A timely research paper looking at SSA staff cuts in the 1980s found that it led to tens of thousands of Americans not getting their earned benefits.
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The Case for a Shadow Cabinet
High-energy progressives can provide a compelling daily account of everything going wrong and coordinate opposition to the Trump-Musk nightmare.
Posted inTAP
Trump Trumps His War on the Administrative State
Today on TAP: When courts rule against him and he’s already neutered an agency, it’s that agency, not the courts, that his lawyers say should rule.
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How I Am Standing Up to DOGE
The California congressman explains why the upheaval of federal agencies is ineffective and a pretext for tax cuts for the rich.
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Trump’s Politics of Cruelty
Will it be one more source of division, or will Trump’s sadism unite Americans against him?
Posted inEconomic Policy
CFPB to Employees: When We Said Stop Work, We Didn’t Mean Stop Work!
The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing. So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA.
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Elon Musk’s Looming Disease Holocaust
The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Crisis at the VA
On our live show, David and Suzanne Gordon discuss developments damaging the Veterans Health Administration and its prodigious research functions.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Plot to Destroy the CFPB
Declarations in a court case involving the union of the consumer protection agency detail a desire to whittle it down to ‘five men in a room.’
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Elon Musk’s Slash-and-Burn Approach Is Bound to Cause Mayhem, Efficiency Experts Say
There are much more effective ways to improve government than cutting ‘to the bone.’