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New York Post
16 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Dems plan for ‘Project 2029' met with skepticism as party continues to divide: Report
New York Times political correspondent Shane Goldmacher detailed the mixed opinions among political strategists on the Democratic Party's plan for Project 2029 — a ready-made agenda for the party's next presidential nominee. Goldmacher revealed on Monday that while many Democratic strategists are on board with the project's vision, some are skeptical that the agenda set forth could upset the left's 'interest-group Borg' and deepen the divide within the party. The creator of Project 2029, former Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party Andrei Cherny, is working on organizing Democratic thought leaders to ensure there is a set-in-stone agenda ready. 'The title is an unsubtle play on Project 2025, the independently produced right-wing agenda that Mr. Trump spent much of last year's campaign distancing himself from, and much of his first few months back in power executing,' Goldmacher noted in the piece. Cherny's plan takes more inspiration from the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 than just its name. Similar to Project 2025, the goal of Project 2029 is to turn Cherny's publication, 'Democracy: A Journal of Ideas,' into a book — and rally the party's presidential candidates behind those ideas during the 2028 primary election season. 3 CEO of Aspiration Andrei Cherny attends a special Washington, DC screening of 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power' at The Newseum on July 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images for Paramount Pictures 'The undertaking, which has not previously been reported, strikes at the heart of a raging debate consuming Democratic lawmakers, strategists and policymakers: whether the root of the party's problems is its ideas or its difficulty in persuading people to embrace them,' Goldmacher stated. According to Celinda Lake, a prominent Democratic pollster quoted in the story, the party 'didn't lack policies,' but rather 'lacked a functioning narrative to communicate those policies.' She criticized the Democratic Party for offering voters 'agencies and acronyms and statistics' rather than presenting a clear story about 'what we're going to fight for.' On the other hand, some Democrats contend that the party has been faltering due to stale ideas that fail to inspire voters to get behind them. 3 Mallory McMorrow, Michigan State Senator, makes remarks on Project 2025 at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center on Monday, August 19, 2024. Ron Sachs – CNP for NY Post Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress and advisor to Project 2029, argued that liberals 'underestimate the power of Trump's ideas' and that the focus has been his personality. 'We get wrapped up in his personality. But he puts forward an idea like 'No tax on tips,' and that's an important signifier that he is championing working-class people,' Tanden told the New York Times. Cherny's plan to assemble 'the Avengers of public policy' — a coalition of Democrats aiming to set the agenda for their party's next presidential candidate — did not sit well with some who believe that coalitions are to blame for the party's current predicament. 3 A scoreboard displays 'DNC 2024' ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center on August 16, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. The United Center will host the DNC, which is officially scheduled to kick off on Monday, August 19 and run through Thursday, August 22. Getty Images 'Developing policies by checking every coalitional box is how we got in this mess in the first place,' stated Adam Jentleson in the piece, the former chief of staff for Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa. 'There is no way to propose the kind of policies the Democratic Party needs to adopt without pissing off some part of the interest-group Borg. And if you're too afraid to do that, you don't have what it takes to steer the party in the right direction.' Even though Democrats were successful in rallying their base against Project 2025, Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic, claimed that those efforts will not have a negative effect on Project 2029 because — unlike the Heritage Foundation — their 'ideas aren't radical or extreme.' Tomasky stated that he hoped the project would help rejuvenate the public's view of the Democratic Party among the less fortunate.
Fox News
a day ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Dems 'Project 2029' plan met with mixed reactions, concern over upsetting left's 'interest-group Borg': Report
New York Times political correspondent Shane Goldmacher detailed the mixed opinions among political strategists on the Democratic Party's plan for Project 2029 — a ready-made agenda for the party's next presidential nominee. Goldmacher revealed on Monday that while many Democratic strategists are on board with the project's vision, some are skeptical that the agenda set forth could upset the left's "interest-group Borg" and deepen the divide within the party. The creator of Project 2029, former Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party Andrei Cherny, is working on organizing Democratic thought leaders to ensure there is a set-in-stone agenda ready. "The title is an unsubtle play on Project 2025, the independently produced right-wing agenda that Mr. Trump spent much of last year's campaign distancing himself from, and much of his first few months back in power executing," Goldmacher noted in the piece. Cherny's plan takes more inspiration from the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 than just its name. Similar to Project 2025, the goal of Project 2029 is to turn Cherny's publication, "Democracy: A Journal of Ideas," into a book — and rally the party's presidential candidates behind those ideas during the 2028 primary election season. "The undertaking, which has not previously been reported, strikes at the heart of a raging debate consuming Democratic lawmakers, strategists and policymakers: whether the root of the party's problems is its ideas or its difficulty in persuading people to embrace them," Goldmacher stated. According to Celinda Lake, a prominent Democratic pollster quoted in the story, the party "didn't lack policies," but rather "lacked a functioning narrative to communicate those policies." She criticized the Democratic Party for offering voters "agencies and acronyms and statistics" rather than presenting a clear story about "what we're going to fight for." On the other hand, some Democrats contend that the party has been faltering due to stale ideas that fail to inspire voters to get behind them. Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress and advisor to Project 2029, argued that liberals "underestimate the power of Trump's ideas" and that the focus has been his personality. "We get wrapped up in his personality. But he puts forward an idea like 'No tax on tips,' and that's an important signifier that he is championing working-class people," Tanden told the New York Times. Cherny's plan to assemble "the Avengers of public policy" — a coalition of Democrats aiming to set the agenda for their party's next presidential candidate — did not sit well with some who believe that coalitions are to blame for the party's current predicament. "Developing policies by checking every coalitional box is how we got in this mess in the first place," stated Adam Jentleson in the piece, the former chief of staff for Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa. "There is no way to propose the kind of policies the Democratic Party needs to adopt without pissing off some part of the interest-group Borg. And if you're too afraid to do that, you don't have what it takes to steer the party in the right direction." Even though Democrats were successful in rallying their base against Project 2025, Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic, claimed that those efforts will not have a negative effect on Project 2029 because — unlike the Heritage Foundation — their "ideas aren't radical or extreme." Tomasky stated that he hoped the project would help rejuvenate the public's view of the Democratic Party among the less fortunate.
Fox News
3 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Dems at a crossroads as establishment plans 'Project 2029' while socialist candidate wins NYC mayoral primary
Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani's New York City primary win indicated a generational departure from the establishment Democratic Party that coalesced behind former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's unsuccessful bid. However, the rank-and-file Democrats who catapulted the party into disarray, losing the White House and Congress in 2024, are already laying post-Trump policy groundwork. Neera Tanden, who served in the White House during the Clinton, Obama and Biden administrations and testified to Congress last week about her use of the autopen during former President Joe Biden's presidency, along with Biden's former national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, are on the advisory board for "Project 2029." Andrei Cherny, a former Democratic speechwriter, state party leader and co-founder of a liberal policy journal, is organizing Democratic leaders to create a ready-to-implement agenda for the next Democratic presidential nominee, inspired by the conservative "Project 2025," which was created by the Heritage Foundation ahead of President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential win. The Democrats' marquee legislative framework for their future nominee will be rolled out over the next two years in quarterly installments through Cherny's publication, "Democracy: A Journal of Ideas." The Democrats plan to turn it into a book, just like Project 2025. The details of "Project 2029" were first reported by The New York Times and have since been confirmed by Fox News Digital. As The Times revealed the Democratic Party's political stage-setting for years to come, an intraparty reckoning is unfolding in real time following Mamdani's primary win last Tuesday. The institutional policy agenda has emerged during critical conjecture between the past and the future of the Democratic Party. Mamdani's primary win ignited a progressive buzz reminiscent of "Squad" leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 2018 Democratic primary upset, an excitement that has been on full display during 83-year-old Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Fighting Oligarchy" tour this year. Both progressive leaders and self-described Democratic socialists endorsed Mamdani ahead of last Tuesday's primary in New York City. Leading up to Election Day, Ocasio-Cortez's fellow "Squad" members, including Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, also came out in support of the Mamdani movement. His win shattered expectations and forced Cuomo, who resigned from his governorship in 2021 amid multiple scandals, to concede soon after the polls closed. While Cuomo remains in the race as an independent alongside incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, whose tenure has been plagued by his own scandals, Mamdani's win signaled a departure from the Democratic Party establishment. Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has faced its own reckoning this year after 25-year-old progressive David Hogg announced his multimillion-dollar plan to primary older incumbent Democrats he claimed were "asleep at the wheel." Hogg, who campaigned for Mamdani in New York City, ultimately left his vice chair position at the DNC this year as questions remain about the trajectory of a party struggling to find its footing with Trump dominating American politics. Central to the Democrats' division between its past and future is support for Israel. Moderate New York Democrats have not outright endorsed Mamdani following his primary win last Tuesday. Party leaders, including Gov. Kathy Hochul, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, confirmed they spoke with Mamdani but have continued to hold their endorsements. Aside from his socialist promises and anti-capitalist comments, much of establishment Democrats' discontent with Mamdani is rooted in accusations that he is antisemitic. Rep. Laura Gillen, D-N.Y., said last week that Mamdani is "too extreme to lead New York City." She said he has demonstrated a "deeply disturbing pattern of unacceptable antisemitic comments, which stoke hate at a time when antisemitism is rising." Another New York Democrat, Rep. Tom Suozzi said last week he still has "serious concerns" about Mamdani. The crux of accusations that Mamdani is antisemitic stems from his refusal to condemn the rallying cry, "globalize the intifada." Mamdani has refused to condemn the term, which has been adopted by pro-Palestinian protesters resisting the war in Gaza and, according to the American Jewish Committee, "calls for people from around the globe to participate in rising up against Israel." Mamdani, who would become New York City's first Muslim mayor if elected in November, has said he doesn't support policing language. In multiple interviews since he initially sparked controversy on the campaign trail, he has refused to condemn the language. He has also drawn criticism from Jewish New Yorkers, pro-Israel groups and Democrats for defending the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which calls for consumers, companies and governments to cut ties with Israel in an effort to influence the country's policies toward Palestinians. Mamdani refused to acknowledge, when asked repeatedly on the debate stage, that Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish state. Instead, he said that Israel has the right to exist as "a state with equal rights." On Oct. 13, 2023, six days after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks, Mamdani asked his supporters to join him at a rally outside Schumer's house "to speak out against the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians as we sit on the brink of a genocide." However, despite the criticism, Mamdani has repeatedly condemned antisemitism. "Antisemitism is such a real issue in this city, and it has been hard to see it weaponized by candidates who do not seem to have any real interest in tackling it, but rather in using it as a pretext to make political points," he said on the campaign trail ahead of Election Day. Mamdani did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
The Hill
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hill
Rising: July 2, 2025
House Republicans threaten to revolt against 'big, beautiful bill' | RISING Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss the latest on President Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' and how some House Republicans are not happy with the changes the Senate made to it. Trump advises migrants on how to evade gators in 'Alligator Alcatraz' | RISING Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss President Trump's visit to, 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a new immigration detention center in South Florida. Paramount settles Trump's CBS '60 Minutes' lawsuit | RISING Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss Paramount agreeing to pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit over, '60 Minutes,' interview with Kamala Harris. Exclusive: John Bolton says Ayatollah regime must fall to thwart Iran nuclear program | RISING Ambassador John Bolton gives his take on President Trump's Iran strategy. Elon Musk escalates Trump beef, vows to back Thomas Massie's primary | RISING Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss Elon Musk ratcheting up his feud with President Trump by vowing to support Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) amid disagreements over the, 'big, beautiful bill.' Democrats launch 'Project 2029' to develop presidential agenda | RISING Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss Democrats working towards launching their own manifesto called, 'Project 2029.' Stephen A Smith warns Democrats will be doomed if they become like Mamdani | RISING Niall Stanage and Amber Duke react to ENPS's Stephen A. Smith warning Democrats to not follow socialist Zohran Mamdani's lead. George Bush, Obama bid farewell to USAID after Marco Rubio announces official shutdown | RISING Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush along with U2's Bono, are saying goodbye to USAID.
The Hill
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Democrats launch ‘Project 2029' to develop presidential agenda
Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss Democrats working towards launching their own manifesto called "Project 2029." #Dems #Project2029 #Trump
