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BumRushDaShow

(156,766 posts)
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:15 PM Saturday

Founder of Right-Wing Group Behind Project 2025 Dies at 83

Source: msn/Daily Beast

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Edwin J. Feulner, the conservative mastermind who co-founded The Heritage Foundation, has died at 83.

Based in Washington, D.C., the influential right-wing think tank is behind Project 2025, a controversial playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term. The details surrounding Feulner’s death are unknown, with multiple outlets reporting that he died Friday.

He served as president of the foundation from 1977 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2018. He also served on the transition team of the first Trump administration.

While Trump said he has “nothing to do” with the project, many of his second-term policies mirror the plans set out in the playbook, including his attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion. However, Feulner later endorsed Mike Pence in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/founder-of-right-wing-group-behind-project-2025-dies-at-83/ar-AA1IUtqW

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Founder of Right-Wing Group Behind Project 2025 Dies at 83 (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Saturday OP
Rest in Piss... LoCo Cat Lady Saturday #1
Good. Xoan Saturday #2
Good ! love_katz Saturday #3
I'm so sorry . . . SarcasticSatyr Saturday #4
Condolences to whoever. mwooldri Saturday #5
Fortunately, Hell will never fill up. eppur_se_muova Saturday #6
Good. Now let's do Russ Vought Hey Joe Saturday #7
Feulner's name is rather close to "Fuehrer". Wannabe? . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Saturday #8
Swaggert saved him a spot at the table. Traildogbob Saturday #9
You should always say something good about the dead. Ray Bruns Saturday #10
I hope he was in pain drmeow Saturday #11
Glad to hear it. (nt) Paladin Saturday #12
hate filled extremist Nigrum Cattus Saturday #13
Good. Hopefully he's on the express train to hell as we speak. travelingthrulife Saturday #14
He was the last of the Three Stooges who founded the Heritage Foundation. valleyrogue Saturday #15
Good catch. A Badger Yesterday #32
whatt are these foudations anyway and what do they do? AllaN01Bear Saturday #16
Such a loss for humanity. Exp Saturday #17
Where will his tombstone be to organize a piss-0-rama for free. Justice matters. Saturday #18
May karma return him to experience a long life as a poverty stricken, severely disabled woman of color. ms liberty Saturday #19
With 9 children BonnieJW 18 hrs ago #36
Bye MF JPK Saturday #20
Fuck you, Edwin oswaldactedalone Saturday #21
If there's a hell, Edwin is burning in it. byronius Saturday #22
Let's be clear: "conservative" has been the polite term for "right winger" for over a century JHB Saturday #23
Buh-bye! FakeNoose Saturday #24
Not until you drive a stake into his heart!!! NM Grins Saturday #25
Good riddance!! InAbLuEsTaTe Saturday #26
My mom always said, bamagal62 Saturday #27
Gee, that's too fucking bad. Turbineguy Saturday #28
MAGA MEIN KAMPF wss2001 Yesterday #29
good, hope the mother fucker gopiscrap Yesterday #30
The contract was fulfilled and the devil came to collect. Zipgun Yesterday #31
Message to the deceased disease: "Eat shit, motherfucker!" SoFlaBro Yesterday #33
Good. stage left Yesterday #34
Fascists always make the world a better place..... lastlib 19 hrs ago #35
I don't really care... IzzaNuDay 18 hrs ago #37
Edwin at any cost is dead, good reddens, cremation no grave option reccomended. Brainfodder 15 hrs ago #38

mwooldri

(10,663 posts)
5. Condolences to whoever.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:28 PM
Saturday

To everyone else ... I wish I could afford to say "the bar is open, drinks are on me".

eppur_se_muova

(39,442 posts)
6. Fortunately, Hell will never fill up.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:30 PM
Saturday

Lots of room still for all the people he's led and influenced.

Traildogbob

(11,505 posts)
9. Swaggert saved him a spot at the table.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:39 PM
Saturday

All cuddled up with the red man. But, I actually think Satan just went ahead a burned ole Jimmie, and it got so hot he opened the vents and that caused this excessive heat wave up here. Hope he holds off on adding to the flame right away.

valleyrogue

(2,216 posts)
15. He was the last of the Three Stooges who founded the Heritage Foundation.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:41 PM
Saturday

Joseph Coors provided the money, and the ubiquitous Paul Weyrich was the real "brains" behind its founding. Weyrich is the figure most credited with the rise of the religious right. His name is everywhere in the right-wing network since the 1970s. He died in 2008.

A Badger

(18 posts)
32. Good catch.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 01:18 AM
Yesterday

As provided by Wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich:

"In 1973, persuading Joseph Coors to support it financially, Weyrich and Edwin Feulner co-founded The Heritage Foundation as a think tank[5] to counter liberal views on taxation and regulation, which they considered to be anti-business."

Justice matters.

(8,645 posts)
18. Where will his tombstone be to organize a piss-0-rama for free.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:09 PM
Saturday

In fact, many piss-0-ramas.

Puke-0-rama's will also do.

ms liberty

(10,400 posts)
19. May karma return him to experience a long life as a poverty stricken, severely disabled woman of color.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:14 PM
Saturday

JHB

(37,790 posts)
23. Let's be clear: "conservative" has been the polite term for "right winger" for over a century
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:02 PM
Saturday

This dual usage blurs the definition of what is merely conservative and what is right-wing... to the benefit of right wing freaks. It lets them present themselves as staid and reasonable when in fact they are ideological extremists and nuts who see commies under every rock.

wss2001

(84 posts)
29. MAGA MEIN KAMPF
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 12:02 AM
Yesterday

Maybe we should start calling Project 2025 the MAGA Mein Kampf, it could take off, what do you think?

lastlib

(26,325 posts)
35. Fascists always make the world a better place.....
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:48 AM
19 hrs ago

when they LEAVE it.

Rot in hell, F*cker. Enjoy your lunch with Satan.

Brainfodder

(7,530 posts)
38. Edwin at any cost is dead, good reddens, cremation no grave option reccomended.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:45 AM
15 hrs ago

Since you deserve no respect whatsoever.

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