The doj in particular has had an egregious exodus of career talent too. And the thing is, that these people aren't coming back. The private sector has always been better. They'll get jobs on the outside and won't come back. We've already seen it with doctors who got doge'd. The bureaucrats (who let it happen in first place) finally convinced their political overseers that "hey we need doctors for this hospital" and got approval to rehire. But get doctors won't rehire, bc even at the best of times govt service sucks.
Bad political hires are an incredibly dangerous risk for when there is an emergency requiring competency and leadership. I would prefer many fewer political hires, more competency, and more legally-firewalled independence.
