vision of redistributionist national state socialism, sends her a House of Representatives very much not to her liking.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The inauguration is a festive affair with all the usual pomp and ceremony. She basks in the glow of the stoned crowd and the adulation of the press. DeWitt makes an inspiring but content free speech.
The crowd, consisting mainly of unionized government workers and EBT people, would have roared its approval if she had read the phone book. They want their payoff.
The inaugural balls are few, not many of her people want to pony up the $500 price of a ticket. Unfortunately, it seems that you can't charge an inaugural ball to an EBT card. An oversight to be corrected.
DeWitt attends three then retreats to her new digs on Pennsylvania Avenue. She has a lot of work to do in the morning.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM
The next day, DeWitt quickly gets started putting her plans into action. She starts with the true keys to the kingdom, the federal bureaucracy.
It is this vast network of federal regulatory agencies that is the real key to power in Washington. They write their own laws, called regulations, and enforce them in their own administrative courts, and police them with their own paramilitary forces. The are a government unto themselves. In fact, they are the government.
The purpose of DeWitt's first meeting is to pack the management at major agencies with people loyal to her alone. It is the unchecked authority of these departments that will let her rule as she sees fit, with or without Congress.
In the Oval Office are DeWitt, Bader, Salazar, Rhodes, Admiral Black, Bob Cutter, Bob Cooke, chair of the Progressive Party, Janet Shouter, Arvind Gable, head of IRS, and Joe Bucci. They sit surrounded by stacks of folders and laptops.
Gable has yellow, pointed teeth, thick glasses and beady, shifting eyes. He and his auditors know how to make people squirm attention, pay, and obey.
While she is thwarted in the House of Representatives, she still, however, has a majority in the Senate. This gives her all she needs to fundamentally transform government. The Senate will rubber stamp her appointments. Her minions will soon be in charge at all the powerful, unaccountable, federal regulatory agencies.
"Ok, we've taken care of EPA, Homeland, FBI and IRS. Arvind, before we go on, how are things at IRS, opposition-wise?" asks DeWitt.
"Madame President, you'll be happy to know, we're on top of it. During the transition period we've identified who donated to a PAC that opposed you and the audit letters will be in the mail tonight. Their lives will soon become a living hell."
"Excellent, keep up the good work. Now, what's next?"
"Take your pick. Federal Election Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Communications Commission, NLRB, FEMA, CIA, DIA, Departments of Education, Agriculture, Interior, Health and Human Services, DoD, Bureau of Land Management, Office of Financial Research, the Federal Reserve, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Secret Service, National Reconnaissance Office, Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Civil Rights, thirty circuit court judges, fifteen appellate court judges, all ninety-two Federal Attorneys and a few other minor appointments we can get to later. It's gonna be a long day," answers Bader.
"Why is Office of Civil Rights important?" asks Janet Shouter.
"So we can have an official way to call people racist," answers Bob Cooke.
"Oh, I didn't think of that."
"Ok, lets do some judges first," snaps DeWitt. "I don't want any judicial interference with my executive orders. I'll be the one to decide which laws we'll enforce, which we'll ignore and what the rest of them mean, not some old fart in a black robe."
Bader jumps to his feet and passes out folios to each saying, "First, here is a fresh list of judges who will be resigning."
Scanning the list of judges Harry Rhodes gasps, "Holy shit! These are some of our worst pains in the ass! These people blocked just about everything we tried to do! They wiped out most of Obama's agenda calling it unconstitutional. When did they resign?"
"They haven't yet. But they will," says Admiral Black quietly.
"Steve here has given us a few dossiers, if you know what I mean," says DeWitt sarcastically. "They won't be around much longer, unless they want their files sent to over Inter Continental News, right Bob?"
'Well, it would be our civic duty to broadcast anything that came our way, regardless of how embarrassing it might be to the victim, uhh, public figure in question."
"They're being contacted as we speak. The resignations should start flowing in a day or so," says Bader.
"But how did you do it? Most of these people are squeaky clean," asks Salazar.
"For the tough ones, we just downloaded a lot of kiddie porn onto their office computers then had it 'discovered' by court IT staff. It works every time. It's one of our favorites. For others, we just got some embarrassing extra-marital photos, a few wearing lampshades, the usual," says Admiral Black.
"So, then our problems with the judiciary are over!" squeals Rhodes.
"And expect a lot of other resignations soon from agencies with holdover staff we would prefer to replace with our own people," says Bader. "Oh, and by the way, Harry, we have a few files for you that might be helpful in dealing with uncooperative senators too."
DeWitt says, "I think we need to understand, people, that from now on, things are different. We're going to use government, all of it, to achieve our goals. If that means using the IRS, fine. If that means using surveillance information to convince people, fine. This time we're not going to be denied. I was elected and elections have consequences. And I want the bureaucracy to understand this. They work for me now. Only me. Now, Admiral Black, perhaps you can give use a brief overview of how we'll be doing data collection and coordination in the future?"
"The main thrust of our efforts will be to consolidate and integrate all domestic and foreign surveillance in one database. President DeWitt will be organizing a confidential inter-agency committee consisting of representatives from NSA, FBI, IRS, DIA, CIA, ONI, and Homeland Security for the purpose of coordinating all intelligence gathering activities."
"The goal is to identify and punish those guilty of social treason. Our people will do the usual, read email, hack computers, record phone calls, track license plates, examine tax returns, the basics. We will then, in a systematic way, store the data in a centralized data base. Then we'll apply sophisticated AI algorithms to analyze behavioral patterns. Those whose activities are identified as suspect will be selected for examination in greater detail. From now on, no one will be able escape their responsibility to support the state."
"All this will be implemented at the new, massive NSA computer facilities being built in the remote mountains of Utah. It will truly be the Fort Knox of domestic intelligence data! It will contain the most comprehensive population database ever assembled, the fruits of years of hacking and spying. It will all be stored in massive mountain vaults, on millions of computer disk drives. Every phone call, every computer file, every text message, every photo, every Internet search, every bank transaction, every credit card swipe, everything will be recorded. At last, we will be able to quickly and efficiently identify troublemakers and insure domestic cooperation with the state."
"Don't you need permission from the FISA court, or what ever it's called," asks Joe Bucci.
"Technically, but it's really just a formality. They're a rubber stamp. The only rights they protect are government rights. We co-opted them a long time ago."
Dewitt interrupts, "Once this is fully implemented, uncooperative judges, politicians, citizens, newspaper editors, network executives will be identified in real time. They'll quickly find out that if they challenge the new system. They will be found and punished quickly and without mercy."
"What if we get sued or Congress starts subpoenaing records?"
Bader answers, "Court challenges will be dealt with by assertions of Executive Pri
vilege and National Security which our newly appointed progressive judiciary will accept. The subpoenas will be quashed. Objections to executive authority will be no longer be entertained. Don't worry. Our new judges will do their job."
DeWitt, looking determined, says, "However, as is the case with any major change, there may be some people who will resist in more militant ways. Thus, I want every major department of government to be prepared with its own police force that we can call out if needed. We need to follow the example of the BLM. When they need to go after some rancher or farmer who isn't doing as he's told, they call out their armed paramilitary units."
"This may make some people very angry," says Bob Cooke.
"As Machiavelli said, it is good to be loved but it is better to be feared. I want it known that if you challenge the government, expect a midnight battering ram at your door from an armed federal SWAT team. As for as I'm concerned, let the Library of Congress get a SWAT team. There'll be fewer overdue books in no time!" says DeWitt.
The others present laugh, a couple applaud.
"Ok, before we break for lunch, I want to work on Agriculture and Interior," says DeWitt. "I want to show those damn Midwest farmers and yokels who voted against me who's boss. I want to make their lives a living hell. All those damned tea bagger types yapping about their precious constitution. Lets start with the Farm Credit Administration. Who can we put in over there? I