Deep State

I completely understand that many people do not like some of my observations because I strive to be as unbiased as possible. I know they want me to express a bias which is compatible with their own. There are consequences to bias which can leave us paying a societal, even global price when we allow events to proceed without examining them more closely. Right now we are still paying a price for legislation which was created over 100 years ago for the purpose of silencing and imprisoning those who spoke out against WWI and against the neoliberal economic order. That said, let’s jump into this.

We have no idea what is in the documents taken from Maralago. There is a lot of speculation but nothing officially announced.

The actions of the FBI regarding Trump at this moment would have far less impact if the FBI had not openly stated that HRC had, in fact, violated the law but that she would not be prosecuted. Likewise with the Hunter Biden laptop.

All of this highlights a question which I have brought up, though I am far from the first. That question is: Who decides if a document is classified and by what criteria? The answer is that we have 17 intelligence agencies, the House, the Senate and the executive branch, any of whom can declare anything as “classified” for any reason they…