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The quiet coup: How Trump is dismantling the government to consolidate power
Trump Is Not “Reforming” the Civil Service. He Is Capturing It.The Point Was Never EfficiencyThe reporting centers on a familiar Trump move: pressure the machinery of government until it stops resisting him. According to the article, the White House pushed the Merit Systems Protection Board behind the scenes, and the board’s ruling weakened the main path federal workers use to challenge dismissals. That is not bureaucratic housekeeping. It is the deliberate dismantling of the rules that let civil servants do their jobs without political blackmail.Power Sits at the Top, and It Is Acting Like…
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