{"product_id":"blockers-rebels-in-the-deep-state","title":"Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lewis, Michael\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 06-10-2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e An inside look at the early days of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, as told by the public servants it targeted and one of America’s best storytellers.\u003cbr\u003e\nBlockers. It wasn’t a compliment. In the new Washington, it was the worst thing you could be―especially if you worked in the federal government and wanted to keep your job. A Blocker was a holdover, an impediment, someone who didn't get the message―and, most of all, someone who didn't belong.\u003cbr\u003e\nMichael Lewis found six of them.\u003cbr\u003e\nBlockers is the story of people who believed they had a calling, who were convinced they were doing something the country couldn’t do without, and then discovered they were no longer wanted. One kept Americans’ most sensitive tax data out of the wrong hands and another made sure that politicians and civil servants played by the rules. One figured out how to stop wildfires from destroying suburban neighborhoods, another helped uncover the mysteries of cystic fibrosis.\u003cbr\u003e\nThere was also a security guard.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt should come as no surprise that the writer who made subprime mortgages gripping (The Big Short) and who turned baseball statistics into poetry (Moneyball) could transform the first two years of the second Trump administration into a thriller about federal employees. But he does.\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd he does something else. He puts before us a clear question: If these public servants can’t survive in government today, then what does that say about us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324131656\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54106116129051,"sku":"1324131659","price":26.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1008\/0580\/4315\/files\/71AP90Yp-oL.jpg?v=1791232546","url":"https:\/\/brooklynsells.com\/products\/blockers-rebels-in-the-deep-state","provider":"BROOKLYN SELLS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}