Project 2025

[RedFromMI]

Or as it might be called, Project 1925. Made by Trump acolytes and now being disavowed by Trump (he knows all about it):

Project 2025 is the GOP’s version of “Mein Kampf”—and it’s 100% Trump’s vision
They want to control every aspect of our lives
Dean Obeidallah
Jul 06, 2024

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On July 18, 1925, Adolf Hitler released volume one of his political manifesto, Mein Kampf. This 400 plus page book—written while Hitler was in prison for his failed attempt coup known as The Beer Hall Putsch—has been described by historians as “a blueprint of his agenda for a Third Reich.” Hitler would later release the second volume of Mein Kampf titled, “Die Nationalsozialistische Bewegung” (“The National Socialist Movement”) that outlined the political programs that his party would implement in an effort to “Make Germany Great Again.”

Hitler was named chancellor of Germany in 1933 after his Nazi party’s success in the 1932 national election. From there, Hitler would implement his evil manifesto while ending Germany’s fledgling democracy known as the Weimar Republic.

Flash forward to 2024. We are confronted with Donald Trump--an aspiring authoritarian--who like Hitler led a failed coup but then pivoted to use democracy to destroy the Republic. And like with Mein Kampf in the 1930’s, today we are faced with an equally sinister political manifesto called, “Project 2025.” It’s formal name, though, should be “Donald Trump’s Project 2025” because everything about it is Trump and MAGA.

Thankfully, there has been increasing media coverage of Project 2025 and its anti-democratic, oppressive goals. That is why Trump on Friday posted on social media a “disavowal” of Project 2025, claiming he didn’t know who is behind it. In reality, what Project 2025 calls for is based exactly on what Trump did in office in his first term and vowed to do if he returns. That is not a surprise given those involved in Project 2025 are key people from Trump world including Ben Carson, Peter Navarro, Russ Vought (Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget), high-ranking former Trump official Paul Dans and many more.

Project 2025 -which should more accurately be called Project 1925 because that’s where these people want to take America back to—was spearheaded by the Trump loving Heritage Foundation. They organized a vast coalition of more than 100 Trump supporting organizations to collect their extreme wish list from Turning Point USA to the Susan B. Anthony anti-abortion organization to Moms’ for Liberty. In sum, they have put in writing a “Christian nationalist” vision for America, which is not only about imposing their religious views upon us--but also ensuring white supremacy.

Project 2025 is not hiding the goal of turning their ideas into policy as stated in the opening of the manifesto: “It is not enough for conservatives to win elections. If we are going to rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left, we need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on Day One of the next conservative Administration.”

To that end, Project 2025 has created a Presidential Administration Academy to train people in advance so they can be ready to impose the Project 2025 policy agenda once Trump wins. From there, Project 2025 lays out the 180-day playbook that articulates the policies that they will work to impose in the first six months of Trump’s Reich. Here are just a few of policy examples which are obviously taken right from Trump:

1. Making the President a king. The GOP Supreme Court obviously beat Project 2025 to this goal with their recent ruling that a President is literally above the law—as Trump requested of them. But in the case of Project 2025, the focus is not avoiding criminal prosecution, it’s about placing the entire federal bureaucracy, including independent agencies such as the Department of Justice, under the direct control of the President. This is 100% in line with Trump’s stated goals in this campaign.

2. Ending civil service protections to ensure only those loyal to Trump/MAGA are in control. This is literally reinstating a Trump-era executive order that makes federal employees fireable at-will, stripping tens of thousands of employees of civil service protections. In other words, Trump can fill his administration with people loyal to him above the Constitution.

3. Banning abortion and access to certain birth control. This is part of the Christian nationalist agenda of Project 2025 and can be achieved by Trump ordering his FDA to reverse approval of abortion drugs. But let’s not play games, their goal is a total national abortion ban where women are forced to carry a fetus to term against their will. If a GOP controlled Congress passed a national abortion ban, we know Trump will sign it given he has repeatedly told us “I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade” and how “honored” he was to do so.

4. Rolling back protections for LGBTQ people: Project 2025 wants to end LGBTQ workplace discrimination protections so that bigots can more easily fire people from that community. In addition, they are calling for reinstating a transgender military ban as well stopping what it considers the “toxic normalization of transgenderism” across American society. As a reminder, in Trump’s first term, he “initiated a sustained, years-long effort to erase protections for LGBTQ people” as the ACLU detailed. And Trump has vowed to do exactly what Project 2025 is calling for by rolling back Biden protections for the LGBTQ community.

5. Climate change: The plan’s proposals include ending existing climate programs and increasing reliance on fossil fuels. Project 2025 also advocates disbanding various bureaucratic offices related to renewable energy and climate science. Trump--who has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax”--as president rolled back Obama era regulations to address the issue. And if elected, he has pledged to do exactly what Project 2025 laid out—even recently telling oil executives that point blank in exchange for donations.

There are also detailed policies that line up perfectly with Trump’s other proposals from extreme anti-immigration proposals intended to keep America white to ending diversity and equity programs to shutting down the Department of Education so that GOP states can they implement education that is literally political and religious indoctrination to tax cuts for the wealthy. This is exactly what Trump has championed and is literally on his website as “Agenda 47.”

You name a part of your life and Project 2025 wants to control it. What happens if we oppose this agenda? Well Heritage president Kevin Roberts earlier this week offered a not so subtle threat in an interview on Trump’s close ally Steve Bannon’s show. Roberts declared about their goals: We are “in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

We have been warned: If Trump wins and we dare oppose the Project 2025 agenda, there will be blood.

After reading about the Project 2025 agenda, it’s in no way hyperbolic to equate it to Mein Kampf. Both are the blueprints of dangerous wannabe dictators working to end a democratic Republic while inflicting a hate-filled, dangerously extreme agenda. We know what happened with Hitler. It’s up to us to prevent Trump and his Project 2025 from replacing the United States of America with a Trump Reich.

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[dislaxxic]

Thanks for posting this RFM...i feel like it is important for voters to understand what is going on in the lizard brain of the MagaT republicans. If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency. I feel like that is his over-riding reason for even running.

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial

President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race.

But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.

In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?

To build himself up, Trump constantly tears the country down. There is no shining city on the hill. It’s just mourning in America.

Throughout the debate, Trump repeatedly said we are a “failing” country. He called the United States a “third world nation.” He said, “we’re living in hell” and “very close to World War III.”

“People are dying all over the place,” Trump said, later adding “we’re literally an uncivilized country now.”

Trump told more than 30 lies during the debate to go with the more than 30,000 mistruths told during his four years as president. He dodged the CNN moderators’ questions, took no responsibility for his actions, and blamed others, mainly Biden, for everything that is wrong in the world.

Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection he fueled was farcical. He said a “relatively small number of people” went to the Capitol and many were “ushered in by the police.”

After scheming to overturn the 2020 election, Trump refused to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election. Unless, of course, he wins.

The debate served as a reminder of what another four years of Trump would look like. More lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate. Supporters say they like Trump because he says whatever he thinks. But he mainly spews raw sewage.

Trump attacks the military. He denigrates the Justice Department and judges. He belittles the FBI and the CIA. He picks fights with allies and cozies up to dictators.

Trump is an unserious carnival barker running for the most serious job in the world. During his last term, Trump served himself and not the American people.

Trump spent chunks of time watching TV, tweeting, and hanging out at his country clubs. Over his four-year term, Trump played roughly 261 rounds of golf.

As president, Trump didn’t read the daily intelligence briefs. He continued to use his personal cell phone, allowing Chinese spies to listen to his calls. During one Oval Office meeting, Trump shared highly classified intelligence with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.

Trump’s term did plenty of damage and had few accomplishments. The much-hyped wall didn’t get built. Infrastructure week was a recurring joke. Giant tax cuts made the rich richer, while fueling massive deficits for others to pay for years. His support for coal, oil drilling, and withdrawal from the Paris Agreement worsened the growing impact of climate change.

Trump stacked the judiciary with extreme judges consisting mainly of white males, including a number who the American Bar Association rated as not qualified. A record number of cabinet officials were fired or left the office. The West Wing was in constant chaos and infighting.

Many Trump appointees exited under a cloud of corruption, grifting, and ethical scandals. Trump’s children made millions off the White House. His dilettante son-in-law got $2 billion from the Saudi government for his fledgling investment firm even though he never managed money before.

Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic resulted in tens of thousands of needless deaths. He boasts about stacking the Supreme Court with extreme right-wingers who are stripping away individual rights, upending legal precedents, and making the country less safe. If elected, Trump may add to the court’s conservative majority.

Of course, there were the unprecedented two impeachments. Now, Trump is a convicted felon who is staring at three more criminal indictments. He is running for president to stay out of prison.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Trump allegedly stole classified information and tried to overturn an election. His plans for a second term are worse than the last one. We cannot be serious about letting such a crooked clown back in the White House.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Yes, Biden had a horrible night. He’s 81 and not as sharp as he used to be. But Biden on his worst day remains lightyears better than Trump on his best.

Biden must show that he is up to the job. This much is clear: He has a substantive record of real accomplishments, fighting the pandemic, combating climate change, investing in infrastructure, and supporting working families and the most vulnerable.

Biden has surrounded himself with experienced people who take public service seriously. He has passed major bipartisan legislation despite a dysfunctional Republican House majority.

Biden believes in the best of America. He has rebuilt relationships with allies around the world and stood up to foes like Russia and China.

There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be.

Get out the vote, people!

..

[SCLaxAttack]

Thanks for posting this RFM...i feel like it is important for voters to understand what is going on in the lizard brain of the MagaT republicans. If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency. I feel like that is his over-riding reason for even running.

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial

President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race.

But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.

In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?

To build himself up, Trump constantly tears the country down. There is no shining city on the hill. It’s just mourning in America.

Throughout the debate, Trump repeatedly said we are a “failing” country. He called the United States a “third world nation.” He said, “we’re living in hell” and “very close to World War III.”

“People are dying all over the place,” Trump said, later adding “we’re literally an uncivilized country now.”

Trump told more than 30 lies during the debate to go with the more than 30,000 mistruths told during his four years as president. He dodged the CNN moderators’ questions, took no responsibility for his actions, and blamed others, mainly Biden, for everything that is wrong in the world.

Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection he fueled was farcical. He said a “relatively small number of people” went to the Capitol and many were “ushered in by the police.”

After scheming to overturn the 2020 election, Trump refused to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election. Unless, of course, he wins.

The debate served as a reminder of what another four years of Trump would look like. More lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate. Supporters say they like Trump because he says whatever he thinks. But he mainly spews raw sewage.

Trump attacks the military. He denigrates the Justice Department and judges. He belittles the FBI and the CIA. He picks fights with allies and cozies up to dictators.

Trump is an unserious carnival barker running for the most serious job in the world. During his last term, Trump served himself and not the American people.

Trump spent chunks of time watching TV, tweeting, and hanging out at his country clubs. Over his four-year term, Trump played roughly 261 rounds of golf.

As president, Trump didn’t read the daily intelligence briefs. He continued to use his personal cell phone, allowing Chinese spies to listen to his calls. During one Oval Office meeting, Trump shared highly classified intelligence with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.

Trump’s term did plenty of damage and had few accomplishments. The much-hyped wall didn’t get built. Infrastructure week was a recurring joke. Giant tax cuts made the rich richer, while fueling massive deficits for others to pay for years. His support for coal, oil drilling, and withdrawal from the Paris Agreement worsened the growing impact of climate change.

Trump stacked the judiciary with extreme judges consisting mainly of white males, including a number who the American Bar Association rated as not qualified. A record number of cabinet officials were fired or left the office. The West Wing was in constant chaos and infighting.

Many Trump appointees exited under a cloud of corruption, grifting, and ethical scandals. Trump’s children made millions off the White House. His dilettante son-in-law got $2 billion from the Saudi government for his fledgling investment firm even though he never managed money before.

Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic resulted in tens of thousands of needless deaths. He boasts about stacking the Supreme Court with extreme right-wingers who are stripping away individual rights, upending legal precedents, and making the country less safe. If elected, Trump may add to the court’s conservative majority.

Of course, there were the unprecedented two impeachments. Now, Trump is a convicted felon who is staring at three more criminal indictments. He is running for president to stay out of prison.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Trump allegedly stole classified information and tried to overturn an election. His plans for a second term are worse than the last one. We cannot be serious about letting such a crooked clown back in the White House.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Yes, Biden had a horrible night. He’s 81 and not as sharp as he used to be. But Biden on his worst day remains lightyears better than Trump on his best.

Biden must show that he is up to the job. This much is clear: He has a substantive record of real accomplishments, fighting the pandemic, combating climate change, investing in infrastructure, and supporting working families and the most vulnerable.

Biden has surrounded himself with experienced people who take public service seriously. He has passed major bipartisan legislation despite a dysfunctional Republican House majority.

Biden believes in the best of America. He has rebuilt relationships with allies around the world and stood up to foes like Russia and China.

There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be.

Get out the vote, people!

..

Dis, you say "If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency." I wish you were right but I'm much more pessimistic.

These past few years has shown me a more emboldened stupidity and bigotry than I ever imagined actually existed in this country. I thought it couldn't get worse, but I actually believe the most recent presidential debate has given them courage to be even more open with who they are. Not only have I seen it on the ground in North Carolina, but I read more of it here in fanlax. Listen to them. They want civil war.

[SCLaxAttack]

Thanks for posting this RFM...i feel like it is important for voters to understand what is going on in the lizard brain of the MagaT republicans. If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency. I feel like that is his over-riding reason for even running.

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial

President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race.

But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.

In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?

To build himself up, Trump constantly tears the country down. There is no shining city on the hill. It’s just mourning in America.

Throughout the debate, Trump repeatedly said we are a “failing” country. He called the United States a “third world nation.” He said, “we’re living in hell” and “very close to World War III.”

“People are dying all over the place,” Trump said, later adding “we’re literally an uncivilized country now.”

Trump told more than 30 lies during the debate to go with the more than 30,000 mistruths told during his four years as president. He dodged the CNN moderators’ questions, took no responsibility for his actions, and blamed others, mainly Biden, for everything that is wrong in the world.

Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection he fueled was farcical. He said a “relatively small number of people” went to the Capitol and many were “ushered in by the police.”

After scheming to overturn the 2020 election, Trump refused to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election. Unless, of course, he wins.

The debate served as a reminder of what another four years of Trump would look like. More lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate. Supporters say they like Trump because he says whatever he thinks. But he mainly spews raw sewage.

Trump attacks the military. He denigrates the Justice Department and judges. He belittles the FBI and the CIA. He picks fights with allies and cozies up to dictators.

Trump is an unserious carnival barker running for the most serious job in the world. During his last term, Trump served himself and not the American people.

Trump spent chunks of time watching TV, tweeting, and hanging out at his country clubs. Over his four-year term, Trump played roughly 261 rounds of golf.

As president, Trump didn’t read the daily intelligence briefs. He continued to use his personal cell phone, allowing Chinese spies to listen to his calls. During one Oval Office meeting, Trump shared highly classified intelligence with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.

Trump’s term did plenty of damage and had few accomplishments. The much-hyped wall didn’t get built. Infrastructure week was a recurring joke. Giant tax cuts made the rich richer, while fueling massive deficits for others to pay for years. His support for coal, oil drilling, and withdrawal from the Paris Agreement worsened the growing impact of climate change.

Trump stacked the judiciary with extreme judges consisting mainly of white males, including a number who the American Bar Association rated as not qualified. A record number of cabinet officials were fired or left the office. The West Wing was in constant chaos and infighting.

Many Trump appointees exited under a cloud of corruption, grifting, and ethical scandals. Trump’s children made millions off the White House. His dilettante son-in-law got $2 billion from the Saudi government for his fledgling investment firm even though he never managed money before.

Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic resulted in tens of thousands of needless deaths. He boasts about stacking the Supreme Court with extreme right-wingers who are stripping away individual rights, upending legal precedents, and making the country less safe. If elected, Trump may add to the court’s conservative majority.

Of course, there were the unprecedented two impeachments. Now, Trump is a convicted felon who is staring at three more criminal indictments. He is running for president to stay out of prison.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Trump allegedly stole classified information and tried to overturn an election. His plans for a second term are worse than the last one. We cannot be serious about letting such a crooked clown back in the White House.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Yes, Biden had a horrible night. He’s 81 and not as sharp as he used to be. But Biden on his worst day remains lightyears better than Trump on his best.

Biden must show that he is up to the job. This much is clear: He has a substantive record of real accomplishments, fighting the pandemic, combating climate change, investing in infrastructure, and supporting working families and the most vulnerable.

Biden has surrounded himself with experienced people who take public service seriously. He has passed major bipartisan legislation despite a dysfunctional Republican House majority.

Biden believes in the best of America. He has rebuilt relationships with allies around the world and stood up to foes like Russia and China.

There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be.

Get out the vote, people!

..

Dis, you say "If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency." I wish you were right but I'm much more pessimistic.

These past few years has shown me a more emboldened stupidity and bigotry than I ever imagined actually existed in this country. Tens of millions of them. I thought it couldn't get worse, but I actually believe the most recent presidential debate has given them courage to be even more open about who they are. Not only have I seen it on the ground in North Carolina, but I read more of it here in fanlax. Listen to them. They want civil war.

[old salt]

Who's the Project 2025 FTC Chairperson ?

Let's stick with the 1619 Project.

[cradleandshoot]

Thanks for posting this RFM...i feel like it is important for voters to understand what is going on in the lizard brain of the MagaT republicans. If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency. I feel like that is his over-riding reason for even running.

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial

President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race.

But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.

In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?

To build himself up, Trump constantly tears the country down. There is no shining city on the hill. It’s just mourning in America.

Throughout the debate, Trump repeatedly said we are a “failing” country. He called the United States a “third world nation.” He said, “we’re living in hell” and “very close to World War III.”

“People are dying all over the place,” Trump said, later adding “we’re literally an uncivilized country now.”

Trump told more than 30 lies during the debate to go with the more than 30,000 mistruths told during his four years as president. He dodged the CNN moderators’ questions, took no responsibility for his actions, and blamed others, mainly Biden, for everything that is wrong in the world.

Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection he fueled was farcical. He said a “relatively small number of people” went to the Capitol and many were “ushered in by the police.”

After scheming to overturn the 2020 election, Trump refused to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election. Unless, of course, he wins.

The debate served as a reminder of what another four years of Trump would look like. More lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate. Supporters say they like Trump because he says whatever he thinks. But he mainly spews raw sewage.

Trump attacks the military. He denigrates the Justice Department and judges. He belittles the FBI and the CIA. He picks fights with allies and cozies up to dictators.

Trump is an unserious carnival barker running for the most serious job in the world. During his last term, Trump served himself and not the American people.

Trump spent chunks of time watching TV, tweeting, and hanging out at his country clubs. Over his four-year term, Trump played roughly 261 rounds of golf.

As president, Trump didn’t read the daily intelligence briefs. He continued to use his personal cell phone, allowing Chinese spies to listen to his calls. During one Oval Office meeting, Trump shared highly classified intelligence with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.

Trump’s term did plenty of damage and had few accomplishments. The much-hyped wall didn’t get built. Infrastructure week was a recurring joke. Giant tax cuts made the rich richer, while fueling massive deficits for others to pay for years. His support for coal, oil drilling, and withdrawal from the Paris Agreement worsened the growing impact of climate change.

Trump stacked the judiciary with extreme judges consisting mainly of white males, including a number who the American Bar Association rated as not qualified. A record number of cabinet officials were fired or left the office. The West Wing was in constant chaos and infighting.

Many Trump appointees exited under a cloud of corruption, grifting, and ethical scandals. Trump’s children made millions off the White House. His dilettante son-in-law got $2 billion from the Saudi government for his fledgling investment firm even though he never managed money before.

Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic resulted in tens of thousands of needless deaths. He boasts about stacking the Supreme Court with extreme right-wingers who are stripping away individual rights, upending legal precedents, and making the country less safe. If elected, Trump may add to the court’s conservative majority.

Of course, there were the unprecedented two impeachments. Now, Trump is a convicted felon who is staring at three more criminal indictments. He is running for president to stay out of prison.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Trump allegedly stole classified information and tried to overturn an election. His plans for a second term are worse than the last one. We cannot be serious about letting such a crooked clown back in the White House.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Yes, Biden had a horrible night. He’s 81 and not as sharp as he used to be. But Biden on his worst day remains lightyears better than Trump on his best.

Biden must show that he is up to the job. This much is clear: He has a substantive record of real accomplishments, fighting the pandemic, combating climate change, investing in infrastructure, and supporting working families and the most vulnerable.

Biden has surrounded himself with experienced people who take public service seriously. He has passed major bipartisan legislation despite a dysfunctional Republican House majority.

Biden believes in the best of America. He has rebuilt relationships with allies around the world and stood up to foes like Russia and China.

There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be.

Get out the vote, people!

..

Dis, you say "If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency." I wish you were right but I'm much more pessimistic.

These past few years has shown me a more emboldened stupidity and bigotry than I ever imagined actually existed in this country. I thought it couldn't get worse, but I actually believe the most recent presidential debate has given them courage to be even more open with who they are. Not only have I seen it on the ground in North Carolina, but I read more of it here in fanlax. Listen to them. They want civil war.

Any American stupid to want another civil war should go back and study the last one. How did it work out for us all these years later? How much has really changed?

[dislaxxic]

Good question Swabby...the Project 2025 Chair is a Heritage Foundation apparatchik who was formerly the Chief of Staff at the Office of Personnel Management. From THAT perch, he got to know the ins and outs of the federal workforce and where the power centers lie. In an area where nonpartisanship SHOULD be prized, these partisan ideologues are seeking to fill the government with Trump Yes-Men. A scary thought, to be sure.

The Heritage Foundation, Mitch "Because He Can" McConnell and Donald "Whatever They Say To Do" Trump have given us a brazenly activist far-right SCOTUS. Their desire to now create the same ideological cesspool in the federal workforce will end up effecting each and every one of us in ways we probably ought to be paying attention to.

The fact that Trump is now furiously backpedaling from Project 2025 is telling...VERY telling...

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[SCLaxAttack]

Thanks for posting this RFM...i feel like it is important for voters to understand what is going on in the lizard brain of the MagaT republicans. If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency. I feel like that is his over-riding reason for even running.

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial

President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race.

But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.

In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?

To build himself up, Trump constantly tears the country down. There is no shining city on the hill. It’s just mourning in America.

Throughout the debate, Trump repeatedly said we are a “failing” country. He called the United States a “third world nation.” He said, “we’re living in hell” and “very close to World War III.”

“People are dying all over the place,” Trump said, later adding “we’re literally an uncivilized country now.”

Trump told more than 30 lies during the debate to go with the more than 30,000 mistruths told during his four years as president. He dodged the CNN moderators’ questions, took no responsibility for his actions, and blamed others, mainly Biden, for everything that is wrong in the world.

Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection he fueled was farcical. He said a “relatively small number of people” went to the Capitol and many were “ushered in by the police.”

After scheming to overturn the 2020 election, Trump refused to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election. Unless, of course, he wins.

The debate served as a reminder of what another four years of Trump would look like. More lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate. Supporters say they like Trump because he says whatever he thinks. But he mainly spews raw sewage.

Trump attacks the military. He denigrates the Justice Department and judges. He belittles the FBI and the CIA. He picks fights with allies and cozies up to dictators.

Trump is an unserious carnival barker running for the most serious job in the world. During his last term, Trump served himself and not the American people.

Trump spent chunks of time watching TV, tweeting, and hanging out at his country clubs. Over his four-year term, Trump played roughly 261 rounds of golf.

As president, Trump didn’t read the daily intelligence briefs. He continued to use his personal cell phone, allowing Chinese spies to listen to his calls. During one Oval Office meeting, Trump shared highly classified intelligence with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.

Trump’s term did plenty of damage and had few accomplishments. The much-hyped wall didn’t get built. Infrastructure week was a recurring joke. Giant tax cuts made the rich richer, while fueling massive deficits for others to pay for years. His support for coal, oil drilling, and withdrawal from the Paris Agreement worsened the growing impact of climate change.

Trump stacked the judiciary with extreme judges consisting mainly of white males, including a number who the American Bar Association rated as not qualified. A record number of cabinet officials were fired or left the office. The West Wing was in constant chaos and infighting.

Many Trump appointees exited under a cloud of corruption, grifting, and ethical scandals. Trump’s children made millions off the White House. His dilettante son-in-law got $2 billion from the Saudi government for his fledgling investment firm even though he never managed money before.

Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic resulted in tens of thousands of needless deaths. He boasts about stacking the Supreme Court with extreme right-wingers who are stripping away individual rights, upending legal precedents, and making the country less safe. If elected, Trump may add to the court’s conservative majority.

Of course, there were the unprecedented two impeachments. Now, Trump is a convicted felon who is staring at three more criminal indictments. He is running for president to stay out of prison.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Trump allegedly stole classified information and tried to overturn an election. His plans for a second term are worse than the last one. We cannot be serious about letting such a crooked clown back in the White House.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Yes, Biden had a horrible night. He’s 81 and not as sharp as he used to be. But Biden on his worst day remains lightyears better than Trump on his best.

Biden must show that he is up to the job. This much is clear: He has a substantive record of real accomplishments, fighting the pandemic, combating climate change, investing in infrastructure, and supporting working families and the most vulnerable.

Biden has surrounded himself with experienced people who take public service seriously. He has passed major bipartisan legislation despite a dysfunctional Republican House majority.

Biden believes in the best of America. He has rebuilt relationships with allies around the world and stood up to foes like Russia and China.

There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be.

Get out the vote, people!

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Dis, you say "If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency." I wish you were right but I'm much more pessimistic.

These past few years has shown me a more emboldened stupidity and bigotry than I ever imagined actually existed in this country. I thought it couldn't get worse, but I actually believe the most recent presidential debate has given them courage to be even more open with who they are. Not only have I seen it on the ground in North Carolina, but I read more of it here in fanlax. Listen to them. They want civil war.

Any American stupid to want another civil war should go back and study the last one. How did it work out for us all these years later? How much has really changed?

It hasn't changed because people like you are still carrying their water. If you wanted change for the better among other things you wouldn't be ticked that all those confederate traitor's statues that were put up in the early 1900s have been taken down or military posts and schools have changed their names. You want status quo. Life was great in the 1950s. Great for Jets. Not so great for Sharks. Or African Americans.

[cradleandshoot]

Thanks for posting this RFM...i feel like it is important for voters to understand what is going on in the lizard brain of the MagaT republicans. If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency. I feel like that is his over-riding reason for even running.

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial

President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race.

But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.

In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?

To build himself up, Trump constantly tears the country down. There is no shining city on the hill. It’s just mourning in America.

Throughout the debate, Trump repeatedly said we are a “failing” country. He called the United States a “third world nation.” He said, “we’re living in hell” and “very close to World War III.”

“People are dying all over the place,” Trump said, later adding “we’re literally an uncivilized country now.”

Trump told more than 30 lies during the debate to go with the more than 30,000 mistruths told during his four years as president. He dodged the CNN moderators’ questions, took no responsibility for his actions, and blamed others, mainly Biden, for everything that is wrong in the world.

Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection he fueled was farcical. He said a “relatively small number of people” went to the Capitol and many were “ushered in by the police.”

After scheming to overturn the 2020 election, Trump refused to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election. Unless, of course, he wins.

The debate served as a reminder of what another four years of Trump would look like. More lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate. Supporters say they like Trump because he says whatever he thinks. But he mainly spews raw sewage.

Trump attacks the military. He denigrates the Justice Department and judges. He belittles the FBI and the CIA. He picks fights with allies and cozies up to dictators.

Trump is an unserious carnival barker running for the most serious job in the world. During his last term, Trump served himself and not the American people.

Trump spent chunks of time watching TV, tweeting, and hanging out at his country clubs. Over his four-year term, Trump played roughly 261 rounds of golf.

As president, Trump didn’t read the daily intelligence briefs. He continued to use his personal cell phone, allowing Chinese spies to listen to his calls. During one Oval Office meeting, Trump shared highly classified intelligence with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.

Trump’s term did plenty of damage and had few accomplishments. The much-hyped wall didn’t get built. Infrastructure week was a recurring joke. Giant tax cuts made the rich richer, while fueling massive deficits for others to pay for years. His support for coal, oil drilling, and withdrawal from the Paris Agreement worsened the growing impact of climate change.

Trump stacked the judiciary with extreme judges consisting mainly of white males, including a number who the American Bar Association rated as not qualified. A record number of cabinet officials were fired or left the office. The West Wing was in constant chaos and infighting.

Many Trump appointees exited under a cloud of corruption, grifting, and ethical scandals. Trump’s children made millions off the White House. His dilettante son-in-law got $2 billion from the Saudi government for his fledgling investment firm even though he never managed money before.

Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic resulted in tens of thousands of needless deaths. He boasts about stacking the Supreme Court with extreme right-wingers who are stripping away individual rights, upending legal precedents, and making the country less safe. If elected, Trump may add to the court’s conservative majority.

Of course, there were the unprecedented two impeachments. Now, Trump is a convicted felon who is staring at three more criminal indictments. He is running for president to stay out of prison.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Trump allegedly stole classified information and tried to overturn an election. His plans for a second term are worse than the last one. We cannot be serious about letting such a crooked clown back in the White House.

If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?

Yes, Biden had a horrible night. He’s 81 and not as sharp as he used to be. But Biden on his worst day remains lightyears better than Trump on his best.

Biden must show that he is up to the job. This much is clear: He has a substantive record of real accomplishments, fighting the pandemic, combating climate change, investing in infrastructure, and supporting working families and the most vulnerable.

Biden has surrounded himself with experienced people who take public service seriously. He has passed major bipartisan legislation despite a dysfunctional Republican House majority.

Biden believes in the best of America. He has rebuilt relationships with allies around the world and stood up to foes like Russia and China.

There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be.

Get out the vote, people!

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Dis, you say "If more fully understood, i feel like a fairly large majority of the nation's voters would not take Orange Cheeto's quest to get back to the safe-from-jail protection of the presidency." I wish you were right but I'm much more pessimistic.

These past few years has shown me a more emboldened stupidity and bigotry than I ever imagined actually existed in this country. I thought it couldn't get worse, but I actually believe the most recent presidential debate has given them courage to be even more open with who they are. Not only have I seen it on the ground in North Carolina, but I read more of it here in fanlax. Listen to them. They want civil war.

Any American stupid to want another civil war should go back and study the last one. How did it work out for us all these years later? How much has really changed?

It hasn't changed because people like you are still carrying their water. If you wanted change for the better among other things you wouldn't be ticked that all those confederate traitor's statues that were put up in the early 1900s have been taken down or military posts and schools have changed their names. You want status quo. Life was great in the 1950s. Great for Jets. Not so great for Sharks. Or African Americans.

When the hell did I ever say anything that you just claimed I said? I'm a NYY born and raised. I had a relative who served in the Union army. I don't give a rats ass what happens to these statues. They could dump them in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean for all I care. The only thing that bothered me and you and I discussed this was the name change at Ft Bragg. They nailed it with Ft Moore and screwed the pooch with the name they gave to Ft Bragg. I served 3 years of my life at Ft Bragg. I left a lot of blood, sweat tears behind. For this old paratrooper it will always be Ft Bragg. I don't do so to offend your sensitivity I do so because Ft Bragg is a special place to me. The new name does nothing to honor that history. Ft Ridgeway would have been a name to honor the legacy of the general who established the legacy and the legend of the 82nd Airborne. I earned that right and that privilege. You never wore jump wings did you? FTR, the men I served with in my platoon were of ALL nationalities. BTW is it still Longstreet Rd or was that changed? We always called it Longhill St. It was 7 miles to the end of Normandy DZ.

[dislaxxic]

Project 2025: the MAGA Republican "Platform" for Governing

The exhaustive plan calls for, among other things, dismantling the Department of Education, passing sweeping tax cuts, imposing sharp limits on abortion, giving the White House greater influence over the Justice Department, reducing efforts to limit climate change and increasing efforts to promote fossil fuels, drastically cutting and changing the federal workforce and giving the president more power over the civil service.

It also includes building an “army” of conservatives ready to take jobs should Trump win in 2025. The project was partially fueled by a desire to be ready for “Day One” of a conservative presidency. Vacancies in key jobs, for example, contributed to chaos during Trump’s first term.

“Our goal is to assemble an army of aligned, vetted, trained and prepared conservatives to go to work on Day One to deconstruct the Administrative State,” Paul Dans, the project’s director, said on the project website.

The Heritage Foundation created the Donald Trump presidency, the current activist Supreme Court, and is seeking to come into your homes and your workplaces next year to "remake" American society. Is that what we want?

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[jhu72]

Christians jumping the gun in Arizona.

[Brooklyn]

tRump's imprint is all over this ultra right wing scheme

[RedFromMI]

He is only disavowing it because its scrutiny is likely to diminish his support outside of the hardcore MAGA/Christian Nationalists. It is 100% part of his orbit, and he in fact is a supporter of almost all of the individual proposals.

[jhu72]

He is only disavowing it because its scrutiny is likely to diminish his support outside of the hardcore MAGA/Christian Nationalists. It is 100% part of his orbit, and he in fact is a supporter of almost all of the individual proposals.

... yup.

[jhu72]

"Gay furry hackers" successfully attack the Heritage Foundation.

[dislaxxic]

I hear that Project 2025 is a lot easier to understand in its original German.

~Unknown Wiseacre

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[LaxFan2311]

He is only disavowing it because its scrutiny is likely to diminish his support outside of the hardcore MAGA/Christian Nationalists. It is 100% part of his orbit, and he in fact is a supporter of almost all of the individual proposals.

That’s not true at all. He has his own platform he’s posted on all his social media. Please look it up, troll.

Also, Christian nationalism isn’t real. It’s a made up boogeyman by woke liberals like you.

[RedFromMI]

He is only disavowing it because its scrutiny is likely to diminish his support outside of the hardcore MAGA/Christian Nationalists. It is 100% part of his orbit, and he in fact is a supporter of almost all of the individual proposals.

That’s not true at all. He has his own platform he’s posted on all his social media. Please look it up, troll.

Also, Christian nationalism isn’t real. It’s a made up boogeyman by woke liberals like you.

His posted (and sanitized) platform is nothing more than a toned down version of Project 2025. You have no idea what sort of person I am, but like to just throw out categories so you can "own" me.

And the Christian nationalism is not only real, but I have a lot of knowledge of that particular form of heresy. Seven Mountains theology, dominionism, etc. are part and parcel of the particular group of people who ardently support Trump and plan on using their connections to him to put in place as much as possible of the Project 2025 program into place. They are just as transactionalist as Trump and will expect to have a big say on how the government is bent to their purposes should Trump be reelected.

[MDlaxfan76]

He is only disavowing it because its scrutiny is likely to diminish his support outside of the hardcore MAGA/Christian Nationalists. It is 100% part of his orbit, and he in fact is a supporter of almost all of the individual proposals.

That’s not true at all. He has his own platform he’s posted on all his social media. Please look it up, troll.

Also, Christian nationalism isn’t real. It’s a made up boogeyman by woke liberals like you.

His posted (and sanitized) platform is nothing more than a toned down version of Project 2025. You have no idea what sort of person I am, but like to just throw out categories so you can "own" me.

And the Christian nationalism is not only real, but I have a lot of knowledge of that particular form of heresy. Seven Mountains theology, dominionism, etc. are part and parcel of the particular group of people who ardently support Trump and plan on using their connections to him to put in place as much as possible of the Project 2025 program into place. They are just as transactionalist as Trump and will expect to have a big say on how the government is bent to their purposes should Trump be reelected.

Petey got out of 'jail' and is back for more.

[Essexfenwick]

Christian nationalism creates the only societies that people desperately break into. All the others garner zero appeal to outsiders regarding residence.