“It turns out the ‘Deep State’ is actually kind of awesome”, a New York Times opinion piece remarked this morning. It’s a classic in the genre of “it’s not happening and it’s good that it is”: in 2017 the outlet insisted that the Deep State didn’t exist. Americans, the new article argues, ought to embrace and celebrate the “everyday heroes” of the Deep State for making such good use of our tax dollars.

Government employees are just like us, the author notes —- they even like Taylor Swift! But if mean old Donald Trump is elected come November, “he would have the power to eviscerate the so-called Deep State and replace our public servants with people who work for him, not us.” Voters beware: there are livelihoods at stake…