Linda M. Westrick

Boalsburg

Donald Trump’s acolytes are preparing for a potential second Trump administration. Former and current Trump aides have a radical 920-page plan–Project 2025–with a long list of executive actions to be implemented immediately upon taking office–actions affecting Americans’ everyday lives.

Before you cast your vote this November, consider how your values square with Project 2025.

Do you want:

— Climate protections?

— Social Security and Medicare when you’re eligible?

— Affordable health care of your choice?

— Free, public education?

— Federal agencies staffed by trained experts?

— Free services provided by federal agencies, such as weather reports?

— Temporary food assistance should you experience hardship, such as job loss or housing loss from a natural disaster?

— Personal freedom to: read any book you want; plan your family, with access to contraceptives, IVF and emergency pregnancy care; marry the person you love; obtain needed health care (including reproductive and gender-related care); practice the religion of your choice (or no religion); peacefully protest injustice?

— Economic justice through a fair tax system?

— Worker protections, including fair wages, union rights and child labor laws?

If you answered “yes” to any question, you’ll be seriously hurt by a future Trump administration. Not only will Trump discard precious individual freedoms, he’ll totally control independent agencies. With SCOTUS recently granting him broad immunity, he has the power of a king, free from Congressional oversight–a terrifying proposition for a perennial self-dealer! Don’t let that happen!