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The Brain Drain of The United States
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The Brain Drain of The United States

The dismantling of experience that took generations to build

Podcast (S2 EP 8): In just six months under Trump’s second term, the U.S. has lost hundreds of thousands of years of combined federal expertise due to mass firings, forced resignations, and voluntary departures.

More than 128,000 federal employees have been purged or pressured out, including thousands of senior-level scientists, engineers, policy experts, and public servants

…This unprecedented brain drain represents not just the loss of personnel, but also the dismantling of experience that took generations to build. All gone.

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