BRENDEN DILLEY: The situation was described to me as a "bloodbath for the bureaucracy."

🚨FROM INSIDE DC🚨

If Senator Schumer goes forward with this shut down, OMB Director Russ Vought may come to be known as the "Grim Reaper of Government."

I am told his staff worked through the weekend identifying who/where cuts would happen first. The President's men are going…

— Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) September 29, 2025

FROM INSIDE DC If Senator Schumer goes forward with this shut down, OMB Director Russ Vought may come to be known as the "Grim Reaper of Government." I am told his staff worked through the weekend identifying who/where cuts would happen first. The President's men are going to take full advantage of the opportunity to save the American people massive amounts of money by terminating otherwise untouchable bureaucrats from the government. Furthermore, there are many programs that will be put on hold during the shutdown that the administration currently doesn't have the ability to make changes to. However, if a shutdown occurs, once the shutdown ends, the President's staff has full decision making over staffing of essential employees for those programs once business resumes.

The situation was described to me as a "bloodbath for the bureaucracy."