Project 2025 was an often self-contradictory grab-bag of weird extreme ideas from all over the R coalition. Lots of them are getting catastrophic trials! But it was never a coherent, disciplined plan to do much of anything. 1/

There is, definitely, a lot of voter suppression and undermining of elections. We should definitely be worries about that, and about right-wing takeover of media (but then, we are living more the consequence than the threat of that now). 2/

Andreeson is no wiser or more capable than Musk. Musk has this theory that if they control the information systems they can durably control the government, he’s exfiltrating data and having his kids inject chokepoints he controls. 3/

But that theory is wrong. If the information systems won’t do what Congress compels because Musk has ransomwared them, he’ll be threatened with prison and unlock the doors. The whole theory is as worthy of taking seriously as the one LLMs are ready to operate the government. Both risible. 4/

Ultimately all that matters in our system is Congress. Congress is supreme. Right now Congress is abdicating. The whole game is mobilizing the public to mobilize Congress in a positive direction. /fin