January 27, 2025

Project 2025 Is Well Underway in Washington

January 27, 2025 Buck Banks

28

Out of the 52 presidential directives that President Trump signed last week, “28 contained language resembling text published as part of Project 2025,” the Washington Post reports.

Tantrum in Tallahassee

January 27, 2025 Buck Banks

“Come to Tally for my extra special session!
“It’s a DeSantis Decree — comply without question!”
But lawmakers told Ron to take a dump,
They’d rather take orders direct from Trump.
Ron’s just a “flailing guy, losing relevance,” with indigestion.

Bill Gates Is No Fan of Elon Musk

January 27, 2025 Buck Banks

“It’s really insane that he can destabilize the political situations in countries… I mean, this is insane shit.”

— Bill Gates, quoted by the Daily Beast, on Elon Musk supporting right wing parties in Germany and the U.K.

Trump Stops Flights for Afghans Approved to Com to U.S.

January 27, 2025 Buck Banks

40,000

“President Donald Trump’s foreign aid pause has forced a suspension of flights for more than 40,000 Afghans approved for special U.S. visas and at risk of Taliban retribution,” the AP reports.

Day: January 27, 2025

Project 2025 Is Well Underway in Washington

28

Out of the 52 presidential directives that President Trump signed last week, “28 contained language resembling text published as part of Project 2025,” the Washington Post reports.

Tantrum in Tallahassee

Bill Gates Is No Fan of Elon Musk

“It’s really insane that he can destabilize the political situations in countries… I mean, this is insane shit.”

— Bill Gates, quoted by the Daily Beast, on Elon Musk supporting right wing parties in Germany and the U.K.

Trump Stops Flights for Afghans Approved to Com to U.S.

40,000

“President Donald Trump’s foreign aid pause has forced a suspension of flights for more than 40,000 Afghans approved for special U.S. visas and at risk of Taliban retribution,” the AP reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”