Episode description

Alison, Liz, and Rebecca dig into Project 2025, the comprehensive transition project for the next conservative administration. They explain the project and illustrate the throughlines of its policy agenda— Christian nationalist ideology and the obliteration of the separation of church and state.

Background

• SPLC on Alliance Defending Freedom

• Project 2025’s Four Pillars

• #1: Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise

• #2: Presidential Personnel Database & Presidential Administration Academy Questionnaire

• New York Times (2024) - “A Questionnaire for Applicants to the Next Conservative White House” 

• #3: Presidential Administration Academy

• ProPublica (2024) - “Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos”

• #4: 180-Day Playbook

• Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers

• U.S. Department of Education “Dear Colleague Letter”

Resources

• AU’s Project 2025 Hub

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