As a Jewish woman, I'm a wholly disgusted by using the guise of 'rooting out anti semitism" to instill hate, fear, and horrible policy both here and in Israel. These misguided " missions" create more division, MORE antisemitism, and MORE hate.
Judaism's core values are repairing the world and owning your own behavior. These policies are in direct conflict with that.
Thank you, Victoria! The Heritage Foundation is using Project Esther (the real Trojan horse) to destroy and take control of the US, and they don’t care that they are making Jewish people less safe in the process.
The Heritage Foundation ought to look a little closer into the "success" of the HUAC. History regards this era as shameful, and Joseph McCarthy as no hero. The Heritage Foundation itself is what's un-American. They seek to undermine democracy by any means and shove their conservative "values" down everyone's throat.
Jennifer, that’s what I came here to say. The Heritage Foundation, like all of the magas think they can re-write history, and convince Americans that McCarthyism was good. I’m sure the KKK is next! They’ve already said slavery wasn’t bad.
Thank you for covering this! I remember an episode of The Daily that covered this well, but as always, the historical connections here are really effective in explaining how we got here and where this is heading.
Here’s an organization systematically demonizing entire groups of people, yet they maintain their respectability because they wear the costume of a think tank and couch their extremism in policy language.
A “hate group” designation is supposed to be a tool for disempowering and delegitimizing organizations that spread hate and target vulnerable populations. Shouldn’t that be more vital when we are talking about hate groups that have power and legitimacy? Heritage has both: the very things that make them more dangerous than fringe groups shouting slurs. They’re embedded in Republican policymaking, they have direct lines to the Oval Office, and their Project 2025 roadmap is literally being implemented by the Trump administration.
It’s a pro-hate infrastructure that’s far more sophisticated and dangerous than traditional hate groups because it operates with institutional cover. Heritage amplifies and sanitizes narratives that enable hate while maintaining plausible deniability. They ignore and therefore empower right-wing antisemitism and white nationalist violence because those movements broadly overlap with their political ecosystem. In the end, the cause of fighting the very real problem of anti-semitism gets sidelined.
Why do we continue to grant legitimacy to an organization that’s systematically working to criminalize dissent and destroy the very democratic norms they claim to protect? At what point do we stop treating authoritarianism as just another policy position and start calling for their existence as an organization to be dismantled?
I find it extremely ironic that “HSOs” would be forced to register with the DOJ as agents of foreign principals. Why isn’t AIPAC registered as an agent for foreign principals?
I'm guessing Project Esther is named after the Esther of the Bible, a Jewish woman who married the king of Persia and stopped a state-sanctioned massacre of the Jewish exiles.
Calling out the nation-state of Israel is not antisemitism. Calling for an end to the genocide of the people of Gaza is not support for terrorism.
These Heritage folks, they call good evil and evil good. I wish they would read the Bible a little more closely.
portions of Psalm 5 (ESV)
...
For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
...
For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is destruction;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongue.
Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
I keep thinking of McCarthy and Eisenhower and how McCarthy’s story ended. Rather than just reading the beginning the Heritage Foundation and the Trump admin need to read the ending as well.
I two posts this morning, including this one. Both carry a message I think is important: history is repeating itself, or at least rhyming with past decades that sought to demonize minorities and destroy networks designed to support those less fortunate than the billionaires who fancy themselves the only ones fit to "rule." Not a new theme, and it's been overcome in the past. We can again! We must again!
The Heritage Foundation is part of the Christian Nationalist movement. They don’t care about anything or anyone other than their ULTIMATE goal of making America a so called “Christian” nation. I was raised in these beliefs about America. I am 70 years old and I remember how fervently my mother supported Barry Goldwater. She was what they called a “Goldwater Girl”. This is part of the beginning of all we see happening now. I left the Evangelical church after Trump announced he was running for president in 2015. I couldn’t fathom Jesus supporting this evil man or the agenda that was being pushed. Trump is a means to an end for the Heritage Foundation plain and simple. (Btw… I still believe in Jesus just not this horrible theology of Christian nationalism.) Project 2025 and Project Esther are just the tips of the iceberg for the Heritage Foundation. The American people have to wake up and research and learn more about this movement. Read about the “Seven Mountain Mandate” and the seven spheres of influence that they are pushing. This isn’t about Trump. It is much more insidious than just one man! He is literally surrounded by people who are part of the Heritage Foundation. They have the person in place to implement THEIR plans. To learn more about the dangers of the Heritage Foundation and Christian nationalism please check out Dr. Jemar Tisby (on Substack and Instagram) and Rev. Benjamin Cremer (on Instagram and Facebook). Last but definitely not least please check out Tim Whitaker and the group he founded called The New Evangelicals. You can find Tim on Substack and Instagram. The New Evangelicals can be found on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Tim came from the same religious background as I did which is hyper fundamentalist. He has been sounding the alarm since 2020 when he left the evangelical church. It is extremely important that the general population knows what is going on in our government and country. It definitely ISN’T about just Trump. As I stated above, he is a means to an end. He has the cult following that benefits the Christian nationalist movement. Remember that over 80% of Evangelicals voted for Trump. They are the ones to keep your eyes on, sadly. My faith in Jesus and His teachings woke me up. Hopefully more people will wake up before it’s too late for our country.
As a Jewish woman, I'm a wholly disgusted by using the guise of 'rooting out anti semitism" to instill hate, fear, and horrible policy both here and in Israel. These misguided " missions" create more division, MORE antisemitism, and MORE hate.
Judaism's core values are repairing the world and owning your own behavior. These policies are in direct conflict with that.
Thank you, Victoria! The Heritage Foundation is using Project Esther (the real Trojan horse) to destroy and take control of the US, and they don’t care that they are making Jewish people less safe in the process.
The Heritage Foundation ought to look a little closer into the "success" of the HUAC. History regards this era as shameful, and Joseph McCarthy as no hero. The Heritage Foundation itself is what's un-American. They seek to undermine democracy by any means and shove their conservative "values" down everyone's throat.
Jennifer, that’s what I came here to say. The Heritage Foundation, like all of the magas think they can re-write history, and convince Americans that McCarthyism was good. I’m sure the KKK is next! They’ve already said slavery wasn’t bad.
Thank you for covering this! I remember an episode of The Daily that covered this well, but as always, the historical connections here are really effective in explaining how we got here and where this is heading.
Here’s an organization systematically demonizing entire groups of people, yet they maintain their respectability because they wear the costume of a think tank and couch their extremism in policy language.
A “hate group” designation is supposed to be a tool for disempowering and delegitimizing organizations that spread hate and target vulnerable populations. Shouldn’t that be more vital when we are talking about hate groups that have power and legitimacy? Heritage has both: the very things that make them more dangerous than fringe groups shouting slurs. They’re embedded in Republican policymaking, they have direct lines to the Oval Office, and their Project 2025 roadmap is literally being implemented by the Trump administration.
It’s a pro-hate infrastructure that’s far more sophisticated and dangerous than traditional hate groups because it operates with institutional cover. Heritage amplifies and sanitizes narratives that enable hate while maintaining plausible deniability. They ignore and therefore empower right-wing antisemitism and white nationalist violence because those movements broadly overlap with their political ecosystem. In the end, the cause of fighting the very real problem of anti-semitism gets sidelined.
Why do we continue to grant legitimacy to an organization that’s systematically working to criminalize dissent and destroy the very democratic norms they claim to protect? At what point do we stop treating authoritarianism as just another policy position and start calling for their existence as an organization to be dismantled?
Timothy, we are doing it right now.
I find it extremely ironic that “HSOs” would be forced to register with the DOJ as agents of foreign principals. Why isn’t AIPAC registered as an agent for foreign principals?
I'm guessing Project Esther is named after the Esther of the Bible, a Jewish woman who married the king of Persia and stopped a state-sanctioned massacre of the Jewish exiles.
Calling out the nation-state of Israel is not antisemitism. Calling for an end to the genocide of the people of Gaza is not support for terrorism.
These Heritage folks, they call good evil and evil good. I wish they would read the Bible a little more closely.
portions of Psalm 5 (ESV)
...
For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
...
For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is destruction;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongue.
Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.
I keep thinking of McCarthy and Eisenhower and how McCarthy’s story ended. Rather than just reading the beginning the Heritage Foundation and the Trump admin need to read the ending as well.
I two posts this morning, including this one. Both carry a message I think is important: history is repeating itself, or at least rhyming with past decades that sought to demonize minorities and destroy networks designed to support those less fortunate than the billionaires who fancy themselves the only ones fit to "rule." Not a new theme, and it's been overcome in the past. We can again! We must again!
The Heritage Foundation is part of the Christian Nationalist movement. They don’t care about anything or anyone other than their ULTIMATE goal of making America a so called “Christian” nation. I was raised in these beliefs about America. I am 70 years old and I remember how fervently my mother supported Barry Goldwater. She was what they called a “Goldwater Girl”. This is part of the beginning of all we see happening now. I left the Evangelical church after Trump announced he was running for president in 2015. I couldn’t fathom Jesus supporting this evil man or the agenda that was being pushed. Trump is a means to an end for the Heritage Foundation plain and simple. (Btw… I still believe in Jesus just not this horrible theology of Christian nationalism.) Project 2025 and Project Esther are just the tips of the iceberg for the Heritage Foundation. The American people have to wake up and research and learn more about this movement. Read about the “Seven Mountain Mandate” and the seven spheres of influence that they are pushing. This isn’t about Trump. It is much more insidious than just one man! He is literally surrounded by people who are part of the Heritage Foundation. They have the person in place to implement THEIR plans. To learn more about the dangers of the Heritage Foundation and Christian nationalism please check out Dr. Jemar Tisby (on Substack and Instagram) and Rev. Benjamin Cremer (on Instagram and Facebook). Last but definitely not least please check out Tim Whitaker and the group he founded called The New Evangelicals. You can find Tim on Substack and Instagram. The New Evangelicals can be found on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Tim came from the same religious background as I did which is hyper fundamentalist. He has been sounding the alarm since 2020 when he left the evangelical church. It is extremely important that the general population knows what is going on in our government and country. It definitely ISN’T about just Trump. As I stated above, he is a means to an end. He has the cult following that benefits the Christian nationalist movement. Remember that over 80% of Evangelicals voted for Trump. They are the ones to keep your eyes on, sadly. My faith in Jesus and His teachings woke me up. Hopefully more people will wake up before it’s too late for our country.
The Heritage Foundation just doesn’t quit in its efforts to undermine democracy.