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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I also love how they picked NASA and EPA to talk about. When people talk about deep state they don't mean NASA or EPA, they mean FBI, DHS, NSA, and CIA.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And DEA, ATF, INS, DOD, SoA (or whatever it's called now), FISA, West Point, Harvard, NED, RNC, DNC, etc, etc

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

SoA

Conservatives will pretend to hate the deep state but will immediately support the fascists trained at the SOA because MUH FREE HELICOPTER RIDES!!! The same fascists who formed cartels and pushing fent to the US lol. But of course they can’t connect the dots outside of “ATF IS SENDING GUNS TO DOWN SOUTH!!” - which is true, but they think it’s because the ATF is uniquely evil lol

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The right wing used to be so obsessed with the ATF that I almost find it endearing when I run in to it now., Like, I completely understand that Ruby Ridge was a big deal, and operation Fast and Furious most likely led to thousands of deaths, but a couple of thousand deaths doesn't seem like a lot for the right to ignore.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think it’s funny that conservatives will sometimes try hard to convince you they’re not batshit crazy white supremacists, but the watershed moments for gun rights are police abuse of power against white supremacists and religious cultists.

Talk about the MOVE bombings or the black panther assassinations, and they’ll either be completely oblivious or support those killings by the police.

And yeah the ATF memes in gun circles are so god damn corny. We get it, you can differentiate a magazine from a clip and now you think you can take on an army of killers with immunity with your Glock switch and Gucci AR-15 with a coat hanger. The difference between left leaning LARPers is that the left typically don’t turn around and support more funding and power for cops after posting about ambushing them.

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

DEA were snooping on people's communications before it was cool.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean Trump just calls them the deep state, they have been around for a while. Obama called them the blob for instance.

[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Eisenhower made the speech about the military industrial complex

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago

I think the point was made on “Hell of Presidents” that the influence of the military-industrial complex grew with Ike’s knowledge and blessing, then, on his way out the door, he told the American people to watch out for it.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Tbf the MIC is just a part of it, not the entirety

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago

This video could have easily worked as a way to debunk "big gubment bad" and instead they went for the most clickbait and obtuse angle to approach this. The libs are not okphoenix-sweat

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This will definitely win the Q-Heads back

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This week the NYT stops by the home of hollywood power couple to talk about spirit cooking babies and eating them for vital life essence.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago

Featured: An interview with Gorgulat, Commander of the Reptoid Hegemony

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago

There is a deep state, just not what Trump supporters imagine it to be. It’s not JUST Soros and the FBI lol. They’re just small pieces of the puzzle.

But it’s odd that liberals dismissed the entire idea considering Obama called it out during his presidency under the more ominous name, “the blob”

[–] IceWallowCum@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago
[–] Mickmacduffin@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hate to be the guy defending the new york times, but this article is actually about the porno "Deep State"

[–] heartheartbreak@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So-called anarchists when I removed their deep 'state

[–] davel@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Six minute video at the paper of record. Will the NYT put in an offer at the TikTok auction?