Akhil Rajan

Pronounced "Uck-hill" | Prev: @WhiteHouse46, @USDA, @HarrisonJaime, @Yale, @UniofOxford

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

Yale Law School….what’s going on there….

[asad ramzanali @asad09]

I’ve got a new report w/ @AkhilVik recommending AI Neutrality. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google control ~90% of AI model API revenues. They also compete with their customers, creating unavoidable conflicts of interest and opportunities to abuse power. https://t.co/MPPD684cbX

[Jerusalem @JerusalemDemsas]

New poll from @TheArgumentMag today shows nearly 30% of young people believe AI could replace them in their job in the next 5 years... @lxeagle17 reports.

[Jeff Stein @jstein_notus]

SCOOP: The House tax bill includes a carve out sought behind the scenes by a $75 billion private credit giant

The firm is owned by billionaire brothers Lawrence & David Golub, who have given $2 million in campaign contributions since 2020

The provision, an exemption to a global minimum tax related to the Virgin Islands, will cost the US close to $1 billion

Experts of the left & right tell me they are baffled by the public policy purpose of the change & worry it will fuel profit shifting out of the US

Golub's affiliate paid lobbyists +$500K to get the exemption from Congress, which also enjoyed support from the Virgin Islands government

[Michael Negron @mnegron01]

New report from me and @Groundwork on Trump’s broken promise to lower prices on day one. Instead, he has chosen to put the country on the path to stagflation despite plenty of warning that his campaign tariff promises could wreck the economy

[Lina Khan @linamkhan]

Direct File let people file their taxes for free.

The Trump administration plans to end the program.

A big gift to TurboTax and H&R Block. Both spent years tricking people by dishonestly claiming their services were free.

https://t.co/QEfGJNbJmz

[Natasha Sarin @NatashaRSarin]

This is a totally nonsensical set of statements.

JP Morgan alone spends about 30x what the IRS does on IT modernization annually

(And serves fewer people of course, since IRS deals with every household and business every year.)

[Jonathan @jonathanmb32]

Every time I hear about the new program that DOGE has gutted I think about this

[Akhil Rajan @AkhilVik]

@BBKogan And even if the cuts are to taxpayer services instead, they're making it harder for Americans to file taxes.

Returning to the pre-IRA 30 min wait times for help as we hit peak filing season is not very efficient IMO!

[BNO News @BNOFeed]

JUST IN: USDA says it accidentally fired several officials working on bird flu.

"We are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters," a spokesperson says.

[Zachary Liscow @ZLiscow]

This is how DOGE is making our government *less* efficient. Firing the people who conduct the benefit-cost analysis of transportation grants will cause worse decisions. It's penny wise, pound foolish. Their salaries are tiny compared to what they can do to deliver cost savings.

[Lindsay Owens @owenslindsay1]

We’ve got to do better comms around the federal worker purge. We can’t stop at fired workers. It has to be about what that means for folks across the country. No one inspecting your baby’s food, ensuring you aren’t scammed by your lender, or forcing the wealthy pay their taxes.

[noah @capsboybebop]

as a philadelphia eagles fan since february 2025 i can’t put into words how much this all means to me

[Jason Leopold @JasonLeopold]

🚨🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets

Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
https://t.co/I4Fimayk6V

[Akhil Rajan @AkhilVik]

But most importantly, I think it would require taking on some additional level of risk—and allowing that, to move fast, we have to accept that we might not always get it right.

[Akhil Rajan @AkhilVik]

Really enjoyed this fascinating piece by @pahlkadot in the NYT on policy implementation today—a subject that’s too often overlooked. But I don’t think DOGE is the answer even if liberals could be the ones to helm it. Long and wonky thread TK!

[Akhil Rajan @AkhilVik]

And, in fact, it also probably requires something of an anti-DOGE, which is focused on building up the talent in our state and local governments.