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In February The BMJ allowed me, a US federal researcher, to publish anonymously two accounts of the anger, despair, harm, and chaos we are experiencing in our work.12 They had to be anonymous, as is this one, because federal workers like me fear reprisals in “the land of the free.” Six months later we are still here—quiet, busy, and scared. Those of us who need to pay for our homes and children’s school are thankful for the work, and we are pleased that we can still serve our country.