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The clock struck 2 AM on Jan 21, 2025.

In Treasury's basement, fluorescent lights hummed above four young coders. Their screens cast blue light across government-issue desks, illuminating energy drink cans and agency badges. As their algorithms crawled through decades of payment data, one number kept growing: $17 billion in redundant programs. And counting.

"We're in," Akash Bobba messaged the team. "All of it."

Edward Coristine's code had already mapped three subsystems. Luke Farritor's algorithms were tracing payment flows across agencies. Ethan Shaotran's analysis revealed patterns that career officials didn't even know existed. By dawn, they would understand more about Treasury's operations than people who had worked there for decades.

Check out EKO LOVES YOU for the story ‘OVERRIDE ‘ detailing how DOGE may be taking down the system.

I’ve no idea if it’s fiction, or part fiction, but it is a fun read.

INSIDE THE REVOLUTION REWIRING AMERICAN POWER

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