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Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals

President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects works to use the government shutdown to accelerate his goals of slashing the size of the federal workforce and punishing Democratic states. In a post on his Truth Social site Thursday morning, Trump announced he would be meeting with his budget chief, “Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of […]

todayOctober 3, 2025 2

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Trump invites Project 2025 author to present economic data after jobs report showing rising Black unemployment

President Donald Trump sought to demonstrate a robust U.S. economy at the White House on Thursday after last month’s labor report revealed a slowdown in job creation and the highest Black unemployment rate since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. As reporters were lined up outside the White House to attend a scheduled East Room ceremony commemorating National Purple Heart Day, the White House pool was unexpectedly rushed into the Oval Office. Inside, Trump was joined by Stephen Moore, an […]

todayAugust 8, 2025 2

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Poll Downplays Racism, Project 2025 Doesn’t – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent A new 16-page issue brief by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies warns that federal industrial policy investments aimed at advancing economic opportunity for Black communities are under threat, as the Trump administration eliminates key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) provisions and slows the disbursement of funding. Authored by policy analyst Dr. Gabrielle Smith Finnie, the report, “Shifting the Narrative on Industrial Policy: Opportunities for Genuine Economic Mobility and […]

todayAugust 5, 2025 3

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Right-wing group funded by Project 2025 launches ‘DEI Watchlist’ targeting mostly Black federal workers

In an escalation of the political right’s crusade against diversity, equity, and inclusion, a recently published website titled the “DEI Watchlist” targets mostly Black federal workers in an apparent attempt to intimidate and advance the Trump administration’s aim to root out all employees it deems as DEI hires. The website, created by the conservative nonprofit American Accountability Foundation, has published so-called “dossiers” of more than 60 former and current federal workers. It publishes professional and personal information, which it characterizes […]

todayFebruary 8, 2025 2

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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major US-backed rail project in Africa

Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains. Biden used the third and final day of his visit to Angola on Wednesday to showcase the Lobito Corridor railway, where the U.S. and allies are investing heavily to refurbish 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) of train lines in Zambia, Congo and Angola. The project aims to advance the U.S. presence in a region rich in cobalt, copper and […]

todayDecember 4, 2024 1

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60 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Project 2025 aims to make white men victims and everyone else inferior

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Congressman Tim Burchette referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as a “DEI hire” in racially coded subtext suggesting she is unqualified for her position because she is a woman of color. Not only are the vice president’s qualifications undeniable, but the slight is representative of a deeper and more organized and troubling attack on the very civil rights protections […]

todayAugust 1, 2024

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I read the entire Project 2025. Here are the top 10 ways it would harm Black America

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. 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. According to my cousin’s beautician who does hair in her kitchen, on Jan. 20, 2025, shortly after the inauguration […]

todayJuly 18, 2024

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Political leaders say Black voters should be terrified of Project 2025

While Donald Trump, the former president and current presumptive Republican nominee, has distanced himself from Project 2025 – a conservative policy agenda billed as a playbook for his potential return to the White House – political leaders and elected officials are escalating their rhetoric about it and its implications, particularly for Black and brown communities.  On Wednesday, while delivering the keynote address at Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.’s 71st Boulé in Dallas, Vice President Kamala Harris warned that the 900-page […]

todayJuly 14, 2024

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Trump denies knowing about Project 2025 written by allies

MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days after the head of the think tank responsible for the program suggested there would be a second American Revolution. “I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump posted on his social media website. “I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things […]

todayJuly 7, 2024