She Quit a 25-Year Federal Career, Then Ran for Congress | Amanda Bell
Amanda Bell spent 25 years as a USGS water-quality scientist and rose to deputy director, then DOGE cuts and forced firings pushed her out, and she's now running for Congress in Wisconsin's 6th District. In this Breaking the Meta interview, she breaks down what she saw inside the federal government, why she refused to falsify employee records, and how a grassroots, no-PAC-money campaign plans to flip one of the most gerrymandered districts in the country.
We get into the "Valentine's Day Massacre" layoffs, the cost-of-living squeeze and private equity buying up small Wisconsin towns, what…
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