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WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING How the Administration Dismantled the Inspectors General — the Watchdogs Built to Hold Government Accountable
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- Jun 25, 2026
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Send us Fan Mail On January 24, 2025, the Trump administration fired seventeen federal inspectors general by email. Two sentences. No cause given. No thirty days' notice to Congress, as the law requires. This episode documents how the administration has systematically dismantled the independent oversight infrastructure that holds executive power accountable — and what that costs ordinary Americans. What's in This Episode • Who the inspectors general are, what they do, and why Congress built...