Why should you support this Project?

This is a major independent investigative journalism project, and I don’t have any institutional support from mainstream media publications, any grants from nonprofit charitable organizations, or any deep pocketed backers to provide the necessary funding for the project. In order to complete this project, I need your support. This project will require countless hours of investigative research, data collection, and creation of interactive visualizations, and your support will ensure I have the time, focus, and resources to complete this project.

About the Project

The conservative movement has developed a radical plan for implementing right-wing policies and undermining democratic institutions during a possible second term of Donald Trump: Project 2025. This plan represents a playbook for far right authoritarian takeover of American government. The plan would remove policies related to climate change and environmental, implement policies restricting access to reproductive healthcare, eliminate protections for LGBQI+ and transgender rights, and seek to concentrate a dangerous amount of power within the executive branch.

While there has been reporting and analysis of the plan's governing vision, policy proposals, and potential impact, there has not been a comprehensive investigation into the organizations and individuals that developed the plan and how they are connected. This  project will create a detailed interactive mapping of the organizations and individuals behind Project 2025, providing a clear picture of the relationships and connections between the right-wing activists that are seeking to implement a far right dystopian version of government.

About the Author 

Teddy Wilson has been a journalist and researcher for more than a decade, and for the past several years has been tracking and investigating far right extremists movements. He was previously the U.S. Investigations Editor at openDemocracy, Staff Analyst at Political Research Associates, and Staff Reporter at Rewire News Group, and he currently publishes the newsletter Radical Reports, which provides research, analysis, and intelligence on the Radical Right.

Previous Projects: 

Capitol Riot Insurrectionists Networks (Interactive Visualization) 

Meet the Moment: A Call for Progressive Philanthropic Response to the Anti-Gender Movement (Report for GPP)

Give Send Riot: Jan. 6 Defendants Have Raised More than $3.5 Million Through Christian Crowdfunding Website (Article for Rolling Stone)