The bigger worry, Peter, is that they will reclassify large chunks of the civil service as political appointees (in effect). So if a public servant isn't doing what the administration wants, they'll remove them and put someone in that WILL do what they want. It's called "Schedule F".

They also want to eliminate NOAA because it "is the primary source for climate change alarm" (or words to that effect). There's a lot of stuff like that. But the Schedule F reclassification is the horrifying part. We can debate various policy differences (e.g. the Project 2025 wants to outlaw pornography entirely, outlaw abortion entirely, the roles of the FBI and DOJ would be significantly curtailed, etc). I'm OK debating that. But I'm NOT OK with reclassifying much of the civil service so that they can be replaced based on loyalty rather than competence and experience.

THAT is what will end our republic. And it doesn't even have to be Project 2025. If the Dems came up with their version, and it included a Schedule F type of reclassification, that also would end the republic. Having the civil service be "loyal" to whomever the leader is, above doing their jobs, is a recipe of tyranny.