Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Project 2025 and beyond

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet.

Kyle Tharp and Lucy Ritzmann /”FWIW” on Substack:

Project 2025 breaks through

Just about everyone online is talking about the latest Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to take over the federal government

Digital staffers will tell you that content about Project 2025 performs very well on social media, with freaked-out younger users on Instagram and TikTok often hitting the like and share buttons en masse. As a result, the Biden campaign told Semafor in March that they were seeing solid signs of engagement and would make it a centerpiece of their digital messaging strategy moving forward. More recently, a Washington Post analysis found that mentions of Project 2025 among progressive influencers have “skyrocketed” in the past month.