A watercolor painting depicting a split-screen aerial view showing the surveillance technology pipeline from Gaza to Los Angeles. The left side shows destroyed Gaza buildings in earth tones with smoke and rubble, while the right side shows an organized ICE raid in downtown LA with tactical vehicles and agents in cooler blue-gray tones. MQ-9 Reaper drones hover above both scenes, connected by flowing streams of translucent blue and green data representing the transfer of AI targeting systems from military operations to domestic immigration enforcement. The painting uses traditional watercolor techniques to contrast the warm chaos of Gaza with the cold systematic nature of LA operations, unified by the digital surveillance infrastructure that connects both locations.

The Shadow Architects: How Project 2025 Authors Built the Technology to Implement Their Authoritarian Vision

I’m not an actualy journalist. I’m a guy with a blog, and maybe 2 to 3 dozen people who read it. I heavily cited sources here hoping that actual journalists would pick this up, take advantage of my heavy lifting, and bring the real, full story forward. If you do, I don’t want to be interviewed or anything. I would just appreciate a mention and a link back to my site if you run with this. TL;DR: Project 2025 authors didn’t just write authoritarian policies—they positioned themselves to control the surveillance technology to implement them. ...