[consumer451]

> the deep state

What does this even mean?

[badc0ffee]

A term for unelected federal employees that have enough autonomy that they carry on what they're doing regardless of which party is in power.

Which sounds kind of ominous but really, it's just the civil service.

[cosmicgadget]

I used it tongue in cheek. It is a right wing pejorative for career government employees.