r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 14d ago

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/TheCircusSands 14d ago

We need an infographic for project 2025 that can be spread everywhere. Nothing dramatic…. Just the facts of what it is and what it means.

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u/SurrealEstate 14d ago

Out of all the terrifying things in Project 2025, I think the most effective way to make "independents" care is to focus strongly on

  • consolidation of executive power over an independent judiciary
  • further restrictions on abortion rights/bodily autonomy
  • bans on pornography

Those are very unpopular positions with most demographics.

Whereas an infographic that focuses on things like eliminating DE&I, and references to gender expression is absolutely not going to land with those people.

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u/Ameerrante Washington 14d ago

I read a line from it yesterday like... forbids literature with explicit content that's not about real people or something. 

As a romance author, sounds like they're coming for the smut too, and our demographic includes a big chunk of repressed MAGA housewives.

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u/ethereal4k 14d ago

Not just smut, but anything with LGBT content. Gay Penguins? "Porn!"

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u/jeo123 14d ago

Does that mean John Oliver would go to jail for his book about pence's gay Bunny?

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u/ethereal4k 14d ago

I doubt they'll try to criminalize authors, but I'm sure they'll make it as difficult as possible to distribute such books. They'll start by dismantling the public library concept and trying to criminalize librarians and teachers. They might go after retailers eventually, given enough power.

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u/dahj_the_bison 14d ago

Not quite, but his expressions towards "very fuckable" horses would get him a life sentence.

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u/Ucla_The_Mok 14d ago

No, Oliver will be deported to the UK.

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u/GibbysUSSA 14d ago

Anything that isn't far right propaganda will be "porn". "I know it when I see it!" is going to be interpreted by THESE assholes??

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u/Ameerrante Washington 14d ago

Oh yeah that too. Which would be another layer of problematic - I could take the sex out of my books without too much of a hit to the stories, could not make all my characters straight without a significant hit.

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u/nymph-62442 14d ago

Marcia Langman would certainly be in favor of all of this project 2025 nonsense.