Gabe Menchaca
@gabemenchaca.bsky.social
(Re)Building an effective civil service and a government with the capacity to dream big at @niskanencenter.bsky.social, formerly White House Office of Management & Budget M-Team & @ourpublicservice.bsky.social.
Trump’s OMB director, Russ Vought, wants to politicize federal grantmaking in the name of greater “accountability.” His plan will kneecap agencies, erode innovation, weaken U.S. competitiveness, and waste taxpayer dollars.
Congress Should Stop Russ Vought’s Latest Power Grab
Trump’s OMB director wants to politicize federal grantmaking. His plan will undercut Congress, erode innovation, and waste taxpayer dollars.
washingtonmonthly.com
Bullying Anthropic won’t fix the government’s real problem: it shouldn’t be so dependent on private firms in the first place. Read Gabe Menchaca: hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/hegseths-w...
The future we feared is already here, but we can still change it. @gabemenchaca.bsky.social explains what the Anthropic mess tells us about contracting in the age of AI; browse around for all of our essays on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/hegseths-w...
Hegseth’s war on Anthropic is the wrong answer to the right question
The government is too reliant on private software vendors for core mission work and AI will make this much worse. Forcing companies to work at gunpoint won’t fix things.
hypertext.niskanencenter.org
Ezra Klein@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe Future We Feared Is Already Here www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/o...
