You're Fired: A Southern Belle's Guide to Restoring Federalism and Draining the Swamp

You're Fired: A Southern Belle's Guide to Restoring Federalism and Draining the Swamp provides an insider account of an outsider's service in the Trump Administration. It brings to life first-hand experiences of deep state bullying and the frustrating reality of having few tools to effectively push back.

Having grown up in smalltown Mississippi where people treat people with courtesy and believe in America's constitutional tradition, life within the modern Deep State was a wakeup call for Mandy Gunasekara. Where some political appointees cut and run, and others found ways to simply blend in by "going native," this small-town girl became determined to fix it. What won't make the headlines is, there are many within the agencies that agree.

You're Fired cuts through the politics and provides a substantive assessment of how we got here by explaining the enduring institutional challenges to reform, including passage of the Sixteenth Amendment that forever changed the relationship between the federal government and the states, and the broken promises of FDR's New Deal.

This blend of personal anecdotes alongside policy solutions is not about revenge for the unfortunate souls that never learned their manners; it's a reckoning for the American people to finally institute overdue reforms.