In 'Blockers,' Michael Lewis highlights government workers who resisted DOGE
The $365 million Musk poured into Republican midterm races buys a lot of access, but Lewis is more interested in what it can't buy. The federal workers he calls blockers don't have war chests or Twitter followings. They have institutional memory and a stubborn attachment to process. That makes them a strange kind of hero in this story, and Lewis has always had a soft spot for people who are easy to overlook.
I think the book lands on an uncomfortable truth: power in Washington often moves at the speed of whoever controls the budget, but it can stall entirely when the people underneath refuse to cooperate. The blockers aren't trying to make headlines. They're trying to make sure the government doesn't break while someone is swinging an axe. Whether they win or lose, their quiet resistance is the part I'd want to know more about.