Conservative Group Targets Federal Workers on Trump Policies with Project Sovereignty 2025

The American Accountability Foundation (AAF), supported by a $100,000 grant from the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, is compiling a list of federal employees, particularly in the Department of Homeland Security, who are perceived as disloyal to Donald Trump's policies. This initiative, named Project Sovereignty 2025, aims to expose these employees online by late summer, drawing comparisons to McCarthyism-era tactics. Critics, including the American Federation of Government Employees, have condemned the effort as an intimidation tactic intended to instill fear among civil servants. The project aligns with broader conservative efforts to prepare for a potential second Trump administration, including the controversial Schedule F executive order that reclassifies civil servants to make them easier to fire. Democracy experts and civil service advocates have voiced their alarm over this move, comparing it to historical purges and warning of its authoritarian implications.