As if we needed more things to frighten us about what’s happening in our country, the last thing we need is another piece of bad news. Still, the hits just keep on coming. Often, however, they happen under the radar where the mainstream media doesn’t like to look or they are obscured by a new round of well-orchestrated atrocities. So, here’s the latest one to come to my attention, courtesy of Project 2025.

Halfway to Authoritarianism

If you know what Project 2025 is, congratulations: you’ve been paying attention. Here’s the thing, though, Number 47 has been in office for half a year and in that time, he and his handlers have forged ahead and achieved nearly 50 per cent of Project 2025’s goals.

That’s right, we’re almost halfway through the radical right wing’s plan for taking over the country and replacing the federal government with an authoritarian regime. This development has received little fanfare. Basically, the news media seem to have forgotten about it.

But you don’t have to search through all of Project 2025’s 922 pages or hire a staff to monitor how the oligarchy is doing in their fight to take over the country. Others have done it for you. Some of these trackers examine granular policy actions, while others offer broader political implications and political analysis. You have your choice.

Project 2025 Tracking Sites

The four main Project 2025 Trackers to help you sort through the details are:

• Project 2025 Tracker
• Project 2025 Executive Action Tracker
• NewsOne Project 2025 Tracker
• Fast Company Project 2025 Coverage

1. The Project 2025 Tracker

The Project 2025 Tracker gives you a website that is well-organized and easy to understand. This is important because the Project 2025 document is filled with confusing and vague language. You would think that with all that money behind them, these guys could have hired some real writers. Most likely, however, the confusion is intentional. You can go through the objectives one at a time to see what they intend and what the “progress” has been.

2. Project 2025 Executive Action Tracker

Created and monitored by the Center for Progressive Reform, The Project 2025 Executive Action Tracker puts all the data into a spreadsheet with a worksheet for every agency. Think of it as a policy dashboard for insiders—a spreadsheet-heavy control room. If you like data and detail, this is the place for you. It only tracks 20 agencies, however.

3. NewsOne Project 2025 Tracker

The NewsOne tracker was created by Reddit users Rusticgorilla and Mollynaquafina, who started it to make Project 2025’s rollout much more transparent. This site provides a simplified, user-friendly interface for exploring agency-specific objectives. more like a guided tour for everyday readers—clear, digestible, and designed to raise awareness.

4. Fast Company Project 2025 Coverage

The high-tech publication offers a journalistic analysis of implementation progress and public impact. This section includes articles analyzing the initiative’s progress, political implications, and public impact.

The Bottom Line on Implementation

So, what’s the bottom line on how many of Project 2025’s objectives have been implemented? The trackers may take different approaches and have different designs, but they agree on the status.

Of the 317 objectives, 116 have been completed, and 63 are in progress.

The agencies involved so far range from USAID and CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) at 100% each to the Department of Veterans Affairs at 10%. Six agencies are listed as 0% — but their time will come.

The View Ahead

That means in six months the oligarchs have achieved nearly half of their objectives. While . . .

We the people have been overwhelmed, dazed, confused, misdirected, and lied to . . .

The media have been chasing celebrity trials, the latest mass shooting, and the administration’s numerous grifts, thefts, and con jobs . . .

The Democrats have been either silent and invisible or complaining about being powerless . . .

Some of us have been marching, carrying signs and protesting the mad king . . .

Billionaires have been stealing the American government out from underneath us. Give them another six months and the takeover will be complete.

A Terrifying Prospect

I hope this scares you. I know it frightens me. While the media pays attention to the latest outrages and measures the amount of faux gold in the Oval Office, these guys have been beavering away at taking all the power and all the money for themselves. With virtually no opposition from the “loyal opposition,” they are riding to victory.

I think the status of Project 2025 should be glowing in 20-foot illuminated letters on a Time Square ad board. The nightly news should have it running on a chyron under the news anchors. It should appear as a count-down on newspaper web sites.

Instead, we get crickets.

No Checks and Balances

This is what happens when Republicans own the White House, both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court and most of the news media. Checks and balances disappear as Mafia Don and his minions issue death threats and terrify anyone who would stand up to him. .

We know only what they want us to know and they don’t want us to know this. They are halfway to the finish line. Remember that.