The hose fit the fire hydrant and your house is still standing.
Thank a “Blocker”
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Blockers is the story of people who believed they had a calling, who were convinced they were doing something the country couldn’t do without, and then discovered they were no longer wanted.
One kept Americans’ most sensitive tax data out of the wrong hands and another made sure that politicians and civil servants played by the rules. One figured out how to stop wildfires from destroying suburban neighborhoods, another uncovered the mysteries of cystic fibrosis.
It should come as no surprise that the writer who made subprime mortgages gripping (The Big Short) and who turned baseball statistics into poetry (Moneyball) could transform the first two years of the second Trump administration into a thriller about federal employees. But he does.
WHEN GOVERNMENT WORKS, NO ONE NOTICES.
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Your tax refund went to you, instead of a stranger who filed for it in your name.
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Another uneventful elevator ride.
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The bridge you crossed today didn’t collapse.
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You drank straight from the tap and didn’t think twice.
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Your flight landed safely.
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You paid for a pound of butter and you got a pound of butter.
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Your ballpark hot dog is delicious instead of deadly.
Thank a “Blocker”If civil servants can’t survive in government today, then what does that say about us?
Discover the experts who quietly ran the country—and why that made them targets.
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