4. Democracy Docket. “What Is Project 2025—and Why Is It Alarming?” June 2024. https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/what-is-project-2025-and-why-is-it-alarming/ Explains the contents and implications of Project 2025 as a roadmap to authoritarian governance.
5. Heritage Foundation. Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise. Washington, DC: Heritage Foundation, 2024. https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf Serves as the full text of Project 2025, outlining the proposed overhaul of the U.S. federal government.
6. Broadwater, Luke. “Right-Wing Groups Draw Up Plan to Dismantle the U.S. Government.” New York Times, July 3, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/politics/heritage-foundation-2025-policy-america.html Reports on how conservative organizations are preparing to implement Project 2025 within the federal government.
7. Marshall, Josh. “Here We Are.” Talking Points Memo, July 3, 2024. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/here-we-are-2 Offers commentary on the erosion of institutional norms and the advance of the Project 2025 agenda.
8. Jaffe, Greg, and Maggie Haberman. “Trump’s Defense Secretary Interviews General Nominees.” New York Times, July 29, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/us/politics/generals-trump.html Reveals that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is requiring generals to interview personally with Trump.
9. Politico. “Federal Employees Can Now Preach Faith at Work.” July 28, 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/trump-federal-employees-preach-faith-work-00480696 Covers new Office of Personnel Management guidance allowing proselytization in federal workplaces.
10. NPR. “Columbia University Settlement Details with Trump Administration.” July 25, 2025. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/25/nx-s1-5479240/columbia-trump-administration-settlement-details Details Columbia’s $221 million settlement and policy changes in exchange for restored federal funding.
11. Friedman, Lisa. “CBS Merger Approval Hinges on Conservative Media Compliance.” New York Times, July 24, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/business/media/fcc-skydance-merger-paramount.html Describes the FCC’s political conditions for approving the CBS–Skydance merger.
12. Pulliam, John. “Supreme Court Puts Humphrey’s Executor on Death Bed.” National Review, July 25, 2025. https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/supreme-court-puts-humphreys-executor-on-death-bed/ Analyzes how the Court’s decision undermines protections for independent federal agencies.
13. Friedman, Lisa. “EPA Proposes to Rescind Climate Endangerment Finding.” New York Times, July 22, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-rescind.html Breaks the story of the EPA’s attempt to erase the scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gases.
14. CNN. “Justice Department Whistleblowers Allege Lawbreaking in Migrant Deportations.” July 27, 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/27/politics/justice-department-official-second-whistleblower Reports on DOJ officials being told to ignore court orders related to migrant flights.
15. CBS News. “Senate Confirms Emil Bove to Circuit Court.” July 30, 2025. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-emil-bove/ Details the Senate confirmation of Emil Bove despite whistleblower allegations of misconduct.
16. Politico. “Senate Confirms Emil Bove Despite Whistleblower Allegations.” July 29, 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/29/senate-confirms-emil-bove-to-third-circuit-as-dems-fail-to-thwart-trump-pick-00482965 Reinforces bipartisan concern over Bove’s behavior and Trump’s judicial appointments.
17. The Hill. “Trump’s Tariffs Head Back to Court.” July 30, 2025. https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-gavel/5426300-trumps-tariffs-back-in-court/ Tracks ongoing legal challenges to Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs.
18. Mehrotra, Dhruv. “The FBI’s Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out.” Wired, July 15, 2025. https://www.wired.com/story/the-fbis-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-had-nearly-3-minutes-cut-out/ Investigates discrepancies and edits in DOJ video footage from Epstein’s jail cell.
19. Reuters. “Trump Targets Brazil with Trade Squeeze.” July 30, 2025. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trumps-brazil-trade-squeeze-gives-tariff-challengers-fresh-legal-ammunition-2025-07-30/ Shows how Trump’s tariffs are being used to retaliate against foreign governments for political reasons.
20. Politico. “Bessent Says Trump Accounts Are Path to Privatizing Social Security.” July 30, 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/bessent-trump-accounts-backdoor-privatize-social-security-00484859 Covers Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s remarks on the privatization of Social Security.
21. BBC News. “Sex Trafficking Victim Virginia Giuffre Dies by Suicide.” July 2025. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvn7ee3539o Reports on Giuffre’s death and the renewed scrutiny of Epstein’s connections to Trump.
22. The Washington Post. “Trump Links Epstein Rift to Employee Theft.” July 29, 2025. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/29/trump-epstein-virginia-giuffre-mar-a-lago-spa/ Details Trump’s comments on Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, raising new questions about his past.