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Back Porch Files: The Loyalty Résumé
This episode from the Back Porch Files looks at the Trump administration’s growing reliance on what might be called “the loyalty résumé”: placing people in powerful government roles not because they are the best qualified for the job, but because they are loyal, useful, famous, ideologically aligned, or willing to serve the movement. From public health and education to defense, intelligence, federal law enforcement, and DOGE, the episode argues that underqualification is not just a personnel problem. It is a governing philosophy, and one that weakens institutions by replacing expertise with…
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