OVERRIDE: INSIDE THE REVOLUTION REWIRING AMERICAN POWER
How @POTUS + @DOGE cracked Washington's administrative state, starting with Treasury and USAID. The revolution is just beginning. 🧵
The clock struck 2 AM on January 21st, 2025...
Four young coders sat in Treasury’s basement.
Their screens cast blue light across government desks.
Their mission?
Crack the deep state.
“We’re in,” Akash typed.
“All of it.”
Within hours: $17 billion in waste exposed.
No committees.
No approvals.
No red tape.
Just four coders with a bunch of laptops.
Moving faster than bureaucracy could react.
By the time resistance drafted its first memo…
Three more systems were already mapped.
But this wasn’t a hack.
This wasn’t a breach.
This was authorized disruption.
Behind them stood 1,000 pre-vetted personnel.
The most prepared transition team in American history.
“How many weeks left?” the President asked daily.
“Enough to change everything.”
“This is the new normal,”
@JDVance declared earlier from his West Wing office.
While media focused on confirmation hearings…
A revolution was already spreading.
“He’s having the time of his life,” Vance added.
Because the permanent bureaucracy never saw it coming.
USAID fell next.
No midnight raids.
No secret algorithms.
Just one memo:
“Pursuant to Executive Authority…”
Career officials panicked.
Why?
Because USAID—created by executive order—could vanish with a single signature.
Six decades of hidden networks suddenly faced sunlight.
The pattern was devastating in its simplicity:
1 Map the money flows
2 Deploy aligned personnel
3 Expose the networks
4 Restructure the systems
By the time bureaucrats drafted objections to one breach…
Three more had occurred.
The scale is breathtaking:
EPA climate billions? Not just mapped.
Found unauthorized programs in 47 states.
Education’s DEI maze? Not just exposed.
Revealed coordination across 1,200 programs.
Intelligence black budgets? Not just traced.
Uncovered patterns hidden for 30 years.
“Wait till you see what’s next,” an insider warns.
The resistance is trying everything:
Slow-walking decisions? Failed.
Leaking to media? Backfired.
Claiming “expertise”? Collapsed.
Veiled threats and inciting violence? FAFO.
You can’t slow-walk what’s already inside.
You can’t leak what’s already transparent.
You can’t claim expertise against hard data.
Coming soon, across Washington:
Career officials who survived every reform since Reagan… start calling headhunters.
A Deputy Director’s LinkedIn status might read:
“Open to opportunities.”
An Agency Chief:
“Exploring new challenges.”
A Bureau Head:
“Time for change.”
Not yet Feb 6, but the exodus has already begun.
Meanwhile, across America… soon we'll see extraordinary things happening:
Springfield, Ohio: Potholes fixed overnight.
Rural Tennessee: Broadband finally arrived.
Michigan: Water systems upgraded.
Government… working.
POTUS @realDonaldTrump has done more in two weeks than Biden did in four years and Obama did in eight
Why?
Because this wasn’t just speed.
This wasn’t just tech.
This wasn’t just personnel.
It was all three, perfectly aligned.
And the revolution is spreading. Here's what we will see:
Real-time tracking to replace quarterly reports.
Algorithmic oversight replacing review boards.
Local solutions replacing federal mandates.
Results replacing process.
For the first time in generations…
Americans will view their government not as an obstacle but as a tool.
“My God,” people will whisper.
“It’s really happening.”
The storm isn’t slowing.
The pace isn’t dropping.
The restoration isn’t over.
For those who built careers controlling the machinery of government…
This is the end.
But for America…
This is just the beginning.
Prediction for when they reach EPA, DOEn etc
Billions in unauthorized grants.
Decades of hidden programs.
Networks of coordinated funding.
“Pull this thread,” an official warns,
“And the whole sweater unravels.”
The swamp runs on two things,”
A senior advisor explained.
1 Control of information
2 Control of money flows
“We’re not just exposing their networks…”
“We’re rewriting their DNA.”
The cracks appeared in unexpected places:
A career civil servant, tears streaming:
“Everything we built…”
A USAID veteran, hands shaking:
“They’re inside all of it…”
A Treasury lifer, emptying his office:
“They moved faster than we can think.”
DOGE’s methods are like archaeology tools.
Excavating decades of buried networks.
Each data point connected to another.
Each discovery revealed new targets.
Each pattern exposed larger systems.
“It’s beautiful,” a coder whispered.
“Like watching a galaxy map itself.”
For the permanent bureaucracy, this isn't just change.
It's an extinction-level event.
Their power came from controlling:
Who got paid.
When they got paid.
What they got paid for.
Now those controls were evaporating.
Like dawn burning away darkness.
“Personnel is policy,” they said.
But this was different:
Every position carefully chosen.
Every authority pre-mapped.
Every system already targeted.
This transition team wasn't just staffing.
This was siege warfare.
“They thought we’d slow down,” @JDVance said.
“They thought we’d get bogged down in process.”
“They thought we’d play by their rules.”
He smiled.
“Instead, we’re just getting started.”
The transformation will be staggering:
Thousands of redundant programs identified.
Trillions of dollars in waste exposed.
Countless unauthorized initiatives halted.
And so much more,,,
But the real metric?
Trust in government is already rising for the first time in 50 years.
The storm when it hits won't just change Washington.
It'll transform America itself.
Roads repaired.
Airports built.
Schools revitalized.
Water purified.
But more importantly…
Trust restored.
For the first time in generations, people see their government as a tool for positive change.
This wasn’t just reform.
This wasn’t just change.
This was renaissance.
The administrative state met its match.
The sun rose over Washington.
Classical columns cast long shadows.
Inside, screens still glowed blue.
The administrative state met its match.
And nothing would ever be the same again.
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