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Abigail Spanberger is reading Jennifer Pahlka Ezra Klein Derek Thompson. She's watching MATLOCK. rvamag.com/politics/abiga…

Go see Legend of Ochi this weekend!!

Thrilled to have been invited to join the panel on MSNBC's 11th Hour with Stephanie Rhule on Friday. Named Jennifer Pahlka my MVP for the week. The Nightcap: Trump tests executive power on immigration, economy msnbc.com/11th-hour/watc… via @msnbc

"Jennifer Pahlka is starting a new movement from the ground up to ... talk about how government can work again in effective ways...she's my MVP of the week." Marc J. Dunkelman to Stephanie Ruhle

The Clinton Administration had a vision not unlike the current one: - cut red tape - improve technology - reengineer processes to be faster and leaner. But they became so obsessed with cutting headcount that they lost sight of the broader reforms.

The Peter principle of bureaucracy: Congress will keep adding missions to a successful agency until it is no longer competent.

OK, we've imagined the Abundance omelet. Now, which eggs should we break, and how? That analysis must begin with a grasp on how the law promotes scarcity and where legal tools can crack it. It also reveals the bigger-than-Dem dimension to this.

This is worth a read and a good reminder not to let fear of what DOGE is doing scare us into hobbling our digital competence. We're not well-positioned to do a lot of what Luukas suggests, but we should find our own way to something as effective as Estonia's system.

Aaaaand just like that!

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Congressman Tom Barrett People who truly care about this topic need to read this masterpiece on the topic by Jennifer Pahlka. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_…

Work requirements are welfare for Deloitte.

Another absolute banger from Santi Ruiz 💪🇺🇸 statecraft.pub/p/how-to-build…

Reminder: Only 14% of US residents are immigrants. But immigrants are responsible for 36% of aggregate innovation. Two-thirds of this contribution is due to making their native-born collaborators better.

"Complexity rewards demagogues." - Catherine Rampell on the Ezra Klein show

Same.

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 w/ Elmendorf & Hubbard. We find: - Growth-enhancing policies almost certainly cannot stabilize federal debt on their own - But such policies can reduce the tax hikes/spending cuts needed to stabilize debt - We need more research here

Thinking a lot about what an "AI job displacement safety net benefit" looks like after listening to the Dwarkesh Patel pod this weekend. One opinion I am 90% confident in, but need to write out clearly: it should NOT be built on top of the existing Unemployment Insurance program

Co-sign.