Project 2025

The Authoritarian Blueprint in Action: Quiet Moves, Massive Consequences While public attention has focused on the spectacle of Trump’s birthday rally and the wave of protests that followed on No Kings Day, the White House has been executing a rapid sequence of policy shifts. Together, they paint a clear picture: an authoritarian administration quietly but effectively re-engineering state power to serve elite, nationalist, and extractive interests. In just the last two weeks, we’ve seen new tariffs, aggressive executive orders, and moves to dismantle long-standing federal protections. These aren’t just bad policies—they’re systemic assaults on the idea of a democratic state accountable to the public. ...

The List That Never Was—Or Was Never Meant to Be For years, survivors, journalists, and concerned citizens demanded answers about Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network. Who enabled it? Who participated in it? Who did Epstein serve? This past week, the Department of Justice issued what they called a final word: there is no client list. That’s the official line from a joint DOJ-FBI memo released July 7th, which concluded that despite reviewing all Epstein-related case files, there is no credible evidence that Epstein maintained a blackmail list or dossier of powerful clients. Moreover, they declared that releasing further information would be unnecessary and potentially harmful to victims. ...

📦 Tariffs: Shock Therapy for the Supply Chain Trump’s economic nationalism is back in full force. This week, his administration escalated its tariff regime with a wave of new actions that seem less about trade balance and more about coercion, profiteering, and projection of domestic power. Key Developments: 50% tariff on copper imports, justified under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act (i.e. national security grounds). Copper, essential for electronics and green infrastructure, is a critical input that impacts the entire supply chain (Reuters). Up to 200% tariffs on pharmaceuticals, set to phase in over 12–18 months. The rationale is “re-shoring” drug manufacturing, but the short-term effect is price shocks and supply gaps (AP News). 14 countries—including Japan, South Korea, and Germany—received “tariff threat letters” demanding trade concessions by August 1 or face new penalties (Politico). These aren’t strategic economic levers—they’re blunt force threats. They’re designed to provoke media coverage, fuel market volatility, and create space for elite profiteering. ...

Nationwide Uprising Marks Trump’s Birthday With a Resounding “No” to Fascism, Executive Power, and Project 2025 June 14, 2025 will go down as one of the largest decentralized protest mobilizations in U.S. history. Over 5 million people in more than 300 cities took to the streets to say what Congress, the courts, and mainstream media have refused to say clearly: we will not accept a king. Under the banner of No Kings Day, millions organized rallies, direct actions, teach-ins, and mutual aid pop-ups to reject Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda, the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, and the far-right’s long-game blueprint: Project 2025. ...