Project 2025 Tracker

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Category	Status
1. Dismantling the Administrative State
1.1 Reinstate Schedule F In Progress 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. 1.2 Centralize Personnel Authority In Progress 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. 1.3 Reorganize or Eliminate Agencies In Progress 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. 1.4 Implement Loyalty Tests In Progress 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.
2. Restructuring the Executive Branch
2.1 Establish DOGE In Progress 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. 2.2 Implement Mass Layoffs In Progress 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. 2.3 Dismiss Inspectors General In Progress 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. 2.4 Expand WH Oversight In Progress 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.
3. Politicizing the Department of Justice
3.1 Remove DOJ Independence In Progress 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. 3.2 Appoint DOJ Loyalists In Progress 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. 3.3 Target Political Opponents In Progress Use DOJ to launch investigations Our Analysis: Weaponizing the DOJ isn't law enforcement — it's elite enforcement. It’s how fear becomes governance. 3.4 Undermine DOJ Watchdogs In Progress 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.
4. Militarizing Immigration and Border Policy
4.1 End Birthright Citizenship In Progress 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. 4.2 Mass Deportations In Progress 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. 4.3 End DACA In Progress 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. 4.4 Expand Detention Facilities In Progress 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.
5. Controlling Education and Culture
5.1 Ban DEI Programs In Progress 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. 5.2 Restrict Curriculum Content In Progress 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. 5.3 Defund Education Bureaucracies In Progress 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. 5.4 Promote Patriotic Education In Progress 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.
6. Weaponizing Religion in Government
6.1 Expand Religious Exemptions In Progress 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. 6.2 Promote Christian Nationalism In Progress 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. 6.3 Restrict LGBTQ+ Rights In Progress 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.
7. Rolling Back Environmental and Climate Protections
7.1 Withdraw from Paris Agreement In Progress 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. 7.2 Dismantle EPA In Progress 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. 7.3 Increase Oil/Gas Drilling In Progress 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. 7.4 Withdraw from International Climate Agreements In Progress 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.
8. Corporate Deregulation and Privatization
8.1 Roll Back Financial Regulations In Progress 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. 8.2 Privatize Medicare Services In Progress Expand private contracts, reduce oversight Our Analysis: To privatize key public services and infrastructure, turning essential civic functions into profit-driven enterprises. 8.3 Weaken Antitrust Enforcement In Progress Slow investigations into monopolies Our Analysis: To install industry insiders in regulatory agencies to ensure favorable treatment of corporations over consumers and the environment. 8.4 Remove DEI, Climate, and Labor Conditions from Procurement and Grants In Progress 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.
9. Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights and Reproductive Freedom
9.1 Ban Gender-Affirming Care In Progress 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. 9.2 Defund Planned Parenthood In Progress 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. 9.3 National Abortion Ban In Progress Ban abortion through federal law Our Analysis: To frame equality movements as "woke extremism" to justify dismantling civil rights protections. 9.4 Eliminate LGBTQ Workplace Protections in Federal Agencies In Progress 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.
10. Suppressing Voting Rights and Civil Liberties
10.1 Restrict Mail-In Voting In Progress 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. 10.2 Federal Voter ID Mandate In Progress 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. 10.3 Eliminate Same-Day Registration In Progress Ban same-day registration Our Analysis: To intimidate voters and volunteers by blurring lines between civilian law enforcement and political operatives.
11. Controlling the Military and Intelligence Community
11.1 Purge Pentagon Leadership In Progress 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. 11.2 Control Intelligence Community In Progress 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. 11.3 Use Military Domestically In Progress 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.
12. Reshaping Foreign Policy
12.1 Exit NATO In Progress 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. 12.2 Align with Authoritarian Regimes In Progress 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. 12.3 Cut Foreign Aid In Progress Slash global aid to prioritize domestic agenda Our Analysis: To prioritize arms deals and fossil fuel trade over diplomacy, human rights, and global stability.
13. Overhauling Public Health and Science Agencies
13.1 Defund CDC and NIH In Progress Slash public health agency budgets Our Analysis: To politicize scientific agencies and data, silencing scientists and researchers who contradict administration talking points. 13.2 Discredit Public Health Data In Progress 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. 13.3 Roll Back Vaccine Mandates In Progress 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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