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Against the Rules: Blockers Companion Podcast

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Michael Lewis’s latest book Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State tells the story of federal civil servants who risked — and in most cases, lost — their jobs in the early days of the second Trump administration. In this companion series, we hear about how Lewis reported the book and what kind of government we’re left…

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Against the Rules: Blockers Companion Podcast

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