"When the Heritage Foundation published a 920-page compendium of policy suggestions called " Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise " in April 2023, it did so to little fanfare. By fall 2024, however, Democrats were doing everything they could to tie then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to the document, more commonly known as Project 2025. Inside were sweeping recommendations to reshape entire sections of the federal government and consolidate power under a conservative president."
"Trump denied any knowledge of Project 2025. But on his first day in office, he signed several executive orders implementing proposals from the policy blueprint. Those goals include reforming the government's relationship with the press. Indeed, many of Trump's actions against journalists this year draw directly from Project 2025's media proposals."
"but Trump this year became the first president to actually do it. The administration's campaign against public broadcasting started in April when Trump tried to fire three board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the independent nonprofit Congress created to distribute federal funds to public broadcasters. He then issued an executive order instructing CPB to stop funding NPR and PBS."
Heritage published a 920-page compendium of conservative policy proposals in April 2023 titled Mandate for Leadership, commonly called Project 2025. By fall 2024 Democrats linked then-candidate Donald Trump to Project 2025, which recommended reshaping federal agencies and consolidating power. Trump denied prior knowledge but signed executive orders on his first day that implemented several blueprint proposals. As of mid-December 2025, trackers suggest about half of Project 2025's goals had been achieved. Media-related goals targeted the government's relationship with the press, with actions drawn from the project affecting federally funded public broadcasters and even independent outlets.
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