I read the entire Project 2025. Here are the top 10 ways it would harm Black America
Michael Harriot
Mon, July 15, 2024 at 9:12 AM CDT
If you frequent Black Twitter, visited a barbershop recently or could hear the BET Awards over your uncle yelling: “If God made something finer than Taraji P. Henson, he must’ve kept it in heaven,” then you know about Project 2025.
…………………………No, Project 2025 is not the name of the upcoming Jordan Peele film. It is an actual, real-life script that’s been in development for years. Although it has terrified more people than the recently released horror movie about the president who turned into a zombie during a debate (the lead actor was compelling), few people have read it in its entirety.
I did.
To address the rumors, fears and anxiety over the GOP’s latest project, I read all 922 pages of Project 2025 and all the Agenda47 transcripts, the official policy agenda for Trump 2024. Instead of summarizing the entire blueprint for an America with less “economic anxiety,” we specifically looked at the policies and plans that would affect Black Americans.
Here’s what we found:
10. Make the government white again.
Every Black person has a cousin or aunt who works in the federal government. While the civilian federal workforce is disproportionately white at the highest levels, in March 2021, nearly half (46.7%) of low-level government employees were non-white. In fact, African-American government workers are overrepresented in the federal government.This is the “swamp” that Trump wants to drain.
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9. They will fight racism — against white people.
According to Caucasian race theory, racism against white people is destroying America.……………..
8. They actually have a plan to stop anti-Black racism.
To be fair, Trump and his allies do have a comprehensive plan to address white supremacy homophobia and transgender discrimination. As much as it pains me to admit it, their strategy to erase racism throughout America is pretty brilliant.They are going to officially erase races.
Nearly every federal agency collects demographic data to examine racial and gender disparities. We know Black men get longer sentences than white men who commit the same crimes because of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s racial data. The numbers from the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office show that Black students are punished at higher rates. Racial prejudice, harassment and retaliation are the most frequently filed workplace discrimination claims, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
A Trump administration would ban many government agencies from collecting racial or demographic data. Not only do they want to discontinue the practice on mortgage applications, government hiring and business loans, but at least 15 of their proposals suggest they “start with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity.” They also want to eliminate nearly every division that fights against discrimination, including the civil rights offices in the Departments of Education, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development.
Perhaps the most alarming part of the project is the strategy to eradicate the principle of disparate impact.
According to the principle, if the effect of a policy or practice negatively affects a protected group, it is discriminatory. That’s why proving racial bias doesn’t necessarily require intent. For years, conservative groups wanted to repeal an official letter from the Obama administration threatening to withhold funds from any school district that disproportionately punished Black students. Trump’s Department of Education wouldn’t just repeal Obama’s disparate impact threat; it would “eliminate disparate impact as a valid theory of discrimination for race and other bases.”
Trump’s literal policy plan is to stop talking about race.
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7. Get tough on (Black) crime, go easy on white cops.
If you’re a person who exists in America, you’ve undoubtedly heard a person who owns a pair of wraparound sunglasses use FBI data to explain why Black people commit more crimes………………………
5. Put men in control of women’s bodies.
Trump wasn’t lying when he said he wouldn’t pass a nationwide abortion ban. According to Agenda47 and Project 2025, he won’t have to.While there are 199 mentions of abortion in Project 2025, none of them are about legislation. Instead, they found a loophole that will make it nearly force pregnant women to carry children to term. Not only would they “eliminate the promotion of abortion,” they would essentially cut federal funding from any agency, company or non-government entity that provides access to reproductive health services. They’d defund Planned Parenthood offices that don’t offer abortions. They want to stop government workers and military servicemembers from using their insurance to terminate pregnancies. They want to end international aid to countries that allow them.
Although they claim they want to “leave it up to the states,” they plan to sue states that require employee insurance plans to cover abortions. Not only would they prosecute doctors who terminate abortions, but they plan to sue companies that produce abortion drugs, indict people who get abortion-inducing medication through the mail and “reverse [the FDA] approval of chemical abortion drugs.” In fact, Trump would prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from referring to abortions as “health care.”
Meanwhile, both projects vow to revoke all vaccine mandates and stop requiring agencies to report the racial statistics for COVID-19 deaths, maternal mortality and infant mortality.
You can read his article, in total, at the link above.
I am glad that people are taking Project 2025 seriously and are looking into it, and spreading the word.
In case you aren’t clear:
(((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) posted at 7:51 AM on Wed, Jul 03, 2024:
As I explained on Joy Reid’s MSNBC show on Tuesday: Project 2025 is the GOP’s version of “Mein Kampf.” The difference is that Mein Kampf was only 700 pages, Project 2025 is 900 pages. Let’s be clear: The goal of Project 2025 is to control every part of our lives. https://t.co/pAzKJan5I6
(https://x.com/DeanObeidallah/status/1808483797702225937?t=300s73HjET7YMBGapWGD5g&s=03)
best of kamala harris
@archivekamala
This post from
@Essence
IG account!
“Kamala Harris, you make us proud, inspire us, and, above all, remind us that dreaming out loud isn’t just an act of hope but a declaration of power.”
🥹💛
https://x.com/archivekamala/status/1823467750171533812
Ashleigh Fields
@AshleighFields_
Yesterday,
@KamalaHarris
welcomed new students to
@HowardU
outside of the historic Cramton Auditorium, inspiring the crowd by saying, “you might be running for president of the United States.”
https://x.com/AshleighFields_/status/1823442736248484144
Acyn
@Acyn
Walz: Why would you think I would need your advice to tell me what books I can and cannot read? Or when to have a family or how to have a family? Or what religion to worship? Or how to organize? You stay in your lane and I’ll stay in mine. That’s not that difficult.
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1823448995248976361
Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) posted at 3:53 AM on Tue, Aug 13, 2024:
Terrorists and HAMAS supporters of the #FreePalestine groups think they are going to disrupt the DNC?
Well, it will be the largest assembly of African-Americans since 2008 and we have a rather peculiar set of skills … https://t.co/JfX0UsCK7C
(https://x.com/MalcolmNance/status/1823281699980980468?t=B630-VdkFOUnX5_S-d4nmQ&s=03)
Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) posted at 6:28 AM on Tue, Aug 13, 2024:
Saying you don’t support either political party while making a grandiose effort to disrupt the nominating convention of only one political party. Hmmmm.🤔
(https://x.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1823320620056162583?t=VqM-ZabLkuC6hYOr5QjRxQ&s=03)
@TheCoreyRichardson on Threads. Follow Me There. (@vexedinthecity) posted at 9:46 PM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
If you’re a parent of a child with special needs, anyone saying they’re going to close the Department of Education isn’t your friend. Who do you think provides the funding to make sure your local schools follow your kid’s IEP?
(https://x.com/vexedinthecity/status/1823189381844279426?t=gqXH_RSeb2DQSASMHzInUA&s=03)
Lee Caraher (@LeeCaraher) posted at 7:59 PM on Fri, Aug 02, 2024:
Ohio removes 155,000 from voter rolls ahead of November’s presidential election (from @AP) https://t.co/GfWnX2oSLs
(https://x.com/LeeCaraher/status/1819538467623141461?t=wHfR8BtH51AWBUnJI2_Vrw&s=03)
Schoonie U-Turn Singleton 🪷 (@dhoodson) posted at 9:28 AM on Tue, Aug 13, 2024:
My Dad & his friends used to protect older Black folks trying to vote back in the day.
What I look like withholding my vote?
Get the entirety of the fuck out of this vicinity.
(https://x.com/dhoodson/status/1823366088266076497?t=xSvSEexCQcOANHHpBq0lgQ&s=03)
chris evans (@notcapnamerica) posted at 1:34 PM on Tue, Aug 13, 2024:
Wow. So on Trump’s disastrous Twitter space with Elon last night, the two of them threatened to take actions against striking workers. The United auto workers union just filed federal labor charges against them for threatening and intimidating unionizing workers
(https://x.com/notcapnamerica/status/1823427958939275459?t=umPg-OPyzzvJ6PeWjNQYeg&s=03)
Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) posted at 1:35 PM on Tue, Aug 13, 2024:
📺 DOOCY: “How much more progressive is VP Harris than you as a candidate in the general?”
President Biden: “The issues we’ve worked on together have made big progress economically. No one calls what we did on infrastructure progressive. It’s a good policy.”
👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 https://t.co/hSYsjlVMMK
(https://x.com/ChrisDJackson/status/1823428060806304218?t=7mO5boxdaec1PwSO8yAGEg&s=03)
Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) posted at 2:04 PM on Tue, Aug 13, 2024:
Hours of Project 2025 training videos featuring top Trump officials have been leaked online, outlining their plan to purge the government of civil servants and replace them with MAGA loyalists who will allow Trump to be a dictator https://t.co/VY3ehR4kjX
(https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1823435502273327569?s=03)
Film Updates
@FilmUpdates
First look at Matt Bomer, Nathan Lane, Nathan Lee Graham and Linda Lavin in Hulu comedy series ‘MID-CENTURY MODERN.’
It follows 3 friends – gay gentlemen of a certain age – who spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mom.
https://x.com/FilmUpdates/status/1823424084270530890
Bobby Allyn
@BobbyAllyn
NEW: Judge Reed O’Connor has recused himself from one of Elon Musk’s lawsuits, against the coalition of advertisers. This comes after NPR reported on Reed’s investment in Tesla and Musk’s forum-shopping by filing in Reed’s district, where none of the parties are based.
https://x.com/BobbyAllyn/status/1823411167970386213
ESSENCE
@Essence
In this pivotal election, Black women everywhere could, for the first time, see a reflection of our grandmother’s dreams as Commander in Chief.
This moment isn’t just about casting a ballot; it’s about claiming our space, our rights, and our future. That isn’t lost on Vice President Kamala Harris.
She knows where she stands, firmly at the intersection of freedom and power. We’re not just voting; we’re shaping a legacy of freedom for generations to come. The stakes are high, but so is her spirit.
In a very special Chief -to- Chief interview filmed at the 30th ESSENCE Festival of Culture, ESSENCE Ventures CEO and President Caroline Wanga sat down with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss what inspired her to enter politics, her plans as President, and the potential impact of the upcoming election on everyone.
This is our special, Collector’s Edition September / October subscriber cover.
Read her cover story here: https://essence.com/culture/chief-to-chief-undeterred-unprecedented-unwavering/
Jon peltz
@JonnyPeltz
BREAKING: Protesters with IfNotNow have blocked off the 405 freeway in West LA.
They are calling for all elected democracts ahead of the DNC to call got a lasting ceasefire in Gaze, reject AIPAC money, and call for an arms embargo to Israel:
https://x.com/JonnyPeltz/status/1823392484665483428
Jesse Rodriguez
@JesseRodriguez
AP: Constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights until viability qualifies for Missouri’s November ballot
12:23 PM · Aug 13, 2024
https://x.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1823410059088396661
🪷🏈KHive Activated! Betsy #HarrisWalz2024
@Penny_J_Thomas
Arabs & Muslims on here mad at Black people for voting in best interest.
The irony is, these same Arab/Muslims don’t protest what happens to Black people in their country, but they’re gonna dump on Americans.
FOH with that racist bullshit.
9:10 AM · Aug 13, 2024
https://x.com/Penny_J_Thomas/status/1823361564809863534
The election of Joe Biden was an absolutely necessary step to get to this point. We needed someone who knew how the federal government worked inside and out, an old hand to get to the bridge and right the ship, weld the holes, scrub off the rust, get rid of the piles of garbage, and get us back on course, all while restocking the bar. We were all scared out of our weary minds in 2020, awaiting the even deadlier next surge of Covid deaths that was coming in January 2021. Then January 6th happened, and our sense of security in the very things that are supposed to function in this country were undermined, all while watching a large percentage of the population go down a red-capped abyss of crazy and conspiracies they will likely never return from. Biden’s skill was in allowing the rest of us to chill out, to see that the government hadn’t lost the ability to actually work.
In the last few months, though, everything kept hitting us, even as Trump was found guilty or liable, owing hundreds of millions of dollars. All of it still didn’t lead us to anything like a feeling of completion, a feeling we could, indeed, move on. We were hit again and again with insane Supreme Court decisions, with the polls that showed Biden losing, with Biden’s obvious signs of aging, with this feeling that it was all going to go south again. We would stick by Biden if we had to (and more than a few were doing so gladly), but, my god, we needed celebration. We needed joy. Real joy, not the kind of joy that says, “We made it,” but the joy that says, “We crushed it.” We need to face our American demons, who are easily identifiable, and we need to unify to exorcise them and send them back to whatever crevices in the earth they crawled out of, not just defeat them at the polls.
https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2024/08/harriswalz-we-need-this-joy.html
scary lawyerguy
@scarylawyerguy
Strangest part of this story (other than the double standard) is news outlets won’t come out & admit they kneecapped Hillary. They just won’t make that apology. Instead, we need to infer that the choice to sit on the Vance info is an admission they were wrong in 2016.
https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1823351281898983725
16 years old Quincy getting playfully roasted by Black Twitter 🤣🤣
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP81LGA4H/
MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) posted at 4:03 PM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
BREAKING: The Miami Herald confirms that Donald Trump has in fact been using Jeffrey Epstein’s plane to campaign since his plane experienced troubles.
🔗 https://t.co/ITBKt385xm https://t.co/f2DfbCBmEP
(https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/1823103114700083625?t=66VOVq9OsX9RgwfsgKftzw&s=03)
Look at the babies :)
Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
The energy and enthusiasm for Democrats is unreal! Kids in the suburbs of Philly held a bake sale, and raised $600 for Kamala! LFG!!!
https://x.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1823102052056043851
Bruno Amato (@BrunoAmato_1) posted at 3:10 PM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
Kamala Harris’ first sit-down one on one presser should be hosted by none other than @Lawrence O’Donnell since he is literally the most competent and trusted journalist alive today.
(https://x.com/BrunoAmato_1/status/1823089692684025904?t=vAf26SfgE6qkgA4ChI7MOg&s=03)
HawaiiDelilah™ 🥥🌴🌊 (@HawaiiDelilah) posted at 3:29 PM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
Translation: GOP is so devastated, they’re fantasizing about replacing Vance, but they know it can’t be done so they have to resort to BS.
Every time you post delusional BS, you give the game away.
(https://x.com/HawaiiDelilah/status/1823094397367681033?t=C2VYyRSRuwcfxXEkdn5L-g&s=03)
Dark White House Press Secretary (@lacadri34) posted at 3:31 PM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
I have always loved me some Joe Biden and if he can move on, so can I. Harris/Walz will need a House & Senate they can work with to help us. Strategy over feelings right now. There’s a time & a place for everything. Nobody’s forgetting nothing. Now is not the time or place.
(https://x.com/lacadri34/status/1823095074764599690?t=W8wPU-aA0CHieGQ_vmEIHQ&s=03)
More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS
BREAKING: Banks, credit card companies, and more will be required to let customers talk to a human by pressing a single button under a new Biden administration proposed rule.
The
@CFPB
rule is part of a campaign to crack down on customer service “doom loops.”
12:06 PM · Aug 12, 2024
https://x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1823043377346298264
Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) posted at 1:22 PM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
There’s more than 14 hours leaked from Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy, which trains political appointees “to be ready on day one.” In this clip, they suggest not using email as a way to avoid public accountability.
https://t.co/wpFD94zYxK https://t.co/7f0iRN50xw
(https://x.com/davenewworld_2/status/1823062535886487851?s=0
Candice Marie Benbow (@CandiceBenbow) posted at 8:16 AM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
If your response to me voting for Kamala is to accuse me of justifying the murder of babies, from g—side or abortion, my response is “ok” because explaining why that is ridiculous isn’t even worth my time and I’m tired of folks having to act obtuse for ridiculousness’ sake.
(https://x.com/CandiceBenbow/status/1822985421707424058?s=03)
best of kamala harris (@archivekamala) posted at 8:57 PM on Sat, Aug 10, 2024:
This video is flawless! 🥹
@Tim_Walz saying that @KamalaHarris has brought out the joy in politics followed by her entrance while “Freedom” is playing! #HarrisWalz2024 https://t.co/AG5kwUquNu
(https://x.com/archivekamala/status/1822452354425217511?t=r9c6UDLtryVBODaMcNM3Ug&s=03)
Sasha ✊🏽🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@SashaBeauIoux) posted at 4:10 PM on Sun, Aug 11, 2024:
How would Black Americans losing rights and liberties in a Trump/Project 2025 America advance the cause of Palestinian liberation?
Because I don’t get it…and it looks like just another group tryna pimp/leverage Black suffering for their own ends
But sure….explain it to me
(https://x.com/SashaBeauIoux/status/1822742428266250687?t=xhk5RQP0uYKDw1pVf3A6rg&s=03)
Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) posted at 7:28 AM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
Judge Tanya Chutkan has set status conference for 10am on Sept 5 in federal criminal case against Donald Trump in DC
It’ll be at the DC federal courthouse.
(https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1822973306850435545?t=tvqBx4anx574l_8dxN3ePw&s=03)
chris evans (@notcapnamerica) posted at 7:55 PM on Sat, Aug 10, 2024:
I’m absolutely loving that the media doesn’t know what to do with Democrats actually going on the offensive and doing it with humor.
Trump and rhe GOP have been saying the most absolute vile things for a decade + and suddenly now they want to act shook and clutch pearls.
(https://x.com/notcapnamerica/status/1822436674850185693?s=03)
Dave Troy (@davetroy) posted at 8:34 AM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
Monday thoughts:
1. The only way to understand the present moment is to have a deep understanding of the interplay between historical networks representing competing worldviews.
2. The two primary worldviews in competition at the moment are propertarian hierarchy vs. democratic institutionalism.
3. It should not be surprising that two billionaires from propertarian Apartheid South Africa are trying to install a President and Vice President.
4. None of this is new — the Civil War was fought over propertarian hierarchy.
5. Crooks was teased; he aimed to kill a President, to become the apex predator in a hierarchical worldview.
6. It’s just a matter of time until Musk admits to weaponizing private messages on this platform; plan accordingly.
7. Musk is leading a networked insurgency. Each of you: lead your own.
Women understand the implications of propertarian hierarchy and patriarchy. Refuse to go back. Women know the way forward — and that’s literally on the ballot. Onward!
(https://x.com/davetroy/status/1822990120888209823?t=PSH9MaRWHyzVfYsGNiukqg&s=03)
LOL
Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@IanColdwater) posted at 6:31 AM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
People out here shocked and amazed that someone who spent decades lecturing rooms full of 30 unruly high school students could be good at reading a room and keeping people engaged while speaking without a teleprompter.
What do you think educators do all day?
(https://x.com/IanColdwater/status/1822959206888055204?s=03)
CJ G (@cjgproduxions) posted at 10:22 AM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
This is the Tariq Nasheed and #FBA plan
1. Spread Misinformation to attempt to get Trump elected
2. If Trump won, and didn’t deliver they’d say he doesn’t have to provide a Black agenda because he didn’t get majority Black vote
3. Get other Black voters to stay home by saying democrats are not providing Black specific policy, while not requesting same for Black Trump voters
(https://x.com/cjgproduxions/status/1823017139512463658?t=87S3tBiw2360WfG3FIRkjg&s=03)
Meredith Lee Hill (@meredithllee) posted at 10:01 AM on Mon, Aug 12, 2024:
I was sitting in a local DFL office in Tim Walz’s old congressional district when a young couple walked in looking for Harris-Walz signs
Elle and Elysse turned out to be former Tim Walz students and members of the gay-straight alliance he helped form
They married in 2011 https://t.co/1y7tF4UyXP
(https://x.com/meredithllee/status/1823012025187897646?t=2aCkwnFbikk7xsPrAwo7tA&s=03)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Tim Walz served honorably for two decades. Then he joined Congress and worked to pass a new GI bill that helped fund the college educations of millions of veterans—among them, JD Vance.
https://x.com/HillaryClinton/status/1823030446399377917
11:15 AM · Aug 12, 2024
Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
NBC News: The following officials are set to speak at the Democratic National Convention this month: President Biden President Obama President Clinton Secretary of State Clinton
@MSNBC
8:05 AM · Aug 12, 2024
https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1822982680708817190
Republicans can’t replace their old man nominee, so they’re pretending JD Vance is the GOP candidate
Donald Trump’s running mate weirds voters out, but at least he’s not an incoherent mess like his boss
By Amanda Marcotte
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/12/cant-replace-their-old-man-nominee-so-theyre-pretending-jd-vance-is-the-candidate/
Candidly Tiff
@tify330
Masterful execution by VP so much so that Nancy Pelosi had to admit her hope for an “open convention” was destroyed because VP being so skilled. Too bad so sad.
https://x.com/tify330/status/1822991726488768856
Veronica McDonald
@Purify_toast17
Pelosi was hoping for an open convention and challengers to Harris but nobody stepped forward and Harris worked the delegates and wrapped it ip within a day. Pelosi HAS to support Harris now because if she doesn’t and Harris loses, everyone will blame her for the loss:
https://x.com/Purify_toast17/status/1822993042380320989
The Associated Press
@AP
BREAKING: More than 100 pregnant women were turned away from ERs or negligently treated since 2022, an AP analysis finds.
https://x.com/AP/status/1822987554716606607
Bradley P. Moss
@BradMossEsq
People warned this would happen if Roe fell. People warned that conservatives had no plan to address this if Roe fell. People warned women would be at risk if Roe fell. They were right. Conservatives didn’t care. The women are just birthing stations to them. The babies are just political props. That’s all that mattered.
https://x.com/BradMossEsq/status/1823014886890148184
WTFGOP
@DogginTrump
Hey
@MSNBC
@CNN
@ABC
@NBCNews
@CBSNews
I just wanted to rub it into your faces that yesterday, the Kamala Harris rally in Nevada had 3 MILLION people streaming it Live because you all refuse to show anything related to Kamala Harris Just think, those viewers could have been yours if you all got your heads out of trumps cavernous ass But hey, you keep being you & we will keep boycotting MSM like the plague
11:49 AM · Aug 11, 2024
https://x.com/DogginTrump/status/1822676804232163359
Omari Hardy
@OmariJHardy
The media that wants detailed policy proposals from Kamala Harris is the same media that ignored Project 2025 until Taraji Henson shouted about it at the BET Awards.
https://x.com/OmariJHardy/status/1822712168728481891
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊