{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Strange Country Ep. 284: Project 2025, Part 1","description":"Project 2025 is a 920-page bloated opus about taking our fragile democracy and turning into Christian Nationalist nightmare if Trump gets back into the oval office. And Beth read it!! Well, skimmed some portions because oh my god was this bureaucratic gibberish. But that\u2019s the point; onslaught us with so much information, we\u2019re too numb to fight back. Listen to part one on Strange Country where Beth and Kelly detail how the Project 2025 authors, an assortment of Garbage Pail kids, pin all of society\u2019s ills on \u201cwokeness,\u201d abortion, and gay people having rights. The plan is to get rid of all those things. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands. Lord in heaven, look at all these citations: Ainsley, Julia. \u201cDHS says Border Patrol agents used force on Haitians, but didn't whip them.\u201d NBC News, 8 July 2022, https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/dhs-report-says-border-patrol-agents-used-unnecessary-force-haitians-t-rcna36992. Accessed 15 June 2024.   Bedekovics, Greta. \u201cThe Far Right\u2019s Invitation for Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections.\u201d The Center of American Progress, 6 June 2024, https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/the-far-rights-invitation-for-foreign-interference-in-u-s-elections\/. Accessed 9 June 2024.   Berkowitz, Bill. \u201c'Cultural Marxism' Catches On.\u201d Southern Poverty Law Center, 15 August 2003, https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/intelligence-report\/2003\/cultural-marxism-catching. Accessed 2 June 2024.   Blitzer, Jonathan. \u201cA Trump Official Behind the End of DACA Explains Himself.\u201d The New Yorker, 10 November 2017, https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/trump-official-behind-the-end-of-daca-explains-himself?_sp=effc46a3-4cfc-4ce5-8e5b-2d14e76847e5.1718279776181.   Borosage, Robert L. \u201cWhy Trump's Second Victory Would Be Worse.\u201d The Nation, 4 June 2024, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/project-2025-trump-heritage-foundation-maga\/. Accessed 13 June 2024.   Bowman, Emma. \u201cThe upside-down American flag becomes a pro-Trump protest.\u201d NPR, 3 June 2024, https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/06\/03\/nx-s1-4987590\/upside-down-american-flag-protest-symbol-history. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Chait, Jonathan. \u201cJohn Durham Admits He Knows Little About Russia Scandal.\u201d New York Magazine, 21 June 2023, https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2023\/06\/john-durham-admits-he-knows-little-about-russia-scandal.html. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Dans, Paul, and Steven Groves, editors. Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership. The Heritage Foundation, 2023, https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf.   Davis, Julie Hirschfeld. \u201cShoot Migrants' Legs, Build Alligator Moat: Behind Trump's Ideas for Border (Published 2019).\u201d The New York Times, 2 October 2019, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/01\/us\/politics\/trump-border-wars.html. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Folkenflik, David. \u201cTrump CEO over Voice of America repeatedly abused power, investigation finds.\u201d NPR, 21 May 2023, https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/05\/21\/1177208862\/usagm-michael-pack-voa-voice-of-america-investigation-trump-abuse-of-power. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Goldman, Adam. \u201cThe Director of National Intelligence Serves Trump Agenda Amid Promises to Stay Apolitical.\u201d The New York Times, 23 November 2020, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/09\/us\/politics\/john-ratcliffe-intelligence.html?searchResultPosition=6. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Grim, Ryan. \u201cTrump Administration Allows Appointees to Apportion Federal Funds.\u201d The Intercept, 20 August 2020, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/08\/20\/federal-funds-omb-apportionment-trump\/. Accessed 9 June 2024.   Jackson, Harold. \u201cJoseph Coors.\u201d The Guardian, 18 March 2003, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2003\/mar\/19\/guardianobituaries.usa. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Joselow, Maxine. \u201cEx-EPA official on rollbacks, snowballs and selling Trump.\u201d E&E News by Politico, 22 February 2019, https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/ex-epa-official-on-rollbacks-snowballs-and-selling-trump\/. Accessed 8 June 2024.   Kelly, Caroline, et al. \u201cKen Cuccinelli blames drowned man in border photograph for own, daughter\u2019s deaths.\u201d CNN, https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/06\/27\/politics\/ken-cuccinelli-drowned-father-daughter-fault\/index.html. Accessed 8 June 2024.   Leingang, Rachel. \u201cWhat is Project 2025 and what does it have to do with a second Trump term?\u201d The Guardian, 26 May 2024, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/26\/what-is-project-2025-trump. Accessed 9 June 2024.   Lewis, Chris. \u201cKen Cuccinelli and the Persuasive, Pervasive Politics of Cruelty.\u201d The American Prospect, 29 February 2024, https:\/\/prospect.org\/politics\/2024-02-28-ken-cuccinelli-persuasive-pervasive-politics-cruelty\/. Accessed 8 June 2024.   Maass, Peter. \u201cChristopher Miller, Trump's Defense Secretary, Fights for Reputation.\u201d The Intercept, 11 March 2023, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2023\/03\/11\/trump-defense-secretary-christopher-miller\/. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Nichols, John. \u201cProject 2025's Guide to Subverting Democracy.\u201d The Nation, 4 June 2024, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/project-2025-democracy-fcc-fec\/. Accessed 9 June 2024.   Nichols, John. \u201cProject 2025's Guide to Subverting Democracy.\u201d The Nation, 4 June 2024, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/project-2025-democracy-fcc-fec\/. Accessed 13 June 2024.   Pengelly, Martin. \u201cRevealed: 'extremist' Trump economist plots rightwing overhaul of US treasury.\u201d The Guardian, 29 February 2024, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/feb\/29\/trump-economist-stephen-moore-us-treasury-project-2025. Accessed 8 June 2024.   Pilkington, Ed. \u201cMass deportations, detention camps, troops on the street: Trump spells out migrant plan.\u201d The Guardian, 3 May 2024, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/03\/trump-mass-deportations-detention-camps-military-migrants. Accessed 13 June 2024.   Prokop, Andrew. \u201cTrump second term agenda: Would guardrails of democracy hold him back?\u201d Vox, 20 May 2024, https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/24159069\/trump-guardrails-authoritarian-democracy-second-term. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Reinhard, Beth. \u201cTrump loyalist pushes \u2018post-constitutional\u2019 vision for second term.\u201d The Washington Post, https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/06\/08\/russ-vought-trump-second-term-radical-constitutional\/. Accessed 8 June 2024.   Sanger, Margot. \u201cHow Insurers Exploited Medicare Advantage for Billions.\u201d The New York Times, 8 October 2022, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/08\/upshot\/medicare-advantage-fraud-allegations.html. Accessed 12 June 2024.   Savage, Charlie, et al. \u201cThe Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started.\u201d The New York Times, 16 June 2024, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/16\/us\/politics\/trump-2025-democratic-resistance.html. Accessed 16 June 2024.   Smith, David. \u201cTrump\u2019s Project 2025 plot would take \u2018wrecking ball\u2019 to US institutions, key Democrat warns.\u201d The Guardian, 11 June 2024, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jun\/11\/trump-project-2025-wrecking-ball. Accessed 11 June 2024.   Summers, Juana, et al. \u201cEmails show Carson family fingerprints at HUD.\u201d CNN, 2 February 2018, https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/02\/politics\/ben-carson-family-hud\/index.html. 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Accessed 13 June 2024.   Weiland, Noah. \u201cTrump Administration Erases Transgender Civil Rights Protections in Health Care (Published 2020).\u201d The New York Times, 28 September 2021, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/12\/us\/politics\/trump-transgender-rights.html?searchResultPosition=9. Accessed 8 June 2024.   Yachnin, Jennifer. \u201cTrump BLM chief: Let's do away with Antiquities Act.\u201d E&E News, 6 February 2024, https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/trump-blm-chief-lets-do-away-with-antiquities-act\/. Accessed 8 June 2024. ","author_name":"Strange Country ","author_url":"http:\/\/strangecountry.libsyn.com\/","html":"