(07-14-2024, 08:13 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(07-14-2024, 08:00 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: You’re both taking the deep state conspiracy theory too far. There is an entrenched bureaucrat problem in DC, but it doesn’t rise to this level.

Did you ever see "Yes, Prime Minister?"  It was a comedy series on the BBC back in (I think) the 1980s, and it was all about how the British government policy was actually made by the Civil Service employees.  It was really funny.  But when you think about it, it was really about a British "deep state."