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The "Deep State" and Its Discontents: A Series By American Purpose

Unleash the Sheep State
Civil service reform should empower the flock, not just cull the herd.
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michael bennon
Why the Civil Service Matters
And how it is under threat by DOGE.
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Francis Fukuyama
1
The Execution of Humphrey’s Executor
Why removing “for cause” protections would return us to the 19th century spoils system.
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Paul Verkuil
A Civil Service In Crisis
Americans are counting on public servants. But who’d want to be one?
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Peter Morrissey
1
Larry Diamond on the Spreading Crisis of Democracy
It's worse than you thought.
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Francis Fukuyama
1
The Folly of Firing
What Musk gets wrong about making government smaller and cheaper, and why it matters.
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Don Kettl
3
Schedule F Is Here
And it’s much worse than you thought.
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Francis Fukuyama
20
The Damage Trump Is Doing
When Trump finishes gutting the administrative state, there will be no one left to govern.
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Paul Verkuil
1
We Need Policy Implementers, Not Policy Makers
Why the United States can’t buy technology.
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Francis Fukuyama
2
The DOGE Death Star Must Be Stopped
Trump’s cost-cutting entity is an unworkable fiasco.
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Don Kettl
1
Confronting Our Autocrat-In-Waiting: Part II
Larry Diamond offers a list of concrete prescriptions for beating back incipient authoritarianism.
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Larry Diamond
1
Gunfight in DOGE City
In moving fast, the incoming administration is likely to tie itself up in years of litigation.
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Francis Fukuyama
4
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