Michael Lewis on "Blockers": Profiling government workers confronted by DOGE

The latest book by the bestselling author of “The Big Short” and “Moneyball” profiles federal workers targeted by President Trump and his mega-donor Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The latest book by the bestselling author of "The Big Short" and "Moneyball" profiles federal workers targeted by President Trump and his mega-donor Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Author Michael Lewis believes most Americans do not know that civil servants in the federal government take an oath of office. "I didn't know," he said. "I don't think I knew even after I'd written a whole book about them. So, I assume not." "I, ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

So help me God."– Civil Service Oath of Office, U.S. Code § 3331. For Lewis, pursuing knowledge is a calling. He has conjured up bestsellers and box-office hits out of deep-dives into data, from Wall Street ("The Big Short," "Liar's Poker"), to the NFL ("The Blind Side"), to baseball ("Moneyball"). Lewis likes to challenge assumptions, including those about the occupants of Washington's federal buildings – government workers, sometimes derided as faceless bureaucrats. "That's the stereotype," Lewis