Project 2025 Revisited

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we dig into the implementation of Project 2025 — the 900+-page blueprint created by The Heritage Foundation and other conservative organizations for remaking the federal government and policy agenda. What parts have already been actioned? What remains pending? What are the risks, and where are the potential levers of accountability? We’ll review data from trackers and assess next steps.American Civil Liberties Union+2Democracy Forward+2Wikipedia+2Congresswoman Grace Meng+2Democracy ForwardAFSCME Council 5 Retirees United+1Democracy Forward+1PBS+1Project 2025 Tracker+1Center for Progressive ReformProject 2025 Tracker+2American Civil Liberties Union+2Seligman, M. E. P. (1972). Learned helplessness. Annual Review of Medicine, 23(1), 407-412. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.me.23.020172.002203Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2016). Learned helplessness at fifty: Insights from neuroscience. Psychological Review, 123(4), 349-367. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000033Lodge, M., & Taber, C. S. (2013). The rationalizing voter. Cambridge University Press.Cialdini, R. B. (2006). Influence: The psychology of persuasion (Revised ed.). Harper Business.Kunda, Z. (1990). The case for motivated reasoning. Psychological Bulletin, 108(3), 480-498. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.108.3.480