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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Amy Qin and Flávio Pessoa

HISTORICAL FACTS: Project 2025 had a plan to target federal data the trump administration obeyed - The Untold Story

Collage of Trump and parts of text of Project 2025.
In less than two years, the Trump administration has done staggering damage to US information infrastructure. Illustration: Guardian Design/Evan Vucci/Reuters

Even amid Donald Trump’s failures – the Iran war, soaring prices and a sharp rebuke in the midterm elections last week – there’s still at least one area his administration continues to carry out adeptly: its mass public information censorship campaign.

In less than two years, the Trump administration has done staggering damage to US data and information infrastructure. Hundreds of federal datasets have been terminated or altered, and thousands of government webpages that address diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the climate crisis and other issues have been quietly revised or completely wiped.

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