To a remarkable degree, the moves Trump has made to date have followed the blueprint laid out in the notorious Project 2025. You can read analyses of this plan by the BBC, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, and the American Prospect by clicking on these links:
Project 2025: The right-wing wish list for Trump's second term (BBC)
Project 2025: The Far-Right Playbook for American Authoritarianism (GPAHE)
Project 2025: Exposing the Far-Right Assault on America (American Prospect)
So what comes next?Reporting in the Atlantic, David A. Graham predicts two of the next areas of focus for the Trump administration, based on a close reading of Project 2025:
(1) Eliminating all climate change policy to free up fossil fuel exploitation on federal lands, or in Trump parlance, “Drill, baby, drill!” — “Already, the Defense Department has canceled climate work, NASA has fired its chief scientist, NOAA has laid off hundreds of workers, and the EPA has plans to fire hundreds more, but even these steep cuts are likely only the start. Earlier this month, Politico reported on an Office of Management and Budget memo proposing an evisceration of NOAA that closely mirrors Project 2025’s proposals. Unlike some on the right, Project 2025 doesn’t treat climate change as a hoax, but it does view these programs as an impediment to the unfettered exploitation of fossil fuels, especially on federal land, that they want.”
(2) ‘The second is a more organized campaign to promote conservative gender norms, traditional families, and Christian morality. Trump has already moved to limit transgender rights, but the Project 2025 agenda is much wider, aiming to return the United States to a country of married families with male breadwinners and female caregivers…They want to revoke federal approval for abortion drugs and criminalize mailing them, and they envision wide-ranging federal surveillance of abortion at the state level. To bolster traditional families, they want to pay caregivers to remain at home, nudge single fathers toward marriage, and restructure welfare programs to reward married couples. Taken together, these moves will try to replicate an idealized vision of pre–Roe v. Wade America.“
Links for action:
Contact your Congressional representatives about Project 2025 in the House or the Senate.
HEADLINES:
The Project 2025 Presidency — The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come. (Atlantic)
Judge blocks parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement (AP)
Who will stop Donald Trump’s drive for unchecked power? (Economist)
Trump Is Attempting to Use Wartime Powers in the United States (Atlantic)
In Trump’s legal world, the president is always right (CNN)
Trump Is a Weak and Failing President. Treat Him that Way. (TNR)
Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows (NYT)
The Supreme Court’s ‘Selective Proceduralism’ Would Suffocate the Constitution (Atlantic)
Russian general killed in car blast just outside Moscow ahead of Witkoff-Putin meeting (CNN)
In rare criticism of Putin, Trump urges the Russian leader to ‘STOP!’ after a deadly attack on Kyiv (AP)
Trump’s Plan to Sell Out Ukraine to Russia (Atlantic)
It's not just Abrego Garcia. Another judge ordered another man's return from El Salvador. (MSNBC)
Trump orders changes to civil rights rules, college accreditation (WP)
Pakistan suspends visas for Indians after deadly Kashmir attack on tourists (BBC)
China stands firm in trade war: There are no talks, U.S. should move first (Axios)
As Trump softens his tone on the trade war, China refuses to budge (WP)
Google broke the law. It’s time to break up the company (Guardian)
Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over (New Yorker)
Nearly 100 days into what Trump and Elon Musk have called a mission to make the federal bureaucracy more efficient, Reuters found 20 instances where the staff and funding cuts led to purchasing bottlenecks and increased costs; longer public wait times; higher-paid civil servants filling in menial jobs, and a brain drain of scientific and technological talent. (Reuters)
More members of President Donald Trump's cabinet will likely move to rein in Department of Government Efficiency employees after Musk takes a step back. [HuffPost]
Musk had a White House shouting match with the nation’s top financial official. It came ahead of Musk’s decision to scale back his government work. (WP)
Musk forced back to the boardroom as Doge ‘blowback’ pummels Tesla (Financial Times)
Steve Bannon Rips DOGE's Accounting—'None of This Makes Sense' (Newsweek)
Airlines’ Muddy Outlook Sparks Anxiety Across Travel Industry (WSJ)
California economy now the world’s fourth-largest, overtaking Japan (LAT)
“Periodic table of machine learning” could fuel AI discovery (MIT)
Google AI is now hallucinating idioms — these are the 5 most hilarious we found (Tom’s Guide)
Financial Experts Recommend Diversifying Portfolio With Multiple Harebrained Schemes (The Onion)
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