Project 2025 (English Wikipedia)
Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Project 2025" in English language version.
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19thnews.org
- Becker, Amanda; Rummler, Orion; Davis, Darreonna (July 16, 2024). "The 19th Explains: What you need to know about Project 2025". The 19th. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
404media.co
- Cole, Samantha (January 28, 2025). "Memos to Federal Employees Were Written By People With Ties to Project 2025, Metadata Shows". 404 Media. Archived from the original on January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
abc.net.au
- Willacy, Mark; Donaldson, Amy (July 15, 2024). "If all goes to plan this man will make Donald Trump one of the most powerful presidents of all time". ABC News (Australia). Archived from the original on July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
But Dans confirmed his team has ongoing connections with the Trump campaign. 'We have integration with folks on the campaign. The reality is ... we often supply ideas and ultimately we hope to offer personnel suggestions,' Dans says. 'This is really going to be the engine room for the next administration. Many of these folks served and will be called upon to serve again.'
afr.com
- Cranston, Matthew (May 14, 2024). "What a second Trump presidency could bring". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
aljazeera.com
- Mallinder, Lorraine. "What could Project 2025 mean for the rest of the world?". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- Shamim, Sarah (January 23, 2025). "What do Trump's executive orders on workplace diversity programmes say?". Al Jazeera.
americanprogress.org
- DeGood, Kevin (June 10, 2024). "Project 2025 Would Increase Costs for Commuters, Defund Transit Maintenance, and Undermine Economic Growth". Center for American Progress. Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
apnews.com
- Mascaro, Lisa (August 29, 2023). "Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan to Dismantle the US Government and Replace It with Trump's Vision". Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
While many of the Project 2025 proposals are inspired by Trump, they are being echoed by GOP rivals Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy and are gaining prominence among other Republicans.
- Licon, Adriana Gomex (July 5, 2024). "Trump denies knowing about Project 2025, his allies' sweeping plan to transform the US government". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
The 922-page plan outlines a dramatic expansion of presidential power and a plan to fire as many as 50,000 government workers to replace them with Trump loyalists.
- Swenson, Ali (July 3, 2024). "A conservative leading the pro-Trump Project 2025 suggests there will be a new American Revolution". Associated Press News. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- Berry, Lynn; Tang, Didi; Colvin, Jill; Knickmeyer, Ellen (May 9, 2024). "Trump-affiliated group releases new national security book outlining possible second-term approach". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- Groves, Stephen (February 7, 2025). "Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office". Associated Press. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- Mascaro, Lisa (August 7, 2024). "Project 2025's new leader Kevin Roberts postpones his own book launch until after the election". Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- Mascaro, Lisa (August 29, 2023). "Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump's vision". Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
'Some of these visions, they do start to just bleed into some kind of authoritarian fantasies where the president won the election, so he's in charge, so everyone has to do what he says — and that's just not the system the government we live under.'
- Weissert, Will (February 16, 2024). "Trump Wants to Fire Thousands of Government Workers. Liberals Are Preparing to Fight Back If He Wins". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- Mascaro, Lisa (June 24, 2024b). "Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- Knickmeyer, Ellen; Kim, Seung Min (June 17, 2024). "A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 17, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- Lee, Matthew; Madhani, Aamer; Colvin, Jill (January 25, 2025). "Loyalty tests and MAGA checks: Inside the Trump White House's intense screening of job-seekers". Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 26, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
- Lardner, Richard (August 5, 2024). "A chief architect of Project 2025 is ready to shock Washington if Donald Trump wins a second term". AP News. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- Mascaro, Lisa (August 7, 2024). "Project 2025's new leader Kevin Roberts postpones his own book launch until after the election". Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- Barrow, Bill (November 23, 2024). "After Trump's Project 2025 denials, he is tapping its authors and influencers for key roles". Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 24, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- "Karoline Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary, makes her debut in the briefing room". Associated Press News. January 28, 2025. Archived from the original on February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
archive.today
- Larson, Shannon (June 13, 2024). "What to know about Project 2025, the far-right agenda for a second Trump administration". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- Stone, Matthew (March 25, 2024). "What Would Happen to K-12 in a 2nd Trump Term? A Detailed Policy Agenda Offers Clues". Education Week. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- Arnsdorf, Isaac (May 16, 2024). "Trump alumni raising millions for legal defenses while scouting for White House hires". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
Officials from PPO and Project 2025 are in regular contact with Trump campaign advisers, though the groups' activities are officially separate and unsanctioned.
- "The meticulous, ruthless preparations for a second Trump term". The Economist. July 13, 2023. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- Cranston, Matthew (May 14, 2024). "What a second Trump presidency could bring". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- "Donald Trump's second term would be a protectionist nightmare". The Economist. October 31, 2023. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- Barber, Rachel (June 10, 2024). "What is Project 2025? The Presidential Transition Project explained". USA Today. Archived from the original on June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- Luce, Edward (May 17, 2024). "Trump's real plans for the deep state". Financial Times. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- Berman, Russell (September 24, 2023). "The Open Plot to Dismantle the Federal Government". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- Guynn, Jessica (March 3, 2024). "Trump tried to crush the 'DEI revolution.' Here's how he might finish the job". USA Today. Archived from the original on March 5, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- Slattery, Gram; Lynch, Sarah N.; Goudsward, Andrew (May 17, 2024). "Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI. His allies have a plan". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- Farrow, Ronan (March 18, 2023). "Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity: One woman's account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
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- Thompson, Alex (April 1, 2024). "Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections – for white people". Axios. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- Miranda, Shauneen (March 2, 2024). "'Department of Life': Trump allies plot abortion crackdown for second term". Axios. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- Allen, Mike; VandeHei, Jim (November 13, 2023). "Behind the Curtain: Trump Allies Pre-Screen Loyalists for Unprecedented Power Grab". Axios. Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- Allen, Mike; Basu, Zachary (July 5, 2024). "Trump disavows Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, despite MAGA ties". Axios. Archived from the original on July 5, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
in April 2024, Project 2025 senior advisor John McEntee stated that they and the Trump campaign planned to 'integrate a lot of our work'
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- Saric, Ivana (November 7, 2024). "Trump's MAGA allies gloat Project 2025 "is the agenda"". Axios. Archived from the original on November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
bbc.com
- Cabral, Sam (July 30, 2024). "Project 2025 leader Paul Dans resigns from Heritage Foundation". BBC. Washington. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
- Wendling, Mike (July 7, 2024). "Project 2025: A wish list for a Trump presidency, explained". BBC. Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
...a controversial idea known as 'unitary executive theory'
- Wendling, Mike (July 7, 2024). "Project 2025: A wish list for a Trump presidency, explained". BBC News. Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
...a controversial idea known as 'unitary executive theory'
bloomberg.com
- Birnbaum, Emily (July 24, 2024). "Harris Targets Trump by Raising Threat of 'Extreme' Project 2025". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on August 1, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
bostonglobe.com
- Larson, Shannon (June 13, 2024). "What to know about Project 2025, the far-right agenda for a second Trump administration". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
brennancenter.org
- Petry, Eric; Weiner, Daniel I. (August 16, 2024). "Project 2025 Would Fuel the Assault on Election Officials". www.brennancenter.org. New York, NY: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. Archived from the original on March 16, 2025. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
britannica.com
- Duignan, Brian (March 21, 2025). "Project 2025". Britannica. Archived from the original on February 1, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
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- Cohn, Jennifer (March 7, 2024). "Shocking Online Manifesto Reveals Project 2025's Link to a Coordinated 'Christian Nationalism Project'". Bucks County Beacon. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
cambridge.org
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cbc.ca
- Logan, Nick (June 27, 2024). "You may hear Project 2025 during the U.S. presidential election campaign. What is that?". CBC. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
The Heritage Foundation, the influential group behind Project 2025, has laid out sweeping reforms of virtually every aspect of government, including a plan that critics warn will line the public service with employees loyal to a Republican commander-in-chief, as well as providing an ultra-conservative framework for policies. Its stated goal is to undo most everything implemented in the previous four years of U.S. President Joe Biden's administration.
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cbsnews.com
- "Project 2025 would overhaul the U.S. tax system. Here's how it could impact you". CBS News. July 12, 2024. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- Quinn, Melissa; Rosen, Jacob (July 8, 2024). "What is Project 2025? What to know about the conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration". CBS News. Archived from the original on July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- Picchi, Aimee (July 11, 2024). "Project 2025 would overhaul the U.S. tax system. Here's how it could impact you". CBS News. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
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- Contorno, Steve (July 11, 2024). "Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved". CNN. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- Treene, Alayna; Contorno, Steve; Sullivan, Kate (July 5, 2024). "Trump seeks to distance himself from pro-Trump Project 2025". CNN. Archived from the original on July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
In a post to his social media site, Trump claimed, 'I know nothing about Project 2025,' the name given to a playbook crafted by the Heritage Foundation to fill the executive branch with thousands of Trump loyalists and reorient its many agencies' missions around conservative ideals.
- Devine, Curt; Tolan, Casey; Ash, Audrey; Lah, Kyung (August 15, 2024). "In secretly recorded video, Project 2025 co-author says he's drafted hundreds of executive orders for Trump". CNN. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- Treene, Alayna (November 11, 2024). "Trump expected to announce Stephen Miller as White House deputy chief of staff for policy". CNN. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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[Jeffrey] Clark also helped draft portions of the Project 2025 blueprint for a second Trump term, including outlining the use of the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy the military for domestic law enforcement, as first reported by the Washington Post.
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Given Heritage's influence – the organization is full of the former president's staff, and the person leading Project 2025, Paul Dans, is a former Trump administration official who told a recent gathering of religious broadcasters that he expects to return to the White House if Republicans are victorious this fall...
- Contorno, Steve; Tolan, Casey (January 31, 2025). "Trump said he hadn't read Project 2025 – but most of his early executive orders overlap with its proposals | CNN Politics". CNN. Archived from the original on February 10, 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
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Project 2025's blueprint envisions dismantling the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI; disarming the Environmental Protection Agency by loosening or eliminating emissions and climate-change regulations; eliminating the Departments of Education and Commerce in their entirety.
- Troye, Olivia (July 8, 2024). "'Just ludicrous': Ex-Pence advisor on Trump's attempt to distance himself from 'Project 2025'". CNN. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
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Donald Trump has lately made clear he wants little to do with Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for the next Republican president that has attracted considerable blowback in his race for the White House.
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Trump, meanwhile, has publicly distanced himself from the plan.
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First, I will immediately re-issue my 2020 Executive Order restoring the President's authority to remove rogue bureaucrats. And I will wield that power very aggressively.
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Former President Donald Trump distanced himself on Friday from Project 2025—a controversial package of conservative policy ideas by the Heritage Foundation
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Trump has also seemingly endorsed Heritage's policy work in the past, saying at a 2022 dinner for the Heritage Foundation that the group was "going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do ... when the American people give us a colossal mandate."
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