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Project 2025’s Other Project

Project 2025’s Other Project

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During a congressional hearing yesterday, Republican lawmakers
accused university leaders of failing to do enough to combat
antisemitism on their campuses. That’s a claim that the
university officials strongly rejected.

The hearing was the latest attempt by Republicans to use what
they see as the growing threat against Jews to their political
advantage. And it reflects a plan that was first laid out by the
Heritage Foundation, the same conservative think tank that
produced Project 2025.

That plan, known as Project Esther, may have once seemed
far-fetched. Katie J.M. Baker explains how it has become a
reality.

Guest: Katie J.M. Baker, a national
investigative correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage
Foundation, best known for Project 2025, set out to destroy
pro-Palestinian activism in the United States.

University leaders rejected Republican attacks, saying they
were working to protect Jewish students but also free speech on
their campuses.

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