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Resources on Project 2025

Image: from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism.

This page is part of a resource collection on far right extremism.

Overview

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism: The Far-Right Playbook for American Authoritarianism.

Videos & Podcasts

iHeartRadio: Project 2025: Trump’s Second Term Not-So-Secret Plan.

John Oliver: Trump’s Second Term.

ProPublica: Watch: 14 Hours of Never-Before-Published Videos From Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy.

The ReidOut: Project 2025.

Strict Scrutiny:

Articles

Articles are from 2024, unless otherwise noted.

November 11, 2023: NYT: Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans.

February 24.   Ali Velshi: ‘It’s very well-thought-out’: Authoritarian expert breaks down dangers of Project 2025.

May 9.   Jessica Schulberg: There’s A GOP Plan For An Execution Spree If Trump Wins The White House: Buried on page 554 of the plan is a directive to execute every remaining person on federal death row — and dramatically expand the use of the death penalty.

July 1.   James Goodwin: Inside Project 2025.

July 7.   Will Bunch: Trump’s new Big Lie that he doesn’t know about Project 2025 might take him down: Republicans are in a state of panic now that voters are paying attention to Project 2025, their plan for dictatorship. They should be.

July 8.   Josh Dawsey & Hannah Knowles: Democrats focus attacks on right-wing Project 2025 pushed by Trump allies.

July 9.   Rachel Leingang: Project 2025: inside Trump’s ties to the rightwing policy playbook.

July 10.   Rick Perlstein: Project 2025 … and 1921, and 1973, and 1981. Terrifying blueprints for the next Republican presidency are a quadrennial tradition.

July 11.   CNN: Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved.

July 13.   Dave Levinthal: Project 2025 group makes immediate splash at Republican National Convention.

July 19.   Jeff Schogol: Project 2025’s plan for the US military.

July 26.   Rachel Leingang & Stephanie Kirchgaessner: Kevin Roberts, architect of Project 2025, has close ties to radical Catholic group Opus Dei.

July 29.   Will Carless: Project 2025 decried as racist. Some contributors have trail of racist writings, activity. They include Richard Hanania, whose pseudonymous writings for white supremacist sites were uncovered last year.

July 30.   Alex Shephard: Read J.D. Vance’s Violent Foreword to Project 2025 Leader’s New Book.

August 1.   Alex Kaplan: Far-right figures laud Project 2025, calling it “the best personnel database”.

August 1.   Alec MacGillis: The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans.

August 4.   Brett Wagner: Project 2025 put a key Jan. 6 figure in charge of military strategy. His plan is as dangerous as you’d imagine.

August 7.   The Washington Post: Trump took a private flight with Project 2025 leader in 2022: Trump took the flight to speak at a Heritage Foundation conference, where he said, “They’re going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do.”

August 7.   Madeline Peltz: Delayed publication of Heritage president’s book reflects Project 2025 shell game.

August 7.   Martin Pengelly: Project 2025 leader’s book with JD Vance introduction delayed until after election: Kevin Roberts, president of hard-right Heritage Foundation, says it’s ‘time to put down the books and go fight like hell’.

August 9.   Martin Pengelly: Project 2025 architect compared abortion to slavery and the Holocaust.

August 10.   Pema Levy: Why Project 2025 Caught On: There’s finally a simple, ominous name for the dangerous future Trump represents.

August 10.   ProPublica: Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos.

August 10.   Owen Lavine: Trove of Project 2025 Videos Contain Trump Admin Officials: The government accountability outlet, ProPublica, uncovered more than 14 hours of training videos produced by the Heritage Foundation on how to implement Project 2025.

August 15.   Geoff Dembicki: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025.

August 22.   John Kelly: Hundreds of proposals in Project 2025 match Trump’s policies.

September 4.   Erin Mansfield: Project 2025 ex-chief appeared on media channel DOJ called ‘covert project’ linked to Russia.

September 4.   Ashley Parker & Maeve Reston: How Democrats made Project 2025 one of their top anti-GOP attacks.