Dave, your breakdown of the Justice Department’s corruption-for-policy play is as sharp as ever. The mass resignations and Sassoon’s letter aren’t just acts of defiance—they’re signals that even the most establishment-aligned lawyers see the rot setting in. What’s unfolding isn’t just transactional corruption; it’s the dismantling of an independent civil service in real time.
This isn’t happening in isolation. Trump and Musk’s push to gut federal agencies, as you reference in Applebaum’s piece, is the Gilded Age patronage system reanimated—where loyalty to the boss trumps competence and the public good. It’s not just a power grab; it’s a fire sale of governance itself.
I took a deep dive into this in my latest piece, Government for Sale, looking at how the spoils system nearly wrecked the country before reformers fought back. We’ve been here before, and history shows what’s at stake. https://forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/government-for-sale
Grateful that some on the other side are willing to take principled stand. Those are the people we need to stand in the gap. Here's to the true conservatives who are in those rooms and courageous to call it out.
Dave, your breakdown of the Justice Department’s corruption-for-policy play is as sharp as ever. The mass resignations and Sassoon’s letter aren’t just acts of defiance—they’re signals that even the most establishment-aligned lawyers see the rot setting in. What’s unfolding isn’t just transactional corruption; it’s the dismantling of an independent civil service in real time.
This isn’t happening in isolation. Trump and Musk’s push to gut federal agencies, as you reference in Applebaum’s piece, is the Gilded Age patronage system reanimated—where loyalty to the boss trumps competence and the public good. It’s not just a power grab; it’s a fire sale of governance itself.
I took a deep dive into this in my latest piece, Government for Sale, looking at how the spoils system nearly wrecked the country before reformers fought back. We’ve been here before, and history shows what’s at stake. https://forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/government-for-sale
The whale mouth blurb made me laugh. Thank you.
Grateful that some on the other side are willing to take principled stand. Those are the people we need to stand in the gap. Here's to the true conservatives who are in those rooms and courageous to call it out.
Wow, that Abby story is something special. Thank you for highlighting it.