Debunking the "Deep State"

I recently checked in on one of my oldest friends, whom I met in college and who eventually went to work for the federal government, to find out how she’s doing amid the massive purge of the federal workforce orchestrated by Elon Musk, the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) - the quotation marks are intended to denote sarcasm - and President Trump. She’s been in the Civil Service for 41 years, and she’s trying to retire before she is laid off. However, it’s been a struggle for their hu...