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Don’t get me wrong. I am ecstatic that we have re-elected Donald Trump to his rightful second term as President of the United States. But as a realist—a pragmatic realist—I understand that it will take much more than four years of Trump 2.0 to damage and dismantle the Washingtonian Deep State and reform the federal government.

The current “expert-dominated” federal bureaucracy (commonly referred to as the Deep State when you factor in K Street and the many special interest “complexes”) has been metastisizing for over 120 years. It first arrived on the American political scene with the Wilson administration and has been growing and encroaching on our individual and state rights ever since.

That’s why the recent move by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) in the wake of reports that a FEMA official allegedly directed employees to skip over the homes of Trump supporters while assessing damage from Hurricane Milton is so important. This move could symbolize the first shot in a constitutional confrontation between an overreaching federal government and the states.

The Shot Heard Around The States

As reported by a plethora of honest information outlets, including X and TheGatewayPundit.com, a whistleblower has come forward with text messages that reveal FEMA official Marn’i Washington ordered relief workers working in the area to purposely skip over homes in Florida displaying Trump signs in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.

According to TheDailyWire.com on X:

“Whistleblowers say that relief workers were told it was ‘best practice’ to pass over houses ‘advertising Trump'...The workers would enter into the system that they made no contact with the residents, blaming the directive: ‘Trump sign, no contact per leadership.”

In another post on X, one FEMA volunteer who was exposed to the directive stated:

“I thought we could go help and make a difference. When we got there, we were told to discriminate against people. It’s almost unbelievable to think that somebody in the federal government would think that’s okay.”

In the aftermath, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell posting on X, called the all-but-admitted act “reprehensible,” and said the employee had been fired and will be referred to the Office of Special Counsel.

A Long Awaited Push-Back

In response to this blatant discrimination by our federal government towards its citizens, DeSantis issued a terse but warranted statement and directive:

“The blatant weaponization of government by partisan activists in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason why the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days.

“At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal government’s targeted discrimination of Floridians who support Donald Trump.

“New leadership is on the way in DC, and I’m optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired.”

The key words to focus on here are these: “...launching an investigation into the federal government’s…”

This marks a historic moment in time, and one held long in the waiting. For the first time in US history, a state government—in this case, the State of Florida, at the direction of its governor—is launching an investigation into the federal government that could end in criminal, civil, and constitutional consequences.