"While 19th-century patronage was transparently transactional— #jobs for political support—this iteration comes wrapped in #Orwellian language about "merit."
The contradictions are glaring. Applicants must explain their "commitment to the #Constitution" while pledging to "advance the President's Executive Orders"—but what happens when those orders violate the Constitution? The structure makes clear which loyalty matters more."
https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/how-to-dismantle-a-democracy-one