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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhenever I hear the term "deep state" I want the next questions to be
"what is the deep state, who are they, how do you know about them?"
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Whenever I hear the term "deep state" I want the next questions to be (Original Post)
randr
Sep 2019
OP
Yup. If it's such a "deep state," how the hell do you know it exists?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2019
#3
Deep state are those who work for and to govern, they are those who know ...
marble falls
Sep 2019
#8
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)1. We should respond with, "what's this DERP state you're going on about?"
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)2. Somebody said that "deep state"
is their code name for "rule of law." Which they're clearly avoiding as though it were the black death.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,281 posts)3. Yup. If it's such a "deep state," how the hell do you know it exists?
Skittles
(152,967 posts)4. it's deep enough for them, TVO
kentuck
(110,950 posts)5. When all else fails, try "deep state"...
It is the one-size-fits-all explanation for the lies they cannot explain.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)6. Deep State is the rebranded ZOG.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)7. I consider deep state to be intelligence agencies
It is the Russian deep state that helps Trump.
marble falls
(56,371 posts)8. Deep state are those who work for and to govern, they are those who know ...
how to keep the government working though the continual transition our form of Democracy requires because of the two, four and six year cycles of office.
Thank God for deep government, especially in light of Donnie Two Scoops attempt at eviscerating the governance of OUR nation.