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May 5, 2025
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Democracy Restored Director Houston Keene on the Bureaucratic Meltdown Over Government Reform

In a new op-ed, Democracy Restored Director Houston Keene compares the federal bureaucracy to the iceberg that sank the Titanic: massive, slow-moving, and now, finally, cracking under pressure.

For years, unelected officials within the executive branch have quietly shaped and implemented policy without accountability. Now, they’re being asked a simple question — “What would you say you do here?” — and they can’t handle the heat.

The emotional outbursts have ranged from American flags flown upside-down in distress to breathless headlines warning of economic catastrophe and national security threats.

Keene doesn’t buy it.

“Do not be fooled by the opalescent cries from disgruntled federal employees or their anointed guardians,” he writes. “These are the final mews of a dying beast that knows the jig is up.”

The truth? These jobs were never meant to be permanent. The federal workforce was created to serve the American people, not to insulate itself from them. That’s why voters demanded change. Now we’re seeing what happens when icebergs cry.

Read the full piece here.

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