A Harris-backed “Progress 2028” project was allegedly created to mirror Project 2025, a conservative plan for a future Republican administration.
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- The supposed Progress 2028 agenda resembled Project 2025, an unpopular conservative blueprint for a future Republican administration.
- On mailers and its associated website, Progress 2028 included policies Harris said she would not pursue, such as a mandatory gun buyback program and a ban on fracking.
- OpenSecrets, a political funding watchdog, found the fake initiative was backed by a conservative “dark money network” known as Building America’s Future, a fact Snopes was able to confirm by consulting FEC filings and a fictitious name certificate issued in Virginia.
- According to investigations by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Reuters, a group of donors that included Elon Musk reportedly contributed more than $100 million to Building America’s Future. Because such organizations are not required to disclose their donors or provide …