[zbentley]

> a GS will ALWAYS be subordinate to a political appointee

It’s worth being specific about what is meant by “political appointee” here. That term has specific legal meaning in the context of federal staffing, and (as I understand it, not a lawyer) is not the same thing as “GS employee who was hired as part of an administration’s political agenda”.

[AndrewKemendo]

Cause a “political” GS is not a thing hence why they have either congressional appointment or alternative pathway to political appointment