Here comes Project 2025!
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Bill discusses the implementation of Project 2025 with David Pepper, former Chair of the Democratic Party in Ohio and author of our special podcast series, Trump’s Project 2025: Up Close and Personal. Project 2025 is a draconian blueprint for a second Trump term prepared by the Heritage Foundation. And now we face the implementation across all elements of society. The discussion covers the dangers of Project 2025, including the weaponization of the Department of Justice to target political opponents, attacks on women's healthcare and abortion rights, weakening of labor unions and worker protections, and the replacement of scientists and experts with unqualified political appointees. Pepper warns that while some elements of Project 2025 may not be implemented, the Trump administration is poised to move quickly on many fronts to enact its extreme agenda. Pepper and Bill urge continued vigilance and activism to document, call out, and build opposition to these efforts to undermine democratic institutions and norms. You can follow David’s work at DavidPepper.substack.com
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| 1:10.7 | Hello, good friends. Welcome back to the Bill Press pod, and I wish I could welcome you back in better times instead of this hour of disappointment and despair. You know, one of our biggest fears about |
| 1:13.4 | November 5 was Project 2025, that draconian blueprint for a second Trump term prepared by the |
| 1:20.8 | Extreme Right Wing Heritage Foundation. We talked about it often on this podcast, and we made it the focus of our special podcast series, Donald Trump's Project 2025 and personal. |
| 1:34.2 | Well, sadly, Project 2025 is now a reality, or soon will be. |
| 1:39.9 | A couple of days ago, in fact, I happened to spot a huge protest against Project 2025 in front of the Heritage Foundation here in Washington. |
| 1:50.4 | But you know what? It's too late to stop it. |
| 1:52.9 | Void by those election results last Tuesday, Trump's team are already working to implement Project 2025's proposals on every front, from health care |
| 2:03.7 | to abortion rights, from immigration to the Department of Justice. How bad is it? And how soon |
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