Summary

Following Donald Trump’s election victory, Republicans are now openly embracing Project 2025, a policy agenda from The Heritage Foundation that outlines sweeping conservative reforms.

Despite Trump’s attempts to distance himself from the project during his campaign due to its extreme proposals—including expanded executive powers, a national abortion ban, stricter contraception limits, harsh immigration policies, and the elimination of agencies like the Department of Education—his allies quickly began celebrating its implementation.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and commentator Matt Walsh publicly affirmed the agenda, signaling the GOP’s commitment to enacting these controversial policies in Trump’s second term.

  • @Feathercrown
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    541 month ago

    They know they can’t win if people know who they are and what they want. Maybe this will teach a small fraction of their supporters who they really are.

      • @Feathercrown
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        111 month ago

        There are some who have voted out of ignorance, and not malice. You’re right, but not in every case.

        • @chakan2
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          311 month ago

          Willfully ignorant is almost more malicious than spite.

          • @Feathercrown
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            1 month ago

            Yeah. I consider both types to be bad people, but it’s important to know the difference sometimes. I refuse to be reduced to inaccurate arguments just because we lost.

        • @Stovetop
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          191 month ago

          Willful ignorance. It takes a certain type to somehow ignore every red flag that is presented before them.

          • @linearchaos
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            1 month ago

            every red flag

            And the bull horn, and the press releases and the public speeches.

    • @linearchaos
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      341 month ago

      It’s not like they’ve gone through any pains to hide it. Honestly, he stood on stage and shouted it at people. He said it directly to the press.

      I’m not sure he could have tried any harder to tell them exactly what his plan was and who he is.

      He didn’t win despite who he is; he won because of it. He won because his base is that awful.

      • @Feathercrown
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        141 month ago

        And I will NEVER let them forget it.

        • @linearchaos
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          91 month ago

          I wish they had the shame to process it.

    • @Sestren
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      201 month ago

      Have you seen none of the flyers/banners that popped up this election? The fact that he’s a felon is celebrated. The fact that he’s a rapist is celebrated. The fact that he openly speaks against overtime pay is celebrated. Fuck, even his divorces are celebrated. He could literally shoot someone in the face at a rally, and it would just boost his support.

      He’s Homelander, but fat and without superpowers.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 month ago

      They don’t care to understand the details or the nuance. They don’t need to. The team they are cheering on has told them what to do and they enjoy obeying their masters.