DoJ’s non-prosecution of former deputy FBI director and serial liar Andrew McCabe is just the latest symptom of a much, much bigger problem: Washington DC is now an existential threat to the American Republic. Centralization of unbridled power in DC has become a cancer of corruption that is eating the heart out of the US Constitution. Let’s examine that premise, starting with some symptoms of the disease, and then detail some solutions that will address the “McCabe problem.”

A few things should be finally dawning on Americans who pay attention. There is a two-tiered system of justice in this country, and the political class never faces penalties for their crimes – especially Democrats! All of the senior federal law enforcement people know each other and will never prosecute or indict each other. Their first loyalties are to their political masters, to their agencies, and to each other. I mean, Christopher Wray (FBI director) has publicly praised Andrew Weissmann, for heaven’s sake! When Wray was assistant AG, he appointed Weissmann to head the Enron task force which ended up destroying the lives of thousands. Americans have no earthly idea just how incestuous the DoJ and FBI really are. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. They all know each other. Check out all the connections detailed in this 2019 AP article.

A root cause for all of this corruption has been the rampant growth of the federal government since the Woodrow Wilson era of “progressive reform,” which launched the leviathan that has become the federal government. This led to a consolidation of federal power at the expense of the states. The 10th Amendment has been undermined for decades by the political class to the point that it is rarely argued in court as a means of curtailing federal power in America.

A companion culprit was the passage of the Congressional Budget Control and Impoundment Act of 1974, which led to an explosion in federal spending and debt. Did you know that the total accumulated federal debt in 1974 was just $475 billion? Today, total federal debt is over $23 TRILLION! Where did all that debt go over the years? A LOT of it was siphoned off into the pockets of the political class through graft and corruption.

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Money is the root of all evil, and the centralization of political power in Washington DC has made it much easier for the political class to rob us blind – and pay for a Praetorian guard in the FBI and DoJ to firewall their crimes from public view. And that Valentines’ Day memo from DoJ apparatchik J. P. Cooney (ostensibly the Chief of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section) letting McCabe off the hook is just the latest example of the Praetorian guard and the legal double standard in play. I would wager that Cooney and the rest laughed themselves silly by releasing that memo on Valentines’ Day – their way of planting a collective kiss on McCabe’s butt.

I am sick and tired of the rampant corruption, the double standards, and the laughing in my face by the crooks. What must be done to root out all of this ongoing corruption and criminality in the federal government and restore equal justice and the rule of law for all Americans? I have come to believe that the only real solution is a complete decentralization of federal agencies, relocating key functions and personnel throughout the country. Furthermore, that process of decentralization needs to be effectuated concurrently with a downsizing of federal responsibilities with an accompanying reduction in budgetary authority. We have the information technology available to make decentralization work in terms of inter-agency coordination, etc. Yes, it’s a grandiose concept that will be fought tooth and nail by the political class, but there is no other long-term solution to the problem. Decentralization is a REAL way to drain the swamp, particularly coupled with other measures such as the below that need to be implemented as soon as feasible:

And while the above actions are being executed, develop and implement a plan for complete decentralization of the federal agencies located in Washington, DC. Among other side benefits, the hyper-politicization of the DC US attorney’s office and DC-area grand juries will not matter as much as they do now and will in fact be reduced over time (fewer rigged trials/judges/juries).

There is no time like the present to start the process of rooting out federal corruption while taking care of the “McCabe problem,” too. For too long we have allowed federal agencies (the very essence of the “Deep State”) to run rampant and unchecked. Thanks to President Trump, we have learned about incredible corruption in federal agencies, and “Drain the Swamp” has now become a clarion call across the land. We have a Republic for the time being, but can we keep it?

The end.