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The Shutdown is a Criminal Conspiracy to Install Tyranny

Illegal Mass firings, destruction of government services, and the buried Epstein files are a coordinated plot to destroy America's government and constitution.

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Zev Shalev
Oct 03, 2025
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The government shutdown isn’t a budget fight. It’s a criminal conspiracy happening in real-time. Three men orchestrate it: OMB Director Russell Vought, who promises mass firings in “one to two days”; senior advisor Stephen Miller, architect of ideological purges and presidential henchman; and House Speaker Mike Johnson, whose stalling of the Epstein Files is obstructing justice.

Trump stated their strategy: “We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible.” Vought told House Republicans on October 1 exactly what that means—permanent terminations of federal workers, something never done before because it’s likely illegal. They’re doing it anyway.

What’s happening to federal workers is likely criminal

About 210,000 federal employees have left government since January—10% of the entire federal workforce. These aren’t efficiency cuts. They’re ideological purges designed to reshape American governance.

154,000 accepted buyout offers: “Take the buyout or we’ll fire you without severance.” Functionally, coercion.

25,000 probationary workers fired in February: All terminated without performance reviews. Federal judges ruled these firings illegal in both March and September 2025. Workers remain unemployed. The administration got what it wanted despite losing in court.

Targeted purges through watchlists: A Heritage Foundation-funded group called the American Accountability Foundation posted names, photos, salaries, and career histories of 175 federal workers on “watchlists,” branding them “subversive.” About half have been forced out. Immigration judge Noelle Sharp was fired after appearing on the list—her window was smashed, she received death threats, she fled to Mexico.

Criminal Discrimination

The Heritage Foundation watchlists disproportionately target women (67% of those listed, though women comprise less than half the federal workforce) and people of color (50% versus 41% of the overall workforce). They focus on employees in immigration, education, and diversity programs.

This is systematic dismantling of institutional expertise and its replacement with political loyalists. When you fire career scientists who detect fungal toxins in grain, experienced meteorologists, immigration judges, and public health officials, you’re eliminating government’s capacity to function independently of political control.

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