We, the Deep State

Who Really Governs America? [The Daily Reckoning] August 18, 2022 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( We, the Deep State - Who really governs America?… - The administrative state has steamrolled the Constitution… - How Trump may save American democracy… [[BREAKING] Small Firm Develops World's First Anti-Aircraft Laser]( Small cap wins $1.65 billion contract to make them. GlobeNewswire says this is a $51.1 Billion market by 2026. [Click Here To See Why This Stock Could Soar 2,476%]( Annapolis, Maryland August 18, 2022 [Brian Maher] BRIAN MAHER Dear Reader , To be governed — observed 19th-century philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — is to be: Watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded… registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished… drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed… repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. The question then arises: Who governs We, the American people? The people are the government, say the civics books. We are the superior partners in a master/servant relationship. We are masters. Officials we elect are servants. It is a beautiful theory. Yet careful analysis reveals the American people in fact wield limited influence over their affairs. Imagine a football field, 100 yards in length. The American people are allowed merely within the two 40-yard lines. That is, within the middle 20 yards of the entire 100. They may stray 10 yards to the left of the 50-yard line or 10 yards to the right of the 50-yard line. The remaining 80 yards range beyond their effective control. Certainly arch-democrat Jefferson spins and spins in his lonely Virginia grave. The Real Government Unelected and unaccountable judges, bureaucrats, pettifoggers, pecksniffs, functionaries, understrappers and jacks-in-office… Various rogues, rascals, cadges, chiselers, grifters, ne’er-do-wells and swindlers… It is they who primarily boss us, loot us, hagride us, menace us and boss us. In brief, it is they who govern us. Does the Department of Justice take democratic input? The Department of the Interior? The Centers for Disease Control? They do not. And do not forget: Dr. Fauci was a near Caesar during the pandemic. More recently, where was the public squealing to dispatch $56 billion to Ukraine? And does a sparrow fall anywhere within these United States — as it was once known — that escapes their suspicious eye? A Perversion of the Constitution The republic maintains its three branches of government; it is true. It maintains its official separation of powers. It maintains its protocols and decorums. That is, the Constitution’s skeletal structure is intact. Yet take a scalpel in hand. Knife your way through the outer layers… past the intermediate tissues… to the innards, to the vital organs. You will discover that the original constitutional anatomy is scarcely recognizable. We lift our pocket Constitution from our breast pocket, for example, where it is permanently stationed — near our stony heart… [URGENT: Drug Stock Could End Arthritis?]( [Click here for more...]( Will This Company’s Breakthrough Give New Hope To Millions? If You Or Somebody You Know Suffers From Arthritis, Pay Close Attention [Get The Urgent Details Here]( Under What Authority? We thumb to Article II, which limits presidential powers to: Signing or vetoing legislation. Ordering around the military and naval forces. Requesting the written opinion of his Cabinet. Convening or adjourning Congress. Granting reprieves and pardons. Receiving ambassadors. Where does the Constitution authorize the president to: Require Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees… to Protect Access to Reproductive and Other Health Care Services… to Ensure Responsible Development of Digital Assets…to Strengthen the Nation's Forests, Communities and Local Economies… to Prohibit New Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued Russian Federation Aggression… to Protect Public Health and the Environment and Restore Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis… to name some? These are but some of the 95 executive orders President Biden has signed to date. Are these not the prerogatives of the legislative bodies — of our elected representatives? Under which constitutional provision does the president exercise these powers? Certainly not under Article II. A Bipartisan Affair We sling our arrows not at the sitting president alone. His predecessor issued 220 of his own. Roosevelt — Franklin Delano — issued a dictatorial 3,721. Meantime, Washington issued eight executive orders in all eight years of office. Adams issued one in his term, Jefferson four. The number of executive orders has swelled to undemocratic and nearly obscene dimensions as the administrative state barreled through the Constitution’s “parchment barriers.” That is because the parchment barrier of the Constitution never could restrain men determined not to be restrained. As 19th-century individualist Lysander Spooner lamented, in devastating fashion: Whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain — that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it… Trump A word about former President Trump is in order… We are not an enthusiast of Mr. Trump. We find much of his economics badly informed, for example. In certain instances, we find them atrocious. More importantly, we believe he failed in his central duty... Candidate Trump was elected not as statesman, but as a sort of destructionist — a sapper planting dynamite beneath ruling-class trenchworks, beneath the “deep state” fortifications that ring the nation. President Trump failed to light the fuse. The fellow nonetheless did the nation an inestimable good, a supreme magnificence for which it should be staggeringly grateful. How? He renewed American distrust. Trump renewed distrust, that is, of institutions and elites (noun, not adjective) that run them. Trump renewed American distrust — that is — of the “swamp.” [Man Who Predicted Bitcoin Warns: “Don’t Buy Bitcoin!”]( [Click here for more...]( James Altucher first predicted Bitcoin all the way back in 2013… And ever since, he’s been one of the biggest advocates for it. But now, he’s warning Americans that buying Bitcoin could be a big mistake… [Click Here To See Why]( Trump Exposed the Swamp Creatures Like the lawman smoking crooks out of their safehouse, Trump flushed the swamp monsters out of the murk… and exposed them to the public gaze. How many Americans were familiar with the term “deep state” before Trump? Now the term has entered the popular vernacular. Most Americans likely held the Federal Bureau of Investigation in high regard prior to 2016. But after the massively discredited Steele dossier and “Russiagate”? After the recent raid on Donald’s private residence — the first ever raid on a former president’s home — and likely future presidential candidate? Many Americans would trust a dog with their dinner before they would trust the FBI with the law. Before 2020 how many Americans questioned the Centers for Disease Control before… or the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases? Prior to Trump Americans had largely forgotten the fundamental question of the Roman poet Juvenal: “Who will guard the guards themselves?” Millions of Americans presently have sharp eyes on the guards. Lost Credibility And does the mainstream media retain one tattered rag of credibility? The Trump presidency revealed the media’s monomaniacal hatred for the man, a hatred with the heat of 2,000 suns. All standards of objective journalism went emptying into the hellbox. Meantime, social media excommunicated Trump and legions of his enthusiasts — often for harmless and inoffensive blabberings. Add them one with the other… and the American people are now on their guard. Justice Must Be Blind You may hold Mr. Trump in the deepest contempt. You may therefore applaud the clandestine machinations of the FBI and Justice Department to undo this satan. Yet we would remind you that swords slice both ways. We would remind you that your preferred politician may be similarly used by the “deep state” in the future. We would replace the blindfold that has been stripped from the eyes of Lady Justice. Perhaps Trump’s example expedites the process. And so we lift our modest hymn in praise of Donald John Trump. He pulled back the curtain on the “deep state.” He exposed their mischiefs before a previously disinterested and unwatching public. We blast no trumpet for the fellow or his personal character. He is… flawed. But it makes no nevermind. Ironically, this “anti-democratic dictator,” the scourge of all democracy-drummers among us… May just prove American democracy’s savior… Regards, [Brian Maher] Brian Maher Managing Editor, The Daily Reckoning Editor’s note: Jim Rickards has been extremely busy doing interviews and strategic consulting for clients. [But there’s something Jim hasn't said on TV regarding the market.]( It’s something he’s been reserving for my readers. [And Jim says it’s extremely urgent.]( Between interviews, he found a moment to record [this message over Zoom]( that he thinks you should see right away. Jim says you may or may not agree with his analysis, but that you at least owe it to yourself to be informed. We agree. [Click here right now to watch.]( Thank you for reading The Daily Reckoning! We greatly value your questions and comments. Please send all feedback to [feedback@dailyreckoning.com.](mailto:dr@dailyreckoning.com) [Brian Maher] [Brian Maher]( is the Daily Reckoning's Managing Editor. Before signing on to Agora Financial, he was an independent researcher and writer who covered economics, politics and international affairs. His work has appeared in the Asia Times and other news outlets around the world. He holds a Master's degree in Defense & Strategic Studies. [Paradigm]( ☰ ⊗ [ARCHIVE]( [ABOUT]( [Contact Us]( The Daily Reckoning is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. 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