Clearly our priorities are perverse. Our government punishes the good guys and lets, in some cases, the really bad guys help run the show and set the agendas.

This is an area where the federal government falls flat on its face.

It is undeniable that unprecedented numbers of government whistleblowers face retaliation with no adequate protections. We are stunned that the Congress is offended to hear the truth about its failure to help whistleblowers and are even punishing their own seasoned researchers for talking about it.

Important meetings take place between the Clerk and whichever government wins to go over the priorities of government, how the government is set up, where the bathroom is, things like that. It obviously changes whether there's an incumbent government or a new government, but those kinds of things continue to happen regardless.

It's something we have to decide as a country. What are our priorities?

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