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Democrats take page from conservative playbook with new Project 2029
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Democrats are taking a page from the conservative playbook.
A group of leading Democratic Party thinkers is beginning to collaborate on a policy agenda for their eventual presidential nominee in the 2028 election cycle.
And, as first reported by the New York Times, they’re calling it Project 2029. It’s an obvious play on the notorious Project 2025, the more than 900-page policy blueprint assembled by the conservative powerhouse Heritage Foundation think tank for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee.
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A Stop Project 2025 sign during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Democrats repeatedly attacked Project 2025 during the previous White House race as a far-right threat to the nation. Then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his campaign distanced themselves from the document, even as many Trump allies helped draft it.
But Trump, during the opening months of his second tour of duty in the White House, executed much of what was proposed in Project 2025. And Russell T. Vought, who was a key member of the team that produced the document, now leads the Office of Management and Budget.
Russell T. Vought, a key member of the team that produced Project 2025, now leads the Office of Management and Budget. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The Democrats behind Project 2029 hope to rally White House hopefuls behind their policy framework as the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination race heats up following the 2026 midterm elections.
The project is being spearheaded by Andrei Cherny, a onetime Democratic speechwriter and state party leader.
«Avengers… Assemble!» he wrote in a social media post, as he spotlighted the New York Times story on Project 2029.
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Democrats are aiming to escape the political wilderness following 2024 election setbacks, when the party lost control of the White House and the Senate, and failed to win back the House majority. And 2025 polls have indicated the Democratic Party brand sinking to new lows.
«After several Democratic presidential runs that featured the old guard, there is a hunger for the next generation of candidates and ideas,» Jim Kessler, executive vice president for policy at the center-left Third Way, told Fox News.
Kessler, who’s involved with the project, added that the effort «is a chance for those candidates to see and test out new policy ideas. The advisory group runs the gamut of the Democratic ideological perspective, so these new ideas may not bring a consensus, but it can act as a showroom for presidential candidates to test drive.»
The Democrats are aiming to escape the political wilderness following setbacks in the 2024 elections, when they lost control of the White House and Senate, and fell short in their bid to recapture the House majority. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville, asked about Project 2029, welcomed more ideas to the party’s conversation.
But Carville told Fox News Digital that «the person Democrats need to look to, whose ideas will count, is the next presidential nominee. People can throw ideas out and the different candidates can respond in one way or another, but the idea that a political party can develop a message outside of having some power – it’s been done before, but it’s quite difficult.»
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Word of Project 2029 comes amid continued divisions in the Democratic Party between its establishment and progressive wins.
And it comes as the stunning victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary by outsider and 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani over former three-term Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reignited the party’s argument over whether the Democrats’ problem is their policy or their messaging.
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Los recientes episodios de inundaciones y deslizamientos en la principal región cafetera de Brasil han puesto en evidencia la relación entre el aumento de fenómenos climáticos extremos y la quema de combustibles fósiles, con potenciales repercusiones económicas a nivel global. Así lo señala una investigación del consorcio internacional de científicos climáticos World Weather Attribution, publicada en The Guardian, el diario británico.
Durante las últimas semanas, el estado de Minas Gerais, uno de los principales polos productores de café arábica en Brasil, ha registrado lluvias excepcionales y deslizamientos que han dejado decenas de víctimas mortales y obligado a miles de personas a abandonar sus viviendas.
El municipio de Juiz de Fora, particularmente afectado, marcó un récord histórico de precipitaciones: en febrero se acumularon más de 750 mm (29,5 pulgadas) de lluvia, lo que triplica la media habitual para el periodo y supera en 65% el máximo previo de 1988. Según el estudio, Juiz de Fora es una de las diez ciudades de Brasil con mayor proporción de residentes en zonas de alto riesgo de deslizamientos.
Estos fenómenos han generado no solo un impacto humanitario, sino también consecuencias económicas. El comportamiento extremo del clima en la región amenaza la estabilidad de la oferta global de café y repercute en los precios que pagan los consumidores en todo el mundo.
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Minas Gerais, reconocido como el principal productor de café arábica del país, ha experimentado una reducción de entre 15 % y 20 % en sus cosechas durante los últimos años debido a la frecuencia de eventos climáticos adversos, según datos citados por el estudio. Las precipitaciones excesivas del último mes han favorecido la propagación de enfermedades en los cafetales, lo que pone en riesgo una recuperación de la producción esperada para este año.
La volatilidad en las cosechas ya se refleja en el mercado internacional. El precio del café molido en el Reino Unido, por ejemplo, aumentó cerca de 25 % en los últimos cinco años, según Gareth Redmond-King, jefe del programa internacional del Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, una organización británica sin fines de lucro. Este fenómeno es atribuido en parte a los problemas de abastecimiento derivados tanto de Brasil como de Vietnam, otro importante exportador global.
Expertos del World Weather Attribution identifican que, más allá de la magnitud de las lluvias, la vulnerabilidad de la población responde a desigualdades históricas y a la falta de planificación urbana efectiva. Muchas comunidades de bajos ingresos se asientan en laderas deforestadas y terrenos con drenaje deficiente, lo que incrementa el riesgo de deslizamientos y víctimas fatales.
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Aunque la investigación no halló una señal inequívoca de que el cambio climático inducido por el ser humano haya sido el principal detonante de este episodio concreto, los especialistas advierten que si la temperatura media global alcanzara los 2,6 °C (4,7 °F) por encima de los niveles preindustriales, las precipitaciones extremas en la zona podrían intensificarse en un 7 %. Por este motivo, el informe insiste en la necesidad de eliminar con rapidez los gases de efecto invernadero procedentes del petróleo, el gas y el carbón para mitigar futuros riesgos.
La crisis climática en Brasil no solo afecta a los productores y habitantes locales. Expertos británicos resaltan que el aumento de los eventos extremos en regiones clave de la agricultura mundial ya se traduce en mayores costos para los consumidores de alimentos y productos básicos en países como el Reino Unido. La interconexión de los mercados hace que la disponibilidad y el precio del café —y otros productos agrícolas— estén directamente condicionados por la estabilidad climática en Brasil.
El consenso entre científicos y especialistas en política climática es que alcanzar las emisiones netas cero constituye la única estrategia efectiva para limitar la frecuencia e intensidad de estos fenómenos y salvaguardar la seguridad alimentaria global.
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Frente a este escenario, “la ciencia muestra que el riesgo está creciendo; ahora necesitamos la acción urgente que justifica”, afirmó Friederike Otto, profesora de ciencias climáticas en Imperial College London.
Recomiendan la construcción de refugios seguros, el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de alerta temprana y la mejora de la planificación urbana, con especial atención a las comunidades más vulnerables asentadas en zonas de alto riesgo. “La magnitud de esta tragedia es inmensa y evidencia cuán vulnerables pueden ser nuestras comunidades de ladera a medida que el planeta sigue calentándose”, señaló Regina Rodrigues, profesora en la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina.
Al mismo tiempo, subrayan que la reducción de emisiones contaminantes es esencial para disminuir la exposición de la población y la economía a los impactos de fenómenos climáticos extremos. La experiencia reciente en Brasil, según los investigadores, exige actuar rápido para proteger tanto a las personas como a los mercados internacionales.
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Vance touts Trump economy gains during North Carolina tour, cites rising home purchases
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Vice President JD Vance traveled to North Carolina and hosted an event Friday to tout the economy, advocate for Republicans to win elections in the Tar Heel State, and touch on the situation in Iran.
Vance was also joined by former RNC chairman and GOP Senate nominee Michael Whatley and Small Business Association Administrator Kelly Loeffler at a local event space.
«In just a very brief time, we’ve seen new home purchases rise to their highest level in five years,» Vance said. «Since the last time Donald Trump was president, we’ve seen the cost of rents drop for six months in a row.»
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Rocky Mount, N.C., where he touted recent economic gains and urged voters to support Republicans in the upcoming midterms. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
«We’ve seen the average tax refund that’s going to come to the people of North Carolina, about $3,700 per family,» Vance added. «And we see interest rates that are the lowest they’ve been since the last time that Donald J. Trump was president.»
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Vance was introduced by Loeffler, the former Georgia senator whom Trump appointed to lead small business advocacy as head of the SBA last February.
«Together, we’re cleaning up massive, wasteful spending and the abuse of government programs,» Loeffler told the audience. «And you’ve seen that the fraud that sent your hard-earned tax dollars overseas and the Democrats open borders, defund the police agendas that invited violent crime into what should be safe communities, taking the lives of innocent victims like arenas.»
Vance addressed the situation in Iran, both to the crowd and in response to a question posed by an AP reporter. The vice president pointed to nuclear capability in Iran as the primary reason for the U.S. engagement.
An explosion after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Monday. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)
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«You all know that right now, we are engaged in a military operation to ensure, as the president has said repeatedly, that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,» Vance said. «That is a simple, simple principle and standard. Frankly, every president. Has taken affirmative steps to ensure that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.»
When asked what he advised the president before strikes began in Iran, Vance said he wasn’t giving out information from classified briefings in the situation room.
«I’m not going to show up here and in front of God and everybody else, tell you exactly what I said in that classified room, partially because I don’t want to go to prison, and partially because I think it’s important for the President of the United States to be able to talk to his advisers without those advisers running their mouth to the American media,» Vance explained.
President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Vance in The Situation Room. (The White House via X)
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Vance also strongly advocated for Whatley’s campaign for senate, slamming his Democrat opponent and pushing for the GOP candidate in what will be a contentious and competitive election in November.
Whatley won the GOP primary in North Carolina to fill retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis’ seat, and now faces former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in the general election.
«Roy Cooper is one of these people who clearly cares way more for foreign countries than he does the United States of America,» Vance said. «You see the passion in his voice when he talks about protecting illegal aliens. You’ll never hear that passion when he’s talking about the people in this room.»
Michael Whatley is the GOP candidate for U.S. senate in North Carolina. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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«You hear the passion in his voice when he talks about sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the war in Ukraine,» the vice president added.
A spokesperson for Cooper responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment, blasting Whatley and denying claims he protects criminals.
«Roy Cooper is the only candidate who spent his career prosecuting violent criminals and keeping thousands of them behind bars as attorney general, and signing tough on crime laws and stricter pretrial release bail policy as governor,» the spokesperson told Fox. «DC insider and Big Oil lobbyist Michael Whatley is desperate to distract from his support for hundreds of millions in cuts to local law enforcement and public safety efforts that keep North Carolinians safe.»
Vice President JD Vance was in North Carolina on Friday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Vance concluded the event after answering a question from Fox News Digital regarding progress made by a fraud task force that was launched in January under the Department of Justice and individual states he was planning to target, in addition to Minnesota.
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«We know there’s a lot of fraud in California, and we’re trying to get to the bottom of exactly what it looks like and what we’ve done in the Trump administration,» Vance said. «And the president has really empowered us to do this, is to take the first national look at the way the American people have been defrauded over many, many years.»
The vice president revealed that there was «at least» $19 billion in fraud uncovered in Minneapolis and the surrounding area under the Trump administration.
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston
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