Madeline Peltz

Nov 25, 2024 | mediamatters.org | Sophie Lawton |Madeline Peltz |John Knefel

Trump has selected Tom Homan to serve as his “border czar” and run the administration’s border and immigration policy. After his stint as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s first administration, Homan joined The Heritage Foundation as a visiting fellow and was listed as a contributor to Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership, the effort’s nearly 900-page policy book.

Nov 1, 2024 | mediamatters.org | Madeline Peltz

Groups like Election Integrity Network, The Heritage Foundation, and Turning Point USA have invested heavily in various election denial initiatives. Together, a supercharged network of professional right-wing election deniers have developed a three-prong strategy to convince the public Trump can’t lose and create a predicate for stealing the election.

Nov 1, 2024 | msnbc.com | Madeline Peltz

The election denial movement has come a long way since Donald Trump’s first attempt to “Stop the Steal.” Ahead of Election Day, MAGA media personalities and a newly institutionalized network of far-right advocacy organizations are better prepared than ever to undermine trust in American elections.

Oct 28, 2024 | mediamatters.org | Madeline Peltz

A Project 2025 partner blog published an op-ed titled “What if Harris Gets Away with It?” claiming Vice President Kamala Harris could win the 2024 election only if it is “stolen,” which would turn the United States into “an ungovernable country” that might involve “political disintegration." In The American Mind, published by Project 2025 partner the Claremont Institute, Claremont senior fellow and board member Brian Kennedy claimed, “Over the past two decades we have been living through a...

Oct 25, 2024 | mediamatters.org | Madeline Peltz

The American Mind, a project of Project 2025 partner The Claremont Institute, published a piece on October 23 advocating for a second Trump administration to seek the Supreme Court to overturn New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, a key decision protecting the First Amendment.