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Summary

Following Donald Trump’s election victory, Republicans are now openly embracing Project 2025, a policy agenda from The Heritage Foundation that outlines sweeping conservative reforms.

Despite Trump’s attempts to distance himself from the project during his campaign due to its extreme proposals—including expanded executive powers, a national abortion ban, stricter contraception limits, harsh immigration policies, and the elimination of agencies like the Department of Education—his allies quickly began celebrating its implementation.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and commentator Matt Walsh publicly affirmed the agenda, signaling the GOP's commitment to enacting these controversial policies in Trump’s second term.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 245 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

You had to live inside your own asshole to not know this was always the plan

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 58 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Which is a grave offense with this new regime, because that means you’re gay with yourself.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 19 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

auto-gay

Sounds like a really bad transformers opponent.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You just described like 38% of voters

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

I'm assuming some of those voters believed project 2025 was real and very much supported it.

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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 182 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

My mom, who voted tRump and is on public assistance, is gonna be very sad and not understand why.

[–] borf@lemmynsfw.com 125 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Don't worry she'll find a way to blame Obama

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 69 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They’ll blame Barack Harris for the crumbling of the US while the republicans dismantle it actively in front of them, while they point at the democrats for letting it happen.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 30 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Barack Obiden Harris is about to have a lot of things blamed on him/her

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[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 61 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Once she gets her benefits slashed be sure to talk about how great the Republicans are and isn't she glad she got what she wanted with her vote? Thank goodness trump got rid of that pesky public assistance, that was costing the rich real money.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 24 points 7 hours ago

I plan on reminding every family member, at every opportunity, when they complain about some benefit they've lost, "tough shit, you specifically voted for this"

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 47 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

"but he's hurting the wrong people, tell him that, he must not know it!"

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 17 points 8 hours ago

Who’ve thought that a leopard would be a leopard and do leopard things?

[–] Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 hours ago

"the face-eating-leopards aren't supposed to eat my face!"

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[–] Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world 85 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

Did anyone ACTUALLY believe they didn't?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 26 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

I've been listening to interviews and most people think Trump won't do what he says he will, much less something that he says he won't. It's unbelievable.

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[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 19 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

One of my family members actually said that they wouldn't vote for P25. I told them it was a platform, not an item on a ballot... confused looks.

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, my MAGA family members bought Trump's line of "I don't know who is involved in that".

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

They are not only lying to you, they are lying to themselves.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 hours ago

Factcheck and similar ones always claimed that Trump supporting project 2025 was Fake or needs context

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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Insert Shocked pikachu face

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 43 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

They know they can't win if people know who they are and what they want. Maybe this will teach a small fraction of their supporters who they really are.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 62 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

People knew, they still voted for him.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 28 points 9 hours ago

They gave him a fucking mandate

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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 25 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's not like they've gone through any pains to hide it. Honestly, he stood on stage and shouted it at people. He said it directly to the press.

I'm not sure he could have tried any harder to tell them exactly what his plan was and who he is.

He didn't win despite who he is; he won because of it. He won because his base is that awful.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

And I will NEVER let them forget it.

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[–] Sestren@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

Have you seen none of the flyers/banners that popped up this election? The fact that he's a felon is celebrated. The fact that he's a rapist is celebrated. The fact that he openly speaks against overtime pay is celebrated. Fuck, even his divorces are celebrated. He could literally shoot someone in the face at a rally, and it would just boost his support.

He's Homelander, but fat and without superpowers.

[–] Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee 9 points 9 hours ago

They don't care to understand the details or the nuance. They don't need to. The team they are cheering on has told them what to do and they enjoy obeying their masters.

[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 35 points 10 hours ago

And they want to attack overtime and Social Security. Great fucking job, Americans!

[–] kirbowo808@kbin.melroy.org 26 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

The Americans are now really the leopards that are eating their faces in this moment.

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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 26 points 8 hours ago (8 children)

Either they run into the filibuster in the senate and it stops most of this, or we finally do away with the filibuster and when the democrats come in to clean up after 2/4 years of disaster, we don't have the filibuster stopping all the good ideas the democrats are suppose to support.

[–] MrBadApple@lemmynsfw.com 36 points 7 hours ago

Assuming the ditch the filibuster and implement 2025, there will be no more elections.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 24 points 6 hours ago

None of it will matter because there won't ever be another free and fair election again.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago

it's funny, you think there's enough time.

clocks done, boy. the bell has rung, the match called, and the crowd is gone.

pack your bags and find somewhere else to hang up your hat.

we lost, so much.

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

All i really want to know at this point is whether or not Fuck Joe Biden flags are passé now

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