Many commentators on the “deep state” that has been working tooth and nail to sabotage Trump and his administration act as though it is a new phenomenon.  It is not.  As long as there has been a federal bureaucracy there has been a deep state.  This is because every government bureaucrat is always and everywhere a conniver/manipulator/propagandist/lobbyist for the growth of government, especially his or her part of it, and a fight-to-the-death opponent of even any talk of tax cuts, spending restraint, constitutionalism, or anything else that would slow the growth of the Leviathan state.  We’re not just talking about … Continue reading The “Deep State” is Nothing New