Poll Shows Federal Government Managers Plan to Oppose Trump

Poll Shows Federal Government Managers Plan to Oppose TrumpTyler O’Neil – Republican senators highlighted a growing deep state opposition to President-elect Donald Trump, citing a revealing new poll on the federal bureaucracy and urging Trump to be vigilant as he enters office next week.

The poll, which the firm RMG Research released Monday, revealed that 42% of what the survey calls “federal government managers”—federal employees who live in the National Capitol Region around Washington and earn at least $75,000 annually—plan to politically oppose the incoming administration. Continue reading

The Deep State Czar: Vivek Ramaswamy

The Deep State Czar: Vivek RamaswamyBrooks Agnew – In a position paper released in mid-September, Ramaswamy called “the administrative state” an “unconstitutional, fourth branch of government.” He asserted that he could singlehandedly gut the federal workforce if he wins the presidency.

“We will use executive authority to shut down the deep state,” Ramaswamy said in a Sept. 13 speech at the America First Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., whose top officials include former Trump administration officials including Linda McMahon, who headed the Small Business Administration; Larry Kudlow, who was National Economic Council director; and Chad Wolf, who was acting secretary of homeland security. Continue reading