These essays are meant to provoke thought on where the country is headed and how badly things are going, and to propose solutions.

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Summary: Establishment media and politicians have raised alarm over President Trump’s efforts to cut the federal bureaucracy and make its top officials more loyal to him and his voters. How did we reach a point where national administrators—who wield immense power—see themselves as independent of the elected president? Why does it alarm elites when he expects the bureaucracy to carry out his program? The roots of this attitude go back to the original Progressive project to reshape American government. We are now witnessing the first serious effort since the 1930s to restore democratic accountability. In this Provocation, Ronald J. Pestritto explains how we got here—and what comes next.

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