Edwin talks to Don Moynihan, University of Michigan Ford School’s J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy and author of the Can We Still Govern? Substack newsletter. Moynihan highlighted the dangers of "administrative vandalism," citing examples like the Trump administration's firing of one-fifth of nuclear weapons employees and the layoffs of public health employees at the CDC and USDA workers. He warned of potential catastrophic failures and long-term erosion in scientific research and higher education, and emphasized the importance of a non-politicized civil service.

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