Ruth Ben-Ghiat Discusses Project 2025, Threats to Our Democracy🗽

[appalachiablue]

Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins the Rural Progress Summit to explain the threats to our democracy contained in Project 2025 and the overall rise of authoritarianism at home and abroad. June 10, 2024, (47 mins). Ben-Ghiat is a professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. She writes about fascism, authoritarianism, propaganda and democracy protection.
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- Ruth Ben- Ghiat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ben-Ghiat

- Iowa State Rep. J.D. Scholte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Scholten
- One Country Project, Rural Progress Summit
https://onecountryproject.com/rural-progress-summit-2/
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- ALSO: Stop Project 2025, New Task Force, Congress Members. Stop the Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016379814

- Trump Has A Plan To Destroy Democracy. Why Haven't People Heard of It?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016379761

[burrowowl]

1. K&R!!!

[appalachiablue]

4. Tx for posting. Terrific discussion on a seriously dangerous topic. *ADDED...

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* Project 2025 Secret Plan - The Men Behind Trump: Thom Hartmann, June 8, 2022. (Repost).

- Project 2025 targets, plans:

Dismantle federal Civil Service protections; slash funding for the US Dept. of Justice, dismantle the FBI and replace it with new police agencies loyal to the executive like Desantis in FL and Abbott in TX;

Abolish the Federal Reserve; bring back the Comstock Act regarding porn, abortion, birth control; remove legal protections based on gender and sexual identification;

Dismantle the US Dept. of Educ., replace public schools with private, for profit academies; slash funding for the US Dept. of Transportation; terminate DEI programs; cut funding for renewable energy research...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/132227510

[Wild blueberry]

2. Excellent discussion

Thank you.

[appalachiablue]

3. YW, Ruth Ben- Ghiat explains extremist strategies and goals

very well, I could listen to her for hours. Thanks for posting.

[lastlib]

5. K & R, Bookmarked!

This is important

[Bundbuster]

6. Utmost importance