by Ed Wallace, Publisher, Nov 13, 2024

This was no small thing, to restore a republic after it had fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may have been that our task was impossible. Yet, if we did not try then how would we know it could not be done? And if we did not try, it most certainly would not be done. The Founders’ Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, would have been lost. But I tell you this: We did not go gently into that bloody collectivist good night. Indeed, we made with our defiance such a sound as ALL history from this day forward will be forced to note, even if they despise us in the writing of it.

The primary reason for Kommie-La’s loss can be boiled down to the one thing that no one is talking about: The past 4 years have exposed the level of corruption within our political system for everyone to see. That’s it.

If Trump, Vance & Co fail to begin revolutionary downsizing of the evil U.S.FEDGOV bureaucracy following Inauguration Day, then we know the fix is in. Nothing changes without total, TOTAL redress and reform of the entire Executive Branch. If 3 million useless bureaucrats have not been fired prior to the conclusion of Trump’s 4 years, then, Katy-bar-the-door. Trump has a mighty mandate from the voters. He ain’t no wizard, he ain’t no savior, he ain’t no superman. He is the President of the United States and he has a job to do. He’d best get’r done.

Now, on to an analysis of Trump’s first week:

Oh, BTW… Does anybody know where the concentration camps are going to be? Are we using trains, or can we just drop people off? Asking for a friend.

Grab your favorite beverage, this is long.

Suggestions For President Donald Trump Staffing of Key Positions 2025

An agency-by-agency look at Trump’s plan to overhaul government – Government Executive

The President-elect Trump effect is insane. This is what has happened in the first 48 hours.

Elon Musk on X: “Yeah” / X

REMINDER: President Trump Agenda 47 Outline to Confront The Deep State 

APPOINTMENTS:

Tulsi Gabbard to Director of National Intelligence 

I’m sorry folks, we are going to have to wait to understand the thinking behind this one.  I have absolutely no idea.  Mrs Gabbard has never led any organization of scale, nor held any position of intelligence review that I am aware of.  Like everyone else, I’m puzzled. However, maybe it is Tulsi Gabbard’s inherent sense toward protecting constitutional freedom that is of great value.  Gabbard does express a solid strain of Rand Paul type libertarianism.

Matt Gaetz for U.S. Attorney General

In what can only reasonably be described as a MOAB (the Mother of All Bombs) targeted directly to Main Justice, President Trump has nominated Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz to be United States Attorney General. Making the nomination strategy that much more interesting, Matt Gaetz resigned his position within congress, “effective immediately.” In combination with the nomination of Senator Marco Rubio to the State Dept., this sets the stage for a Senate situation where the upper chamber may attempt to derail the Gaetz nomination, yet Florida Governor Ron DeSantis could then appoint him to be the replacement U.S. Senator from Florida; thus, returning an angry MOAB back into the silo that derailed him. You couldn’t write this script if you tried. To say the Lawfare leftists are having a meltdown would be an understatement.

Marco Rubio as Secretary of State This move takes Marco Rubio out of the position of Chairman for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI).  That’s the sum value of this move, and the companion reason for President Trump to appoint Steven C. Witkoff to be Special Envoy to the Middle East. (link)

Senator Marco Rubio will be State Dept Secretary with a short leash and a very limited portfolio.  However, from his perspective the political status and future value is awesome.  It will be interesting to see: (1) who is appointed chairman of the SSCI, and (2) who Ron DeSantis appoints as Rubio’s replacement.

John Thune Wins Senate Majority Leader Vote It was always going to be this way.  Remember, the Senate is a silo -by design- isolated from influence of the American public. If we want to change the dynamic, we must repeal the 17th amendment and return to the original constitutional construct: Senators appointed to represent the interests of each state, by State Legislature. In essence, the 17th amendment flipped the intent of the constitution from protecting the individual states to protecting the federal government. The Senate was designed to represent the interests of the State, not ‘the people’; that’s the job of the House of Representatives. The nucleus of corruption amid every element of the federal institutions of government is the United States Senate.   

The U.S. Senate, also known as the “upper chamber,” is the single most powerful elected element in modern federal government. The Intelligence Branch is the most powerful branch of government.  However, the U.S. Senate is the most powerful assembly of federally elected officials.  We pretend the IC branch doesn’t exist; that’s part of our problem.  At least we admit the Senate exists. All other elected federal corruption is dependent on a corrupt and ineffective Senate. 

If we correct the problems with the Senate and reconnect the representation within the chamber to the state-level legislative bodies, we will then see immediate change.  However, there would be ZERO institutional allies in this effort. Repeal the 17th amendment and we would see the most significant restoration of freedom, liberty and social balance in our lifetime. THIS ARTICLE INCLUDES THE HISTORY OF THE 17TH AMENDMENT

Kristi Noem as Nominee for Dept of Homeland Security

And just like that, President Trump opens the door of possibility for a special election, and John Thune to fulfill Kimberly’s hope returning to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with a full-throated gubernatorial endorsement from the Great MAGA King. 

Now we enter the real chess game.  With Rubio removed from SSCI Chair, there’s an opening for a senior member of the Senate Intel Committee to assume that pretty cushy and important Gang of Eight job.

John Cornyn is a senior member of that SSCI committee, who also happens to be running for Senate Majority Leader. If Thunes take the carrot of South Dakota Governor, and Cornyn takes the consolation carrot of SSCI Chairman, who does that leave for Senate Leader?

lol.. nah. Couldn’t be.. nah, wait… hmmmm. lol

Steven C. Witkoff as Special Envoy to the Middle East 

If you look at the structure of the announcements, there does appear to be a strategy at play; yes, including the likelihood of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.

If President Trump pulls Marco Rubio out of the Senate, he opens up the position of Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI).  Rubio would love the opportunity to load his presidential aspiration resume with Secretary of State, for later use. 

President Trump constrains Rubio in the mid-east by putting Steven C. Witkoff as Special Envoy to the Middle East.  Essentially, neutering any intervention that might be launched by the IC agenda supported by the neocon wing of Rubio.  Trump does this directly from the White House. While many of us do not like the thought of Rubio as Secretary of State, the value in removing Rubio from the SSCI is quite significant. I can find cautious optimism in this strategy.  Frankly, getting Rubio out of the Chair position is a pretty big deal.

Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new Department of Government Effciency DOGE

Deadline for Swamp Draining, July 4th, 2026! It’s in the announcement.

Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary 

The Trump Doctrine ….. Two large elements played out when Trump was in office.  First, economic security is national security.  Second, “peace is the prize.” Through both elements the Trump Doctrine was born and the effectiveness, while downplayed and ignored, was unmistakable.

William Joseph McGinley as White House Counsel The WHC doesn’t represent the President, the WHC represents the Office of the Presidency. It is the WHC primary function to protect the power of the President within the Executive Branch.  This generally leads to many misinterpretations of risk, and the President is often hamstrung by overly cautious counsel in the position.

Thankfully, a recent Supreme Court decision over “presidential immunity” affirmed the absolute and plenary power of the person who is President, as the authority of all actions that take place within the executive branch during their officials acts as President.  As SCOTUS affirmed there is no power greater than President Trump.  The President is the executive branch in everything, and the President has no boss.

John Ratcliffe to CIA Director 

Ratcliffe has almost no attack vectors for the internal IC apparatus to use against him, that’s why I previously thought a role in the Trump-2 intel system would be good.

The CIA operates a totally opaque budget and is the only institution in government with an allowable mandate to lie to every other element of the executive branch and every other branch.  The CIA is legislative authorized to be an entirely dark operation with almost no oversight (SSCI).

All lying is legislatively lawful from the CIA, that is the structure of their authority. 

One last word of caution.  In the prior administration Ratcliffe never fought for declassification of records, which led to President Trump exiting his second term without vital issues ever seeing sunlight.  As DNI John Ratcliffe never declassified the critical information that President Trump was urgently requesting in the final months of his presidency.  Ratcliffe maintained the silo structure without conflict. John Ratcliffe’s best friend is Trey Gowdy.

Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor

The Nat Sec Advisor is a very powerful position, if used correctly.  The absolute power of the President toward the intelligence community in the executive branch is carried by the Nat Sec Advisor (NSA).  The NSA has the ability to reach into every silo and control every element of every decision therein.

The NSA organizes the finding memos which authorize all covert intelligence operations globally and domestically.  The NSA can shut down bad things in the IC, cancel black-op operations, and essentially hold omnipotent power within the executive branch over every aspect of the 17 intelligence agencies who operate therein.  The NSA can also determine what is, and what is not, a national security matter.

Mike Waltz comes from inside the IC machinery and there is a lot more to be concerned about than there is to be optimistic about. Waltz has publicly said, engaged with, and acted upon, National Security Information (NSI) products, intelligence information, that is demonstrably false and fraudulent.

Perhaps Waltz has changed his disposition, but I see no immediate indications.

Like many others, heck, almost all others, Mike Waltz believes the IC system is inherently good, just under the control of bad actors. There are volumes of direct and specific evidence that this is not the correct perspective.  The IC system is corrupt by design, the mandates and interpreted policies that formulate the mission statements of the bureaucrats within it are the problem, not just the corrupt officials carrying out the mission.

It is almost impossible to understand the scale of the corruption within the IC from a position inside the silos under the control of the IC, the “six ways to Sunday” group.  It is only when you exit those silos and engage with the world that is not under the control of the IC that you fully grasp just how fraudulent the constructs are.

Tom Homan to Position of “Border Czar” in Charge of Deportation Program Very smart strategy here. There is no confirmation process for a “czar” position, who operates with the power granted by the Office of the United States

The Gatekeeper Senior Campaign Advisor Susie Wiles for White House Chief of Staff Role 

I Have A Dream … January 20, 2025:

The Day begins with President Trump skipping the traditional morning visit with the departing president.
(just as he skipped the swearing-in ceremony of January 20, 2021. The Only mandate is taking the Oath)

President Trump dismisses all ceremonies, announcing that he will present his Inaugural Address on the internet later that night. None of his enemies will tune in, so what! They wouldn’t be listening at 12Noon either.

Immediately after President Trump takes his hand off the family bible at the mandated swearing-in inside the Capitol Rotunda, he walks, walks! to the DC Gulag surrounded by Security and U.S. Marshalls and announces that EVERY J6 political prisoner is instantly freed – the American version of France’s Storming the Bastille. (yes! I know the real history, it doesn’t matter for this)

THEN, he walks, walks! to the Department of Justice Building and with U.S. Marshalls next to him, walks all through the Building (‘Main Justice’ 7th Floor) FIRING! every person identified by his transition staff as worthless, useless or criminally liable (to be adjudicated later).  

It Doesn’t Matter whatever the legalities are – just say, “you can’t be here anymore, we’ll pay you if the Courts say we have to pay you, but you must leave now, NOW!  U.S. Marshalls will pack your belongings and deliver them to you via courier.”

I say WALK, because I want the cameras following him. (“what’s he doing? what’s he doing?“)

THEN, travel to the White House to sign a ten-foot high stack of waiting Executive Orders prepared by transition staff, dealing with … Everything.

NO INAUGURATION BALLS, NO CEREMONIES period. Limit/Minimize/Eliminate All Ceremony going forward.
Y’Wanna Fire Up The Base? Y’Wanna tell the world The Boss is back? THIS is how to do it! – Seriously
What speech, What ceremony could possibly compete with this Bold, Dramatic ACTION

After being called “garbage” by the Biden-Harris campaign, the Amish are now selling “White Trash!” 🤣