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Governing without Accountability

Trump only wants to be President of some of America, not all of America.

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Don Moynihan
Aug 13, 2026
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Don Moynihan is the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Subscribe to his Substack, Can We Still Govern?

A huge source of federal power is the distribution of contracts and grants. The Trump administration is exercising that power by limiting the flow of resources on purely …

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Guggenheim Fellow, Professor of Public Policy, Ford School, University of Michigan. Immigrant. Researches and teaches about state capacity, tech in government, administrative burdens, and politicization.
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