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Clearly there is a deep state. Snowden is proof.

• skinnymuch 6y ago
  The context is a deep state out against Trump. Not a deep state that Trump and his allies are entrenched in...
• duxup 6y ago
  I don't think anything in the Snowden leaks really indicates any sort of hidden leadership. The 'deep state' concept requires more than just secret acts that people don't like.
• mhh__ 6y ago
  The idea of a deep state is stupid. It's just the state, it's fairly well documented at this stage what the NSA's capabilities look like. The idea that there is some kind of political conspiracy within that is totally unfounded. The crossover between QAnon and Trump supporters is mighty convenient given trump's very real connections to the Maxwell's and decades worth of rape allegations - have you ever noticed that the national strategy of the Trump campaign is always to reflect accusations back at his opponents: Trump is accused of rape then a Biden accuser suddenly appears (with a very shaky story), Trump has extremely shady business dealings with Russia (and the Trump foundation was shut down for corruption) so crooked Hillary appears, Trump calls himself the smartest guy but speaks in 200 word run away sentences and mispronounces words and forgets people sat next to him ("Where's Rudy") but Joe Biden is a bad public speaker so suddenly sleepy Joe has dementia despite being noticeable sharper than the Donald.