Politics of people
How the nature of humans creates the society where we live.
As the bible says, there is nothing new under the sun. We've seen it all before.
I think my favorite image from this video might be where they pour chocolate over TV circuitry "The Candy Everybody Wants".
And they hadn't met social media yet (!!!)
"So their eyes grow dull & hazy....... so their minds grow soft and lazy"
I Downloaded all of Project 2025
Accepting things without personal research has become less & less appealing over the years.
So, I downloaded my own copy of the Republican mandate for the government for 2025, and am reading it. Chapter by chapter, all 900+ pages of it. I think I will begin posting the highlights of it here. It could take until 2026........sigh.......
Pg 102, Under DOD
But first, I played "pick one", and rolled my curser down the chapters, and clicked on this:
The initiative to require all children who attend schools that accept any public funding to fill out armed forces admissions paperwork, in the desire to "improve military recruiters access to secondary (high) schools".
Pages 4-5 The Foreword
Equity & Equality
Deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensi- tive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used ...out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists.
The noxious tenets of “critical race theory” and “gender ideology” should be excised from curricula in every public school in the country. These theories poison our children,
Page 5, The Foreword
Education
.... parents’ rights as their children’s primary educators should be non-negotiable in American schools. States, cities and counties, school boards, union bosses, princi pals, and teachers who disagree should be immediately cut off from federal funds.
Page 6, The Foreword
Abortion
Conservatives should ardently pursue these pro-life and pro-family policies while recognizing the many women who find themselves in immensely difficult and often tragic situations and the hero- ism of every choice to become a mother. Alternative options to abortion, especially adoption, should receive federal and state support.
Page 23, WH Office
the American presidency has long been a prominent fixture of the national imagination— naturally so since it is the beating heart of our nation’s power and prestige.
* doubting that's how the Foundings looked at Civil Service...."
Page 10, The Foreword
Intellectual sophistication, advanced degrees, financial success, and all other markers of elite status have no bearing on a person’s knowledge of the one thing most necessary for governance: what it means to live well. That knowledge is available to each of us, no matter how humble our backgrounds or how unpretentious our attainments. It is open to us to read in the book of human nature (??), to which we are all offered the key just by merit of our shared humanity. One of the great premises of American political life is that everyone who can read in that book must have a voice in deciding the course and fate of our Republic.
Donald Trump has a gold-plated toilet
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, has 12 kids via one wife & two short term relationships.
Why does the heritage foundation not recognize this?
Page 20, Section 1
Re: Disability in the Federal Workforce
Only in the federal government could an applicant in the hiring process be sent to the front of the line because of a “history of drug addiction” or “alcoholism,” or due to “morbid obesity,” “irritable bowel syndrome,” or a “psychiatric disorder.” The next Admin- istration should insist that the federal government’s hiring, evaluation, retention, and compensation practices benefit taxpayers, rather than benefiting the lowest rung of the federal workforce.
*supposing that the workforce has no taxpayers in it?
More fundamentally, the new Administration must fill its ranks with political appointees.
Political appointees who are answerable to the President and have decision-making authority in the executive branch are key to this essential task. The next Administration must not cede such authority to non-partisan “experts.”
Page 27 WH Offie, WH Counsel
While the White House Counsel does not serve as the President’s personal attor- ney in nonofficial matters, it is almost impossible to delineate exactly where an issue is strictly personal and has no bearing on the President’s official function. The White House Counsel needs to be deeply committed both to the President’s agenda and to affording the President proactive counsel and zealous representation. That individual directly advises the President as he performs the duties of the office, and this requires a relationship that is built on trust, confidentiality, and candor.
Page 29 WHO/ Staff Secretary
This necessarily means that the Staff Secretary plays a key role in determining who weighs in on policy matters and when.
Page WHO/ Office pf Personnel Mgt
President’s direct Title 5 authorities. The President is in charge of the federal workforce and exercises control principally by working through the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Page WHO/ WHC: Erasing Safety/Ethical Walls.
The Office of White House Counsel also serves as the primary gateway for communication between the White House and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Traditionally, both the White House Counsel and the Attorney General have issued a memo requiring all contact between the two institutions to occur only between the Office of White House Counsel and the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney
The next Administration should reexamine this policy and determine whether it might be more efficient or more appropriate for communication to occur through additional channels. The White House Counsel also works closely with the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel to seek opinion.
Page 30 WHO/ Press Secretary
Individuals who serve in this role must be quick on their feet, which means, when appropriate, deftly refuting and rebutting correspondents’ questions and comments.
Page 43, Executive office of POTUS
In its opening words, Article II of the U.S. Constitution makes it abundantly clear that “[t]he executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” That enormous power is not vested in departments or agencies, in staff or administrative bodies, in nongovernmental organizations or other equities and interests close to the government. The President must set and enforce a plan for the executive branch.
**This entire plan document for POTUS agenda written by 53 non governmental organizations, not the President.
Page 28 WHO/WHC : Candidate
the Office of White House Counsel must offer measured legal guidance in a timely manner. This often means forgoing law review memos about legal concepts and instead quickly providing high-level yet incisive guidance. Due to evolving world events, domestic affairs, and political pressures, the office often faces legal questions for which there may not be a wealth of precedent**. Attorneys in the Office of White House Counsel must therefore work collaboratively within the White House and the Department of Justice, relying on each other as a team, to ensure that proper legal guidance is delivered to the President.
The President should choose a White House Counsel who has extensive experience with a wide range of complex legal subjects. Moreover, while a candidate with elite credentials might seem ideal, the best one will be above all loyal to the President and the Constitution.
** As president, most of Trumpism has been unprecedented