ICYMI: Lawmakers and experts sound the alarm on Project 2025

This authoritarian playbook could destroy America as we know it Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( Spotlight Project 2025: Exposing the Far-Right Assault on America Dear Friend, In case you missed it, yesterday the Center for American Progress hosted elected officials, advocates, and policy experts to discuss how [Project 2025]( would dismantle American democracy by gutting our system of checks and balances and reverse decades of progress to grow the middle class and secure more rights and freedoms for all Americans. What is Project 2025? It is an extremist 900-page document meant to serve as a road map for a far-right presidential administration. While its policy proposals are sweeping and would affect nearly every facet of American life, its overarching goal is clear: to lay out an authoritarian playbook that would destroy the rights, freedoms, and protections that Americans have fought for—and won—over decades. The half-day event unpacked how a far-right extremist U.S. Supreme Court and stymied Congress could enable Project 2025’s pursuit to transform American democracy into autocracy with policy proposals for an administration that embraces plans to replace career civil servants with far-right loyalists; taking power from independent agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and federal law enforcement and placing their authority in the sole hands of the presidency; and weaponizing the U.S. Department of Justice against political opponents. As lawmakers from states currently experiencing democratic backsliding and the impacts of radical far-right governance recounted, Project 2025 would undermine reproductive and civil rights, worsen education, threaten health care, and weaken workers' rights—disproportionately harming millions of women, families, and low-income communities. Stay updated on Project 2025 In this difficult moment, Americans must stay engaged and fight back against this radical effort to vanquish American democracy. Stay updated on this far-right assault on America. [Sign up for more Project 2025 updates]( Catch up on powerful moments from the event [Rep. Jamie Raskin and Patrick Gaspard speaking at an event] Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) sat down with CAP President and CEO [Patrick Gaspard]( to [break down]( what Project 2025 is, explain how the Supreme Court [set the stage]( for this extremist plan to succeed if implemented, and why it is imperative we [defend American democracy](. [State Representative Jennifer Konfrst speaking on a panel at an event] Iowa State Rep. Jennifer Konfrst (D) explained how extremist, anti-abortion laws in her home state are just a primer for Project 2025's plans nationwide. [Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani speaking on a panel at an event] Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) shared her impassioned story about [why everyone deserves equal opportunity]( in America and why she's “[fighting like hell]( to protect this country. [Liz Shuler, President of AFL-CIO speaking on a panel at an event] Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, highlighted the [devastating consequences]( Project 2025 will have for workers’ rights and unions. [Maya Wiley, President of the Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights speaking at a panel at an event] Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights, highlighted that Project 2025's agenda is not just about limiting abortion access—it's about [social control of our bodies and identities](. Spread the word about Project 2025 Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) [exposed the dangerous ideas]( being incubated by radicals in his home state. ["We are sleepwalking towards theocracy." There are dangerous ideas being tested at the state level. The far-right extremists behind Project 2025 want to take them nationwide. State Rep. @JamesTalarico is sounding the alarm 🚨]( [Share this now]( Watch and share the full event recap: [Watch Now]( Project 2025 Is an Authoritarian Playbook - [Project 2025: The Plan To Seize Power by Gutting America’s System of Checks and Balances]( - [Project 2025 Would Allow Financial Disaster To Bolster Wall Street’s Bottom Line]( - [Project 2025 Medicaid Lifetime Cap Proposal Threatens Health Care Coverage for up to 18.5 Million Americans]( - [Project 2025 Would Take Away Access to Free Emergency Contraception for 48 Million Women]( - [Project 2025’s Distortion of a Reconstruction-Era Law Could Enact a National Abortion Ban]( [Learn More About The Dangers of Project 2025]( [Support CAP]( [Manage Email Preferences or Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( [Center for American Progress]( Center for American Progress 1333 H Street NW Washington, D.C. 20005 [supporter]