'Deep State' Fantasy Is Just as Dangerous as the 'Fake News' Myth




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Rory Cooper, The Daily Beast
Cooper writes: "The Devin Nunes memo may have been a dud, but it did reveal one major issue: Politicians feel more than fine about destroying trust in our institutions."
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