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Sarah Longwell

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

I just learned why my mean drunk grandfather was a mean drunk and as a liberal it was a hard lesson because it turns out he worked for the WPA on a road crew and that's how he broke his back and turned into the misanthrope who ruined all our lives. So it's really hard for a liberal to know that the New Deal is responsible for an entire family crumbling for decades.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

One?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

One?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

One?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

Which is his right.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

Which is his right.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

Which is his right.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

and keep them safe for us. Like when I was going to see those Matthew Brady cases, I had an ink pen. dass ich Noten mitgebracht habe. Und wir mussten zurĂŒck in jemanden's Office gehen und mir einen Pencil geben, weil sie so ernsthaft daran sind, all diese Rechner zu kĂŒmmern. Ink kann die Rechner verletzen und ein Pencil kann erlöscht werden.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

and keep them safe for us. Like when I was going to see those Matthew Brady cases, I had an ink pen. dass ich Noten mitgebracht habe. Und wir mussten zurĂŒck in jemanden's Office gehen und mir einen Pencil geben, weil sie so ernsthaft daran sind, all diese Rechner zu kĂŒmmern. Ink kann die Rechner verletzen und ein Pencil kann erlöscht werden.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

and keep them safe for us. Like when I was going to see those Matthew Brady cases, I had an ink pen. dass ich Noten mitgebracht habe. Und wir mussten zurĂŒck in jemanden's Office gehen und mir einen Pencil geben, weil sie so ernsthaft daran sind, all diese Rechner zu kĂŒmmern. Ink kann die Rechner verletzen und ein Pencil kann erlöscht werden.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

Also mussten wir zurĂŒckgehen, mir einen Pencil geben, damit ich nichts verletze. Sie sind sehr ernsthafte Leute und kein Nonsens. Und es gibt all diese Regeln, die belegen, wie NARA funktioniert, vor allem das PrĂ€sidentenrechnerrecht, vor allem, wie sie How would you put that with the ERA thing? Like they're the ones who put these new amendments into the Constitution, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

Also mussten wir zurĂŒckgehen, mir einen Pencil geben, damit ich nichts verletze. Sie sind sehr ernsthafte Leute und kein Nonsens. Und es gibt all diese Regeln, die belegen, wie NARA funktioniert, vor allem das PrĂ€sidentenrechnerrecht, vor allem, wie sie How would you put that with the ERA thing? Like they're the ones who put these new amendments into the Constitution, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

Also mussten wir zurĂŒckgehen, mir einen Pencil geben, damit ich nichts verletze. Sie sind sehr ernsthafte Leute und kein Nonsens. Und es gibt all diese Regeln, die belegen, wie NARA funktioniert, vor allem das PrĂ€sidentenrechnerrecht, vor allem, wie sie How would you put that with the ERA thing? Like they're the ones who put these new amendments into the Constitution, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

So there are whole processes that they're all going to follow to the letter because they're actually, I mean, Michael Lewis, his whole thing is, let's take something you think is boring and make it interesting. My whole thing is like, no, this thing you all think is so interesting is actually super boring and that's how it should be.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

So there are whole processes that they're all going to follow to the letter because they're actually, I mean, Michael Lewis, his whole thing is, let's take something you think is boring and make it interesting. My whole thing is like, no, this thing you all think is so interesting is actually super boring and that's how it should be.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

So there are whole processes that they're all going to follow to the letter because they're actually, I mean, Michael Lewis, his whole thing is, let's take something you think is boring and make it interesting. My whole thing is like, no, this thing you all think is so interesting is actually super boring and that's how it should be.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

And the National Archives is completely, you know, nonpartisan and just follows the law. But because, I mean, the interesting thing is, if you, like one of the strains of American thought that goes into whatever this madness we're in right now with firing the federal workforce is suspicion of the government, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

And the National Archives is completely, you know, nonpartisan and just follows the law. But because, I mean, the interesting thing is, if you, like one of the strains of American thought that goes into whatever this madness we're in right now with firing the federal workforce is suspicion of the government, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

And the National Archives is completely, you know, nonpartisan and just follows the law. But because, I mean, the interesting thing is, if you, like one of the strains of American thought that goes into whatever this madness we're in right now with firing the federal workforce is suspicion of the government, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

Like, NARA's function since Watergate and since the Freedom of Information Act is to provide us the access to our own records so that the government is held accountable. So if you're suspicious of the government, which all of these, you know, government efficiency people seem to be, NARA is the place to go to confirm your suspicions.