deep state noun r , plural deep states :an alleged secret network of especially nonelected government officials and sometimes private entities (as in the financial services and defense industries) operating extralegally to influence and enact government policy | The power of the deep state comes from experience, knowledge, relationships, insight, craft, special skills, traditions, and shared values. Together, these purported attributes make nameless bureaucrats into a supergovernment that is accountable to no one. That is a scary prospect. - David Rothkopf | What the archbishop suspected was a crime stage-managed by Turkey's "deep state"— an opaque underworld where powerful elements within the state, especially the military and security services, act in conjunction with violent extremist groups ... as well as the apolitical criminal underworld, to undertake special, illegal operations in the political interest of the country's ruling elite. - John Eibner

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The right-wing: "The deep state is controlling the government! It is controlled of coastal elites who want to control every aspect of American's lives!"

Me: "You mean the Heritage foundation?"

Marco Rubio: "No, it's not like..."

Me: "Have you read the definition of deep state?"

Rubio: "But..."

Me: "a secret network of nonelected government officials and private entities operating extralegally to influence and enact government policy."

Rubio: "But.."

Me: https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-transition-heritage-foundation-231722

Rubio: "Uhh.."

Me: https://www.propublica.org/article/what-we-found-in-trump-administration-drained-swamp-hundreds-of-ex-lobbyists-and-washington-dc-insiders

Rubio: "..."

Me: https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/18/politics/donald-trump-supreme-court-nominees/index.html

Rubio: "Imma just gonna head out."

Me: "You do that. Hey, I'll give you one thing - they aren't very secretive - they post all this shit, but they do do all their dirty shit behind closed doors."

Me: "Also this:" https://rollcall.com/2018/06/05/heritage-actions-dan-holler-to-join-rubio-staff/

Me: "Now how about you stfu."

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