Project 2025 Listed Authors Who Worked in the Last 45 Administration
“I know nothing about Project 2025” + 72% of listed authors worked in 45’s administration = WHAT GASLIGHTING LOOKS LIKE
“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump posted on his social media website. “I have no idea who is behind it.” - 45 on Not-Truth Social, 5 July 2024
Here’s a list of every listed Project 2025 author who worked in 45’s administration. 26 of 36 total authors. (72%)
Jonathan Berry - US Department of Justice
Adam Candeub - Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Deputy Associate Attorney General
Brendan Carr - Senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD - Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ken Cuccinelli - Acting Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services; Acting Deputy Secretary for the US Department of Homeland Security
Rick Dearborn - Deputy Chief of Staff
Diana Furchtgott-Roth - Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Transportation
Thomas F. Gilman - Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Chief Financial Officer at the US Department of Commerce
Mandy M. Gunasekara - Chief of Staff at the Environmental Protection Agency
Gene Hamilton - Counselor to the Attorney General at the US Department of Justice
Jennifer Hazelton - senior strategic consultant for the Department of Defense
Dennis Dean Kirk - senior positions at the Office of Personnel Management
Christopher Miller - several positions during the 45 administration in areas of defense
Mora Namdar - Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
Peter Navarro - Director of 45’s Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy; also went to jail
William Perry Pendley - led the Bureau of Land Management for 45**
Max Primorac - acting Chief Operating Officer and Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, US Agency for International Development
Roger Severino - Director of Civil Rights at the US Department of Health and Human Services
Kiron K. Skinner - Director of Policy Planning and Senior Advisor at the US Department of State
Brooks D Tucker - Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs and Acting Chief of Staff
Hans A von Spakovsky - former member of 45’s Advisory Committee on Election Integrity
Russ Vought - Director of the Office of Management and Budget
William L. Walton - member of 45’s transition team
Paul Winfree - member of 45’s transition team
Paul Dans - Chief of Staff at the US Office of Personnel Management and senior advisor at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Steven Groves - Assistant Special Counsel, the Mueller investigation
If 26 of the 36 listed authors of Project 2025 worked in my former administration, there’s NO WAY I wouldn’t know about it.
If you have it in you, go read mainstream media coverage of this gaslighting. Here’s one example from Forbes. The Associated Press. US News buries a bland “some former administration officials are involved” statement two-thirds of the way down their article.
I cannot believe I have to type this as I’m not a trained journalist, BUT WOULDN’T THE ONE SALIENT THING TO INCLUDE IN THESE ARTICLES BE A FACT CHECK LIST LIKE THIS ONE?!?!?! Isn’t the mainstream media’s job to go, “Gee, I need to make sure this statement is true. Not just print it outright without pushback.”
As a survivor of narcissistic abuse, one of the fundamental rules of dealing with narcissists is refusing to let them get away with this behavior. It is important to establish and maintain boundaries for the good of everyone in the narcissist’s orbit. “Fact-checking” is one of those useful boundaries. Again, I cannot believe I have to point this out.
Make this go viral, people.
**This newsletter was updated to add Pendley to the list. I missed him in my frantic first pass through the author list. It happens when we try to respond quickly, at least to me.
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Oh, and I wanted to mention that the documentary was about Paul Weyrich. The man who started this whole movement. Well, Christian Nationalism really kicked ass after the Civil War. The KKK was and is Christian Nationalism. He just modernized it. The 1980 version.
One thing to keep in mind is trump’s vast ignorance, laziness, and lack of interest in details. He actually may not understand what’s in Project 2025 and is unlikely to have read it - it’s well established that he doesn’t read. He’s an empty suit - or golden calf - with no real values who reflects his MAGA worshippers’ own values back at them. All he really cares about is delivering applause lines. If someone tells him that Project 2025 or abortion bans will lose him votes, he’ll downplay or repudiate them on the campaign trail. But, once in office, he’ll let these guys implement these policies and sign whatever they tell him to.