SO, WHAT IS IT?

BLOG DISCLAIMER

This blog was created as a public service.

It is a Cliff’s Notes version of the actual 900 pages of text found in PROJECT 2025. 

It is not a commentary. 

Most importantly - It DOES NOT reflect my opinion in any way.

The title page is clear - Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, Project 2025, Presidential Transition Project.

And the first word is definitive - mandate. My ancient dictionary defines it as “an authoritative command.” In this respect, the Heritage Foundation and those working with them.

Project 2025 has 25 chapters written by 37 individuals. More than mere outlines, each section presents a guided, directed, point-by-point plan to redefine how our government will function should the Democratic Party lose the 2024 election. It has five major parts: 

[1] Taking the Reins of Government - the restructuring of the White House, the Executive Branch, and the Personnel/Staffing support system;

[2] The Common Defense - directions for the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and State; the Intelligence Community; Media Agencies defined as the US Agency for Global Media and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and, finally, the Agency for International Development;

[3] The General Welfare - Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Transportation, VA, and Energy (and related commissions);

[4] The Economy - Departments of Commerce, Treasury; Export-Import Bank; Federal Reserve; Small Business Administration; and Trade; and 

[5] Independent Regulatory Agencies: Financial Regulatory Agencies (Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Election Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission. 

Nine hundred pages is a hell of a lot to read. And that’s their intent. 

Raise your hand if you have read the entire text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the constitutional amendments. Congratulations, and thank you if your hand is still up. Whether it is or not, though, how many of you, dear readers, might be inclined to read any 900-page political document, let alone this one designed to change American democratic institutions?

So, I’m going to do it for you. Actually, it’s for me. I plan on reading ten pages or so every day. Let me emphasize the word - plan. After all, I do have a life. Everyone does. And that’s also their intent.

Without time or inclination, very few will read it. I doubt Donald Trump has, either. And that’s the whole point. With no “traditional” platform and no public document adopted by either Republican institution or convention, the MAGA political party will be guided by a Mandate few have plowed through. 

What the Federalist Society has done to the Judicial Branch, the Heritage Foundation is doing to the Executive Branch.

Wish me luck and please spread the word. I’d be happy to divvy up the parts should you like to participate.