Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Is Using Shutdown to Gut Federal Agencies
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Analyzing Russell Vote: The Architect Driving Trump Policy and Constitutional Conflict
Understand how Russell Vote, the White House budget director, wields unprecedented executive power by challenging congressional authority and aiming to reshape federal agencies through aggressive budget cuts and ideological restructuring.
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- Vote acts as a primary driver behind the extended government shutdown and aims to "traumatize" federal workers.
- He directly challenges Congress’s constitutional "power of the purse" by freezing appropriated funds unilaterally.
- His overarching ideological goals include enacting the largest deportation in history and dismantling elements of the existing federal structure via Project 2025. This discussion with ProPublica reporter Andy Croll clarifies Vote's ascent, detailing how his aggressive tactics differ from past budget directors, setting the stage for major constitutional court battles.
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Top Comments (10)
My gawd. This is horrifying to watch.
I totally agree about Vought is leading the way. Trump is the puppet. It’s all about project 2025.
Thank you for pointing him out to us
Our government has been compromised and corrupted beyond repair.
Keep standing strong
😮😢😢😢 yes...Vought truly has an evi soul 😮😢😢😢
Thank you Andy for the info!
A unitary executive sounds like a dictator to me 😮
That Project 2025 reads like The Handmaid's Tale - f*ckin' chilling.. 😬
Thank you for putting him on the radar.
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Top Comments (10)
My gawd. This is horrifying to watch.
I totally agree about Vought is leading the way. Trump is the puppet. It’s all about project 2025.
Thank you for pointing him out to us
Our government has been compromised and corrupted beyond repair.
Keep standing strong
😮😢😢😢 yes...Vought truly has an evi soul 😮😢😢😢
Thank you Andy for the info!
A unitary executive sounds like a dictator to me 😮
That Project 2025 reads like The Handmaid's Tale - f*ckin' chilling.. 😬
Thank you for putting him on the radar.