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By Ms. Editors | The Democratic National Convention runs this week, from Monday, Aug. 19, to Thursday, Aug. 22. In this live update article, expect real-time multimedia updates—can’t-miss quotes, pictures, breaking news—multiple times a day, capturing the narratives and voices shaping the future of U.S. politics. We’ll bring you direct reports, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes perspectives from the convention floor and events closed to the public.

Explore: the legacy set forward by voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, and Kamala Harris’ taking the baton 60 years later; DNC events hosted by Ms.; Democratic operatives troll Trump on Project 2025 at his downtown hotel; and more.

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Professor Amy Reid, right, director of gender studies at New College of Florida in Sarasota, Fla., talks with students on Jan. 19, 2023. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of six conservatives the schools board of trustees on Jan. 6. (Thomas Simonetti / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

By Carrie N. Baker | “New College is a flashpoint for what’s going on. We’re a cautionary tale.” —Amy Reid

With Project 2025 promising to do to higher education across the country what DeSantis has done to New College of Florida, Ms. sat down with New College professor Amy Reid to discuss how the college has changed since the takeover, and how faculty are fighting back. Reid joined the faculty at New College as a French professor in 1995 and helped develop the gender studies program at the college. After the takeover, her peers elected her chair of the faculty, making her a member of the board of trustees.

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Alexei Woltornist, a former assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, encourages future appointees to bypass mainstream news outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post, and instead focus on conservative media outlets. (Screenshot from video obtained by ProPublica)

By Andy Kroll and Nick Surgey | Project 2025’s plan to train an army of political appointees who could battle against the so-called deep state government bureaucracy on behalf of a future Trump administration remains on track.

Dozens of never-before-published videos coach future appointees on everything from the nuts and bolts of governing, to how to outwit bureaucrats. There are strategies for avoiding embarrassing Freedom of Information Act disclosures and ensuring that conservative policies aren’t struck down by “left-wing judges.” Some of the content is routine advice that any incoming political appointee might be told. Other segments of the training offer guidance on radically changing how the federal government works and what it does.

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