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Project 2025 Is Here: December 17th

This week, we look at the Heritage Foundation’s accelerating credibility crisis, ICE agents arresting immigrants at their own green card interviews, and how enforcement terror is gutting the childcare workforce.

Our blog series provides essential updates on how Project 2025’s authoritarian blueprint is being enacted. Now you can view all of our Project 2025 blog posts in one convenient place on our website. We encourage you to explore this series to stay informed and engaged.

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New from GPAHE: Convicted Spanish Agitator Joins MAGA Push to Sway U.S. Latino Voters

A “reporter” convicted for unethical journalistic behavior in Spain has gained direct access to the Trump White House as part of a broader MAGA push to reshape Spanish-language media for U.S. Latino audiences. Javier Negre of Spain, now fronting a new Real America’s Voice channel in Spanish, is leveraging White House credentials, disinformation networks, and international far-right figures to attack mainstream Latino outlets, downplay ICE abuses, and inject anti-LGBTQ+ and authoritarian narratives into the U.S. media ecosystem.

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New from GPAHE: Updated GPAHE Country Report Finds Far-Right Extremism Increasing in Ireland

An updated GPAHE Ireland Country Report documents a rapidly expanding far-right ecosystem, identifying 13 extremist groups operating nationwide. The report shows how far-right groups have weaponized anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ narratives, with online disinformation repeatedly preceding real-world violence, including arson attacks and riots. U.S. Influence is palpable, as Ireland’s far right adopts American models and ideologies, including the white supremacist “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory.

This is the latest in GPAHE’s ongoing series documenting the growth and transnational nature of far-right extremist movements.

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New from GPAHE: Chile’s Election Marks a Strategic Win for Transnational Anti-LGBTQ+ and Anti-Woman Networks

Chile’s presidential election delivered a major victory for transnational networks opposing LGBTQ+ and women’s rights, with far-right candidate José Antonio Kast emerging as a key new government ally for the global anti-rights movement. Though Kast downplayed abortion and same-sex marriage on the campaign trail, his long-standing ties to groups like CitizenGO, the Political Network for Values, and U.S.-based Alliance Defending Freedom signal deep alignment with Christian nationalist movements operating across Europe, the Americas, and beyond.

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USA Today – Flag linked to Christian nationalism, Jan. 6 hung at Education Dept.

A flag carried by Jan. 6 insurrectionists and now closely associated with Christian nationalist movements was reportedly displayed outside the office of a senior U.S. Department of Education official. GPAHE has documented how the “Appeal to Heaven” banner—once tied to the American Revolution—has been adopted by evangelical Christian nationalist groups, the Proud Boys, and neo-Nazi networks. Its appearance drew sharp criticism from the agency’s union, underscoring growing concerns about extremism, workplace intimidation, and church–state separation within a federal agency overseeing billions in public school funding.

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The Guardian – ‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage think tank appoints far-right figure to key post

The Project 2025 lead, Heritage Foundation, has appointed Scott Yenor—a far-right academic with ties to secretive Christian nationalist networks and a record of extreme views on women and LGBTQ+ rights—to a senior leadership role. Heidi Beirich, co-founder of GPAHE, said: “It’s just disgraceful that Heritage, especially given all of its recent scandals over providing cover for antisemitism, would hire Yenor, who has long bashed women and has been investigated by his former employer for civil rights violations.” The appointment comes as Heritage faces internal turmoil and defections over its president’s refusal to denounce Tucker Carlson’s interview with neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes.

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