Explain It to Me cover image

DeVos, Rigged Polls, and Quitting Bureaucrats

Explain It to Me

00:00

Is There a Backstop to Education?

The Education Department is one of the more little bit more insulated departments. It's just kind of weak. The Trump administration is entering a civil bureaucracy that hates it. You need to build a lot of consensus, which is also on its own, just complicated in some ways dysfunctional. And I think there's a risk of this kind of paralysis being slowed down and not getting things done. Torque Bannue: One thing with Devos is it's actually really hard to get things done out of the Ed Department because they're not that powerful.

Play episode from 21:48
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app