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Thomas Zimmer
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Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
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Weekend Reading: I wrote about Trump’s relationship to Project 2025 and why these radical plans represent the self-mobilization of a “conservative” establishment that is fundamentally in agreement with the extremist Right. Allies Against Democracy: 🧵1/

Allies Against Democracy: Trump and Project 2025
Allies Against Democracy: Trump and Project 2025

Trump is not the mastermind behind Project 2025. It’s worse: The rightwing establishment has radicalized to the point where their plans are entirely in line with his vengeful desires

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There has been a ton of attention lately for Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-led planning operation for a more efficient, more ruthless rightwing regime - peaking in reaction to Trump pretending he doesn’t know anything about it, which is an obvious, brazen lie. 2/

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This guide makes it easy to understand how horrific trump’s platform, project 2025, is. Please share it. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

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Honestly, isn't US democracy broken beyond all repair? The global south doesn't see any benefit in the current state of US politics. So, the faster the USA isolates, the better. They should only be terrorizing themselves, not us, if they can't resolve their differences like civilized people.

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Thomas Zimmer
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
13.5k followers431 following3.8k posts