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| A new warning about the ‘Deep State' |
| 2017-09-14 |
| Let us recall "shadow government" and "Deep State" ‐ two terms that riveted political observers and journalists earlier this year. Remember? Both terms ‐ along with variants such as "shadow White House" and "shadow presidency" ‐ were bandied about in the media with relish. Dramatic coverage suggested that former members of the Obama administration or entrenched federal employees were still in place, ready to wield power from within the bureaucracy. A potential hazard to the Trump administration lurked, amplified by "fake" news, skewed polls and negative press narratives. Even before President Trump took the presidential oath on Jan. 20, veteran political commentator Bill Moyers suggested newly defeated Hillary Clinton give her own inaugural address, advising Democrats to "prepare by joining together as a movement and creating the constituency of what will be, in effect, a shadow government." On Inauguration Day itself, GQ magazine advised,"Barack Obama is preparing for his third term." Some continue to fret about a shadow presence. Still attuned to the Deep State and the existence of a shadow government, Judicial Watch recently issued a 64-page report on the phenomenon, which includes Freedom of Information Act requests, case studies and other research. "We face a crisis of the Deep State ‐ ’Alt-government,’ I sometimes call it. The actions of the Deep State constitute a direct challenge to our republican form of government. Working primarily through the intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, the Deep State is actively engaged in subversive measures designed to delegitimize Donald Trump," Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog group, noted in a statement. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Nothing in the universe can resist the cumulative ardor of a significantly large number of fools and knaves working together in organized groups. FIFY |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-09-14 13:35 |
| #7 ..appoint judges who rule that its unconstitutional to surrender the sovereignty of a lawful government of the people to the union and administrative bureaucracy. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-09-14 12:35 |
| #6 Civil service and public unions are protections that the swamp (Deep State/Shadow Government) has put in place to keep from draining the swamp. Prior to the election Trump said he had a Plan to address the problem. However, he has been kept a little busy putting out brush fires. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-14 11:34 |
| #5 FIFY! group of NPD sufferers dedicated to the cause of unrivaled global feudalism |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-09-14 11:19 |
| #4 Thousands of year of history and man's behavior hasn't fundamentally changed. Not man's behavior so much as the thinking of the (self appointed) best and brightest. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-14 10:03 |
| #3 Plato's Enlightened Despot. Thousands of year of history and man's behavior hasn't fundamentally changed. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-09-14 09:32 |
| #2 a group of brilliant thinkers dedicated to the cause of unrivaled global government I see a problem right there. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-14 08:56 |
| #1 No, we are not all "conspiracy theorists." Written in 2009, a short excerpt: The religious intellectual Pierre Tihard de Chardin pointed out the overwhelming power that would be wielded by a group of brilliant thinkers dedicated to the cause of unrivaled global government. "He wrote "Nothing in the universe can resist the cumulative ardor of a significantly large number of enlightened minds working together in organized groups." In the last half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first, a new political power paradigm came into being. In place of highly visible leaders, we now have elected representatives who exert only limited control, while the real power resides in a separate group. The most powerful individuals who control our nations and our lives do their work behind the scenes. They are joined by current and retired political leaders who, along with certain wealthy and influential figures, form an open conspiracy to produce a new global government. Their goal is to replace all existing democratic governments. Grant R. Jeffrey, Shadow Government - How the Secret Global Elite are using Surveillance Against You |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-14 07:07 |