The president’s words on Cuba, the next nation he’s casing for foreign intervention, sound all too familiar.
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How the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Could Save the Civil Service
Its rebuke of Trump tariffs might mean serious problems for other Trump initiatives. Much depends on the Court’s internal fight over the “major questions doctrine.”
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The Democrats’ Shutdown Strategy Is Bad. Trump’s Is Worse
The president’s decision to threaten mass layoffs of federal workers should prompt Democrats to shift course.
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Michael Lewis’s Case for Government
Amid Trumpian chaos, the best-selling author and other top writers are heralding stories of bureaucrat heroes and a public sector we desperately need.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Schedule F Plan for the Civil Service Would Be a Disaster
It violates statutes, undoes a century of civil service reform, and would derail government services.
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Trump Vows to Crush the Civil Service, but He’s Not the First President to Try
Republican presidents have been trying to politicize the federal bureaucracy for decades. It would be hard, but it might be possible for him to pull it off should he have a second term.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Blitzkrieg Against the Administrative State
How the Heritage Foundation and its right-wing allies plan to destroy pluralist government.
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Time is Running Out to Protect the Civil Service
As president, Trump had a plan to crush the federal workforce, replacing thousands of careerists with conservative cronies. The next GOP standard-bearer is likely to champion just such a purge.
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The Senate Can Stop Trump’s Plan to Gut the Civil Service
If the ex-president retakes the Oval Office, he’ll eviscerate the ranks of career government employees. There’s a way to stop him.
