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Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise
The comprehensive policy guide for a new conservative President, offering specific reforms and proposals for Cabinet departments and federal agencies, pulled from the expertise of the entire conservative movement. "The next conservative President must dismantle the administrative state and return power back to the states and the American people. This publication is a blueprint to do just that." -Mike Lee, U.S. Senator, Utah "A sweeping plan to end the weaponization of the government against Americans and the values they care about." -Mollie Hemingway, Editor in Chief, The Federalist
887 pages, Perfect Paperback
First published April 21, 2023
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24 books9 followersThe Heritage Foundation, sometimes referred to simply as Heritage, is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973, it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage Foundation studies, including its Mandate for Leadership.
The Heritage Foundation has had significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and has historically been ranked among the most influential public policy organizations in the United States. In 2010, it founded a sister organization, Heritage Action, an influential activist force in conservative and Republican politics. Heritage leads Project 2025, an expansive plan to reshape the federal government and consolidate executive power should a Republican be elected president in 2024.
The Heritage Foundation has had significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and has historically been ranked among the most influential public policy organizations in the United States. In 2010, it founded a sister organization, Heritage Action, an influential activist force in conservative and Republican politics. Heritage leads Project 2025, an expansive plan to reshape the federal government and consolidate executive power should a Republican be elected president in 2024.
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May 16, 2024
Yes, I read it, and yes it's as fascist and anti-democratic as it seems. This is the playbook to be handed to the next Republican president, and it's riddled with propaganda and misinformation.
Please read it and see for yourself.
I'm not being hyperbolic here. Democracy dies if this gets enacted.
EDIT: It seems I'm being hyperbolic, and it's the schools that are actually being fascist. Let me quote directly from the text, and you can draw your own conclusions.
"Pornography, manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordian knot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property rights, sexual liberation, and child welfare. It has no claim to First Amendment protection. Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed
as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered."
-page 5
"Enforce the death penalty where appropriate and applicable. Capital punishment is a sensitive matter, as it should be, but the current crime wave makes deterrence vital at the federal, state, and local levels. However, providing this punishment without ever enforcing it provides justice neither for the victims’ families nor for the defendant. The next conservative Administration should therefore do everything possible to obtain finality for the 44 prisoners currently on federal death row. It should also pursue the death penalty for applicable crimes—particularly heinous crimes involving violence and sexual abuse of children—until Congress says otherwise through legislation." -page 554
"Use applicable federal laws to bring federal charges against
criminals when local jurisdictions wrongfully allow them to evade
responsibility for their conduct. The department should also increase the federal law enforcement presence in such jurisdictions and explore innovative solutions to bring meaningful charges against criminals and criminal organizations in such jurisdictions." -p 553
Look, it's all there. Just read it.
Please read it and see for yourself.
I'm not being hyperbolic here. Democracy dies if this gets enacted.
EDIT: It seems I'm being hyperbolic, and it's the schools that are actually being fascist. Let me quote directly from the text, and you can draw your own conclusions.
"Pornography, manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordian knot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property rights, sexual liberation, and child welfare. It has no claim to First Amendment protection. Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed
as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered."
-page 5
"Enforce the death penalty where appropriate and applicable. Capital punishment is a sensitive matter, as it should be, but the current crime wave makes deterrence vital at the federal, state, and local levels. However, providing this punishment without ever enforcing it provides justice neither for the victims’ families nor for the defendant. The next conservative Administration should therefore do everything possible to obtain finality for the 44 prisoners currently on federal death row. It should also pursue the death penalty for applicable crimes—particularly heinous crimes involving violence and sexual abuse of children—until Congress says otherwise through legislation." -page 554
"Use applicable federal laws to bring federal charges against
criminals when local jurisdictions wrongfully allow them to evade
responsibility for their conduct. The department should also increase the federal law enforcement presence in such jurisdictions and explore innovative solutions to bring meaningful charges against criminals and criminal organizations in such jurisdictions." -p 553
Look, it's all there. Just read it.
July 2, 2024
This book really helped my husband feel powerful again. He was feeling scared as he saw more BIPOC people at his company in leadership positions, but this book was the ticket! He had been wetting the bed, a typical reaction he has when he feels like others may be equal to him, and this book all but stopped it. I read it as I tucked him into bed each night. As he fell asleep sucking his thumb, I could tell that he was dreaming peacefully of the days when he didn't worry about needing to share America with others. 10 out of 10 would recommend to any scared white men.
February 16, 2025
Right-wing, American think tank The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has fast become infamous. Initially, at least in public, eschewed by Donald Trump this blueprint for a conservative overhaul of American democracy and government is proving a useful indicator of the possible trajectory of his presidency. It’s the latest iteration of a manual for conservative government that first surfaced during the Reagan years – Reagan as shining symbol of Republican potential looms large here.
Spanning over 900 pages, it ranges from outright diatribes and fallacious arguments to dry descriptions of roles like White House Chief of Staff to detailed guidelines for the overhaul of government departments, agencies and policies. Underlying all of this is an unashamedly ‘two legs bad, four legs good’ depiction of contemporary America. There’s a near-frenzied emphasis on fighting an internal menace that’s uncannily reminiscent of the McCarthyite era. But, rather than ‘reds under the bed’, this “existential” threat supposedly stems from arrogant elites hailing from the ‘kingdom of the woke.’ At numerous points presented as interchangeable with a monolithic, and equally nebulous, Left, the woke aren’t strictly defined but conjured via association and insinuation. As a strategy it sometimes reads like a deliberate variation on the biblical precept “By their fruits shall ye know them”:
“Whether it be mask and vaccine mandates, school and business closures, efforts to keep Americans from driving gas cars or using gas stoves, or efforts to defund the police, indoctrinate schoolchildren, alter beloved books, abridge free speech, undermine the colorblind ideal, or deny the biological reality that there are only two sexes, the Left’s steady stream of insanity appears to be never-ending. The next Administration must stand up for American ideals, American families, and American culture—all things in which, thankfully, most Americans still believe.”
Family is the cornerstone of The Heritage Foundation’s America, its raison d'être. But not all families count, only those headed by married couples comprised of one man and one woman. All other kinds of family – single, queer – are marginalised on the basis that they’re incapable of healthy parenting. The model American family is, by implication, a faith-based unit; positioned via a series of outrageous non-sequiturs as besieged by the malign forces of pro-choice and reproductive rights movements. Movements emboldened, it’s claimed, by the forward march of cultural Marxism - cultural Marxism presented here as fact rather than the antisemitic, far-right conspiracy theory its invocation actually signifies. As if this weren’t bad enough, so we’re told, the Left have infiltrated the State Dept., media and education; their insidious brand of “Marxism” has infected the armed forces, and run rampant through almost all government departments and agencies – although one of President Trump’s first targets USAID comes under particularly heavy fire.
USAID is said to have fallen prey to the “great awokening” emanating from the “totalitarian cult” of wokeness. Their fall from grace apparently the result of hubristic “climate policy fanaticism” – climate change elsewhere dubbed a left-wing “pseudo-religion” – commitment to DEI and a “bullying LGBTQ+ agenda”. An agenda that’s alluded to throughout the text but primarily in relation to “gender ideology” and trans people. As usual transwomen attract the most ire, their very existence assumed an assault on the heterosexual family unit impeding its ability to reproduce - how this might be the case is difficult to fathom especially given the entire trans community amounts to around one per cent of the American population. It’s no surprise then that the arguments underpinning this claim are spurious in the extreme – although to be fair spurious arguments are pretty much par for the course throughout. It’s a pity the authors are so thoroughly dismissive of Marxism, their approach can have a distinctly Althusserian ring and might perhaps be improved, or at least rendered more coherent, by a passing acquaintance with theories centred on ideology. But, since what’s labelled left-wing in America is often broadly equivalent to Britain’s centre right, it’s evident the authors wouldn’t recognise an actual Marxist framework if it hit them in their proverbial faces.
Polemic, obfuscation and denial are commonplace here, particularly in relation to race and racism: the examination of which in America often falls under the umbrella of Critical Race Theory (CRT). CRT is dismissed by the authors as yet another instance of “wokeism” and, they assert, should be rejected in favour of colour-blind policies – which anyone with even the most basic understanding of systemic/institutional racism knows shores up discrimination by rendering it invisible. But what's evident is that much of this document is rooted in a highly specific belief system i.e. far-right/conservative Christianity. This surfaces in the rhetoric surrounding abortion and contraception; church-going; criticism of church closures during the Covid pandemic because these prioritised saving lives over saving souls. There were times when I found it difficult to tell if this was a blueprint for structuring a democracy or a nascent theocracy.
There’s a great deal I haven’t addressed. Partly because this is so lengthy, partly because I’m no expert on the finer points of topics like American agricultural policy – although a renewed emphasis on promoting chemical pesticides seems remarkably short-sighted. So my focus is on the worldview underpinning the ideas expressed in this. But it’s probably obvious that overall, I find this deeply problematic. It's a profoundly dispiriting piece as much article of faith as anything else and, as such, leaves no space for dialogue or negotiations with those who don't share its stance. Although, when I reflect on the nature of the belief systems that may be informing key players in Trump’s administration this starts to look comparatively tame - notably racist, pro-natalist, anti-democratic Dark Enlightenment/NRx (neo-reactionary) ideas emanating from Silicon Valley.
Spanning over 900 pages, it ranges from outright diatribes and fallacious arguments to dry descriptions of roles like White House Chief of Staff to detailed guidelines for the overhaul of government departments, agencies and policies. Underlying all of this is an unashamedly ‘two legs bad, four legs good’ depiction of contemporary America. There’s a near-frenzied emphasis on fighting an internal menace that’s uncannily reminiscent of the McCarthyite era. But, rather than ‘reds under the bed’, this “existential” threat supposedly stems from arrogant elites hailing from the ‘kingdom of the woke.’ At numerous points presented as interchangeable with a monolithic, and equally nebulous, Left, the woke aren’t strictly defined but conjured via association and insinuation. As a strategy it sometimes reads like a deliberate variation on the biblical precept “By their fruits shall ye know them”:
“Whether it be mask and vaccine mandates, school and business closures, efforts to keep Americans from driving gas cars or using gas stoves, or efforts to defund the police, indoctrinate schoolchildren, alter beloved books, abridge free speech, undermine the colorblind ideal, or deny the biological reality that there are only two sexes, the Left’s steady stream of insanity appears to be never-ending. The next Administration must stand up for American ideals, American families, and American culture—all things in which, thankfully, most Americans still believe.”
Family is the cornerstone of The Heritage Foundation’s America, its raison d'être. But not all families count, only those headed by married couples comprised of one man and one woman. All other kinds of family – single, queer – are marginalised on the basis that they’re incapable of healthy parenting. The model American family is, by implication, a faith-based unit; positioned via a series of outrageous non-sequiturs as besieged by the malign forces of pro-choice and reproductive rights movements. Movements emboldened, it’s claimed, by the forward march of cultural Marxism - cultural Marxism presented here as fact rather than the antisemitic, far-right conspiracy theory its invocation actually signifies. As if this weren’t bad enough, so we’re told, the Left have infiltrated the State Dept., media and education; their insidious brand of “Marxism” has infected the armed forces, and run rampant through almost all government departments and agencies – although one of President Trump’s first targets USAID comes under particularly heavy fire.
USAID is said to have fallen prey to the “great awokening” emanating from the “totalitarian cult” of wokeness. Their fall from grace apparently the result of hubristic “climate policy fanaticism” – climate change elsewhere dubbed a left-wing “pseudo-religion” – commitment to DEI and a “bullying LGBTQ+ agenda”. An agenda that’s alluded to throughout the text but primarily in relation to “gender ideology” and trans people. As usual transwomen attract the most ire, their very existence assumed an assault on the heterosexual family unit impeding its ability to reproduce - how this might be the case is difficult to fathom especially given the entire trans community amounts to around one per cent of the American population. It’s no surprise then that the arguments underpinning this claim are spurious in the extreme – although to be fair spurious arguments are pretty much par for the course throughout. It’s a pity the authors are so thoroughly dismissive of Marxism, their approach can have a distinctly Althusserian ring and might perhaps be improved, or at least rendered more coherent, by a passing acquaintance with theories centred on ideology. But, since what’s labelled left-wing in America is often broadly equivalent to Britain’s centre right, it’s evident the authors wouldn’t recognise an actual Marxist framework if it hit them in their proverbial faces.
Polemic, obfuscation and denial are commonplace here, particularly in relation to race and racism: the examination of which in America often falls under the umbrella of Critical Race Theory (CRT). CRT is dismissed by the authors as yet another instance of “wokeism” and, they assert, should be rejected in favour of colour-blind policies – which anyone with even the most basic understanding of systemic/institutional racism knows shores up discrimination by rendering it invisible. But what's evident is that much of this document is rooted in a highly specific belief system i.e. far-right/conservative Christianity. This surfaces in the rhetoric surrounding abortion and contraception; church-going; criticism of church closures during the Covid pandemic because these prioritised saving lives over saving souls. There were times when I found it difficult to tell if this was a blueprint for structuring a democracy or a nascent theocracy.
There’s a great deal I haven’t addressed. Partly because this is so lengthy, partly because I’m no expert on the finer points of topics like American agricultural policy – although a renewed emphasis on promoting chemical pesticides seems remarkably short-sighted. So my focus is on the worldview underpinning the ideas expressed in this. But it’s probably obvious that overall, I find this deeply problematic. It's a profoundly dispiriting piece as much article of faith as anything else and, as such, leaves no space for dialogue or negotiations with those who don't share its stance. Although, when I reflect on the nature of the belief systems that may be informing key players in Trump’s administration this starts to look comparatively tame - notably racist, pro-natalist, anti-democratic Dark Enlightenment/NRx (neo-reactionary) ideas emanating from Silicon Valley.
August 10, 2025
Legitimately filed under the genre, "horror" on Goodreads.
The word, "Trump" is used 312 times in this document.
Donald J. Trump gave the keynote address at the Heritage Foundation on April 21, 2022:
(https://x.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1...)
Six of the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate's former Cabinet secretaries helped write or collaborate on this document.
CNN found, "nearly 240 people with ties to both Project 2025 and to Trump, covering nearly every aspect of his time in politics and the White House – from day-to-day foot soldiers in Washington to the highest levels of his government."
(https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politi...)
* Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise clearly states, "The next conservative Administration must make every effort to obtain the resources to support a vast expansion of the number of appointees in every office and component across the department—especially in the Civil Rights Division, the FBI, and the EOIR.” (569) *
The word, "crime" is used 83 times in this document.
According to the precedent established by this document (not the Supreme Court), the core functions of the DOJ is, "possessing the utmost impartiality and fairness as it advances the national interest on behalf of the American people— fighting crime and DEFENDING THE RULE OF LAW." (545)
According to the current DOJ Manual, filed under, "NATIONAL SECURITY," it clearly states:
18 U.S.C. § 1924 (Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Documents or Material)
is a CRIMINAL provision affecting, involving, or relating to the national security
(https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-90000...)
On August 8, 2022, the FBI executed a COURT AUTHORIZED search warrant of the Mar-a-Lago Club
and seized 102 DOCUMENTS with classification markings in Trump's office and storage room including the classification markings
"TOP SECRET"
"SECRET"
"CONFIDENTIAL"
(Case 9:23-cr-80101-AMC Document 3 page 27 of 49)
Regarding the PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT
"44 U.S.C. 2202. There is no history, practice, or provision in law for presidents to take official records with them when they leave office to sort through, such as for a two-year period as described in some reports. If a former President or Vice President finds Presidential records among personal materials, he OR SHE is expected to contact NARA in a timely manner to secure the transfer of those Presidential records to NARA."
(https://www.archives.gov/press/press-...)
On August 18, 2016 at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Donald Trump clearly states:
"In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law."
In his 2015 published work, CRIPPLED AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP clearly STATES IN INK:
“But having laws that we don’t enforce makes no sense to me.” (26, ISBN 9781501137969 Hardcover)
“Making America Great Again means restoring law and order, both on the street and in our courtrooms.” (141, IBID)
Under the discussion of defending the rule of law, this document states, "SPECIFIC EXAMPLES of department corruption, such as the RUSSIA collusion hoax, will need to be tackled, exposed, and addressed head-on. This will require... demonstrating culpability to the public and the media in a concrete and nonrefutable manner. These efforts will require
commitment and willpower, but they will be essential to restoring the trust of the American people." (557)
In his 2015 published work, CRIPPLED AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP clearly STATES IN INK:
"As I write this, RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin is totally outmaneuvering our president by putting together a coalition in Syria that will make PUTIN the only effective leader in the world." (xi, ISBN 9781501137969 Hardcover)
The term, "LGBTQ" is only used 7 times in this document.
The agenda of this document states:
"The next conservative Administration should dismantle USAID’s DEI apparatus
by eliminating the Chief Diversity Officer position along with the DEI advisers and
committees; cancel the DEI scorecard and dashboard; remove DEI requirements
from contract and grant tenders and awards; issue a directive to cease promotion
of the DEI agenda, including the bullying LGBTQ+ agenda; and
PROVIDE STAFF A CONFIDENTIAL MEDIUM
through which to adjudicate cases of political retaliation that agency or implementing staff [omitted] during the Biden Administration. It
should eliminate funding for partners that promote discriminatory DEI practices
and consider debarment in egregious cases." (258)
"The next secretary should also reverse the Biden Administration’s focus on ‘LGBTQ+ equity’" (284)
Oxford Dictionary defines, EQUITY as:
"The quality of being fair and impartial."
According to this document, how can the DOJ possess, "the utmost impartiality and fairness" if
A) the next secretary reversed an established precedent of "equity"
B) by definition, equity is being fair and impartial?
Iterations of the word, "woke" are used 35 times in this document.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines woke as, "aware of and actively attentive to IMPORTANT SOCIETAL FACTS AND ISSUES."
This document defines abortions as a "woke" "idea." (263)
"Announcing a Campaign to Enforce the Criminal Prohibitions in 18 U.S.
Code §§ 1461 and 1462 Against Providers and Distributors of Abortion Pills
That Use the Mail. Federal law prohibits mailing '[e]very article, instrument,
substance, drug, medicine, or thing which is advertised or described in a manner
calculated to lead another to use or apply it for producing abortion.'” (562)
The word, "rape" is not used once in this entire
922 page document, but this document literally uses the phrase, "abortion tourism" on page 455.
The phrase, "unwanted pregnancies" is only used once in this entire 922 page document on page 490.
According to the precedent established by this document, "Finally, the next Administration will face a significant challenge in unwinding
policies and procedures that are used to advance [omitted] gender, racial, and equity
initiatives under the banner of science." (60)
Under the banner of "science," if a woman is raped (unconsenting sex), she can still still scientifically conceive an unwanted pregnancy, not have access to an abortion under the guidelines of this 922 page document, AND have a fatherless family.
Rationally, how can the presumed 2024 conservative presidential candidate promote the well-being of the American family if he aggressively used the word, "rape" to win the presidential election just eight years prior in 2016?
In The Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution, Roger Stone writes in ink on page 248,
[on the “RAPE” shirts] : “It may seem crude, but it was effective.” (ISBN 1510726926)
"Soon after it was printed, the shirt started showing up at Clinton rallies. This wasn’t an accident.” (248, IBID)
Rationally, if "Fatherlessness is one of the principal sources of American poverty, crime, mental illness, teen suicide, substance abuse, rejection of the church, and high school dropouts." (4) how does the suggested recommendations limiting access to contraceptives and abortions logically promote
A) "the family as the centerpiece of American life" (3)
B) "pursuing the true priority of politics—the well-being of the American family." (4)
C) the pursuit of, "the good life... found primarily in family—marriage, children, Thanksgiving dinners, and the like." (13)
D) protecting the "innocent life" (5) of victims of sexual assault?
There is no denying biological mothers can be heros, especially if they scientifically grow a child inside of their uterus for nine months, but what about the traditional heterosexual cisgender women who are denied the right to make that rational choice on their own?
If, "Every threat to family stability must be confronted." (5) why are there no precautionary measures for the tragic, but very real possibility of non-accidental incest and/or rape, especially if the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate won the presidential election aggressively using the word, "rape" in 2016?
"The great challenge confronting a conservative President is the existential need
for AGGRESSIVE USE of the vast powers of the executive branch" (44)
"Success in meeting that challenge will require a rare combination of boldness AND SELF-DENIAL: boldness to bend or break the bureaucracy to the presidential will" (44)
In the United States District Court, S.D. New York July 19, 2023 decided verdict of Carrol v. Trump [Docket No: 22-cv-10016 (LAK)]:
"The jury's unanimous verdict in Carroll II was almost entirely in favor of Ms. Carroll. The only point on which Ms. Carroll did not prevail was whether she had proved that Mr. Trump had 'raped' her within the narrow, technical meaning of a particular section of the New York Penal Law – a section that provides that the label 'rape' as used in criminal prosecutions in New York applies only to vaginal penetration by a penis. Forcible, unconsented-to penetration of the vagina or of other bodily orifices by fingers, other body parts, or other articles or materials is not called 'rape' under the New York Penal Law. It instead is labeled 'sexual abuse.'"
If, "Alternative options to abortion, especially
adoption, should receive federal and state support." (6) who is to equitably decide adequate and rational financial reimbursement for the damages and hardships of rape AND the additional scientific work of a woman growing an unwanted child inside of her uterus for nine months, especially if the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate won the presidential election aggressively using the word, "rape" in 2016 and was determined to be a sexual abuser by a jury in the court of law in 2023?
Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise describes Medicare reimbursement as, "irrational" on page 450.
This document contends, "Since its approval MORE THAN 20 YEARS ago, mifepristone has been associated with 26 DEATHS of pregnant mothers, over a thousand hospitalizations, and thousands more adverse events, but that number does not account for all complications." (458)
In scientific, quantifiable, and perhaps even rational comparison, a scholarly peer-reviewed article published by The National Library of Medicine in congruence with John Hopkins University 2022 regarding the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate's former presidential Administration's response to the Covid-19 Pandemic concludes:
"The US, although it represents just 4% of the world's population, accounted for OVER 20% OF ALL CONFIRMED COVID‐19 cases and DEATHS WORLDWIDE that took place ON TRUMP's watch."
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...)
The word, "God" is used 8 times in this 922 page document.
Regarding the Mission Statement for the Department of Labor (not Department of Child Birth) and related agencies as outlined in chapter 18,
"The Judeo-Christian tradition, stretching back to Genesis, has always recognized fruitful work as integral to human dignity, as service to God." (581)
"And if you offer yourself to the hungry And satisfy the need of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness, And your gloom will become like midday."
(Isaiah 58:10, NEW AMERICAN STANDARD Bible)
This document patriotically confirms, "Members of Congress and President Biden’s Administration have nonetheless proposed further expansions to extend federal school meals to include every K–12 student—regardless of need." (303)
However- why should the USDA, "NOT PROVIDE MEALS to students during the summer unless students are taking summer-school classes." (303) ?
Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise refers to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 6 times, but legally, the closing of a public library for 400+ days under the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate's AMERICAN LEADERSHIP (or lackthereof?) is not suppression of The Freedom of Information Act.
"Cultural institutions like public libraries and public health agencies are only as 'independent' from public accountability as elected officials and voters permit." (8)
According to the summary of U.S. Border Patrol enforcement actions related to arrests of criminal noncitizens for Fiscal Years 2017 - 2024, the average number of homicide and manslaughter convictions of criminal noncitizens between 2017 and 2023 completed years is 23.14 per year.
2017: 3
2018: 3
2019: 2
2020: 3
2021: 60
2022: 62
2023: 29
(https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cb...)
* Again, to reiterate, Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise describes Medicare reimbursement as, "IRRATIONAL" on page 450. *
Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise uses the acronym MA for Medicare Advantage, which may be confusing or irrational to current residents and registered voters of Massachusetts.
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Update:
In March 2020, then President Trump "signed into law a bill to clarify the General Services Administration’s responsibilities during changes in presidential administrations as well as require presidential candidates to publicly release ethics plans for their transitions before elections."
https://presidentialtransition.org/ne...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c...
The word, "Trump" is used 312 times in this document.
Donald J. Trump gave the keynote address at the Heritage Foundation on April 21, 2022:
(https://x.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1...)
Six of the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate's former Cabinet secretaries helped write or collaborate on this document.
CNN found, "nearly 240 people with ties to both Project 2025 and to Trump, covering nearly every aspect of his time in politics and the White House – from day-to-day foot soldiers in Washington to the highest levels of his government."
(https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politi...)
* Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise clearly states, "The next conservative Administration must make every effort to obtain the resources to support a vast expansion of the number of appointees in every office and component across the department—especially in the Civil Rights Division, the FBI, and the EOIR.” (569) *
The word, "crime" is used 83 times in this document.
According to the precedent established by this document (not the Supreme Court), the core functions of the DOJ is, "possessing the utmost impartiality and fairness as it advances the national interest on behalf of the American people— fighting crime and DEFENDING THE RULE OF LAW." (545)
According to the current DOJ Manual, filed under, "NATIONAL SECURITY," it clearly states:
18 U.S.C. § 1924 (Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Documents or Material)
is a CRIMINAL provision affecting, involving, or relating to the national security
(https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-90000...)
On August 8, 2022, the FBI executed a COURT AUTHORIZED search warrant of the Mar-a-Lago Club
and seized 102 DOCUMENTS with classification markings in Trump's office and storage room including the classification markings
"TOP SECRET"
"SECRET"
"CONFIDENTIAL"
(Case 9:23-cr-80101-AMC Document 3 page 27 of 49)
Regarding the PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT
"44 U.S.C. 2202. There is no history, practice, or provision in law for presidents to take official records with them when they leave office to sort through, such as for a two-year period as described in some reports. If a former President or Vice President finds Presidential records among personal materials, he OR SHE is expected to contact NARA in a timely manner to secure the transfer of those Presidential records to NARA."
(https://www.archives.gov/press/press-...)
On August 18, 2016 at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Donald Trump clearly states:
"In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law."
In his 2015 published work, CRIPPLED AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP clearly STATES IN INK:
“But having laws that we don’t enforce makes no sense to me.” (26, ISBN 9781501137969 Hardcover)
“Making America Great Again means restoring law and order, both on the street and in our courtrooms.” (141, IBID)
Under the discussion of defending the rule of law, this document states, "SPECIFIC EXAMPLES of department corruption, such as the RUSSIA collusion hoax, will need to be tackled, exposed, and addressed head-on. This will require... demonstrating culpability to the public and the media in a concrete and nonrefutable manner. These efforts will require
commitment and willpower, but they will be essential to restoring the trust of the American people." (557)
In his 2015 published work, CRIPPLED AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP clearly STATES IN INK:
"As I write this, RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin is totally outmaneuvering our president by putting together a coalition in Syria that will make PUTIN the only effective leader in the world." (xi, ISBN 9781501137969 Hardcover)
The term, "LGBTQ" is only used 7 times in this document.
The agenda of this document states:
"The next conservative Administration should dismantle USAID’s DEI apparatus
by eliminating the Chief Diversity Officer position along with the DEI advisers and
committees; cancel the DEI scorecard and dashboard; remove DEI requirements
from contract and grant tenders and awards; issue a directive to cease promotion
of the DEI agenda, including the bullying LGBTQ+ agenda; and
PROVIDE STAFF A CONFIDENTIAL MEDIUM
through which to adjudicate cases of political retaliation that agency or implementing staff [omitted] during the Biden Administration. It
should eliminate funding for partners that promote discriminatory DEI practices
and consider debarment in egregious cases." (258)
"The next secretary should also reverse the Biden Administration’s focus on ‘LGBTQ+ equity’" (284)
Oxford Dictionary defines, EQUITY as:
"The quality of being fair and impartial."
According to this document, how can the DOJ possess, "the utmost impartiality and fairness" if
A) the next secretary reversed an established precedent of "equity"
B) by definition, equity is being fair and impartial?
Iterations of the word, "woke" are used 35 times in this document.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines woke as, "aware of and actively attentive to IMPORTANT SOCIETAL FACTS AND ISSUES."
This document defines abortions as a "woke" "idea." (263)
"Announcing a Campaign to Enforce the Criminal Prohibitions in 18 U.S.
Code §§ 1461 and 1462 Against Providers and Distributors of Abortion Pills
That Use the Mail. Federal law prohibits mailing '[e]very article, instrument,
substance, drug, medicine, or thing which is advertised or described in a manner
calculated to lead another to use or apply it for producing abortion.'” (562)
The word, "rape" is not used once in this entire
922 page document, but this document literally uses the phrase, "abortion tourism" on page 455.
The phrase, "unwanted pregnancies" is only used once in this entire 922 page document on page 490.
According to the precedent established by this document, "Finally, the next Administration will face a significant challenge in unwinding
policies and procedures that are used to advance [omitted] gender, racial, and equity
initiatives under the banner of science." (60)
Under the banner of "science," if a woman is raped (unconsenting sex), she can still still scientifically conceive an unwanted pregnancy, not have access to an abortion under the guidelines of this 922 page document, AND have a fatherless family.
Rationally, how can the presumed 2024 conservative presidential candidate promote the well-being of the American family if he aggressively used the word, "rape" to win the presidential election just eight years prior in 2016?
In The Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution, Roger Stone writes in ink on page 248,
[on the “RAPE” shirts] : “It may seem crude, but it was effective.” (ISBN 1510726926)
"Soon after it was printed, the shirt started showing up at Clinton rallies. This wasn’t an accident.” (248, IBID)
Rationally, if "Fatherlessness is one of the principal sources of American poverty, crime, mental illness, teen suicide, substance abuse, rejection of the church, and high school dropouts." (4) how does the suggested recommendations limiting access to contraceptives and abortions logically promote
A) "the family as the centerpiece of American life" (3)
B) "pursuing the true priority of politics—the well-being of the American family." (4)
C) the pursuit of, "the good life... found primarily in family—marriage, children, Thanksgiving dinners, and the like." (13)
D) protecting the "innocent life" (5) of victims of sexual assault?
There is no denying biological mothers can be heros, especially if they scientifically grow a child inside of their uterus for nine months, but what about the traditional heterosexual cisgender women who are denied the right to make that rational choice on their own?
If, "Every threat to family stability must be confronted." (5) why are there no precautionary measures for the tragic, but very real possibility of non-accidental incest and/or rape, especially if the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate won the presidential election aggressively using the word, "rape" in 2016?
"The great challenge confronting a conservative President is the existential need
for AGGRESSIVE USE of the vast powers of the executive branch" (44)
"Success in meeting that challenge will require a rare combination of boldness AND SELF-DENIAL: boldness to bend or break the bureaucracy to the presidential will" (44)
In the United States District Court, S.D. New York July 19, 2023 decided verdict of Carrol v. Trump [Docket No: 22-cv-10016 (LAK)]:
"The jury's unanimous verdict in Carroll II was almost entirely in favor of Ms. Carroll. The only point on which Ms. Carroll did not prevail was whether she had proved that Mr. Trump had 'raped' her within the narrow, technical meaning of a particular section of the New York Penal Law – a section that provides that the label 'rape' as used in criminal prosecutions in New York applies only to vaginal penetration by a penis. Forcible, unconsented-to penetration of the vagina or of other bodily orifices by fingers, other body parts, or other articles or materials is not called 'rape' under the New York Penal Law. It instead is labeled 'sexual abuse.'"
If, "Alternative options to abortion, especially
adoption, should receive federal and state support." (6) who is to equitably decide adequate and rational financial reimbursement for the damages and hardships of rape AND the additional scientific work of a woman growing an unwanted child inside of her uterus for nine months, especially if the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate won the presidential election aggressively using the word, "rape" in 2016 and was determined to be a sexual abuser by a jury in the court of law in 2023?
Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise describes Medicare reimbursement as, "irrational" on page 450.
This document contends, "Since its approval MORE THAN 20 YEARS ago, mifepristone has been associated with 26 DEATHS of pregnant mothers, over a thousand hospitalizations, and thousands more adverse events, but that number does not account for all complications." (458)
In scientific, quantifiable, and perhaps even rational comparison, a scholarly peer-reviewed article published by The National Library of Medicine in congruence with John Hopkins University 2022 regarding the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate's former presidential Administration's response to the Covid-19 Pandemic concludes:
"The US, although it represents just 4% of the world's population, accounted for OVER 20% OF ALL CONFIRMED COVID‐19 cases and DEATHS WORLDWIDE that took place ON TRUMP's watch."
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...)
The word, "God" is used 8 times in this 922 page document.
Regarding the Mission Statement for the Department of Labor (not Department of Child Birth) and related agencies as outlined in chapter 18,
"The Judeo-Christian tradition, stretching back to Genesis, has always recognized fruitful work as integral to human dignity, as service to God." (581)
"And if you offer yourself to the hungry And satisfy the need of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness, And your gloom will become like midday."
(Isaiah 58:10, NEW AMERICAN STANDARD Bible)
This document patriotically confirms, "Members of Congress and President Biden’s Administration have nonetheless proposed further expansions to extend federal school meals to include every K–12 student—regardless of need." (303)
However- why should the USDA, "NOT PROVIDE MEALS to students during the summer unless students are taking summer-school classes." (303) ?
Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise refers to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 6 times, but legally, the closing of a public library for 400+ days under the presumed conservative 2024 presidential candidate's AMERICAN LEADERSHIP (or lackthereof?) is not suppression of The Freedom of Information Act.
"Cultural institutions like public libraries and public health agencies are only as 'independent' from public accountability as elected officials and voters permit." (8)
According to the summary of U.S. Border Patrol enforcement actions related to arrests of criminal noncitizens for Fiscal Years 2017 - 2024, the average number of homicide and manslaughter convictions of criminal noncitizens between 2017 and 2023 completed years is 23.14 per year.
2017: 3
2018: 3
2019: 2
2020: 3
2021: 60
2022: 62
2023: 29
(https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cb...)
* Again, to reiterate, Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise describes Medicare reimbursement as, "IRRATIONAL" on page 450. *
Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise uses the acronym MA for Medicare Advantage, which may be confusing or irrational to current residents and registered voters of Massachusetts.
THANK YOU.
Update:
In March 2020, then President Trump "signed into law a bill to clarify the General Services Administration’s responsibilities during changes in presidential administrations as well as require presidential candidates to publicly release ethics plans for their transitions before elections."
https://presidentialtransition.org/ne...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 15, 2024
By far the worst dystopian horror novel I’ve read to date.
June 13, 2024
This is awful, contradicting, and hopefully never to be enacted.
July 17, 2024
A 900-page blueprint for Gilead.
November 13, 2023
Enough press coverage heralding this as "Trump's plan to Dismantle Democracy and set up a Dictatorship" encouraged me to speed read through this to stay informed for the 2024 election. Disclaimer: I did not read every word on the 900+ pages, but did read through the introduction section and many of the key points.
The first mainstream media flaw was to call this Trump's plan. Although it was written and endorsed by former members of Trump's regime, it is moreso a set of recommendations for next republican president elect. Second, this is just a list of recommend policies and many are most likely improbable to be set in place.
The 2025 Mandate is extreme, but may be what the nation needs to bring prosperity back to America. Politically, it calls for large scale deregulation and mass firing of bureaucratic officials which sounds great in theory but may take ingenuity to pull off in actuality. Government seems to grow in one way - bigger; and a smooth transition reigning in rights to states and the president will take a large amount of work and time. My major concern with these premises (which is also a concern of many liberal leaning individuals) is that the power taken away from the unelected bureaucrats could be usurped by a power hungry president rather than given back to the people through state and local governance. With Trump's ego and track record, I would not be surprised if he pushed to keep as much new found power and control as possible. Although this may not turn out poorly in his term, it does not bode well for future presidents that could easily abuse the control and make it impossible to reinstall the system of checks and balances allowed by the political swamp we currently have.
Socially, the Mandate is extreme as well. Personally, I agree with most, if not all of its social recommendations. It holds traditional marriage and family units in high regard and calls for the strengthen of the nuclear family, as well as improving local manufacturing and rolling back detrimental environmental and DEI initiatives. On a more divisive note, the Mandate calls for the elimination of pornography production and distribution as well as all forms of Abortion, including mail order abortion pills. Lastly, or promotes removing discussions of LGBTQ/transgender issues from schools and removing workplace protection for LGBTQ, gender expression, etc. All these points are radical enough that I have a hard time believing they could actually be accomplished, but some steps could be taken to move in this direction.
Altogether, I am glad I spent some time reading through the policy recommendations and came to the conclusion that it is not a scary as the liberal media asserts it to be. A similar campaign was created by the same foundation for President Regan, and they estimate about 60% of their policy recommendations were accomplished through his presidency. If a similar rate of adoption occurs with the next republican president, I think the country will be a great place for our future. With 30+ endorsement from think-tanks and colleges such as Liberty and Patrick Henry, this Mandate is an important manifesto that could have a lasting effect in American politics with a Republican election.
The first mainstream media flaw was to call this Trump's plan. Although it was written and endorsed by former members of Trump's regime, it is moreso a set of recommendations for next republican president elect. Second, this is just a list of recommend policies and many are most likely improbable to be set in place.
The 2025 Mandate is extreme, but may be what the nation needs to bring prosperity back to America. Politically, it calls for large scale deregulation and mass firing of bureaucratic officials which sounds great in theory but may take ingenuity to pull off in actuality. Government seems to grow in one way - bigger; and a smooth transition reigning in rights to states and the president will take a large amount of work and time. My major concern with these premises (which is also a concern of many liberal leaning individuals) is that the power taken away from the unelected bureaucrats could be usurped by a power hungry president rather than given back to the people through state and local governance. With Trump's ego and track record, I would not be surprised if he pushed to keep as much new found power and control as possible. Although this may not turn out poorly in his term, it does not bode well for future presidents that could easily abuse the control and make it impossible to reinstall the system of checks and balances allowed by the political swamp we currently have.
Socially, the Mandate is extreme as well. Personally, I agree with most, if not all of its social recommendations. It holds traditional marriage and family units in high regard and calls for the strengthen of the nuclear family, as well as improving local manufacturing and rolling back detrimental environmental and DEI initiatives. On a more divisive note, the Mandate calls for the elimination of pornography production and distribution as well as all forms of Abortion, including mail order abortion pills. Lastly, or promotes removing discussions of LGBTQ/transgender issues from schools and removing workplace protection for LGBTQ, gender expression, etc. All these points are radical enough that I have a hard time believing they could actually be accomplished, but some steps could be taken to move in this direction.
Altogether, I am glad I spent some time reading through the policy recommendations and came to the conclusion that it is not a scary as the liberal media asserts it to be. A similar campaign was created by the same foundation for President Regan, and they estimate about 60% of their policy recommendations were accomplished through his presidency. If a similar rate of adoption occurs with the next republican president, I think the country will be a great place for our future. With 30+ endorsement from think-tanks and colleges such as Liberty and Patrick Henry, this Mandate is an important manifesto that could have a lasting effect in American politics with a Republican election.
Read
March 11, 2024fucking finally finished. Read this bc I kept seeing people pull quotes from it and I couldn’t believe they were true. I skimmed the last 100 pgs but this was so beyond painful to read. SO MANY POLICIES CONTRADICT what they say their values are (not surprising but omfg). based off of everything happening rn there’s no way this plan wasn’t also relayed to Biden administration. policing/national defense sections are easily comparable to everything that has begun in end of 2023-now (military deployed at NYC train stations, Atlanta cop city, book bans and school orgs being associated w terrorism, wildlife destruction and construction at border of Mexico, etc.)
July 10, 2024
Fuck this. Fuck them.
August 7, 2024
What a poorly constructed mess of a manifesto. This is a screed of such hateful propaganda, I’m still in disbelief they put it out there for anyone to read. Certainly a large part of the reason they chose to do so is because it’s mind numbingly boring and at 922 pages, it’s an awful way to spend your time (trust me on this). The Heritage Foundation’s dense, acronym-filled, intensely complex “mandate for leadership” is full of dubious claims.
Some lowlights (certainly nothing is a highlight in here):
“The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for some culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists.”
“Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned.”
“Finally, conservatives should gratefully celebrate the greatest pro-family win in a generation: overturning Roe v. Wade, a decision that for five decades made a mockery of our Constitution and facilitated the deaths of tens of millions of unborn children. But the Dobbs decision is just the beginning.”
“Cultural institutions like public libraries and public health agencies are only as “independent” from public accountability as elected officials and voters permit.”
“The buck stops with each of us, so each of us must have the freedom to pursue the good for ourselves and those entrusted to our care.” (Freedom for conservatives only?)
“The pursuit of the good life is found primarily in family— marriage, children, Thanksgiving dinners, and the like.”
“Political appointees who are answerable to the President and have decision-making authority in the executive branch are key to this essential task. The next Administration must not cede such authority to non-partisan “experts,” who pursue their own ends while engaging in groupthink, insulated from American voters.”
“Success in meeting that challenge will require a rare combination of boldness and self-denial: boldness to bend or break the bureaucracy to the presidential will and self-denial to use the bureaucratic machine to send power away from Washington and back to America’s families, faith communities, local governments, and states.”
“Abolishing the Gender Policy Council would eliminate central promotion of abortion (“Health services”); comprehensive sexual education (“education”); and the new woke gender ideology, which has a a principal tenet “gender affirming care” and “sex-change” surgeries on minors.“
“Such a reliance on holdovers and bureaucrats led to a lack of agency control and the absolute refusal of the Acting Attorney General from the Obama Administration to disobey a direct order from the president.” (Sally Q. Yates refused to obey the Muslim ban and Justice department lawyers wouldn’t defend 45’s order against legal challenges)
“Improve military recruiters’ access to secondary schools and require completion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)—the military entrance examination—by all students in schools that receive federal funding.”
“Reverse policies that allow transgender individuals to serve in the military. Gender dysphoria is incompatible with the demands of military service, and the use of public monies for transgender surgeries or to facilitate abortion for servicemembers should be ended.”
“This underfunding has forced the Air Force to cut its forces…” (Force force force lol)
“The use of Blackies Warrants should be personalized within ICE.”
“Indeed, “Sesame Street” Is on HBO now, which shows its potential as a money earner.”
“It should also enforce existing federal law that prohibits abortifacients, rather than harassing pro-life demonstrators…”
“Under the next president, the Department of Energy should end the Biden Administration’s unprovoked war on fossil fuels, restore America’s energy independence, oppose eyesore windmills built at taxpayer expense…”
“Restore programs to their original intent and reject efforts to create universal free school meals.”
“Families comprised of a married mother, father, and their children are the foundation of a well-ordered nation and healthy society. Unfortunately, family policies and programs under President Biden’s HHS are fraught with agenda items focusing on “LGBTQ+ equity,” Subsidizing single-motherhood, disincentivizing work, and penalizing marriage. These policies should be repealed and replaced by policies that support the formation of stable, married, nuclear families.”
“Data collection: the CDC’s abortion SURVEILLANCE and maternity mortality reporting systems are woefully inadequate.”
“Because the male-female dyad is essential to human nature and because every child has a right to a mother and father, three-parent embryo creation and human cloning research should be banned.”
“Additionally, TANF priorities are not implemented in an equally weighted way. Marriage, healthy family foundation, and delaying sex to prevent pregnancy are virtually ignored in terms of priorities, yet these goals reverse the cycle of poverty in meaningful ways. CMS should require explicit measurement of these goals.”
“The HMRE program should receive a fair and realistic assessment. Additionally, the positive role of faith-based programs should be protected and prioritized so that these programs do not receive undue scrutiny or pressure to conform to nonreligious definitions of marriage and family as put forward by the recently enacted Respect for Marriage Act.”
“Eliminate the week-after-pill from the contraceptive mandate as a potential abortifacient.”
“Ensure that training for medical professionals (doctors, nurses, etc.) and doulas is not being used for abortion training.”
“The BLM’s multi-pronged approach in its 2020 Report to Congress included expanded adoptions and sales of horses gathered from overpopulated herds; increased gathers and increased capacity for off-range holding facilities and pastures; more effective use of fertility control efforts; and improved research in concert with the academic and veterinary communities, to identify more effective contraceptive techniques and strategies." (Birth control for horses and burros, not humans!)
"the director of the FBI must remain politically accountable to the President in the same manner as the head of any other federal department or agency."
more to come
Some lowlights (certainly nothing is a highlight in here):
“The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for some culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists.”
“Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned.”
“Finally, conservatives should gratefully celebrate the greatest pro-family win in a generation: overturning Roe v. Wade, a decision that for five decades made a mockery of our Constitution and facilitated the deaths of tens of millions of unborn children. But the Dobbs decision is just the beginning.”
“Cultural institutions like public libraries and public health agencies are only as “independent” from public accountability as elected officials and voters permit.”
“The buck stops with each of us, so each of us must have the freedom to pursue the good for ourselves and those entrusted to our care.” (Freedom for conservatives only?)
“The pursuit of the good life is found primarily in family— marriage, children, Thanksgiving dinners, and the like.”
“Political appointees who are answerable to the President and have decision-making authority in the executive branch are key to this essential task. The next Administration must not cede such authority to non-partisan “experts,” who pursue their own ends while engaging in groupthink, insulated from American voters.”
“Success in meeting that challenge will require a rare combination of boldness and self-denial: boldness to bend or break the bureaucracy to the presidential will and self-denial to use the bureaucratic machine to send power away from Washington and back to America’s families, faith communities, local governments, and states.”
“Abolishing the Gender Policy Council would eliminate central promotion of abortion (“Health services”); comprehensive sexual education (“education”); and the new woke gender ideology, which has a a principal tenet “gender affirming care” and “sex-change” surgeries on minors.“
“Such a reliance on holdovers and bureaucrats led to a lack of agency control and the absolute refusal of the Acting Attorney General from the Obama Administration to disobey a direct order from the president.” (Sally Q. Yates refused to obey the Muslim ban and Justice department lawyers wouldn’t defend 45’s order against legal challenges)
“Improve military recruiters’ access to secondary schools and require completion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)—the military entrance examination—by all students in schools that receive federal funding.”
“Reverse policies that allow transgender individuals to serve in the military. Gender dysphoria is incompatible with the demands of military service, and the use of public monies for transgender surgeries or to facilitate abortion for servicemembers should be ended.”
“This underfunding has forced the Air Force to cut its forces…” (Force force force lol)
“The use of Blackies Warrants should be personalized within ICE.”
“Indeed, “Sesame Street” Is on HBO now, which shows its potential as a money earner.”
“It should also enforce existing federal law that prohibits abortifacients, rather than harassing pro-life demonstrators…”
“Under the next president, the Department of Energy should end the Biden Administration’s unprovoked war on fossil fuels, restore America’s energy independence, oppose eyesore windmills built at taxpayer expense…”
“Restore programs to their original intent and reject efforts to create universal free school meals.”
“Families comprised of a married mother, father, and their children are the foundation of a well-ordered nation and healthy society. Unfortunately, family policies and programs under President Biden’s HHS are fraught with agenda items focusing on “LGBTQ+ equity,” Subsidizing single-motherhood, disincentivizing work, and penalizing marriage. These policies should be repealed and replaced by policies that support the formation of stable, married, nuclear families.”
“Data collection: the CDC’s abortion SURVEILLANCE and maternity mortality reporting systems are woefully inadequate.”
“Because the male-female dyad is essential to human nature and because every child has a right to a mother and father, three-parent embryo creation and human cloning research should be banned.”
“Additionally, TANF priorities are not implemented in an equally weighted way. Marriage, healthy family foundation, and delaying sex to prevent pregnancy are virtually ignored in terms of priorities, yet these goals reverse the cycle of poverty in meaningful ways. CMS should require explicit measurement of these goals.”
“The HMRE program should receive a fair and realistic assessment. Additionally, the positive role of faith-based programs should be protected and prioritized so that these programs do not receive undue scrutiny or pressure to conform to nonreligious definitions of marriage and family as put forward by the recently enacted Respect for Marriage Act.”
“Eliminate the week-after-pill from the contraceptive mandate as a potential abortifacient.”
“Ensure that training for medical professionals (doctors, nurses, etc.) and doulas is not being used for abortion training.”
“The BLM’s multi-pronged approach in its 2020 Report to Congress included expanded adoptions and sales of horses gathered from overpopulated herds; increased gathers and increased capacity for off-range holding facilities and pastures; more effective use of fertility control efforts; and improved research in concert with the academic and veterinary communities, to identify more effective contraceptive techniques and strategies." (Birth control for horses and burros, not humans!)
"the director of the FBI must remain politically accountable to the President in the same manner as the head of any other federal department or agency."
more to come
June 20, 2024
Really reinforces what Hannah Arendt meant when she coined the phrase "the banality of evil."
July 12, 2024
“The Handmaid’s Tale” was supposed to be a warning, not a guide.
March 28, 2024
In reviewing at the "Mandate for leadership: The Conservative Promise”, “The Mandate for Leadership: Principles to Limit Government, Expand Freedom, and Strengthen America”, , “Leading the Way: The Story of Ed fueler and The Heritage Foundation”, and the Book "Getting America Right: The True Conservative Values Our Nation Needs Today” by Edwin J. Feulner, published in 2006.
In my overview, the biggest problems politically and socially come from the most extreme sides of both the right and the left. I'm pretty good at reading propaganda from both parties but that means not just seeing what is written down but figuring out what will happen to all the things they do not comment about. The scary part in all these books is how extremist they are. Much of it reminds me of a fusion of writing of Ayn Rand, Christian Nationalism and the thinking of people like Hitler and Stalin. This mindset includes brilliant propaganda, beautifally written and logical sounding, but none of it supporting the intention of the framers of our constitution or the Progressive Christians or Jewish ideals I've even heard.
It is striking that while calling for limited government, taking away the rights of millions of people would require a massive, authoritarian pseudo-Christian government where the actual decision making would be centered within a small club of our corporate 1% of multi-billionaires. I have a great deal of concern about the involvement of Viktor Mihály Orbán and his form of illiberal democracy with his visits to the Heritage Foundation and funding of "grants" from Orbán's Hungary.
Claiming "religious freedom" and the "traditional family" only for ethnically pure, white christians at the expense of every other religious or philosophical view seems absolutely unconstitutional. Attacks on diversity, gender, racism, patriarchy, misogyny, woman's choice and the LGBTQ are woven tightly into the Conservative Manifesto.
To place the mandate of maintaining "Christian Values" on the shoulders of our government will require a loss of freedom of speech and freedom of religion for millions of Americans, as well as creating the equivalent of a "Christian police force". This, and its prohibition of information using the guise of religion-based censorship will target our entire public education system for attack and is likely to be replaced it with y privatized schools, privatized universities and Christian home schooling. The curriculum in all areas as well as information in books, videos, news, movies and radio will be regulated by the "Christian Police Force".
The last and scariest part of these books is the lack of any regulation at all on the massive heads of our trillionaire, multinational corporate kings of industry. This conservative plan removes any protection from these bad actors in the corporate community as well as any checks and balances on the Enviromental damage they cause. In addition to failing to mention what controls will be applied to the richest and most influential people in America, no mention of how we will can possibly support the infrastructure with a flat tax.
I did not see any concern about moving towards a single payer health care system or any support for any sort of social safety net for those who will die without it. This leads me to have great concerns for what appears to be a Calvanistist brand of Christianity that believes any bad thing that happens to a poor person is their own fault.
I also have concerns for our position in the world if the Mandate for (Conservative) Leadership based on the examples of Viktor Mihály Orbán or XI of China, as well as the suggestions for isolationism, allowing Russian to destroy NATO and eventually take over Europe is a plan I can get behind. I can only wonder if this movement also plans on abandoning our Jewish brothers and sisters as it clearly doesn't not protect any religious views outside of the Extreme Calvinistic Conservative Christians who want to ignore science and take our religious views back to at least the 1800's.
Another thing that was not mentioned is the entire medical cannabis and recreational cannabis movement. In spite of the large amount of emerging research showing medical and psychological benefits, especially to seniors with pain from arthritis, surgeries, and nerve damage, I can only guess from the conservative view that only big Pharma will be allowed to decide what medicine we can take. I have grave concerns for this blanket ban on abortions for any reason and the thousands of women this places at risk. I have high concerns regarding civil, racial and women's rights and nothing I have read so far indicates any of that fits into this extremist, corporate centered agenda relating to conservative leadership.
I must add that it has been challenging and expensive to get these books and it is challenging to decode the deflective propaganda and "where's Waldo" style of writing. If these were such great ideas why doesn't the Republician party make them freely available and write them in a way that makes them easy to understand? Why do they leave out these gaping holes in areas they have nothing to say about?
As I've said the right has gone two far, and so has the left. This mandate for leadership, this project 2025 doesn't look like a solution, it looks like a corporate psudeo-christian facist dictatorship.
In my overview, the biggest problems politically and socially come from the most extreme sides of both the right and the left. I'm pretty good at reading propaganda from both parties but that means not just seeing what is written down but figuring out what will happen to all the things they do not comment about. The scary part in all these books is how extremist they are. Much of it reminds me of a fusion of writing of Ayn Rand, Christian Nationalism and the thinking of people like Hitler and Stalin. This mindset includes brilliant propaganda, beautifally written and logical sounding, but none of it supporting the intention of the framers of our constitution or the Progressive Christians or Jewish ideals I've even heard.
It is striking that while calling for limited government, taking away the rights of millions of people would require a massive, authoritarian pseudo-Christian government where the actual decision making would be centered within a small club of our corporate 1% of multi-billionaires. I have a great deal of concern about the involvement of Viktor Mihály Orbán and his form of illiberal democracy with his visits to the Heritage Foundation and funding of "grants" from Orbán's Hungary.
Claiming "religious freedom" and the "traditional family" only for ethnically pure, white christians at the expense of every other religious or philosophical view seems absolutely unconstitutional. Attacks on diversity, gender, racism, patriarchy, misogyny, woman's choice and the LGBTQ are woven tightly into the Conservative Manifesto.
To place the mandate of maintaining "Christian Values" on the shoulders of our government will require a loss of freedom of speech and freedom of religion for millions of Americans, as well as creating the equivalent of a "Christian police force". This, and its prohibition of information using the guise of religion-based censorship will target our entire public education system for attack and is likely to be replaced it with y privatized schools, privatized universities and Christian home schooling. The curriculum in all areas as well as information in books, videos, news, movies and radio will be regulated by the "Christian Police Force".
The last and scariest part of these books is the lack of any regulation at all on the massive heads of our trillionaire, multinational corporate kings of industry. This conservative plan removes any protection from these bad actors in the corporate community as well as any checks and balances on the Enviromental damage they cause. In addition to failing to mention what controls will be applied to the richest and most influential people in America, no mention of how we will can possibly support the infrastructure with a flat tax.
I did not see any concern about moving towards a single payer health care system or any support for any sort of social safety net for those who will die without it. This leads me to have great concerns for what appears to be a Calvanistist brand of Christianity that believes any bad thing that happens to a poor person is their own fault.
I also have concerns for our position in the world if the Mandate for (Conservative) Leadership based on the examples of Viktor Mihály Orbán or XI of China, as well as the suggestions for isolationism, allowing Russian to destroy NATO and eventually take over Europe is a plan I can get behind. I can only wonder if this movement also plans on abandoning our Jewish brothers and sisters as it clearly doesn't not protect any religious views outside of the Extreme Calvinistic Conservative Christians who want to ignore science and take our religious views back to at least the 1800's.
Another thing that was not mentioned is the entire medical cannabis and recreational cannabis movement. In spite of the large amount of emerging research showing medical and psychological benefits, especially to seniors with pain from arthritis, surgeries, and nerve damage, I can only guess from the conservative view that only big Pharma will be allowed to decide what medicine we can take. I have grave concerns for this blanket ban on abortions for any reason and the thousands of women this places at risk. I have high concerns regarding civil, racial and women's rights and nothing I have read so far indicates any of that fits into this extremist, corporate centered agenda relating to conservative leadership.
I must add that it has been challenging and expensive to get these books and it is challenging to decode the deflective propaganda and "where's Waldo" style of writing. If these were such great ideas why doesn't the Republician party make them freely available and write them in a way that makes them easy to understand? Why do they leave out these gaping holes in areas they have nothing to say about?
As I've said the right has gone two far, and so has the left. This mandate for leadership, this project 2025 doesn't look like a solution, it looks like a corporate psudeo-christian facist dictatorship.
May 8, 2024
An alarming book in so many ways.
Weird right-wing policies that often contradict each other.
I find it almost humorous in a sick way that the right-wing has been banging on about there being some sort of "deep-state" conspiracy thwarting all of their policies and controlling politics from "behind the scenes".
Yet, if this book is any indication, their response to this supposed shadow government to create one of their own.
Further, if any one thinks Trump will actually read this book, they are kidding themselves.
Trump is functionally illiterate.
But there will be an assortment of right-wing wackos that insert themselves into his cabinet and act as advisors to him (if he gets elected again), and it will be these people that will see the major tenets of this book made into actual policy.
The real value of this book may be in the preface, with the lists of wackos vying to take credit for this authoritarian trainwreck. All these names and organizations should be remembered and kept in check by the voting public, to make sure none of these people or organizations ever gain positions of real authority or credibility.
Weird right-wing policies that often contradict each other.
I find it almost humorous in a sick way that the right-wing has been banging on about there being some sort of "deep-state" conspiracy thwarting all of their policies and controlling politics from "behind the scenes".
Yet, if this book is any indication, their response to this supposed shadow government to create one of their own.
Further, if any one thinks Trump will actually read this book, they are kidding themselves.
Trump is functionally illiterate.
But there will be an assortment of right-wing wackos that insert themselves into his cabinet and act as advisors to him (if he gets elected again), and it will be these people that will see the major tenets of this book made into actual policy.
The real value of this book may be in the preface, with the lists of wackos vying to take credit for this authoritarian trainwreck. All these names and organizations should be remembered and kept in check by the voting public, to make sure none of these people or organizations ever gain positions of real authority or credibility.
did-not-finish
August 3, 2025
March 21, 2024
i have to kill myself dude
September 3, 2024
A lot of people are “review bombing” this book because of “Orange Man Bad” syndrome.
They often claim that they have read it, but I would question their comprehension of the text.
If you can read this with an open and sympathetic mind, you can easily see that the writers have the country’s best interest in mind.
While I don’t wholeheartedly agree with every part of this plan, at least we can see what the Republican Plan actually is.
I’d love to see a version of this that details the plans that the Democrats have.
They often claim that they have read it, but I would question their comprehension of the text.
If you can read this with an open and sympathetic mind, you can easily see that the writers have the country’s best interest in mind.
While I don’t wholeheartedly agree with every part of this plan, at least we can see what the Republican Plan actually is.
I’d love to see a version of this that details the plans that the Democrats have.
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July 12, 2024This thing was a beast to go through. A lot to be concerned about. It certainly knows how to use conservative talking points to stir up big feelings in a way that feels manipulative of its intended audience.
Things voters might want to be aware of:
Many of the collaborators of this mandate are far extremists who call for things such as abolishing no-fault divorce, reducing low-income women’s access to contraceptives via insurance, and eliminating key components of the Civil Rights Act.
Voters should be extremely concerned about The Heritage Foundation’s close friendship with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has overhauled the Hungarian government into an authoritarian regime. A quote from President of the foundation Kevin Roberts:
“We are especially proud of our relationship with Prime Minister Orbán, whose leadership in Hungary on immigration, family policy, and the importance of nation-state is a model for conservative governance.”
Regarding immigration, it calls for eliminating work visas, as well as restricting access to T and U visas, which are issued to protect victims of human trafficking and violent crimes.
It discusses deploying military forces to conduct mass raids on undocumented immigrants and placing them in internment camps while waiting for deportation.
It calls for restricting all visas being issued to only those applicants who have proven themselves to be the “best and the brightest.”
A running theme throughout all 900+ pages is “anti-racism,” which is actually an interesting form of gaslighting, because wherever it mentions anti-racism, what they are actually calling for is the dismantling of civil rights and equality reforms, claiming these reforms to be racist against white people.
For those concerned about the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable women, consider this quote by the Heritage Foundation’s president:
“Restoring patriarchy and piety is central to the conservative project.”
And as for Trump’s claim that he knows nothing about Project 2025 or the people behind it, I will leave you with this quote directly from Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership:
“Soon after President Donald Trump was sworn in, his Administration began to implement major parts of the [Heritage Foundation’s] 2016 Mandate. After his first year in office, the Administration had implemented 64% of its policy recommendations. … I mentioned that President Trump had implemented more recommendations in his first year than Ronald Reagan did in his…President Trump liked being compared to a former president he deeply admired and he touted the comparison frequently.”
Things voters might want to be aware of:
Many of the collaborators of this mandate are far extremists who call for things such as abolishing no-fault divorce, reducing low-income women’s access to contraceptives via insurance, and eliminating key components of the Civil Rights Act.
Voters should be extremely concerned about The Heritage Foundation’s close friendship with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has overhauled the Hungarian government into an authoritarian regime. A quote from President of the foundation Kevin Roberts:
“We are especially proud of our relationship with Prime Minister Orbán, whose leadership in Hungary on immigration, family policy, and the importance of nation-state is a model for conservative governance.”
Regarding immigration, it calls for eliminating work visas, as well as restricting access to T and U visas, which are issued to protect victims of human trafficking and violent crimes.
It discusses deploying military forces to conduct mass raids on undocumented immigrants and placing them in internment camps while waiting for deportation.
It calls for restricting all visas being issued to only those applicants who have proven themselves to be the “best and the brightest.”
A running theme throughout all 900+ pages is “anti-racism,” which is actually an interesting form of gaslighting, because wherever it mentions anti-racism, what they are actually calling for is the dismantling of civil rights and equality reforms, claiming these reforms to be racist against white people.
For those concerned about the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable women, consider this quote by the Heritage Foundation’s president:
“Restoring patriarchy and piety is central to the conservative project.”
And as for Trump’s claim that he knows nothing about Project 2025 or the people behind it, I will leave you with this quote directly from Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership:
“Soon after President Donald Trump was sworn in, his Administration began to implement major parts of the [Heritage Foundation’s] 2016 Mandate. After his first year in office, the Administration had implemented 64% of its policy recommendations. … I mentioned that President Trump had implemented more recommendations in his first year than Ronald Reagan did in his…President Trump liked being compared to a former president he deeply admired and he touted the comparison frequently.”
August 2, 2024
Near-future dystopian novel, written as a manifesto by a fictitious conservative think tank, to be used by a fictitious conservative President starting Jan 20th 2025.
The author tried to recreate the Handmaid's Tale as an administrative handbook. While interesting as a concept and certainly extremely well-researched, the final work ends up as a boring, tedious brick.
The novel features the usual suspects (battle against abortion, pornography, climate change) but introduces a few new enemies for the Conservative State, mainly China, mask mandates and 'wokeness'. While the introductory chapters are bone-chilling in their explicit message, the rest of the novel plods on in endless rants about acronyms and details that should have been radically edited.
Overall: not worth my time and completely unbelievable.
The author tried to recreate the Handmaid's Tale as an administrative handbook. While interesting as a concept and certainly extremely well-researched, the final work ends up as a boring, tedious brick.
The novel features the usual suspects (battle against abortion, pornography, climate change) but introduces a few new enemies for the Conservative State, mainly China, mask mandates and 'wokeness'. While the introductory chapters are bone-chilling in their explicit message, the rest of the novel plods on in endless rants about acronyms and details that should have been radically edited.
Overall: not worth my time and completely unbelievable.
July 10, 2024
what the ever-loving fuck
July 10, 2024
wish I could give it a zero, not sure there are words to describe the fear this plan evokes, horror is definitely the right genre classify this as
July 28, 2024
This is the Project 2025 you’ve been hearing so much about. I read this from a giant 922 page pdf I downloaded. If you search “Mandate for Leadership” it is not terribly hard to find. Much of it reads as boring policy-wonk navel-gazing, but if you really stop to think of the consequences of even the boring bits, it’s quite terrifying. Apart from being a blueprint to usher in authoritarianism, the outcome of these policies would be absolutely devastating for our economy. The wish to dismantle all regulatory agencies would leave almost every facet of our lives in jeopardy of lacking safety precautions. Food supply, energy, medical resources, everything. There is very little any truly principled conservative would agree with in this plan. It is meant to elevate the very wealthy to a Soviet-style oligarchy ruling class while erasing the personal autonomy of the middle class and working poor. I’d encourage anyone concerned about how democracies in decline tip over into authoritarian/fascist regimes to seek out the work of Ruth Ben-Ghiat or Anne Applebaum. You can even search for podcasts featuring them if you’d like a shorter tutorial on the subject. We are in dangerous times given the outline presented in this Mandate.
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September 9, 2024I can’t even rate this piece of garbage. I don’t know what’s worse, the 1984/Handmaids Tale level policy prescriptions or the sneaky, subversive way these policies are woven into an otherwise boring, dry and monotonous 900 page “policy manual”, seemingly hoping that nobody outside the MAGA cult will notice. Note to The Heritage Foundation: we all noticed.
I also can’t recommend wasting hours of your life plowing through this steaming pile of extremist republican horseshit. But I do recommend finding and reading a good summary of this twisted “blueprint for America” to familiarize yourself with how truly backward its suggestions are and to provide further motivation to vote this November.
I also can’t recommend wasting hours of your life plowing through this steaming pile of extremist republican horseshit. But I do recommend finding and reading a good summary of this twisted “blueprint for America” to familiarize yourself with how truly backward its suggestions are and to provide further motivation to vote this November.
May 16, 2024
Rather disgusting for a variety of reasons. Lots of buzzwords and dog whistles. Plenty of policy suggestion but no reflection on most of it. This would lead to a much more controlling government that does not have the interests of the people at heart. The terrifying aspect of it is that there are some legitimate problems that are mentions. However, defined poorly and with little regard for anything further out than the next quarter.
June 18, 2024
mm no I don’t think so…
This reads more as a crazed manifesto.
Putting the ridiculous arguments aside, this text simply lacks reasoning (one chapter only had 4 references), and instead turns to loaded words to express some very sour grapes.
This reads more as a crazed manifesto.
Putting the ridiculous arguments aside, this text simply lacks reasoning (one chapter only had 4 references), and instead turns to loaded words to express some very sour grapes.
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July 10, 2024no words lol. straight up dumpster fire 🔥 🚮🗑️
July 17, 2024
There is only one tag here: "horror." After reading through this plan's most fundamental sections, I think it definitely deserves it.
October 27, 2024
https://www.icloud.com/notes/04fDI48W...
My notes are attached as they were too long to post in goodreads. If you cannot view them feel free to message me for a pdf.
My notes are attached as they were too long to post in goodreads. If you cannot view them feel free to message me for a pdf.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 10, 2024
It’s hard to tell if all the people that came here to give one star reviews and prove they have no idea what fascism is are actually trolls or activists. Actually ignorant, or just trying to gaslight. Probably a mix of both.
The truth is project 2025 is a common sense reading of some pretty basic policy positions. Fascism is the marriage of government and business with a central small authority or dictator. Communism is the same thing except the government now says they own the businesses. Oh excuse me the “people” do lol, oh ok commie. Anyone calling project 2025 fascism is either lying or actually ignorant. Anyone who supports the radical left with their want to take over healthcare, automotive industry, energy, and your speech online but then looks at the other side and mumbles through their drool “fascism” have nothing worthwhile to add to the conversation. Instead just admit you’re a communist or socialist (fascist) and explain why you think that’s better than open markets and equality
The truth is project 2025 is a common sense reading of some pretty basic policy positions. Fascism is the marriage of government and business with a central small authority or dictator. Communism is the same thing except the government now says they own the businesses. Oh excuse me the “people” do lol, oh ok commie. Anyone calling project 2025 fascism is either lying or actually ignorant. Anyone who supports the radical left with their want to take over healthcare, automotive industry, energy, and your speech online but then looks at the other side and mumbles through their drool “fascism” have nothing worthwhile to add to the conversation. Instead just admit you’re a communist or socialist (fascist) and explain why you think that’s better than open markets and equality
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