| | *Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27863-deep-state-pulling-strings-from-behind-the-scenes Deep State: Pulling Strings From Behind the Scenes]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2018. | | *Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27863-deep-state-pulling-strings-from-behind-the-scenes Deep State: Pulling Strings From Behind the Scenes]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2018. |
| | *DeVine, Donald (October 3, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/yes-the-deep-state-really-does-exist/ Yes, the Deep State Really Does Exist]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved October 4, 2019. | | *DeVine, Donald (October 3, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/yes-the-deep-state-really-does-exist/ Yes, the Deep State Really Does Exist]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved October 4, 2019. |
| − | *Hanson, Victor Davis (November 21, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/victor-davis-hanson-coup-concerns Victor Davis Hanson: Fear of a deep state coup is not just right-wing paranoia]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 21, 2019.</ref> Journalist Matt Taibbi defines it as "a tangled collaboration of state agencies, private contractors, and (sometimes state-funded) [[NGO]]s. The lines become so blurred as to be meaningless."<ref name="Latest Twitter Files Bombshell 2022">[Latest Twitter Files Bombshell: The Deep State Is Really a Tangled Collaboration of State Agencies, Private Contractors, and NGOs], JD Rucker, December 16, 2022.</ref> In this shadow government, bureaucrats in government agencies and/or the armed forces, along with allies in the [[mainstream media]], political parties, lobbyists, [[think tank]]s, consulting firms, and big business, manipulate government policy. They hold [[liberal]], [[globalist]], and anti-life worldviews, and seek to enrich themselves and advance [[one-world government]]. The Deep State incites unnecessary wars to expand its own power. '''''The Deep State pretends that the truth is whatever it says it is, and that no one can correct or fire them'''''. | + | *Hanson, Victor Davis (November 21, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/victor-davis-hanson-coup-concerns Victor Davis Hanson: Fear of a deep state coup is not just right-wing paranoia]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 21, 2019.</ref> Journalist Matt Taibbi defines it as "a tangled collaboration of state agencies, private contractors, and (sometimes state-funded) [[NGO]]s. The lines become so blurred as to be meaningless."<ref name="Latest Twitter Files Bombshell 2022">[Latest Twitter Files Bombshell: The Deep State Is Really a Tangled Collaboration of State Agencies, Private Contractors, and NGOs], [[JD Rucker]], December 16, 2022.</ref> In this shadow government, bureaucrats in government agencies and/or the armed forces, along with allies in the [[mainstream media]], political parties, lobbyists, [[think tank]]s, consulting firms, and big business, manipulate government policy. They hold [[liberal]], [[globalist]], and anti-life worldviews, and seek to enrich themselves and advance [[one-world government]]. The Deep State incites unnecessary wars to expand its own power. '''''The Deep State pretends that the truth is whatever it says it is, and that no one can correct or fire them'''''. |
| | Like petty two-bit tyrants, the Deep State likes to ambush unsuspecting victims and then abuse their power with incredibly cruel intensity. Examples include the Deep State's attempt to imprison [[Navy SEAL]] hero [[Eddie Gallagher]] for life for standing up against a foreign enemy, and the imprisonment for years in the [[DC Gulag]] of pro-[[Trump]] rally attendees. | | Like petty two-bit tyrants, the Deep State likes to ambush unsuspecting victims and then abuse their power with incredibly cruel intensity. Examples include the Deep State's attempt to imprison [[Navy SEAL]] hero [[Eddie Gallagher]] for life for standing up against a foreign enemy, and the imprisonment for years in the [[DC Gulag]] of pro-[[Trump]] rally attendees. |