Democrats had attacked Donald J. Trump’s ties to the conservative policy blueprint for reshaping the federal government. Several of its authors served in his administration.

Much of the plan’s nearly 900 pages detail extreme executive-branch overhauls. Among many recommendations, Project 2025 lays out plans for criminalizing pornography, disbanding the Commerce and Education departments, rejecting the idea of abortion as health care and shredding climate protections.

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    Releasing it after the damage is already done. The NYT really went to shits over the past years.

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      They covered Project 2025 before the election, including the ties Trump’s circle has to it.

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        That’s the beauty of not consuming the MSM, it can have said or not said anything to confirm your worldview about it.

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        So why this article then? Because their coverage was flimsy and downplayed at best?

        Burn in hell, NYT.

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          It was well covered. People just didn’t pay attention because Trump said he wouldn’t do it.

          And that was enough. Until now.

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            And now that he’s elected, Bannon went on his podcast and literally said “yeah that was the plan all along and we lied straight to your fucking faces about it”.

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              No fucking shit. Anyone who thought otherwise is a fucking moron and a drive by facist idiot.