What parts of Project 2025 are already starting to unfold?
Project 2025 is a presidential transition project published by the
Heritage Foundation.
The conservative think tank has released a mandate for leadership
in every election cycle for almost 40 years.
The president-elect has repeatedly denied affiliation with Project 2025, but
it wouldn't be unprecedented for his actions to fall in
line with the policies outlined by the Heritage Foundation.
Former Republican President Ronald Reagan adopted or attempted to adopt
2/3 of the 2000 recommendations outlined in the first mandate.
In the 80s, Brendan Carr wrote a chapter in Project
2025 on the Federal Communications Commission, or the FCC.
Now Carr has been named as Trump's nominee for FCC
chair.
Carr's called for dismantling the censorship cartel and restoring free
speech rights.
He's been an open critic of content moderation policies on
platforms like YouTube, while at the same time being a
supporter of banning TikTok due to its ties to a
Chinese company.
Also, Project 2025 calls for a major overhaul of the
Department of Justice, which Trump has suggested he would use
to serve him politically.
Efforts to make this idea a reality are already in
motion, as Trump's first pick for attorney general was MAGA
loyalist former Congressman Matt Gaetz.
Trump's latest pick, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, served
as a lawyer for him during his first impeachment trial
in 2020.
Project 2025 calls for the elimination of the Department of
Education, which distributes billions and federal funds to schools from
elementary to the college level.
However, so far there's no sign that will happen as
Trump has already named an appointee to run the department,
campaign donor and WWE Co founder Linda McMahon, who was
also a part of the first Trump administration.