In the movie The Usual Suspects, Verbal Kint says of arch-villain Keyser Soze, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” The Devil had nothing on the Deep State.  No longer encumbered by the need even to make a pretense of telling the truth, the Establishment swears that there is no such thing as the Deep State, and it labels anyone who even dares to mention such a thing a conspiracy theorist.  Like many other lies we’ve been told in recent months and years, many are willing to believe this, even in the face of indisputable evidence that the notion that we have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people is just another load of crap.  In 2016, we thought we’d broken the Deep State.  We elected Donald Trump, who had sworn to work for the forgotten men and women of America. He had no use for lobbyists.  He didn’t need their money. Trump vowed to stop China from stealing us blind, to fix trade and lower taxes.  He won, I think, because Hillary was unliked and unlikable, and because the “experts” in the Establishment said it wasn’t possible and underestimated him.  After the election, Trump did the deeds that would seal his fate in 2020. He kept every promise that he’d made.  That was his big mistake.  It solidified the opposition, which is nearly all the world, against him.  Democrats hated him on general principles, he stole their power.  RINO Republicans (the Never Trumpers) hated him because he exposed them as the frauds they really are, and rendered them irrelevant.  The thieving lobbyists hated him because he cost them money.  Ditto the Wall Street crooks who made fortunes in China and relied on an unlimited supply of cheap, illegal alien labor to fuel profits. China hated Trump for daring to expose them as unprincipled bandits who steal anything not nailed down.  Russia?  Well, Russia thrives on sowing discord in America, so they were loving this.  Even our supposed allies like Great Britain, Italy and Australia got into the act, agreeing to have their intelligence agencies participate in the illegal efforts to depose Trump in 2016 and 2017.  And all the while, we were happily anticipating the day when the truth came out about the Russian collusion hoax and the FBI and CIA plot to unseat our president.  How many times did we hear Shaun Hannity say “tick, tock, as Freedom Caucus members assured us the truth was about to be revealed?”  How long have we been waiting for John Durham to release his report, or whatever the Hell he’s been doing?  It’s hard to believe that we all wasted four years waiting for justice to be meted out to Comey, Strozk, Clapper and Brennan.  We were rope-a-doped for four years.  The Deep State strung us all along, long enough to steal the election, rid themselves of Trump, and retake control.  We’ve been royally screwed, and I guess it’s our own fault for believing that it was possible for anyone to control the bloated, all-powerful and thoroughly corrupt Leviathan that our government has become.  I know this is a really depressing sentiment for the Holiday Season.  I won’t say “Christmas” because Christmas is all about birth, and unfortunately, our country is now a lot closer to death.  As we are the victims of a fraud let’s call it the Fraudmas Season.  So in the spirit of Fraudmas, I offer this carol –

THE TWELVE DAYS OF FRAUDMAS

On the first day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the second day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the third day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the fourth day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the fifth day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
five – Chinese – spies, four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the sixth day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
six networks lying, five – Chinese – spies, four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the seventh day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
seven Bidens stealing, six networks lying, five – Chinese – spies, four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the eighth day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
eight leakers leaking, seven Bidens stealing, six networks lying, five – Chinese – spies, four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the ninth day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
nine crocks of Bull Schiff, eight leakers leaking, seven Bidens stealing, six networks lying, five – Chinese – spies, four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the tenth day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
ten cities burning, nine crocks of Bull Schiff, eight leakers leaking, seven Bidens stealing, six networks lying, five –  Chinese – spies, four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the eleventh day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
eleven whistleblowers blowing, ten cities burning, nine crocks of Bull Schiff, eight leakers leaking, seven Bidens stealing, six networks lying, five – Chinese – spies, four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

On the twelfth day of Fraudmas the Deep State gave to me,
twelve RINOs ducking, eleven whistleblowers blowing, ten cities burning, nine crocks of Bull Schiff, eight leakers leaking, seven Bidens stealing, six networks lying, five – Chinese – spies, four tell-all books, three blocked tweets, Nancy Pelosi; Schumer, Omar and AOC

So Merry Fraudmas to all, and to all I say, we’re doomed.

Maybe by next week I’ll be in a better mood, but don’t count on it.