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What drives ‘deep state’ fears: the global democratic recession

Over the last decade, there has been a gradual decline in the quality of democracy in the world. In 2017, according to Freedom House, 71 countries suffered net declines in political rights and civil liberties, with only 35 registering gains. The world has become more authoritarian every year since 2006, and the pace of democratic...

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What does Red State mean when they talk about the ‘deep state’?

One problem with the discourse of the “deep state” is the low ratio of facts to rhetoric. For example, Red State diarist GBenton calls the New York Times report on the origins of the FBI investigation of President Trump  a CYA Story. He proclaims: The Never Trumper’s reward is discovering, at long last, that you’ve been...