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Bill Alstrom (MA/Maine/MA)'s avatar

George, this is outstanding! Very thorough and devastingly descriptive.

I will restack and share.

My worry is that it might not get read thoroughly enough by the many with short attention spans. I wonder if there is a way to release this more widely in segments.

How to get this threat more widely understood? I am stunned daily by the people I know who have never heard of Project 2025 or the Heritage heretics.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thanks so much Bill -and yes, I even mention in a note that it wasn't my intent to write "War & Peace" -however a comprehensive summary response to a 900+ page document is thus!

I think it's a great idea to release separate sections pointing back to the "Encyclopedia Polisner" -and will look into that after celebrating the unleashing of this beast.

More importantly -I still believe a countervailing response to the Powell Memo -and the funding and building of long-term infrastructure committed to a "More Perfect Union" -centered around democracy, equality, and justice is of the highest-priority.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

And a big reason that so few have ever heard of Project 2025 is because the MSM have been hopelessly slow to begin to speak about it.

I began messaging my favorite msnbc program hosts 3-4 months ago, practically screaming at them to cover it on every show, every day. I told them they needed to take it one area/section at a time, & explain how it would affect their viewer’s everyday lives. Finally msnbc has started to take it as seriously as it deserves.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you for persevering PJ. Heritage is disgusting. They are called a “think” tank but are nothing more than the marketing and PR wing of the anti-democracy obscenely wealthy. People need to know about Heritage, ALEC, Project 2025, and more.

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Sharon L Fullen's avatar

Thanks so much for this background and history behind the 2025 Project. I had been interested in learning more about the backers and authors. Many of the morbidly wealthy are familiar names. With such antidemocratic plan, it had to be created by people with the desire to dominate and control the “unwashed masses”.

How did these people become so perverted and without any sense of what has made America great? This manifesto of hate and false christian conservatism really boils down to they need to go start their own all White old men country. I cannot imagine what type of women are in their lives but I know they are totally brainwashed.

The scariest part is how can so many people be so damned sold on this crap! No other way to say it.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Sharon -and yes, while it is shocking how many are near MAGA cultists at this point, if anything we've learned that propaganda, lies, and disinformation work -and become even more effective in a society in which education is in decay, media is consolidated, and there is generational economic despair. What else could explain more people voting for the criminal Trump in 2020 than did in 2016?

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Sharon L Fullen's avatar

The kicker is several aspects of Project 2025 are already being implemented. You know as well as I do that MAGA will be sniveling and whining when they get caught up in one of the “new America” overhauls

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Very true Sharon -Assaults on DEI, actual U.S. History, anti-climate, and attacks on ESG, Women's Rights, LGBTQ+ rights and more are well underway.

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Jen's avatar

Please, someone make an annotated bullet point list of p2025, with further reading linking back to this document and p2025. This is excellent, but my MAGA family will never read all of this, just as they will never read the 900 page document of destruction.

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Deb's avatar

Check out Florida. The education is now entirely upended. Prager U, communism in k-12 per a law.. no black history. No dei in colleges or universities. State banned books. No ESG in state pension fund . All brought by Desantis and the republicans. Actually paid for by the Oligharchs that want project 2025…

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Christopher Cosma's avatar

Got-damn, this is an amazingly well-written explanation! Education, education, education! We had a good run, didn't we George?

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thanks Christopher -like all well-run ultra-marathons -I'm hoping to pick up a second wind (along with you and everyone else committed to democracy, equality, and justice).

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D4N's avatar

Bravo, yet again George. I may yet beg to borrow some of your content, for the greater good, and with appropriation of course.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

When I craft anything share-worthy, I am delighted!

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Allan M. Garten's avatar

Trump is transparent. He is telling us what he intends to do. We are forewarned; if we elect him and sail down the river of no return, we get the dystopian government we deserve.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Very true Allan. I'm still shocked that 74 million voted for the criminal Trump in 2020 when it his record of lawlessness, incompetence, and corruption were already public record.

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Tracy Sample's avatar

Thank you for this!

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thanks Tracy! It actually almost killed me -my BP was dangerously high at several points while reviewing the documentation and crafting a response.

The reality is -the 900+ page document can truly be summarized as "Woke, DEI, ESG, Climate action, vaccines and the Federal government (when not controlled by MAGA extremist acolytes) ruin the world. And PS- let's start a war with China.

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Tracy Sample's avatar

I'm sure. This is a lot! I have so much more to say on this and need more time to finish reading it but I have to get ready for work. Known of what I've read so far is new to me, however, rather than consulting multiple articles and books, I can just come back to your article. Bravo!

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Janice Laz- Romo's avatar

The Putin Ass Kisser, how appropriate

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

The other side might be wrong. But we need the other side. If only to keep us honest : )

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George A. Polisner's avatar

I don’t mind the other side when we are both looking at different paths for the best outcomes for all -and enjoy respectful policy debates. When the other side is simply pro-wealth concentration, anti-democracy, and environmental destruction, that is beyond wrong -it is criminal.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Thanks George and not to be a curmudgeon but these are just labels. What do they have to say? And more important, what is their critique of my views?

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T_Allen's avatar

Are you sure?

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Bob Lewis's avatar

What a great summary of some of the extreme ideas in P25. Everyone should read this synopsis.

The first 3 chapters (about 80 pages), on "Taking the Reins of Government", are eye-opening. This will give you a sense of the plan's breadth.

Anyone who wants to read Project 2025, in part or entirely, will find this list of acronyms handy.:

https://ki6mnk.substack.com/p/project-2025-glossary-of-acronyms

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William Jones's avatar

Tuck boy is a Putin stooge, a useful Idiot. Figures.

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Deb's avatar

Desantis is the example… it has started in Florida. Look up the laws passed in the past two years. He has all these freedom foundation, heritage foundation , Prager U curriculum already adapted, school vouchers started last year. Chaplain in schools… No Dei in college an Universities( a law) . Stopped ESG in Florida’s pension system. Placed white legislators into College Presidents. Cush 400,000 dollar jobs . Boards are all right wing. Moms for Liberty crushed our schools. He is behind it all and every rich corrupt businessman has moved here. Flynn in Sarasota. Stone, Haggerty and so many more in Palm Beach County. Trump is their lackey , he just wants money so they are using him. Putin was first to teach Trump how and all the foundations have been in it since before 2020. They were passed he lost. The votes are again going to be questioned and Jan. 6 was nothing compared to what they have all planned. We MUST keep every Republican out of power or it will be Freedomless usa …

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Deb. While DeSantis is disgusting, most every other Putin/MAGA/GOP state (Texas, for example) is in an absolute race with Florida to the bottom.

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Deb's avatar

They were pissed not passed…

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Sue's avatar

Russian television's favourite star

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robin Robinette-Powell's avatar

I can not thank you enough. I have been frightened since I first heard of their Hitler 2.0 take over in written form. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. You broke this down perfectly! We must educate ourselves, our family and our neighbors of the coming doom if this is implemented any further than it has already been (absolute immunity, anti womens/LGBT/POC right ect.) A educated electorate is the only was to beat them

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Robin. I am pleased more people are learning and gaining insight to our tenuous American Experiment. Knowledge is power. Sharing the knowledge is an important part of engagement.

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robin Robinette-Powell's avatar

Absolutely and you've made it so much easier

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T_Allen's avatar

I assume this has the New Apostolic Reformation's stamp of approval?

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Kathi Ruel's avatar

He is such a dangerous punk.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Anthony. My soul definitely felt tighter after publishing.

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