On this edition of Your Call, we're continuing our deep-dive into Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's far-right agenda for a second Trump administration and future Republican presidents.
The authors write that "nothing is more important than deconstructing the centralized administrative state."
This goal was first laid out by Steve Bannon, Trump's former White House chief strategist who is currently serving a four month sentence in federal prison for contempt charges related to the January 6 insurrection. What does that mean exactly and how would they carry it out?
We'll also find out how a second Trump administration would consolidate executive power, fire over 50,000 civil servants and replace them with MAGA loyalists, and eliminate or dismantle agencies like the Department of Education and NOAA.
Guests:
James Goodwin, policy director for the Center for Progressive Reform
Shawn Musgrave, reporter and senior counsel for The Intercept
Resources:
The Intercept: Trump's camp says it has nothing to do with Project 2025 manifesto — aside from writing it
Boston Review: Inside Project 2025
Democracy Docket: How the Supreme Court Bolstered Project 2025
