The Road to Tyranny is Well On Its Way

If you have avoided paying attention up until now, now is time to get serious and pay attention. What is happening in Amerika is not some random outrage by an unstable psychotic. It is a well planned series of actions meant to demean, disparage, outrage, and eliminate any opposition to the rise of a despot.

Yesterdayʻs outrage was militarizing Washington D.C.–with dreadful threats to other large cities. Todayʻs outrage is targeting John Bolton and raiding his office in revenge. [To be clear, I am no fan of Boltonʻs policies, but I respect his honesty and integrity…and his right to FREE SPEECH.]

The Trumplican agenda is all well documented. For those of you who have been asleep or too afraid to keep up with the pace of its implementation, Project 2025 is the “conservative” “governing agenda” created by The Heritage Foundation specifically for implementation by the Trump administration, but there is nothing “conservative” about it. Launched in 2022 and published as the Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise in April 2023—it is a nearly 900+ page extremist policy blueprint, and it is being implemented as quickly as possible.¹

Its overarching vision is to reshape the federal government, shift toward a unitary executive model (centralizing power in the presidency), and roll back “progressive” policies (that so many of us have worked hard for our entire lives) across every agency.²

The mission includes:

• Personnel overhaul
  Replacing merit-based civil servants with loyalists to the conservative agenda³, where fealty trumps integrity, dignity, and humanity [pun intended].
• Structural transformations
  Abolishing or downsizing departments like Education, EPA, and shifting responsibilities to the DOJ or states.⁴
• Strong base in social conservative values
  Banning free speech, restricting abortion, opposing LGBTQ+ and DEI programs, and promoting Christian-nationalist family models⁵, including the removal of voting rights for women.

Strategies & Components

• Mandate for Leadership
  A heavy-duty policy document detailing agency-by-agency reform agendas (over 900 pages, published April 2023).⁶
• Personnel Pipeline
  Building a vetted database of loyal cadres to staff executive agencies starting Day One.⁷
• Policy Blueprint Execution
  Outline for sweeping regulatory rollbacks, structural shifts, and consolidating executive control—commonly reflecting “unitary executive theory.”⁸
• Allied Network
  Collaboration with over 100 conservative organizations and donor-aligned networks (e.g., Leonard Leo-linked groups) to promote, fund, and implement the agenda.⁹

Goals & Key Objectives

Though Heritage does not provide a numbered breakdown, the project encompasses:

• Staffing realignment
  Identify and place loyalists across all agencies.
• Agency restructuring
  Targets include dismantling or repurposing: Department of Education, EPA’s justice office, NIH autonomy, Social Safety programs, etc.¹⁰
• Policy reversals
  Reverse rules on abortion, climate, federal workforce protections, DEI, voting, and more.¹¹
• Legal and cultural shifts
  Promote and implement anti-LGBTQ+ laws, Christian nationalist policy, empower faith-based institutions to discriminate, ban pornography (free speech).¹²

Progress

There isn’t direct reporting from the Heritage Foundation on implementation progress. But externally, the “Project 2025 Tracker” exists, showing 317 total objectives, with 116 completed, 63 in progress, over 34 agencies.¹³

Trump’s Second Term Alignment

As of April 2025, early executive actions from Trump’s second term closely mirror Project 2025 proposals: hiring freeze on federal civilian staff, FEMA restructuring advisory council, WHO withdrawal reinstatement.¹⁴ Reports from August 2025 suggest that the plan is “nearly halfway through completion” about 200 days into the term.¹⁵

Media Analysis & Criticism

Project 2025 has drawn extensive scrutiny for being authoritarian, promoting Christian nationalism, and undermining democracy, as covered by outlets like Time, AP, New Yorker, Le Monde, and AP News.¹⁶ Legal and civil rights organizations warn it threatens civil liberties, minority rights, and the rule of law.¹⁷

Summary

Component	Highlights
Vision	Restructure federal governance under conservative control and centralize power in the presidency.
Mission	Overhaul personnel, dismantle or transform key agencies, and reverse liberal policies.
Strategy	A large policy blueprint (Mandate for Leadership), personnel database, and alliance network.
Goals	Replace civil servants, restructure agencies, rollback progressive policies, embed social conservatism.
Progress	Externally tracked objectives show partial advances; early executive actions reflect plan; near 50% completion reported ~Aug 2025.

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Highlights of Implementation

Personnel Appointments

Several individuals who contributed to the Project 2025 blueprint have been nominated or confirmed to key roles in the second Trump administration: Brendan Carr (FCC Chair)
Tom Homan (border czar)
Russell Vought (OMB Director)
Michael Anton
Paul S. Atkins, Steven G. Bradbury, Troy Edgar, Jon Feere, Pete Hoekstra, Roman Jankowski, Peter Navarro, among others.¹⁸

And letʻs not forget his neo-Nazi advisors: Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka.

Executive Orders Mirroring Project 2025 Recommendations

1. Climate & Environmental Deregulation
   Nearly two-thirds of Trump’s early executive orders mirror proposals from the 900-page Project 2025 blueprint.¹⁹
2. Withdrawal from Paris Agreement
   Executed on Day One, aligning directly with Project 2025’s call to exit international climate accords.²⁰
3. NOAA Downsizing
   Attempts to fire hundreds of NOAA scientists and reduce weather balloon launches, echoing Project 2025’s push to dismantle NOAA.²¹
4. National Monument Review
   Initiated reviews and potential rollbacks of national monument designations.²²
5. Privatizing FEMA Functions
   Established a council to review FEMA’s effectiveness and explore privatization.²³
6. Alaska Resource Extraction
   Executive orders opened Arctic land, including national monuments, to oil and mineral development.²⁴
7. Federal Hiring Oversight
   Memos authored by Heritage Foundation associates, reflecting the Project’s emphasis on political loyalty in federal hiring.²⁵
8. NIH Grant Funding Changes
   NIH reduced the maximum indirect cost rate for university research grants from ~50% to 15%.²⁶
9. Education Policy Shift
   Executive Order 14191 redirected funds from public schools to private vouchers.²⁷
10. Foreign Aid Freeze
    Early EO froze new foreign aid for 90 days and required stop-work orders.²⁸
11. Death Penalty Expansion
    EO Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety directed DOJ to seek capital punishment for certain categories.²⁹
12. Transgender Policy Rollbacks
    A series of EOs revoked federal recognition of transgender identities, stripped gender options on forms, restricted gender-affirming care, and barred transgender individuals from military service.³⁰

Pace of Execution

• External “Project 2025 Tracker” data shows 116 of 317 objectives completed (~36%), with an additional 63 in progress.³¹
• In under four months, about one-third of more than 300 policy objectives had been realized, including dismantling DEI and freezing science grants.³²
• By early May 2025, over 150 of 532 executive-oriented proposals had been proposed, attempted, or completed.³³

Summary

Area	Implementation Milestones
Personnel	Multiple Project 2025 contributors placed in key government roles¹⁸
Environment & Climate	Paris pull-out, NOAA cuts, monument reviews, FEMA privatization, Alaska drilling¹⁹–²⁴
Federal Hiring	Memos by Heritage staff directing political oversight²⁵
Research Funding	NIH grant overhead rate slashed²⁶
Education	Shift to school vouchers via EO 14191²⁷
Foreign Aid	Temporary freeze initiated²⁸
Criminal Justice	Broadened death penalty application²⁹
Social Policy	Transgender rights rollbacks enacted³⁰
Overall Progress	36% of tracked objectives complete; ~33% realized within months; 150+ proposals in process³¹–³³

The Clock is Ticking…and the People are Losing

Project 2025 has seen substantial early execution: key contributors are in government, and dozens of policy measures—from environmental deregulation to social conservatism—are already active. According to publicly tracked indicators, about 36% of the intended objectives are complete, with many more advancing quickly.

1. Le Monde, “Project 2025: The Conservative Revolution Disrupting Trump’s Forward March,” July 17, 2024; Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; The Guardian, “What Is Project 2025?”
2. Center for Progressive Reform, “Understanding Project 2025,” 2023; Wikipedia, “Project 2025.”
3. Le Monde, “Project 2025: The Conservative Revolution Disrupting Trump’s Forward March”; Wikipedia, “Project 2025.”
4. Le Monde, “Project 2025: The Conservative Revolution Disrupting Trump’s Forward March.”
5. Wikipedia, “Project 2025.”
6. Heritage Foundation, Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise (Washington, D.C., 2023); Wikipedia, “Mandate for Leadership”; ACLU, “Project 2025 Explained.”
7. Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; CBS News, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” April 2025.
8. Wikipedia, “Project 2025.”
9. Heritage Foundation, “Project 2025 Overview”; Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; The New Yorker, “The Right’s Blueprint for Power,” 2023.
10. AP News, “Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan to Dismantle the US Government,” 2023; Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; Le Monde, “Project 2025.”
11. Wikipedia, “Project 2025.”
12. The Guardian, “Project 2025: The Adoption Battle,” 2024.
13. CBS News, “Trump Project 2025 First 100 Days,” April 2025; Project 2025 Observer, “Tracker”; Center for Progressive Reform, “Understanding Project 2025.”
14. ACLU, “Project 2025 Explained”; CBS News, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025”; PBS NewsHour, “How Pres. Trump Is Using Project 2025,” April 2025.
15. PBS NewsHour, “How Pres. Trump Is Using Project 2025.”
16. Time, “What Is Project 2025?” 2024; AP News, “Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan”; The New Yorker, “Right’s Blueprint for Power”; Le Monde; Wikipedia.
17. The New Yorker; ACLU; Democracy Forward, “Project 2025 Threats to Democracy.”
18. Axios, “Trump Allies from Project 2025 in Key Roles,” 2025; Grist, “Project 2025 Tracker,” 2025; Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025; AFSCME Retirees United, “Project 2025 Brief,” 2025; Wikipedia.
19. The Guardian, “Trump 100 Days: White House Action Plan Makes Project 2025 Look Mild,” May 2, 2025; Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025.
20. Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025; Wikipedia, “Project 2025.”
21. Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025; Wikipedia, “Project 2025.”
22. Project 2025 Observer, “Tracker,” 2025; Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025; The Guardian, “Trump 100 Days,” 2025.
23. Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025; Wikipedia, “Project 2025.”
24. Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025.
25. Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; Grist, “Project 2025 Tracker,” 2025.
26. Grist, “Project 2025 Tracker,” 2025; Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; Axios, “Project 2025 Policy Shifts,” 2025.
27. Grist, “Project 2025 Tracker,” 2025; Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025.
28. Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; Center for American Progress, “Project 2025 Foreign Aid Agenda,” 2025; The Guardian, “Trump 100 Days,” 2025.
29. Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; Grist, “Project 2025 Tracker,” 2025.
30. Wikipedia, “Project 2025”; Time, “Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025,” 2025.
31. Fast Company, “Project 2025 Progress Report,” 2025; Project 2025 Observer, “Tracker,” 2025; Yahoo News, “Project 2025 Milestones,” 2025.
32. Grist, “Project 2025 Tracker,” 2025.
33. The Guardian, “Trump 100 Days,” 2025.