Breaking Down Project 2025
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On the outskirts of this week's Republican National Convention, the ultra-conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation held a "Policy Fest" to discuss its plans for the next Republican administration. One of the big talking points during the event was Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page policy blueprint for the next Republican administration to dramatically remake the federal government at almost every level. While former president Donald Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, members of his administration were directly involved in crafting it. McKay Coppins, a senior staff writer at The Atlantic who covered the Trump administration, tells us more about the goals of Project 2025.
And in headlines: A jury convicted New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on all 16 counts he faced in his federal corruption trial, President Biden is reportedly weighing sweeping changes to the Supreme Court, and a new Senate report found almost half of all worker injuries in Amazon warehouses happen during Prime Day.
Show Notes:
- Read Project 2025 – https://www.project2025.org/
- Check out McKay Coppins work – https://www.theatlantic.com/author/mckay-coppins/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, July 17th. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm Priyanka Arabindy. |
| 0:04.0 | And I'm Juanita Tolliver, and this is what a day, |
| 0:06.0 | the show where we've identified the one good thing about the RNC. |
| 0:10.0 | West Virginia Governor Jim Justice's bulldog, baby dog. |
| 0:13.8 | According to the New York Times, baby dog was met with a level of enthusiasm that is usually |
| 0:18.9 | only reserved for Trump himself. |
| 0:21.4 | I completely understand. I am here for baby dog. I love her. |
| 0:25.6 | She's a cute baby dog. She really is. |
| 0:28.7 | On today, President Joe Biden is expected to announce proposed changes to the Supreme Court. |
| 0:35.8 | Plus, new calls for New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez to step down after he was found guilty |
| 0:41.2 | on all charges in his corruption case. |
| 0:43.4 | But first, Tuesday marked the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. |
| 0:48.8 | While the official theme of the day was illegal immigration, the unofficial theme was Unify around Donald Trump |
| 0:55.0 | because the prime time speaking slots were filled with some of the |
| 0:58.0 | former president's most notable former rivals. |
| 1:01.0 | Chief among them was former UN ambassador, |
| 1:03.5 | Nicky Haley, who was Trump's main primary opponent |
| 1:06.2 | this year. |
| 1:07.2 | She wasn't originally even invited to or planning |
| 1:10.2 | to attend the RNC. |
| 1:12.2 | She was added to the speaking schedule |
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