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'The Building Always Wins'—Kasie Hunt Lets Slip A Synonym For 'The Deep State'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 12/06/2024 8:54:45 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Liberals often deny the existence of the Deep State. Thus we see columns like this, in the New York Times: "What Happens When You Fight a ‘Deep State’ That Doesn’t Exist." And this one by David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker: "There Is No Deep State."

But on today's episode of CNN This Morning, host Kasie Hunt acknowledged something that is effectively a synonym for the Deep State.

Describing the challenges facing Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in their Department of Government Efficiency [DOGE] undertaking to render the federal government more efficient and less costly, Hunt said:

"There is this saying in Washington that, at the end of the day, the building always wins. So that even when you do try to do something, the building itself will push back."

So the "infrastructure" in place in the federal government will "push back" against any attempt to change the status quo. And that status quo is almost always of a liberal bent.

Sure sounds like . . . the Deep State!

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1 posted on 12/06/2024 8:54:45 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; frank ballenger; ...

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 12/06/2024 8:55:10 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The devil always denies he exists.

The Deep State always denies it exists.

This is not a coincidence.


3 posted on 12/06/2024 8:56:36 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Less building. More people.

That should be the new phrase.


4 posted on 12/06/2024 8:59:04 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

And if you tear the building down?


5 posted on 12/06/2024 8:59:21 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I think she’s confusing it with the quote of “the house always wins”


6 posted on 12/06/2024 8:59:24 AM PST by Skywise
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

They used to call it “city hall” - as you don’t fight city hall.


7 posted on 12/06/2024 9:01:02 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: Skywise

Except in D.C., the “House” means Congress.


8 posted on 12/06/2024 9:02:23 AM PST by dangus
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
The Deep State is the permanently entrenched bureaucracy that really runs a country.

It is THE establishment.



https://internationalman.com/articles/the-deep-state-and-the-2024-election/
9 posted on 12/06/2024 9:04:03 AM PST by know.your.why
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I certainly see the appeal of taking over every US Department, reforming it and perhaps using it. I’m worried that in four years Democrats will be in power again. It might be wiser to abolish Departments outright.

On the other hand, the left “transformed” America through incrementalism. Can incrementalism work to America’s advantage?


10 posted on 12/06/2024 9:04:43 AM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Just like “the house always wins”

... except, at least most gambling operations have a commission that oversees fair operations.

It’s actually a good metaphor for the deepstate. Like a mob cartel with no checks and balances.


11 posted on 12/06/2024 9:07:38 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: cgbg

BTTT


12 posted on 12/06/2024 9:08:14 AM PST by nopardons
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
So the "infrastructure" in place in the federal government will "push back" against any attempt to change the status quo. And that status quo is almost always of a liberal bent.

*************

Big government serves the liberals' interests and benefits them in every way. Its their power base. Its their mothership. Its the very foundation they use to control everything. And that's why its so essential to downsize it.

13 posted on 12/06/2024 9:18:48 AM PST by Starboard
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Casie “The Freak” Hunt. Say it three times fast.


14 posted on 12/06/2024 9:23:05 AM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Kasie Hunt— somebody’s whore. What a “looker” Not!

Not bright and not long for her stupid job either.


15 posted on 12/06/2024 9:24:39 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: cgbg

Dread Pirate Roberts denied existence of ROUS until one bit him in the fanny.


16 posted on 12/06/2024 9:29:02 AM PST by Migraine ( )
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To: know.your.why

When I lived in Italy they told me that they had an extensive, EXPENSIVE bureaucracy that was put in place when the French Bourbons ruled them. At the time (centuries prior) it was modern and kept track of all the paperwork in a much more organized way but it had grown out of control. Looks like we have the same issue. Hopefully this will change soon.


17 posted on 12/06/2024 9:30:44 AM PST by sorrisi (CAP spending and TRADE Congress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

That’s why you burn the f’ing building down.


18 posted on 12/06/2024 9:40:02 AM PST by chuckb87
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Some would call it;
Treasonous Activities.


19 posted on 12/06/2024 9:40:09 AM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Secret societies are real, evil and amongst us.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.

20 posted on 12/06/2024 9:43:47 AM PST by Manic_Episode (Harpazo imminent. Each post may be my last. It's been real =)
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