GINSBURG 2028  —  CAMPAIGN POST Before You Build the Arch, Know What the Ground Already Says. On thirteen years, two wars, one constitution, a view across a river, and a better idea.     Let us begin with a question. Not a hostile one — a genuine one. What, precisely, are we celebrating? The proposed Independence Arch is to stand 250 feet tall — one foot, its designers say, for every year of American independence. That is a striking image. It is also an answer to a question t

Restoring the Take Care Clause to Presidential Practice   Campaign Briefing: Fiscal Discipline, Constitutional Accountability, and Structural Oversight 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 14, 2026   I. The Most Powerful Office Nobody Talks About Most Americans have never heard of the Office of Management and Budget. That is part of the problem. OMB sits at the center of the executive branch’s financial and regulatory machinery. It prepares the President

Who Made Me — No. 3   Campaign Briefing: An Afternoon Post 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN   I have known a number of police officers over the course of my life. Some of them I knew only well enough to recognize. A few I knew well enough that they shaped the way I think. Two of them I still think about when I am faced with a situation that would, under ordinary circumstances, produce a highly emotional response in most people. Neither one of them was ordi

Domestic and International Review — Week of 13 April 2026 Current through 1200Z, 13 April 2026   |   Open-Source Intelligence Compilation     EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   The six-week US-Israeli military campaign against Iran (Operation Epic Fury) has entered a new and more volatile phase. A two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan on 7–8 April — contingent on Iranian reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — has failed to produce the promised freedom of navigation. Iran imposed tolls of ove

Why Structural Reform and Superficial Cost-Cutting Are Not the Same Thing   Campaign Briefing: Fiscal Discipline and Structural Oversight 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 13, 2026     I. The Announcement That Produces Applause and Accomplishes Nothing Every few years, a politician announces that they are going to cut government waste. The announcement is made at a podium, with conviction, to an approving crowd. A number is cited — billions of dollars

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Establishing the Presidential Advisory Council on Management and the Budget   Campaign Briefing: Fiscal Discipline and Structural Oversight 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 10, 2026   I. What the Federal Budget Actually Is The federal budget is more than a ledger. It is the operating soul of the government. Every dollar allocated is a decision about what this country values — what it is willing to build, protect, fund, and sustain on behalf of the pe

Merit, Service, and the Hiring Philosophy of This Administration   Campaign Briefing: Structural Reforms for Trustworthy Governance 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 9, 2026   I. The Question Nobody Asks Until It's Too Late When a new administration takes office, the public watches the Cabinet announcements. They read the biographies. They form impressions. And then, over the next several months, four thousand more people quietly fill positions throug

Government Contracts, Public Funds, and the Duty to Account for Every Dollar   Campaign Briefing: Structural Reforms for Trustworthy Governance 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 8, 2026       I. A Simple Principle That Got Lost The federal government does not have its own money. It has yours. Every contract it signs, every vendor it selects, every dollar it spends — that is money taken from American taxpayers through the constitutional authority of Co

What happened. Why it matters. What I think about it. Week of April 6, 2026  •  Martin A. Ginsburg, RN  •  presrun2028.net   Tomorrow, a deadline expires. President Trump set 8:00 PM Eastern on Tuesday, April 7th as the final, non-extendable moment for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — or face strikes on every power plant and bridge in the country. Day 38 of this war, and we are at the sharpest edge it has yet produced. I read across every major source available to this c

Restoring Order, Timelines, and Accountability to Federal Appointments   Campaign Briefing: Structural Reforms for Trustworthy Governance 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 7, 2026       I. What the Confirmation Process Was Supposed to Be The framers of the Constitution understood something simple: the President needed to fill positions, and the Senate needed to make sure those positions were filled by people qualified to hold them. Advice and consent

Who Made Me — No. 2   Campaign Briefing: An Afternoon Post 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN   My parents taught me two things that I have never been able to separate from each other, no matter how many years I have spent trying to understand either one on its own. My father taught me what honesty means. My mother taught me what it means to stand up — not just for yourself, but for someone else. I did not always recognize those lessons while they were being

Why This Administration Will Govern in the Open — By Design, Not by Convenience   Campaign Briefing: Structural Reforms for Trustworthy Governance 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 6, 2026   I. What Secrecy Costs Governments that do not trust their people to know the truth cannot be trusted to serve them. That is not a partisan observation. It is structural — as reliable and predictable as any other law of organizational behavior. When the executive b

GINSBURG 2028 The District Poverty Level (DPL) What it is, how it works, and why it matters to you — wherever you live The short version: The District Poverty Level is a single number, calculated each year for your specific Congressional District, that answers one question: how much does it actually cost to meet basic needs where you live?  Every federal program in the plans this camapaign is preparing to present uses that number as its baseline. Not a national average that f

A Plain Account of Executive Power and Why It Matters   Campaign Briefing: Public Understanding of Governance 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 3, 2026   I. The Most Honest Thing This Campaign Can Tell You Every candidate for president — every one — will at some point imply they can do things they cannot do. The promises get made in the rhythm of rallies and the heat of debates. The crowds respond. The commitments compound. And then the new president

The Strategic Logic Behind Cabinet Consolidation   Campaign Briefing: Restructuring the Executive — Cabinet Departments and the Modern Presidency 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 2, 2026   I. Proposing a New Map Is Easy. Building One Is Work. Yesterday we made the case for a redesigned Cabinet. Today we do the harder thing: we explain the criteria, show where consolidation makes sense, and project the costs and benefits honestly enough that you can e

A Proposal for Executive Structure Built for the 21st Century   Campaign Briefing: Restructuring the Executive — Cabinet Departments and the Modern Presidency 2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN April 1, 2026   I. The Cabinet We Have Is Not the Cabinet We Designed The American Cabinet was not handed down from the Founders as a fixed institution. It was built incrementally — department by department, across two centuries — in response to crises, political barg

CAMPAIGN POLICY BRIEF Judicial Independence — Ginsburg 2028  —  March 31, 2026  —  presrun2028.net     Today, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon issued a preliminary injunction halting construction of the proposed White House ballroom — a $400 million project , funded by private donors, built on the demolished site of the East Wing, without a single vote of Congress. The ruling was straightforward on the law: no statute comes close to giving any president that authority. But

What happened. Why it matters. What I think about it. Week of March 30, 2026  •  Martin A. Ginsburg, RN  •  presrun2028.net   This is the week the Iran war became something different. Not larger, necessarily. Different. The shooting is still happening. Iranian missiles hit Kuwaiti infrastructure Sunday. Israeli strikes have damaged 82,000 buildings across 20 Iranian provinces. The Strait of Hormuz is still closed and oil is trading above $100 a barrel. But the political frame

If You Don't Let Me Play, I'm Gonna Take My Ball and Go Home In 1994, John Kruk showed up to Philadelphia Phillies spring training wearing a t-shirt. He had just had surgery. Testicular cancer — one testicle removed. He came back anyway, ahead of schedule, against the advice of ownership, and he walked into camp wearing a shirt that read: "If you don't let me play, I'm gonna take my ball and go home." It is one of the great moments in the history of American defiance. A man w