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EPISODE 31: Inside Project 2025 — The Hidden Network Behind Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook

• Bella Goode

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Where did Project 2025 really come from, and who’s behind its push for authoritarian power? In this episode, Bella Goode takes listeners inside the origin story of the most coordinated political blueprint in modern history. From right-wing think tanks and MAGA insiders to billionaires funding extremism and global inspiration from autocrats abroad, Project 2025 isn’t just Trump’s plan—it’s a full-scale ideological operation years in the making.



Key Takeaways To Listen For

  • The hidden roles of Paul Dans and Russell Vought in constructing and activating Project 2025
  • Why “Personnel is Policy” became the strategic heart of the initiative and what it means for democracy
  • The influence of more than 100 right-wing organizations in shaping every part of federal power
  • The billionaires bankrolling authoritarianism: Leonard Leo, Rebekah Mercer, Peter Thiel, the Koch Network, and more
  • International influence: How Viktor Orbán’s illiberal democracy in Hungary became the model for American autocracy
  • How Christian nationalism and racial hierarchy shape the plan’s ideological engine
  • The deeper purpose behind Project 2025: Why equality, not chaos, is their biggest fear



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Host: Bella Goode

Bella Goode is a pseudonym — but the voice, research, and mission are all real. A Republican turned democracy advocate in 2016, I was raised by middle class parents in Pennsylvania. I’m a former marketing executive, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner with an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s in Psychology from Penn. I spent decades telling stories in the business world; now I use those skills to connect the dots in American politics.

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