A complex environment can't be solved by process; it has to be solved through collective expertise.

It's time to take risks. We can't keep doing this pendulum swing.

They cut out the heart of the civil service. We're dangerously unprepared for these threats.

Democracy and science are linked. You can't have a vibrant scientific community if you don't have a vibrant democracy.

Democracy and science are linked. You can't have a vibrant scientific community if you don't have a vibrant democracy.

We have to determine ways that are creative and forward looking; otherwise, the shadow of the past holds the future hostage.

A podcast by former feds who got the fork out of government service.

The story of our civil servants is the story of America in 2025.

Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.

The fire's on, the water's boiling, and people are starting to feel the heat. No one's coming to save us.

Terrorism is the effort to coerce a civilian population or influence government policy by violent criminal acts. That’s exactly what the rioters were trying to do.

What we're seeing right now happen with the intelligence community is almost a deprecation of what is going to be available to the private sector.

What's your plan? Our plan is to survive and go where we need to go to survive.

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I remember I wrote in my journal, "Democracy died today."

There aren't any metaphysical guardrails that are going to protect America. The guardrails are us, so it is dependent upon us to say, "No. This is not okay."