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Michigan Professor Contributes to Project 2025, Receives Threats and Backlash
A Michigan professor has written a chapter for the prestigious research project, Project 2025, only to face a barrage of threats and backlash from online trolls and detractors.
Professor’s Chapter Receives International Attention
The professor, who wishes to remain anonymous, had their chapter accepted for publication in the highly anticipated project. The chapter, titled "Rethinking Sustainability in the Modern Era," explores innovative solutions for a more environmentally conscious future.
Threats and Defamation
However, the professor’s involvement in the project has not gone without controversy. The chapter has sparked heated debate, with some critics accusing the professor of being "too radical" or "misguided." The backlash has escalated, with the professor receiving threatening messages and even death threats.
Defense from Academic Community
In response to the criticism, the academic community has rallied around the professor, defending their work and denouncing the threats. The university has also issued a statement condemning the violence and promoting a culture of respect and intellectual freedom.
Project 2025: A Global Initiative
Project 2025 is a groundbreaking research initiative aimed at addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges, including climate change, inequality, and technological disruption. The project brings together leading experts from across the globe to share their insights and collaborate on innovative solutions.
Reactions Pour In
The controversy has sparked a heated debate on social media, with many academics and experts weighing in on the issue. Some have praised the professor’s chapter, while others have called for greater scrutiny of the project’s methodologies.
Key Quotes
"I am shocked and disturbed by the threats and intimidation tactics employed by some individuals. As academics, we should strive for respectful dialogue and open debate." – Anonymous Professor
"The threats and backlash against our colleague are unacceptable. We stand in solidarity with the professor and reaffirm our commitment to the values of academic freedom and respect." – University Statement
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A longtime Michigan law professor has created a stir by contributing to the controversial Project 2025 presidential transition plan after serving several roles in the administration of former President Donald Trump, outlining a new vision for enforcing antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Adam Candeub is an Ivy League-educated senior fellow with the conservative Center of Renewing America and Michigan State University law professor who wrote the last chapter of the 922-page Project 2025, a Heritage Foundation initiative that has prompted criticism from Democrats for some of its proposals and concern among some at the university because of the professor’s connection to it. But outside experts called Candeub’s ideas for the Federal Trade Commission a “bold vision,” though they’re unlikely to become a reality.
A collaboration of 400 scholars and policy experts from across the country, Project 2025 is a 180-day playbook for Trump and a Republican administration if he is elected in November and builds on similar treatises published by the foundation since 1980.
Also known as Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise, proposals that have stirred controversy include creating a larger, more powerful border policing agency, cutting government spending, moving education funding and decisions to the states and banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has called Project 2025 a plan to “strip away our freedoms.” Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has disavowed the plan and called some proposals “ridiculous,” even though former Trump officials contributed to it.
Candeub, who served a brief stint as a deputy associate attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice, wrote the final chapter on the Federal Trade Commission, arguing for a broader view of antitrust policy than focusing on consumer welfare, contending it should protect democratic values such as free speech, the marketplace of ideas, shareholder control and managerial accountability.
Candeub says he has been sent “threatening emails from strangers” regarding his work but declined to comment further.
Candueb’s conservative work is getting attention at MSU because it bucks the notion of a “strong correlation between education and leaning left,” said Casey O’Donnell, an MSU associate professor in the Department of Media and Information.
“Clearly, this is something the professor has done research on, and what faculty members do on their own time, it’s as protected as (anyone else’s),” O’Donnell said. “We are free to say what we want, but we are not free from the consequences. What we say is not disconnected from what people think of us.”
When asked about Candeub’s contribution to Project 2025, MSU officials said the university embraces academic freedom.
“It gives faculty members the freedom to address their academic subjects, challenge conventional wisdom, and publish controversial research papers,” MSU spokesperson Mark Bullion said. “Adam Candeub does not speak for MSU. And he has not violated any university policies by being involved with Project 2025. “
Oh no! Consequences! He added his name to a document that would decimate women’s rights, union rights, worker rights, consumer rights, LGBTQ rights and he’s surprised why he’s getting hate? Screw him.
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I hope he’s terrified and living in fear, just like the millions of women in red states right now.
Project 2025 in short is Trump’s overall attempt to over throw the US government and turn it into his revenge tool. Creating camps to keep his perceived enemies in for lack of supporting trump is very Hitler style. Imprisoning his perceived government non supporters is very Putin like. Trump is too old and fat to be able to run away from his connection to Project 2025. This is all in effort to rip up the US Constitution for Trump’s benefit.