From Heather Cox Richardson:
In 2025 the U.S. government under President Donald Trump has revoked a 60-year-old executive order that protected equal opportunity in employment and has called for an end to all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. This February 1, neither the Pentagon nor the State Department will recognize Black History Month.
From Heather Cox Richardson:
[Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget Russell] Vought, King said, is “one of the ringleaders of the assault on our Constitution. He believes in a presidency of virtually unlimited powers.” He “espouses the discredited and illegal theory that the president has the power to selectively impound funds appropriated by Congress, thereby rendering the famous power of the purse a nullity.” King said he was “really worried about…the structural implications for our freedom and government of what's happening here…. Project 2025 is nothing less than a blueprint for the shredding of the Constitution and the transition of our country to authoritarian rule. He's the last person who should be put in the job at the heart of the operation of our government.”
“[T]his isn't about politics. This isn't about policy. This isn't about Republican versus Democrat. This is about tampering with the structure of our government, which will ultimately undermine its ability to protect the freedom of our citizens. If our defense of the Constitution is gone, there's nothing left to us.”
King asked his Republican colleagues to “say no to the undermining and destruction of our constitutional system.” “[A]re there no red lines?” he asked them. “Are there no limits?”
From the American Humanist Association:
Trump is already making good on his promise to Christian Nationalists. Project 2025 is underway. Our worst fears aren’t just hypothetical anymore they’re happening.
At the American Humanist Association, we believe the government should serve the people—not a religious agenda. That’s why we’ve spent over 80 years fighting for the separation of church and state. Because when the government plays favorites, we all lose.
And… at the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump made it clearer than ever: he doesn’t work for all Americans. He works for the Christian Nationalists trying to remake this country.
He promised them power.
“Deep in the soul of every patriot is the knowledge that God has a special plan and glorious mission for America. And that plan is going to happen. I hope it happens sooner rather than later. And it is his hand that guides us every single step of the way.”
“And we have to make religion a much more important factor now. We have to make it an important factor. If we do that, our job is just going to be much easier.”
And he ended with:
“I really believe you can’t be happy without religion. Without that belief. I don’t see how you can be. So let’s bring religion back. Let’s bring God back into our lives.”