When Loyalty Becomes Currency: The New Architecture of Governance

On January 20th, 2025, the revolving door didn’t just keep spinning. It lost its hinges. For 64 years we’ve watched the same pattern repeat: warning, scandal, regulation, scandal, repeat. But what happens when someone removes the friction entirely? When loyalty becomes the only credential that matters? This week we’re walking the documented architecture of how people move between government and industry, who profits, and what it costs everyone else. We’ll trace the paper trail from Eisenhower’s warning to today. And we’ll show you what Pam Bondi’s exit tells us about power in 2025.