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The Quartermaster: Paul Dans and the Quiet Weaponization of the Bureaucracy

The Quartermaster: Paul Dans and the Quiet Weaponization of the Bureaucracy

He doesn’t lead the purge. He writes the manual for how it should be done.

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He didn’t campaign. He didn’t go viral.
He didn’t rant about wokeness or scream about immigrants on cable news.
But if your federal agency suddenly feels colder, leaner, and more loyal, Paul Dans did that.

He wasn’t the general. He was the logistician.
He didn’t shout about the deep state. He built a replacement for it.

You probably haven’t seen his face. Bu…

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