Project 2025 is Trump's agenda.

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Monday, November 25

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Judge dismisses Trump’s 2020 election subversion case
* Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed ([link removed]) the charges against President-elect Donald Trump this afternoon in the Washington, D.C. election subversion case without prejudice. This allows the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to refile charges once Trump is out of office.
* Earlier today, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked ([link removed]) Chutkan to dismiss the charges brought against Trump, citing the longstanding policy ([link removed]) of the DOJ against prosecuting sitting presidents. Trump will be sworn into office in less than two months.

Project 2025 is Trump's agenda
* During the campaign, Trump and the GOP tried to distance ([link removed]) themselves and downplay the influence of Project 2025. But based on Trump’s cabinet nominations and actions, it’s clear that his presidency will work to implement many of the policies outlined in the Heritage Foundation’s playbook ([link removed]) .
* In a new YouTube video, Marc explores ([link removed]) the dangers it poses to democracy, Trump's plans to dismantle federal agencies and why resistance is crucial.

Trump could use recess appointments in an unprecedented way
* Multiple recent presidents have used recess appointments, including Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barack Obama. However, none of them used the appointments to fill cabinet positions as soon as they entered office, like Trump has proposed ([link removed]) .
* This tactic hasn’t been publicly proposed as a first resort — especially for a president whose party will control the Senate. Rather, it has been “used as a response by frustrated presidents to obstructive senates that were refusing to do the confirmation business,” said Mike Zamore, National Director of Policy and Government Affairs at the ACLU.

We won’t back down
* "Like others, I fear the threat of government retribution, political vengeance and an angry right-wing mob. But I know that giving into it will only strengthen Trump and undermine the future of our democracy," Marc wrote ([link removed]) in a new piece.

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