Project 2025 is Rewriting Norms

Posted by Nasser Eledroos on February 13th, 2025.

We’re used to thinking in terms of right and wrong, but those lines are blurring. When a president’s criminal conviction becomes a political debate rather than a moral reckoning, what is normal is crumbling.

The 900-page Project 2025 document — a sweeping conservative and right-wing Christian nationalist agenda — is not theoretical. Its proposals stretch what is normal, from abolishing the Department of Education to dismantling critical research and eradicating the civil service. Yet each new action under this agenda continues to catch us off guard. Opinion sections in all the major newspapers are littered with think pieces about how we are in a state of unprecedented times.

Advocates haven't been able to effectively communicate the importance of this document to those who will be most impacted by it.

Why Are We Still Surprised?

For over a year, Project 2025’s architects have been clear about their goals. The shock surrounding its implementation underscores a deeper problem: Washington’s political class often operates in a bubble, disconnected from the realities of everyday Americans. I wrote about this gap with the TikTok ban; it has left many unprepared as ideological proposals swiftly become policy. The agenda, rooted in Christian nationalism and ultra-conservative ideals, spans healthcare, education, labor rights, and beyond.

This is not accidental. The complex language of policy documents and the arguments of those who support them make it hard to see how these changes will affect everyday people. We who are against Project 2025 need to focus on teaching people how to understand what it all means.

A Tool to Understand 2025

I built an AI tool — for me and you — to cut through the noise of Project 2025. If I have a question about whether something I see in the news is part of the conservative political machine — instead of drowning in that 900-page conservative playbook or hunting for keywords like a detective, I thought I'd query a Large Language Model.

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Try the "Ask Project 2025" app here.

The tool allows you to query specific sections of the 900-page text, providing context and clarifying its jargon. Obviously, AI can't predict the future or replace critical analysis built on actually going to law school, but it serves as a starting point for personalized inquiry: whether you’re researching policy impacts or even exploring intersectional issues (yes, it can write a poem about the document).

This is not a perfect solution. Actually, it's a bit problematic. AI systems are deeply flawed, and their outputs require careful scrutiny. But their value lies in accessibility: they can make it way easier to understand a document that lots of people find confusing by asking it a question.

So try it out, and please let me know what you think.

A Collection of Resources Against Project 2025

To create this project, I've gathered a variety of resources from advocacy groups that have produced materials opposing Project 2025. Here they are, below: