Part II: How to Stop Trump & Project 2025- The Tactical Playbook

You’ve got the four pillars. Now here’s how to make them real. These aren’t vague ideals...these are battle plans. Use them.

Part II: How to Stop Trump & Project 2025-The Tactical Playbook

You’ve got the four pillars. Now here’s how to make them real. These aren’t vague ideals…these are battle plans. Use them.

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #561: Thursday, September 25th, 2025.

In Part I, I gave you the skeleton…the four big chunks that can break Trump and Project 2025’s march toward autocracy.

But skeletons don’t win battles. Flesh…muscle…blood…and sweat do.

And while most people are still doom-scrolling…shaking their heads…or whispering “somebody should do something,” Trump’s machine is grinding forward with step-by-step instructions.

They’ve got a playbook thick as a brick…and they’re already training the replacements who will gut the government…silence opposition…and make damn sure you never get a real vote again.

So here’s where the rubber hits the road. No more 30,000-foot view. This is the down-in-the-mud playbook.

The moves you can make tomorrow. The systems you can set up in your county…your town…your neighborhood.

If you want to stop a con man from seizing permanent power…you need more than good intentions. You need legal “weapons.” Below…you’ll find them.

1. Flood the Zone with Truth: Tactics & Execution

a) Build a “Truth Warehouse”

• Create a central repository (digital & physical) for fact sheets…source docs…data charts you can “syndicate.”

• Maintain versions in multiple forms: full white papers…1-pagers…memes…tweet threads…video shorts…audio clips.

• Curate “myth vs fact” lists tied to Project 2025’s key proposals (civil service purges, inspector general firings…agency abolition). Use Heritage’s Mandate for Leadership and the independent critiques from groups like American Progress. Center for American Progress+1

b) Rapid Response Cells

• Organize small squads (3–5 people) in every congressional district whose job is:
    • Monitor statements from Trump…Project 2025 allies…think tanks.
    • Immediately craft a rebuttal (meme…thread…op-ed pitch) within hours.
    • Push to local media (small newspapers…radio…TV) with “fact check” releases.

• Use Slack/Signal/Discord channels to coordinate these squads so they don’t duplicate work.

c) Leverage Storytelling…Not Just Data

• Facts persuade only so far. Find human stories that expose how Project 2025 wrecks real lives: a public school teacher…a Social Security recipient…a civil servant being purged.

• Use short articles…micro-videos…and first-person interviews.

• Hand them off to local influencers…religious leaders…podcasters…Substack writers…your “amplifiers.”

d) Saturate the Mediums

• Don’t just rely on Facebook/X/Twitter. Use text message blasts (SMS)…mailers… yard signs/letters to neighbors…church bulletins…and local cable access TV.

• For rural areas…consider community bulletin boards…free newspaper inserts…or tractor-trailers with digital billboards if possible.

• Run “truth bursts” timed around key votes…hearings…or when Project 2025’s operatives make a bold move.

2. Mobilize Relentlessly at the Local Level: Tactics & Execution

a) Local Office Seeding

• Identify and support local candidates (school board…county commission…utility board…zoning…election boards).

• Even if they lose…use their campaigns to get names known…build teams…collect contact lists…train volunteers.

• Provide “starter toolkits” (data…flyers…scripts) so grassroots aren’t starting from zero.

b) The 90-Day Rule

• Always…always run a local “issue campaign” every 90 days….something small but visible:
    • Organize a public forum on Project 2025 in your town.
    • Hand out flyers at the county fair.
    • Do a “Freedom Walk” or local march near government offices.
    • Sponsor free community gatherings (clean-up days…concerts) where you can drop info.

• This keeps your organizing muscles strong…your list fresh…your volunteers engaged…and the opposition always chasing shadows.

c) Door Knocking & Canvassing

• Use tiers: lightly informed to deeply informed. You don’t need to convert everyone…just keep your base strong…persuade weak likeminded…and identify potential persuadables.

• Use “conversational persuasion” training so that volunteers aren’t just reading talking points…they listen…ask…reciprocate.

• Build neighbor teams…small pods that operate in their own block. That scales psychologically.

d) Vote Defense & Election Watch

• Train local watchers for absentee boards…counting rooms…drop-box monitoring… and observing poll operations.

• Maintain legal “rapid response” teams (lawyers…volunteers) ready to respond to complaints or irregularities immediately.

• Audit local voter rolls…push for transparent chain-of-custody protocols…record everything.

• Partner with trusted nonpartisan groups (e.g., League of Women Voters) to certify your legitimacy.

3. Fortify Institutions That Still Work: Tactics & Execution

a) Protect Elected Officials & Bureaucrats Who Resist

• Publicly spotlight jurists…inspectors general…election officials…and agency heads who show integrity.

• Launch letter campaigns…crowdfunding for legal protection…“We Stand With You” campaigns.

• If an official receives threats (and many will), provide security support or raise awareness to deter harassment.

b) Legal Firewalls & Watchdog Coalitions

• Create or support citizen oversight groups (local and state level) with authority to file FOIA requests…log conflicts of interest…audit flows of funds.

• Back litigation: help file suits to block unconstitutional provisions in Project 2025.

• Build networks among state attorneys general that pledge to resist overreach (defend federalism).

c) Independent Media & Accountability

• Fund…promote…and protect local investigative journalists…they are a check on local capture.

• Support watchdog NGOs that monitor executive branch moves…agency shifts…IG firings.

• Demand transparency in all government actions: open records…real-time dashboards…legislative tracking tools.

d) Reinforce Education & Academic Freedom

• Encourage universities…think tanks…and professional societies to adopt free speech protections and codes that protect faculty from retaliation for nonviolent expression.

• Support tenure…legal defense funds…academic associations issuing public statements.

• Monitor “compliance offices,” internal censorship or ideological audits within institutions.

4. Create a Parallel Ecosystem of Power: Tactics & Execution

a) Build Your Own Media Network

• Launch a newsletter or Substack (or many) where readers in your region get truth + action.

• Establish content sharing with local radio/podcasters…bloggers…community leaders…churches.

• Grow listener/donor lists: control your audience.

• Train a “content army”…people who can produce short posts/videos from your materials locally.

b) Membership & Community Org Infrastructure

• Organize tangible membership groups (state chapters, regional hubs).

• Collect dues or donations so you aren’t beholden to corporate or billionaire backers.

• Offer value: training…legal clinics…media boot camps…issue briefings…activist retreats.

c) Financial Power Tools

• Build or partner with cooperatives…mutual credit systems…insurance pools… investment clubs…local media funds that support aligned business owners.

• Encourage “buy local, support aligned business” campaigns to reduce reliance on corporations that may flip under pressure.

• Seed small grants to local initiatives (arts, community projects) that align with pro-democracy values.

d) Talent Pipeline & Personnel Network

• Maintain a roster/list/database of people willing and able to work in government who have integrity (the “parallel civil service”).

• Provide training…legal/ethics boot camps…mentorship…mock governance labs.

• When opportunities open…place people into school boards…local commissions… public utility boards, etc.

• Prepare ready teams for campaigning…legal fights…oversight…audits.

• Track which agencies are targeted by Project 2025 (e.g. IRS, EPA, DOE) and focus recruiting in adjacent local/state orgs for resilience.

Pulling It Together: The War Plan

You don’t do these in isolation…these pillars must feed into one another:

• Your truth cells (Pillar 1) fuel local campaigns (Pillar 2).

• Local campaigns generate data…fights…and stories that fortify institutions (Pillar 3).

• All the while…your parallel ecosystem (Pillar 4) is growing muscle so you don’t collapse when Project 2025 strikes.

Set 6-month and 12-month benchmarks:

• In 6 months: 50 local volunteer cells…20 fact briefbooks…5 lawsuit-ready coalitions..3 local “issue campaign” rollouts.

• In 12 months: 200+ candidate endorsements/training…cross-state legal coalition… independent media platform with thousands of subscribers…preliminary placements in local offices.

Never allow a “pause.” Keep these wheels rolling. Every day that passes without action is a momentum win for Project 2025.

Tactical Checklist (at the end of the article for readers to act immediately)

Your 4-Pillar Action Checklist

• Flood the Zone with Truth
   □ Share one fact-based meme, post, or article a day.
   □ Print a one-page “Myth vs Fact” sheet for your neighbors.
   □ Set up a small rapid-response chat group in your area.

• Mobilize Relentlessly at the Local Level
   □ Attend at least one local government or school board meeting this month.
   □ Join or form a 5-person neighborhood pod for canvassing.
   □ Plan a visible action (forum, flyer drop, march) within 90 days.

• Fortify Institutions That Still Work
   □ Write a letter of support to one judge, election official, or inspector general doing their job.
   □ Donate or volunteer with a watchdog group.
   □ Subscribe to one independent local journalist.

• Create a Parallel Ecosystem of Power
   □ Start building your own list: 50 names, emails, phone numbers.
   □ Subscribe to a pro-democracy newsletter or podcast.
   □ Join or create a local club that supports aligned businesses and causes.

Print this list. Stick it to your fridge. Check a box every week. Multiply by thousands of people like you, and Project 2025 collapses under the weight of American resolve.

This. Is. Not. A. Drill.

This isn’t a drill. Trump and his Project 2025 machine already have their operators, their manuals, their lists.

What they’re betting on is you…your silence…your fatigue…your surrender. They want you paralyzed…refreshing news feeds…shaking your head…and muttering, “somebody ought to do something.”

That’s their strategy. Paralysis. And it works…unless you decide it doesn’t.

Because here’s the truth: every empire that rotted out from the inside had one thing in common…ordinary people convinced themselves they were powerless.

They weren’t. And you aren’t. The checklist in your hands isn’t theory…it’s a weapon. Use it. Share it. Teach it. Live it.

When thousands of us move in unison…flooding the zone with truth…mobilizing locally…fortifying what still works…and building our own ecosystem…Project 2025 collapses under the sheer weight of American resolve.

The clock is ticking. Get off the sidelines. This fight is yours.

I’ll be back soon. Thank you for being here!

In the name of resilience,

-Jack

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