Project 2025, a frightening political agenda and 900-page extremist plan, is being crafted by conservatives in anticipation of a potential 2024 Republican Presidential victory with the guidance of the Heritage Foundation.

Established in 2022, Project 2025 aims to reshape the U.S. Federal Government to support Donald Trump’s wish list and far-right agenda.

It aims to reclassify tens of thousands of merit-based federal civil servant jobs as political appointees so Trump can replace them with extreme, conservative loyalists.

In April 2024, the Heritage Foundation stated that the Project 2025 policy includes “arresting, detaining, and removing immigration violators anywhere in the United States.”

Project 2025’s plan is to decimate the federal government’s protections around reproductive rights, LGBTQ, civil rights, and climate change and the dismantling and defunding of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Education. It also calls for the elimination of other federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Commerce and ending the independence of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The Project also seeks to infuse the government with elements of Christianity.

Another one of Project 2025’s goals is to take away the independence of the Justice Department, prosecute anyone who provides or distributes abortion pills by mail, and slash federal money for research and investment in renewable energy, calling for Trump to “stop the war on oil and natural gas.”

Moreover, Project 2025 is pushing to slash corporate and income taxes and abolish the Federal Reserve.

Project 2025 also calls for over $1.5 trillion in cuts to Social Security, including an increase in the retirement age to 69.

Project 2025’s main objective is to fortify presidential power so if Trump wins the election, he can single-handedly impose right-wing policies on the nation.

Project 2025 would also give Trump free rein to break any law he pleases and to assist others to do the same, like Putin. Trump has repeatedly said he would use the Justice Department to prosecute and lock up his opponents and critics.

The Koch network and Leonard Leo, a right-wing activist and Trump supporter, helped to fund the initiative. Mr. Leo is best known for his role in building the conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court and his close and questionable friendship with Justice Clarence Thomas.

Project 2025 provides an unsettling blueprint for an autocratic, authoritarian presidency. Many critics believe Project 2025 is a cover for what would be four years of personal vengeance against anyone Trump views as his “enemy.”

Trump, a wannabe king and absolute dictator, needs a rock-solid support system, and the Heritage Foundation and its Republican financial partners are working 24/7 to build one for their supreme leader.

According to The Washington Post, Jeffrey Clark, a contributor to the Project and a former official within the DOJ, would advise the future president to immediately deploy the military for domestic law enforcement by invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807. This act empowers the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. Military and the National Guard troops to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion.

Jeffrey Clark was indicted in Georgia last summer. He was charged with violating the state’s racketeering law and attempting to make false statements. He has pleaded not guilty.

The Project also recommends the arrest, detention, and deportation of undocumented immigrants living in the United States and promotes capital punishment and the speedy “finality” of those sentences.

Paul Dans, the Director of Project 2025, recently explained that Project 2025 is “systematically preparing to march into office and bring a new army, aligned, trained, and essentially weaponized conservatives ready to do battle against the deep state” to “regain control” of the government.

The policies and agenda of Project 2025 are set to begin immediately after the presidential inauguration in January 2025. However, most of Project 2025’s proposals would require controlling both chambers of Congress and would likely face immediate legal challenges if implemented.

Regardless of legal challenges, it’s clear that Project 2025 is planning for a government dictatorship under Trump. If Trump wins, there is no coming back from the damage he will cause, and his agenda will irrevocably harm millions of Americans.

Students belonging to a pro-Palestinian coalition at Cornell University occupied two buildings on campus over the course of this past weekend, demanding, among other things, that the university revise its definition of antisemitism. I find it hard to believe that these well-educated students actually believe that anti-Zionism is not anti-Jews.

They proudly taped posters on the hallowed walls of Willard Straight, Cornell’s Student Union, which is supposed to be available to all students, that said, “From the river to the sea,” which, as Ivy League students, they know full well that the phrase calls for the genocidal elimination of the Jewish state. But their callous racist selves could care less.

The first thing I noticed when I walked into the stately 98-year-old building was the stench of rotting food and body odor.

The posters stunned and crushed my heart. But what hurt the most was that I noticed many people of a particular minority group that I truly believed cared about the Jews, primarily because the Jews always had their backs. But the only feeling I got as I walked around snapping photos was willful and ignorant hatred of everyone and everything Jewish.

I guess Jewish lives don’t matter.

Poster after poster, these occupiers displayed frightening and hateful words about Jews, with not one negative thing to say about Hamas.

Not one.

I can only come to one conclusion to explain their actions and lack of clarity: They are Pro-Hamas.

Moreover, free speech is a two-way street. And when does Free Speech cross over into Hate Speech? School administrators are responsible for protecting their students and should loudly and forcefully condemn and counter all hatred. But where are they?

F the IDF police? What about Hamas terrorists raping young girls to death? Gang rape is not resistance. It’s animalistic torture perpetrated by sick and twisted sexual deviants. Some of the women were raped so brutally that their pelvic bones were broken.

I guess the Me Too movement doesn’t apply to Jewish women.

The hate speech I saw scrawled on every piece of paper on those hallowed walls made me want to tear down the posters or, at the very least, yell out something in defense of Jews, but I forced myself to exercise restraint. Only because my husband asked me to.

The word “Intifada” constitutes the call for violence against Jews, and is associated with suicide bombings, and the wonton murder of innocent Jewish lives.

Violence and murder of Jews from Ithaca to Gaza? This is what you’re calling for?

Where was your outcry when innocent Palestinians were beheaded by Hamas because they were gay?

Where was your “intifada” outcry when more than 4,000 Palestinians were slaughtered by the Syrian regime forces?

Where were your posters when 39 health Centers were destroyed in Yemen by Saudi-led rebels?

And where were your Palestinian flags when the Russians targeted hospitals and schools in Syria killing scores of patients, medical staff, teachers, and young children?

I can only presume that when Arabs kill Arabs, including Palestinians, that’s okay with you.

Yesterday, when I checked the internet to see what Cornell was going to do about this outrageous takeover of a public building, I noticed that the coalition’s demand to protect academic speech in support of “Palestinian self-determination and criticizing the state of Israel” as described on the coalition’s Instagram story, was “100% met.”

It seems to me that Cornell has enabled and allowed anti-semites to shamefully, and yet successfully, exploit the schools’ commitment to free speech, cloaking their hateful and despicable propaganda in the guise of academic freedom.

According to my research, in 24 out of the previous 32 years, America was led by people born in or before 1946.

Politicians in other countries aren’t old like ours—our two-party system is steadfastly controlled by the elderly, which is why I have long advocated for a third party.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average age of the 117th Congress’ 535 members is 59 years old, and the median is 60 years old.

Overall, the average age for Democrats in Congress is 60, and 58 for Republicans.

That’s old.

The current U.S. Senate (100 members) is the oldest in history, with an average age of 63 years.

The average age of the House of Representatives (435 members) is 58 years.

The age groups with the most significant gains in the 117th Congress compared to the 116th were born in the 1930s and 1960s.

Members in the 80+ and 50-59 both saw gains. Members in the 30-39 age group saw the most significant losses.

Why is Congress so old, and isn’t it far past the time to pass the government leadership baton?

The natural passing of the torch “to a new generation of American leadership,” as John F. Kennedy spoke about, hasn’t even come close to happening.

Maybe the Constitution should be amended to include maximum ages in addition to minimums.

The Constitution requires that a U.S. President be at least 35 years old, been a U.S. resident for at least 14 years, have been born in the U.S., or have at least one U.S. citizen parent.

The youngest elected president was John F. Kennedy, at age 43, in 1963. Bill Clinton was 46, Barack Obama was 47.

Joe Biden, inaugurated in 2021, is the oldest elected president in U.S. history at age 78. Donald Trump was 70, Ronald Reagan was 69, George H.W. Bush was 64.

The Constitution requires that Senators be at least 30 years old, have been a U.S. citizen for at least nine years, and reside in the state they want to represent at the time of election.

The youngest senator is Jon Ossoff (D-GA), age 35, and the youngest person elected to the U.S. Senate since 1980. The next youngest is Josh Hawley (R-MO), age 41.

Ossoff is also the youngest Democrat elected since 1973, when Joe Biden became Delaware’s Senator at age 30.

The two oldest U.S. Senators are both 87 years old. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has held her California seat for 30 years since 1992, and Chuck Grassley (D-IA) has held his seat for 41 years since 1981.

Six senators are at least 80, and 23 are in their 70s.

The Constitution requires that Members of the House be at least 25 years old, have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and live in the state they represent (though not necessarily the same district).

Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) is the youngest of the 117th Congress at 26 and the youngest person elected to the U.S. House of Representatives since 1964—a whopping 58 years ago. The second youngest is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), at 32.

The oldest member of the House of Representatives is Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) at 85, followed by Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), and Bill Pascrell (D-NJ); all 84 years of age.

Now let’s look at the U.S. Population.

According to Pew, people over 50 make up 34 percent of the U.S. population but 52 percent of the electorate, which means, in simple terms, that our electorate college system does not come close to representing the U.S. populace.

Also, according to Pew, in 2018, the most common age for all Americans was 27, while the most common age for white Americans was 58.

Too many older people, both in Congress and the voter registries, point to just how overrepresented white interests are in the U.S.

And Americans over 55 own two-thirds of the wealth in this country.

According to the 2010 census, the number of Americans over 45 increased by almost 25 million versus 2000.

If in 2018, the most common age for all Americans was 27, why are our government officials so old?

I think it’s a two-part answer.

For those that run: Running for Congress takes money, political skills, and a significant network, and the older people have all three.

For those that vote: According to Wikipedia, voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election was highest among those ages 65 to 74 at 76.0%, while the percentage was lowest among those ages 18 to 24 at 51.4%.

Older people have the money, the political skills, and the network to run, and older people (who are voting for older people) are voting in higher numbers, making the oldest people the holders of the most power.

The highest number of people to turn 65 in U.S. history will be in 2023, so old people aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

And according to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2040, the population of American adults aged 65 and older will nearly double.

The bottom line is that if young people don’t start voting, a younger generation won’t take control of America’s leadership until the baby boomers are all dead.

By 2055, it’s estimated that there will still be 30 million people in the United States born before 1965 — most of whom will be boomers.

The younger generation needs to step up their democratic participation and run for office, or at the very least, vote. The future of the United States is in their hands.