Executive Power & Purge Directive
Let me tell you about the most dangerous goddamn document you've never read. Project 2025 isn't some dry policy paper – it's a blueprint for burning American democracy to the ground and pissing on the ashes. This 900+ page monstrosity lays out, in excruciating detail, how the next conservative administration plans to gut our government from the inside out. And the architect behind this authoritarian wet dream? Russell Vought, Trump's former budget director and the man who never met a democratic institution he didn't want to disembowel.
Civil Service
"The president should issue an executive order on Inauguration Day that reestablishes Schedule F... bringing tens of thousands, if not more, of current career positions into Schedule F." (p. 64)
Let's cut the bullshit – this isn't about "efficiency" or "accountability." This is about purging the government of anyone who won't pledge blind loyalty to a single man. Schedule F would strip job protections from tens of thousands of federal employees, transforming them overnight from professionals serving the American people to political hostages serving at the pleasure of whatever power-hungry maniac occupies the Oval Office.
Who gets fucked? Career civil servants who've dedicated their lives to public service. Scientists who refuse to lie about climate data. Economists who won't massage numbers to fit political narratives. Agency experts who dare to follow facts instead of ideology. In short, anyone with a spine and a conscience.
Why does Vought want this? Because he and his Heritage Foundation cronies know that their agenda is so fucking extreme it can't survive contact with reality. So instead of adjusting their deranged policies, they're planning to eliminate anyone who might point out that the emperor has no clothes.
Executive Branch
"The president should assert his exclusive, plenary authority to control the executive branch." (p. 40)
Holy shit, talk about saying the quiet part out loud. This isn't governance – it's dictatorship 101. "Plenary authority" is bureaucratic doublespeak for "absolute power." They're literally telling us they want to turn the presidency into an elected monarchy with none of those pesky checks and balances that have kept American democracy functioning for over two centuries.
Who gets screwed? Every single American citizen who values representative democracy. This power grab would effectively render Congress a ceremonial body while transforming the judicial branch into a rubber stamp for executive overreach.
Vought's pushing this because he dreams of an America where a conservative president can rule by decree, bypassing Congress, ignoring court rulings, and silencing dissent through raw executive power. It's not governance – it's vengeance against a system of government that sometimes forces conservatives to compromise.
Loyalty, Only Loyalty
"The next Administration should establish a dedicated team to... test the loyalty of the career workforce." (p. 70)
Jesus fucking Christ. We've gone full authoritarian police state with this one. A "loyalty test" for government employees? What's next – requiring civil servants to sign ideological pledges? Forcing them to wear little MAGA pins to prove their devotion? This reads like something straight out of a dystopian nightmare.
Who suffers? Anyone with the integrity to put country over party. Anyone who believes their job is to serve the American people rather than a political ideology. Anyone who values their professional ethics over partisan loyalty. In other words, exactly the kind of people we WANT in government.
Vought's pushing this because he knows that his radical agenda cannot survive scrutiny from principled professionals. Rather than create policies that could stand on their merits, he'd rather create a government of yes-men and sycophants who will implement any policy, no matter how destructive or unethical, without question.
Agency Shutdown
"The president should refuse to spend funds on activities that violate his constitutional authorities." (p. 44)
Translation: If Congress won't let the president dismantle the government, he should just starve it to death anyway. This power grab would effectively give the president a line-item veto through the back door – a power explicitly rejected by both Congress and the Supreme Court.
Who gets hurt? Literally everyone who depends on a functioning government – which is ALL OF US. Veterans waiting for benefits. Seniors counting on Social Security checks. Communities protected by environmental regulations. Consumers safeguarded from corporate predators. This scorched-earth approach to governance would create chaos throughout American society.
Why is Vought championing this insanity? Because the conservative movement has become so fucking radical that they'd rather break the government entirely than allow it to function in ways that might occasionally help ordinary Americans or constrain corporate power. It's nihilism masquerading as governance.
Decimate the State Department
"The State Department should replace senior career officials with political appointees." (p. 362)
Well, if you ever wanted to see American diplomacy go up in flames, here's your chance. This plan would gut America's diplomatic corps by replacing experienced professionals with partisan hacks whose only qualification is ideological purity.
Who gets fucked over? America's standing in the world, for starters. Our national security. Our ability to build alliances, negotiate treaties, or protect American interests abroad. Career diplomats who've spent decades developing expertise in regions, languages, and international relations would be shown the door in favor of donors and ideologues.
Vought wants this because these assholes don't just want to control domestic policy – they want to remake America's relationship with the entire world. They want to replace diplomacy with bullying, cooperation with dominance, and expertise with blind loyalty. It's foreign policy by temper tantrum.
Make no mistake – this isn't conservatism. This isn't even authoritarianism-lite. This is a full-throated embrace of strongman rule that would make Vladimir Putin nod in appreciation. Russell Vought and the architects of Project 2025 aren't interested in governing America – they're interested in conquering it and reshaping it in their twisted image.
And the most terrifying part? They're telling us exactly what they plan to do. In black and white. On fucking paper. This isn't speculation or partisan fear-mongering – it's their actual playbook, published for all to see. These power-hungry vultures are circling, ready to descend on the carcass of American democracy the moment they get the chance.
The only question is: will we let them?
Heritage Foundation. (2023). Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise. Washington, DC.]
Vought, R. (2023). The Road to Renewal: Reclaiming America's Greatness Through
I’ll help where I can with this: There are two things I use always to keep track of the horse shit (which is very different from bullshit) that makes up P25. One is from the WSJ and I keep a tracker sheet on my Google drive I’ll share here of the status of exec orders. The second is literally the P2025 tracking spreadsheet that dismantles each and every fucking line item into single orders the dickwad in chief will issue (or has issued). I’ll get both links up here so your readers (and if you want it) have access to them.
Thank you for taking up the laboring oar on this and reading it. I’m still waiting for “the perfect rainy three-day weekend” to try.
I assume you’re taking the proper “sanitary” protections? 🥴
Appreciate you!