“... they want to extricate themselves from all this crap prior to the election.”
At some level in the rank & file FIB agents that may be happening. In our neighborhood we have two or three families that either the Dad or the Mom works for the FIB. I have met them over the years usually at the pool or a sub-division social event. I know that one of the moms who is an agent has stopped attending any events of any kind. I ran into her at the grocery store a few months ago and casually asked where had she been keeping herself? She said that the word had come down (unofficially) that implied it could be dangerous for her to let the general public know what she did and/or where she lived. So she had quietly withdrawn from local events.
I worked the last two censuses - but I don't think I'm going to work the next one.
I don't think the populace of normal people are happy with the federalis these days.
Ah yes. Part of the mark of a cult is insisting on members cutting off contact with everyone outside of the cult.