What is Project 2025? (Part II)

Who is behind it and what do they want?

I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.

-Former President Donald Trump (via Associated Press)

The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions— even when that is exactly what they have announced that they will do.

-Yale historian Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Last week’s piece was about Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership, and specifically the 800+ page document’s plans for defunding and dramatically scaling back federal oversight over public education. (If you would like a more concise rundown, education writer Peter Greene created a good one for Forbes.)

Obviously, there’s a lot more to say.

Too Long, Didn’t Read: Just like the Congressional budg…