As Laura Ingraham says, it's Christmas every morning.
Yesterday Elon Musk reported to President Trump. It was awesome. I lost count of how many gifts arrived in that report. The best review is by Jeff Childers and I could not hope to match it.
SWAMP APOCALYPSE ☙ Wednesday, February 12, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS
long but a great review worth your time.
Pressed for time? chatGPT summary to the rescue. You are welcome, but you'll miss Jeff's great writing and clever nuances.
Summary
### **Summary of Key Points:**
#### **1. Trump’s Unexpected Offensive Against the Deep State**
- Instead of taking a defensive stance against legal challenges, Trump launched an aggressive, coordinated assault through an executive order and multiple press conferences.
- Speaker Mike Johnson supported Trump’s decision to withhold congressionally approved payments deemed wasteful or fraudulent, further solidifying GOP unity against bureaucratic spending.
- Johnson dismissed Democrat claims of a "constitutional crisis" and criticized their selective adherence to the rule of law.
#### **2. The Role of DOGE in Exposing Government Waste**
- DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) is uncovering financial mismanagement in federal agencies.
- Johnson met with Elon Musk, praising DOGE for revealing budget inefficiencies hidden from Congress.
- A budget reconciliation bill is being prepared, leveraging DOGE’s findings to justify major spending cuts, potentially dismantling agencies like USAID.
#### **3. Declassification Task Force’s New Transparency Push**
- Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna announced a Congressional task force focused on declassifying key documents.
- Among the files set for release: JFK, MLK, and RFK assassinations, 9/11 records, UFOs, COVID-19 origins, and Jeffrey Epstein’s client list.
- This initiative could erode public trust in government institutions by exposing longstanding cover-ups.
#### **4. Musk and Trump’s Oval Office Press Conference**
- Elon Musk, alongside Trump, delivered a status update on DOGE’s work, highlighting egregious government waste:
- Overpayment for migrant housing.
- Social Security checks issued to people over 150 years old.
- Inefficient record-keeping stored in underground mines.
- Musk declared DOGE will investigate public officials who became wealthy in office, intensifying scrutiny of bureaucratic corruption.
#### **5. Executive Order for Federal Workforce Reduction**
- Trump signed an executive order limiting new government hires (1 for every 4 departures) and mandating agencies to work with DOGE on downsizing efforts.
- New conduct rules for federal employees aim to curb leaks, tax evasion, and misuse of government resources.
- This order bypasses judicial obstacles and forces immediate cuts in bureaucracy.
#### **6. Strategic Shift: Congress and the Executive vs. Judiciary**
- By using budget reconciliation, Trump and Congress sidestep court challenges, making bureaucratic funding cuts nearly irreversible.
- The Swamp was caught off guard, expecting legal battles but now facing financial starvation.
- The GOP’s new approach reframes the battle as “The People vs. The Bureaucracy” rather than a partisan fight.
#### **7. The Deep State’s Existential Crisis**
- Three simultaneous threats: budget cuts, declassification, and corruption investigations.
- The judiciary is rendered ineffective as Congress and the Executive take direct action.
- Trump’s strategy represents the most significant effort to dismantle the administrative state in U.S. history.
#### **Conclusion:**
- The political battlefield has shifted dramatically in a single day.
- The Deep State is now under siege from multiple angles, with Congress and the Executive aligned against entrenched bureaucratic power.
- The next phase will focus on legislative battles, further disclosures, and structural reforms to shrink the government’s influence.
🔥 **A turning point in the fight against the administrative state has begun.**
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