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Project2025 Tracker |
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Project 2025 is not just a plan — it's the blueprint guiding a coordinated effort to dismantle democratic institutions and concentrate power in the hands of a new ruling elite.
Marketed by the Heritage Foundation as a way to "restore the American republic," the 900+ page document lays out a roadmap for reshaping the federal government: purging civil servants, eliminating oversight, and weaponizing executive power.
Trump and GOP leaders have denied knowledge of the plan, but their actions since returning to power have followed it almost line-by-line — from DOJ interference to mass firings. It's not just a coincidence; it's confirmation.
This page tracks the real-time execution of that blueprint. Click on any category to see exactly what's happening — and what it really means for the future of American democracy. [Read More]
The Heritage Foundation and its allies present Project 2025 as a roadmap for restoring "constitutional government" and returning power to the people. On the surface, that might sound patriotic. But buried within the over 900 pages are detailed instructions for consolidating power under the executive branch, eliminating checks and balances, and staffing the government with ideological loyalists instead of public servants.
Project 2025 is not a restoration — it's a reconstruction of the U.S. government designed to serve a corporate autocracy. The plan outlines how to dismantle regulatory agencies, defund programs serving marginalized communities, weaponize the DOJ and DOD, and put every federal department under the control of a single political movement. It's not about efficiency — it's about control.
Project 2025 was authored and endorsed by dozens of far-right think tanks and policy groups, but its ideological core comes from a small circle of tech billionaires and culture war ideologues. Figures like Peter Thiel, Balaji Srinivasan, Marc Andreessen, and Elon Musk have all supported radical ideas for ending democratic governance in favor of “startup societies” and authoritarian efficiency. These ideas are no longer fringe — they're foundational to Project 2025.
During the campaign, Donald Trump and his allies distanced themselves from Project 2025. They claimed they'd never heard of it and labeled critics as fearmongers. But once in power, they quietly moved Heritage Foundation leaders and Project 2025 contributors into key roles across the administration. Executive orders, DOJ interference, civil service purges — all match the blueprint exactly.
Most Americans won't read 900 pages of legal code and bureaucratic restructuring — so we did it for you. We've broken Project 2025 down into 13 categories with real-world objectives that we can track as they're implemented. For each objective, we explain:
We believe truth shouldn't be buried in footnotes. So we're putting it in plain sight — for everyone to see. [Hide]
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| 1. Dismantling the Administrative State | |
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Reclassify federal employees to make them easier to fire
Our Analysis: This isn't about efficiency — it's about removing career public servants and replacing them with loyalists. The true goal is to dismantle the professional civil service that serves the public and replace it with a political machine loyal only to the executive — a prerequisite for authoritarian consolidation.
Shift hiring authority to the White House
Our Analysis: This centralization isn't administrative — it's strategic. It strips agencies of autonomy and gives the executive branch unchecked hiring and firing power, silencing dissent and amplifying cronyism.
Target and restructure agencies that resist Trump agenda
Our Analysis: Eliminating agencies that resist political agendas isn’t about savings — it’s about control. This is how oversight dies and unchecked power thrives.
Ensure federal employees align with presidential priorities
Our Analysis: Loyalty tests are the litmus test of authoritarianism. This objective sets the stage for ideological purges, rewarding obedience over expertise, and shaping a government that serves a ruler, not the people.
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| 2. Restructuring the Executive Branch | |
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Create department to streamline agencies and enforce alignment
Our Analysis: Framed as a bureaucratic streamlining effort, DOGE is a Trojan horse. Its real purpose is to centralize oversight under executive control, bypassing traditional checks and balances.
Reduce workforce deemed misaligned with administration goals
Our Analysis: Mass layoffs aren't about waste : they’re about gutting the civil service to create fear, loyalty, and dependency on political whims.
Remove internal watchdogs to reduce oversight
Our Analysis: This is a targeted attack on watchdogs. Removing IGs ensures that corruption, abuse, and illegality can flourish behind closed doors, with no one left to blow the whistle.
Increase control over independent agencies
Our Analysis: Independence is a cornerstone of democratic institutions. This move is about eroding that independence to create a government of yes-men beholden to a singular agenda.
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| 3. Politicizing the Department of Justice | |
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White House controls DOJ decisions
Our Analysis: Dismantling the DOJ’s autonomy is how authoritarian regimes turn law enforcement into a political weapon. It's about shielding allies and punishing dissent.
Install Attorney General and deputies with political loyalty
Our Analysis: These appointments aren't about justice — they're about insurance. Installing loyalists protects corrupt actors and turns justice into a tool of the ruling class.
Use DOJ to launch investigations
Our Analysis: Weaponizing the DOJ isn't law enforcement — it's elite enforcement. It’s how fear becomes governance.
Weaken IG and OPR oversight
Our Analysis: Removing internal oversight opens the floodgates for unchecked prosecutorial abuse, insulating the powerful from consequences and obliterating rule of law.
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| 4. Militarizing Immigration and Border Policy | |
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Issue EO ending birthright citizenship
Our Analysis: Revoking birthright citizenship isn’t immigration policy — it’s constitutional sabotage. It’s designed to create permanent underclasses and lay legal groundwork for a rights rollback.
Use military/federal for removals
Our Analysis: This is state-sponsored fear. It normalizes authoritarian force, militarizes civil society, and lays the infrastructure for broader domestic crackdowns.
Repeal protections for Dreamers
Our Analysis: Ending DACA is not about legality — it’s about cruelty. It signals that even lawful presence and contributions offer no protection when ideology trumps humanity.
Increase contracts for detention centers
Our Analysis: This isn’t about capacity — it’s about capability. It builds the machinery of mass incarceration that can later be turned on any targeted group.
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| 5. Controlling Education and Culture | |
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Prohibit diversity, equity, inclusion offices in schools
Our Analysis: To exert political control over education by eliminating the Department of Education, replacing professional educators and administrators with ideologically aligned actors. This is part of a broader campaign to indoctrinate youth, weaken teachers' unions, and elevate religious and conservative content in public schooling.
Limit teaching of race, gender, and U.S. history
Our Analysis: To remove educational autonomy at the local level and replace it with centralized right-wing curriculum priorities, targeting higher education and public K-12 systems alike. This undermines academic freedom and promotes ideological conformity.
Reduce DOE, shift oversight to states
Our Analysis: To weaponize federal agencies like the Department of Education and DOJ to go after perceived political enemies in school systems, while protecting conservative groups from scrutiny.
Mandate curriculum on American exceptionalism
Our Analysis: To eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and strip protections for marginalized students under the guise of 'parents’ rights' and neutrality.
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| 6. Weaponizing Religion in Government | |
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Bypass civil rights laws on religious grounds
Our Analysis: To merge religion and governance by promoting Christianity as a guiding principle of federal law and policy, directly undermining the First Amendment.
Use federal platforms to push Christian identity
Our Analysis: To divert public funds into private, often religious, institutions and create state-supported religious education while dismantling secular public education.
Undo protections using religious grounds
Our Analysis: To promote legal structures that privilege Christian values, eroding legal protections for LGBTQ+ people, women, and religious minorities.
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| 7. Rolling Back Environmental and Climate Protections | |
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Exit global climate pact
Our Analysis: To eliminate regulations that limit fossil fuel profits, regardless of their environmental or human cost. This is part of the corporate consolidation of power and profit.
Reduce EPA authority or eliminate it
Our Analysis: To dismantle the EPA and neutralize its ability to enforce environmental laws, placing climate policy fully under political control.
Expand drilling on public lands
Our Analysis: To withdraw from global climate agreements and alliances, isolating the U.S. while maximizing short-term fossil fuel extraction.
End U.S. participation in climate-related treaties like the Paris Agreement and avoid binding global environmental obligations.
Our Analysis: To greenlight pollution and extractive projects that harm marginalized communities and strip them of environmental protections.
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| 8. Corporate Deregulation and Privatization | |
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Loosen Dodd-Frank and protections
Our Analysis: To remove federal oversight and regulations from corporate activities, allowing large companies to self-regulate in ways that benefit shareholders at the expense of public safety and workers rights.
Expand private contracts, reduce oversight
Our Analysis: To privatize key public services and infrastructure, turning essential civic functions into profit-driven enterprises.
Slow investigations into monopolies
Our Analysis: To install industry insiders in regulatory agencies to ensure favorable treatment of corporations over consumers and the environment.
Strip federal contract and grant programs of any requirements related to diversity, equity, sustainability, or labor protections.
Our Analysis: To eliminate antitrust enforcement and allow monopolistic consolidation across critical industries, ensuring that the ultra-wealthy remain unaccountable.
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| 9. Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights and Reproductive Freedom | |
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Block trans healthcare access
Our Analysis: To erase protections for LGBTQ+ individuals and women by using government policy to enforce a rigid, conservative vision of gender and sexuality.
Cut funding to reproductive providers
Our Analysis: To ban or restrict abortion and reproductive healthcare at the federal level under the guise of states’ rights or fetal personhood.
Ban abortion through federal law
Our Analysis: To frame equality movements as "woke extremism" to justify dismantling civil rights protections.
Remove federal policies requiring the use of preferred pronouns, non-discrimination enforcement, or equal hiring protections for LGBTQ+ individuals.
Our Analysis: To create a chilling effect on speech and expression by threatening legal or financial retaliation against schools, companies, or individuals that support LGBTQ+ rights or abortion access.
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| 10. Suppressing Voting Rights and Civil Liberties | |
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Ban or limit mail voting
Our Analysis: To suppress opposition through legal and procedural means, including voter roll purges, ID laws, and reduced polling access — disproportionately affecting marginalized communities.
Require ID for all voters
Our Analysis: To consolidate election oversight under partisan actors who can manipulate certification and outcomes in favor of one party.
Ban same-day registration
Our Analysis: To intimidate voters and volunteers by blurring lines between civilian law enforcement and political operatives.
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| 11. Controlling the Military and Intelligence Community | |
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Remove senior DOD officials
Our Analysis: To purge military leadership that refuses to pledge loyalty to the President, and replace them with individuals who support the administration’s political agenda.
Appoint loyalists to intel agencies
Our Analysis: To dismantle intelligence agency independence and place agencies like the CIA and NSA under direct White House control.
DOD used for immigration/protests
Our Analysis: To use the U.S. military for domestic enforcement of political goals under the guise of national security.
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| 12. Reshaping Foreign Policy | |
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Withdraw or undermine NATO
Our Analysis: To withdraw from international alliances and treaties that constrain unilateral action or global cooperation, and realign foreign policy toward nationalist goals.
Strengthen ties with Russia/Hungary
Our Analysis: To use foreign policy to reward allies and punish enemies based solely on personal loyalty to the President.
Slash global aid to prioritize domestic agenda
Our Analysis: To prioritize arms deals and fossil fuel trade over diplomacy, human rights, and global stability.
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| 13. Overhauling Public Health and Science Agencies | |
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Slash public health agency budgets
Our Analysis: To politicize scientific agencies and data, silencing scientists and researchers who contradict administration talking points.
Undermine trust in medical expertise
Our Analysis: To slash funding for public health, environmental science, and medical research to weaken government capacity for long-term planning and response.
End vaccine rules and promotion
Our Analysis: To dismantle or absorb independent health authorities like the CDC and NIH into politically controlled executive offices.
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