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Don Moynihan

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Don Moynihan writes Can We Still Govern?, a personal blog at donmoynihan.substack.com about politics and economics. Since 2022, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Life Under a Clicktatorship”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.

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Improving the quality of government, public policy, reducing administrative burdens. Click to read "Can We Still Govern?", by Don Moynihan, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Life Under a Clicktatorship
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-07
  2. Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-20

What Hacker News says?

  1. ZeroGravitas · 2025-03-10

    Submitted Real Chilling Effects as a story · 185 points

    HN discussion
  2. jseliger · 2022-06-09

    Submitted Why is American administrative capacity in decline? as a story · 109 points

    HN discussion
  3. _tk_ · 2026-01-17

    Submitted What life is like in Minneapolis now as a story · 71 points

    HN discussion
  4. hn_acker · 2026-10-03

    Submitted The System for Using Evidence to Improve Federal Programs Has Been Gutted as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  5. browserman · 2024-06-29

    Submitted The Money Coup: What the fall of Chevron deference means for state capacity as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  6. hn_acker · 2026-10-10

    Submitted America.gov: Branding in Search of a Product as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. NomNew · 2026-03-26

    Submitted Federal government employees are not ok as a story · 6 points

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  8. hn1986 · 2024-10-22

    Submitted Elon Musk and the Whistleblower as a story · 6 points

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  9. hn_acker · 2026-09-19

    Submitted Which stories about academia matter? as a story · 4 points

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  10. tastyface · 2026-04-22

    Submitted Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto as a story · 4 points

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  11. tastyface · 2025-08-28

    Submitted The Authoritarian Checklist as a story · 4 points

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  12. hn_acker · 2026-10-04

    Submitted DOGE vs. Civic Tech as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. cdrnsf · 2026-04-20

    Submitted Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. mooreds · 2026-01-16

    Submitted Life Under a Clicktatorship as a story · 3 points

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  15. xrd · 2022-06-01

    Submitted Anatomy of a Fake News Story as a story · 3 points

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  16. hn_acker · 2026-10-04

    Submitted What Did Civic Tech Learn in the Last Decade? as a story · 2 points

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  17. NomNew · 2026-09-02

    Submitted Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax as a story · 2 points

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  18. hn_acker · 2026-08-11

    Submitted Election candidate who quit still beat the other candidate because of his name as a story · 2 points

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  19. jamesgill · 2026-07-17

    Submitted A Year On: The DOGE Disaster as a story · 2 points

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  20. paulpauper · 2023-01-22

    Submitted When policymakers add administrative burdens while expanding access as a story · 2 points

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  21. toomuchtodo · 2026-08-13

    Submitted Norway in a Nutshell as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. melicerte · 2026-01-07

    Submitted Life Under a Clicktatorship as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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