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2017-03-09 -Land of the Free

What's a 'Deep State' and why is it a new buzzword for the online right?

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Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 If you read Zero Hedge, it's not new - it's been around for about six months, maybe longer. Hell, even the article states that the Turks have been using it since 2012.

Verdict - not 'Fake News', just 'Bogus News'.

Posted by Raj 2017-03-09 01:38|| 2017-03-09 01:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Palace eunuchs come to mind.

Posted by phil_b 2017-03-09 03:04|| 2017-03-09 03:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Five years late and billions of brain cells short.

Posted by no mo uro 2017-03-09 06:00|| 2017-03-09 06:00|| Front Page Top

#4 The deep state isn't a joke. The intelligence agencies are refusing to share intelligence with Trump claiming they don't trust him. They are not under the control of the elected government. The Seventh Floor of the State Department was a small piece of it.

Posted by Harcourt Angoluting9366 2017-03-09 06:49|| 2017-03-09 06:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Examine nearly any totalitarian state in modern history and you will find a highly developed and active intelligence infrastructure.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-09 06:53|| 2017-03-09 06:53|| Front Page Top

#6 This morning's Peter Schweizer's Breitbart article on the 'Deep State.'

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-09 07:08|| 2017-03-09 07:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Personally, I go with "New Class" or "Mandarinate". That is, not just CIA - all federal agencies (including DMV).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-09 07:09|| 2017-03-09 07:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't share info with Trump, then Trump should cut off their funding.
Let these alleged patriots work for free.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-03-09 07:47|| 2017-03-09 07:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Long past time to repeal the Civil Service Act. The original intent has been corrupted as the Interstate Commerce Clause.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-03-09 08:22|| 2017-03-09 08:22|| Front Page Top

#10 It's that goo that remains after you flush the toilet; it's hard to get rid of and requires a deep scrubbing with a harsh brush.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-03-09 08:37|| 2017-03-09 08:37|| Front Page Top

#11 IIRC, and the real truth might be difficult to obtain, in the days following the death of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, Lavrentii Beria and Nikita Khrushchev were rivals for the power that Stalin had acquired. Beria was the greatly feared head of the Soviet intelligence and internal security services, ie the KGB. But Khrushchev had alliances with ranking generals in the Red Army that he'd developed during his years as a political officer during WWII. So my question is: How many divisions does Clapper have and how would he fare if a division of US Marines marched on Langley?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-03-09 11:51|| 2017-03-09 11:51|| Front Page Top

#12 I seem to remember hearing the phrase during the Scott Walker recall battle.

Posted by charger 2017-03-09 19:26|| 2017-03-09 19:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Buzzwords come and go, remember 'reification' that was popular during Obama's first term? Now, not so much...

Posted by magpie 2017-03-09 19:30|| 2017-03-09 19:30|| Front Page Top

#14 For the moment I'm assuming the Deep State references full insertion.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-09 22:25|| 2017-03-09 22:25|| Front Page Top

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