“I don’t think we’re going to see a dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education because it would require an act of Congress.”

Molly Reynolds was interviewed on C-SPAN about the opening day of the 119th Congress.

“Some would argue that with TikTok shutting down, they could wipe out about $1.3 billion in U.S. small business and creator revenue within just one month.” 

Elaine Kamarck spoke to CNN about the federal workforce under former President Bill Clinton. 

“Tech companies do not have the market incentive to exercise that kind of cultural sensitivity in most instances.”

You and I are entitled to know who’s donating to the [presidential] transition, because there could be lots of conflicts of interest.

Rachel Perera spoke to Education Week about the ways Trump can weaken the Department of Education.

You cannot touch social security payments, veterans’ retirement payments or people’s medicare reimbursements without getting statutory changes, [which DOGE cannot do].

Mitch McConnell ‘may be having the effect he wants’ if the two appellate judges are ‘wavering’ about whether to keep to their retirement plans.

Elaine Kamarck’s work on government efficiency was quoted during a CNN segment, comparing Trump’s plans to cut inefficient bureaucracy with austerity policy in Argentina. 

Sarah Binder explained in a New York Times article how Trump’s attempts to undermine the Senate confirmation process could weaken its oversight powers in the future.

E.J. Dionne’s column about his hometown’s cessation of its Democratic voting record amid a collapse of working class voters’ support for Democrats was quoted in the Fall River...