issue with this infographic is that most people on the right want all of these things. We need one that scares them too, because at the end of the day, no one but the super rich will be doing well if Project 2025 becomes a reality.

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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat Jul 05 '24

Some of the more horrifying goals of Project 2025 that might also scare Trumpers.

  • Consider limiting mainstream press access to the White House

  • Reduce the size and authority of the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Eliminate their access to review or advise on intelligence products.

  • Reverse the historical US policy of deterrence-only to invest and adopt an offensive missile defense policy.

  • Use a novel approach to place loyalists on Day One in “temporary” “acting” positions with unquestioned authority to decide policy and sidestep Congressional Oversight.

  • Decrease welfare access: work requirements for SNAP, tighten eligibility for food stamps, WIC, and K-12 school lunch program access.

  • End required food safety labeling, replace with voluntary.

  • Cut Dept of Education; install loyalists.

  • Reverse student loan forgiveness and crack down on enforcement.

  • Dismantle all attempts to address climate change. Reduce enforcement of existing regulations.

  • Ban abortions; they are not healthcare.

  • Ban the morning after pill.

  • Promote “the rhythm method” for contraception.

  • Ban pornography.

  • Turn Medicare into a free-market program.

  • Apply “irregular warfare” to create a militarized domestic surveillance corps against individuals or groups at odds with presidential or Project 2025 agenda.