I am a firm believer in what might be called traditional American values: rule of law, separation of church and state, and respect for civil service professionals. Project 2025 proposes to eliminate civil service protections for most of these (Federal) workers, instead creating more political appointees chosen by the president. The goal is to remove nonpartisan civil servants, most of whom patriotically do their jobs without fanfare or political agendas, and replace them with loyalists to the president. Perhaps more troubling, Project 2025 would undermine the Justice Department by weakening its independence from the president, eliminating the norm that the White House does not intervene in federal investigations. Project 2025 also proposes enacting absurd and dangerous policies that must be rejected, including mass deportations, disbanding the Education Department, potentially abolishing the Federal Reserve, and withdrawing the abortion medication mifepristone from the market.

Source: Washington Post July 20, 2024 18:05 UTC