Always follow the money. Never assume your enemy is stupid. People in power often get compliant and plan to fight the last war. If true, then its truly been an amazing two weeks.


https://eko.substack.com/p/override..._medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false


However, the other side (the DC uniparty) also has smart people, if you can get past the elected clown show and much of the bureaucracy, and they will adapt and counter. The fight isn't over. Its just actually begun...

Is Eko a tranny ?

I have no idea. That seems to be a major tangent to the story that is told in the essay.

The President keeps this up it will the be the left that start the next civil war

The Left or some other aspects of the "Benefactors" who control things.

The left will never win. Can you imagine watching most of them on a shooting range?

This is the new Civil War.

That was a very interesting article.

we've been in a cultural war since the late 1800's...progressives versus the normal people.

it wants my email to read it. No thanks.

What does it say?

Danny, there's a small box under the box asking for your email where you can decline and go to the article. I didn't see it at first either.

Truth

OVERRIDE
INSIDE THE REVOLUTION REWIRING AMERICAN POWER

EKO
Feb 05, 2025

The clock struck 2 AM on Jan 21, 2025.

In Treasury's basement, fluorescent lights hummed above four young coders. Their screens cast blue light across government-issue desks, illuminating energy drink cans and agency badges. As their algorithms crawled through decades of payment data, one number kept growing: $17 billion in redundant programs. And counting.

"We're in," Akash Bobba messaged the team. "All of it."

Edward Coristine's code had already mapped three subsystems. Luke Farritor's algorithms were tracing payment flows across agencies. Ethan Shaotran's analysis revealed patterns that career officials didn't even know existed. By dawn, they would understand more about Treasury's operations than people who had worked there for decades.

This wasn't a hack. This wasn't a breach. This was authorized disruption.

While career bureaucrats prepared orientation packets and welcome memos, DOGE's team was already deep inside the payment systems. No committees. No approvals. No red tape. Just four coders with unprecedented access and algorithms ready to run.

"The beautiful thing about payment systems," noted a transition official watching their screens, "is that they don't lie. You can spin policy all day long, but money leaves a trail."

That trail led to staggering discoveries. Programs marked as independent revealed coordinated funding streams. Grants labeled as humanitarian aid showed curious detours through complex networks. Black budgets once shrouded in secrecy began to unravel under algorithmic scrutiny.

By 6 AM, Treasury's career officials began arriving for work. They found systems they thought impenetrable already mapped. Networks they believed hidden already exposed. Power structures built over decades revealed in hours.

Their traditional defenses—slow-walking decisions, leaking damaging stories, stonewalling requests—proved useless against an opponent moving faster than their systems could react. By the time they drafted their first memo objecting to this breach, three more systems had already been mapped.

"Pull this thread," a senior official warned, watching patterns emerge across DOGE's screens, "and the whole sweater unravels."

He wasn't wrong. But he misunderstood something crucial: That was exactly the point.

This wasn't just another transition. This wasn't just another reform effort. This was the start of something unprecedented: a revolution powered by preparation, presidential will, and technological precision.

The storm had arrived. And Treasury was just the beginning.

THE FOUNDATION

"Personnel is policy."

For decades, this principle, articulated by conservative strategist Troup Hemenway, remained more theory than practice. Previous administrations spent months, even years, trying to staff key positions. Trump's first term saw barely 100 political appointees confirmed by February 2017.

Every delay meant another victory for the permanent bureaucracy.

But this time was different.

While media focused on campaign rallies and political theater, a quiet army was being assembled. In offices across DC, veteran strategists mapped the administrative state's pressure points. Think tanks developed action plans for every agency. Policy institutes trained rapid deployment teams. Former appointees shared battlefield intelligence from previous administrations' failures.

By Inauguration Day, over 1,000 pre-vetted personnel stood ready—each armed with clear objectives, mapped legal authorities, and direct lines to support networks. This wasn't just staffing; it was a battle plan decades in the making.

"This is the new normal," Vice President JD Vance declared from his West Wing office, studying real-time data flows across agency systems. "He's having the time of his life," he added, referring to the President's relentless drive. "We've done more in two weeks than others did in years."

The secret wasn't just speed—it was precision. Instead of waiting for Senate confirmations, the transition team prioritized non-Senate-confirmed positions. While Democrats prepared for traditional confirmation battles over cabinet posts, an army of aligned personnel was already moving into place. Strategic positions were identified. Legal authorities were mapped. Support networks were established.

"We don't have a lot of time," the President reminded his team daily. "Four years is a lot of time in political life but it's not a long time in real life."

This urgency drove innovation. When DOGE's young coders breached Treasury's payment systems, pre-positioned legal teams neutralized resistance within hours. When career officials tried revoking system access, they discovered DOGE's authority came from levels they couldn't challenge. When leaks surfaced, rapid-response units fed counter-narratives to alternative media almost instantly.

"When you look at the people surrounding the president," Vance noted, "we're trying to make it sort of easy for him to do what he wants to do in government. When you have the entire team firing on all cylinders you can get a lot done."

The permanent bureaucracy never saw it coming. They were prepared for resistance. They were ready for protests. They had plans for leaks and legal challenges. But they had no defense against an opponent who had spent years preparing for this moment.

This wasn't just about filling seats—it was about building a machine designed to transform American governance. Every position mattered. Every appointment carried weight. And behind it all stood a president counting down not years or months, but weeks and days, driving his team forward with relentless energy.

The foundation was set. And the revolution was just beginning.

THE SPREAD

USAID fell next. No midnight raids this time. No secret algorithms. Just a simple memo on agency letterhead: "Pursuant to Executive Authority..."

Career officials panicked—and for good reason. Created by Executive Order in 1961, USAID could be dissolved with a single presidential signature. No congressional approval needed. No court challenges possible. Just one pen stroke, and six decades of carefully constructed financial networks would face sunlight.

"Pull this thread," a senior official warned, watching DOGE's algorithms crawl through USAID's databases, "and a lot of sweaters start unraveling."

The resistance was immediate—and telling. Career officials who had barely blinked at Treasury's exposure now worked through weekends to block DOGE's access. Democratic senators who had ignored other moves suddenly demanded emergency hearings. Former USAID officials flooded media outlets with warnings about "institutional knowledge loss" and "diplomatic catastrophe."

But their traditional defenses crumbled against DOGE's new playbook. While bureaucrats drafted memos about "proper procedures," the young coders were already mapping payment flows. While senators scheduled hearings, pre-positioned personnel were implementing new transparency protocols. While media allies prepared hit pieces, DOGE's algorithms exposed decades of questionable transactions.

The scale was breathtaking:

EPA climate initiatives? Not just mapped—found unauthorized programs in 47 states. Education's DEI maze? Not just exposed—revealed coordination across 1,200 programs. Intelligence community black budgets? Not just traced—uncovered patterns hidden for 30 years.

"The administrative state runs on two things," a senior advisor explained, watching patterns emerge across DOGE's screens. "Control of information and money flows." His eyes tracked new connections forming in real-time. "We're not just exposing their networks—we're rewriting their DNA."

The cracks began showing in unexpected places. A career EPA director, tears streaming: "Everything we built..." A USAID veteran, hands shaking: "They're inside all of it..." A Treasury lifer, closing his office: "They move faster than we can think."

Across Washington, officials who had weathered every reform since Reagan began quietly updating LinkedIn profiles. A Deputy Director: "Open to opportunities." An Agency Chief: "Exploring new challenges." A Bureau Head: "Time for change."

DOGE's algorithms weren't just programs—they were 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," one of the coders whispered, watching connections form across his screen. "Like watching a galaxy map itself."

For the permanent bureaucracy, this wasn't just change. It was an extinction-level event. Their power came from controlling who got paid, when they got paid, and what they got paid for. Now those controls were evaporating like dawn burning away darkness.

The pattern was devastating in its simplicity:

Map the money flows

Deploy aligned personnel

Expose the networks

Restructure the systems

By the time bureaucrats drafted objections to one breach, three more had already occurred.

The revolution wasn't just spreading. It was accelerating.

THE IMPACT

The first bulldozer arrived in Springfield, Ohio at 6 AM on a Tuesday. By noon, three blocks of notorious potholes were filled. Local news crews arrived to find not just construction crews, but data analysts with laptops, mapping every dollar spent against real-time progress.

This wasn't just road repair. This was revolution in action.

A woman grabbed the analyst's arm, tears in her eyes. "Twelve years," she whispered. "Twelve years I've been calling about these potholes." He turned his laptop, showing real-time data flows. "Look," he said. "Your tax dollars. Actually working."

She stared at the screen. "My God," she whispered. "It's really happening."

Across America, funds once lost in administrative mazes suddenly found their way to actual problems needing solutions. In rural Tennessee, broadband expansion projects long buried under bureaucratic red tape broke ground overnight. In Michigan, water treatment plants received upgrades that bureaucrats had studied for decades but never approved.

The transformation was measurable. In just two weeks:

Tens of thousands of redundant programs identified

Billions in waste exposed

Hundreds of unauthorized initiatives halted

Countless local projects unleashed

But the real metric? Trust in government rising for the first time in 50 years.

The revolution spread with surgical precision:

Real-time tracking replaced quarterly reports

Algorithmic oversight replaced review boards

Local solutions replaced federal mandates

Results replaced process

"He's done more in two weeks than Biden did in four years and Obama did in eight," Vance noted from his West Wing office. "But this isn't just about speed. This isn't just about tech. This isn't just about personnel. It's all three, perfectly aligned."

For ordinary Americans, the impact was undeniable. Roads repaired. Schools revitalized. Water purified. But more importantly, something else was being restored: trust.

For the first time in generations, people saw their government not as an obstacle but as a tool for positive change.

The permanent bureaucracy had long operated on a simple assumption: presidents come and go, but they remain. That assumption now lay shattered, replaced by a new reality: when preparation meets presidential determination, nothing is permanent.

"They thought we'd slow down," Vance said, studying real-time data flows across agencies. "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 NEW DAWN

The sun rises early in Washington. On this morning, its first rays caught the classical columns of the Treasury building, casting long shadows across streets still quiet. But inside, beneath the marble and granite, screens still glowed blue. DOGE's algorithms never sleep.

"The administrative state was built over decades," a senior advisor explained, watching new patterns emerge across the displays. "Built to resist change. Built to outlast presidents. Built to preserve power."

He paused, tracking a particularly interesting data flow. "But they never imagined this. They built walls against political attacks. Defenses against media exposure. Shields against congressional oversight."

"They never prepared for algorithms that could map everything. For personnel pre-positioned everywhere. For a president who counts every week like it's his last."

The numbers tell the story: In Treasury - networks mapped, waste exposed, systems rewired At USAID - decades of hidden flows revealed, power structures dismantled Across agencies - redundancies eliminated, authorities realigned, missions refocused

But numbers aren't the whole story.

Imagine, changes, coming to a community near you:

Springfield, Ohio, potholes that plagued residents for twelve years actually disappeared overnight. Rural Tennessee, where children can finally connect to high-speed internet their parents were promised decades ago. In Michigan, people truly drink clean water while bureaucrats' memos about "studying the problem" gather dust.

This isn't just reform. This isn't just change. This is American governance reimagined.

"The pace is going to be the same," Vice President Vance declared this week. "It's just the priorities that are going to change."

The permanent bureaucracy built their administrative state over decades, brick by bureaucratic brick. They thought it would last forever. They thought it was too big to map, too complex to understand, too entrenched to change.

They were wrong.

Four young coders with laptops proved that. One thousand pre-positioned personnel proved that. A president counting weeks proved that.

The sun continues rising over Washington. Classical columns still cast their shadows. But inside those buildings, everything has changed. The administrative state finally met its match: preparation plus presidential will plus technological precision.

This isn't the end of the story. This is just the beginning.

The revolution isn't just continuing. It's becoming the new normal.

And for those who thought the D E E P S T A T E would rule forever?

They're about to learn what happens when smart strategic minds meet determination. When preparation meets opportunity. When a new generation decides it's time for change.

The storm isn't just gathering. It's here to stay.

The sun continues rising over Washington. But now, for the first time in generations, it illuminates something new:

A government that works.

A bureaucracy that serves.

A system that delivers.

The revolution isn't just beginning.

It's already won.

Thanks Lugnut, that was a lot of work to do!!

I'm not into listening to long podcasts but I did this Tucker Crlson one today as I sorted through older photos from an actual stand alone (digital) camera. Its an interesting listen. Tucker's guest has been doing research on this whole situation for a long time.

Its much more complex than just a "left" versus 'right" situation. That's just some window dressing that is used to drive home point<>counter-point real time politics. If the real, total truth came out all at once, it is probably just too much for many of us to handle without going tribal on each other or perhaps, even look at ourselves in the face and have some deep self-reflection.

The American Security State/Foreign Policy establishment has been doing this for a long time, since at least 1945, and I'm sure at least some of them, somewhere, have had real debates on why things were or are done, there are always trade offs. However, the more power organizations have without any real checks and balances, the more they think they can act on their own to please/enrich themselves. It really boils down to the dual nature of humans beings being able to exist with both aspects of the light and darkness of our failings and that's why we need Jesus in the end to save us from ourselves.

In the short run, if all of the USAID spider web is totally stopped and other geopolitical manipulations and maneuvering are more for just "for the light" aspects of foreign policy, we will most likely face higher prices in many things and lower returns in our retirement accounts among other outcomes. Economies in some parts of the country, especially northern Virginia, may collapse or face serious recession. As Tucker sort of states it at the end of the 2+ hours, "things are a lot more delicate" than what most people believe.

https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-sh...source=iterable&utm_content=mikebenz

The good, hopeful thing is that the American spirit is much more resilient, hard working, and actually kind to each other than maybe our "leaders" (both some elected and certainly most of the unelected ones) give us credit for. Tman people are examples of that philosophy (and I include all our Canadian brothers in this overall comment). The evil ones, no matter what political or non-political color they want to claim, want to keep us divided because their overall greed and power structure works better that way. It will be interesting to watch how all this plays out...

Thanks but it was just some copying and pasting around the pictures.

As for the rest of your post, it reminds me of the part of Lord Acton's 1887 letter to the bishop where he wrote, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.”

One thing for certain, It will definitely be interesting to watch how all this plays out.