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What Is the Deep State?
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What Is the Deep State?

Both right and left promote conspiracy theories. But the U.S. government is mostly transparent

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Mar 26, 2024
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If Donald Trump is elected, he promises to fire 50,000 civil servants, who he calls the “Deep State.” But what is the Deep State? Who are they?

Wikipedia: “A deep state is a type of governance made up of potentially secret and unauthorized networks of power operating independently of a state's political leadership in pursuit of their own agenda and goals…

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