Rubicon, you say you are "schooling me" which is actually very funny, but allow me to share a few things you might read to see how insane you and your bupizzaro world of conspiracy theorists really are.
The Deep State Is Real - POLITICO Magazine
The "deep state" you refer to in such conspirial terms, as only you anti America people can do.....and the twisting of sort of pushed along by Limbaugh...has existed always.
It is NOT what you dime store novel writers project, but simply hard working government employees who care about our country and a bizarre, Trump like attempt, to bring our country down.
Of course, you, Trump and Putin would love to see a few things...one attack our free press, and second, eat away at our foundational systems.
I suggest, but fear you are incapable of understanding some reading outside the Russian point of view or the extremist alt right. There are many writings on the Deep State, which you obviously do not understand but should take the time to try and understand.
Although Trump feels, and YOU support, it all began with HIM....
What Is the Deep State? | The Nation