It’s evident now that the alt-right figures in charge of this administration are quickly realizing the vision set forth in Project 2025. But it’s also clear that they are moving just as quickly to implement the vision of Project Esther, the Project 2025 companion and follow-up from the Heritage Foundation. The two visions work in tandem to destroy the institutions that barely held Donald Trump in check during his first term and to undermine free speech of anyone opposed to their radical agenda. The combined projects are so well coordinated and overwhelming that we may be living through the end of the American experiment.
Resources
BBC: JD Vance hosts Charlie Kirk’s daily talk radio show
NPR: Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against ‘New York Times’
Democracy Docket: Left-Leaning Nonprofits Push Back on Trump’s Crackdown Threats
PBS NewsHour: Economic fallout mounts as Trump halts near-finished wind power project
Truth Social: Donald Trump
The Chris Hedges Report: We Are All antifa Now
Just Security: The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers Are Domestic Terrorists, It’s Past Time to Call Them What They Are
World Population Review: KKK Population by State 2025
Defense360: Bad Idea: Domestic Terrorist Organization Designations
The Nation: Barbara Lee’s Stand
Mondoweiss: From COINTELPRO to Project Esther: The evolution of domestic counterinsurgency in the U.S.
IISS: Iran’s nuclear programme after the strikes
Book Love
Branko Milanovic: Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War
UNFTR Resources
The Carter Series: Reexamining Jimmy’s Time in Office.
The Clinton Years: The Most Neoliberal Presidency in U.S. History.
Video: The End of the American Experiment. 1776 to 2025.
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