"The fundamental mandate of the executive branch is nothing less than the project management of the United States...The more we impoverish the public sphere of mutual benefit, the more we rely on the unpredictable patronage of an unelected elite."
Published in 2019, this remains relevant as ever 🔽
Published in 2019, this remains relevant as ever 🔽
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Places Journal
“If the Trump administration can install flunkies in positions at every level of the executive branch, it’s because we‘ve never paid enough attention to all the functions government performs,” Nancy Levinson wrote in 2019. “Our ignorance, or inattention, has enabled Donald Trump.”
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