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Sarah Longwell and Jonathan V. Last: The Lonely Boy Club

The Bulwark Podcast

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Loyalty vs. Service: The Politics of Government Transformation

This chapter examines the shift of the federal government towards personal loyalty and the implications of replacing nonpartisan bureaucrats with political appointees. It highlights the contradictions within the oil and gas sector and the anxieties of elites regarding the potential economic fallout from proposed tariffs, revealing a complex relationship between political support and accountability.

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