Aaron owe control and teach at university of texas in austin. Im pleased to share this panel today on the deep state. Joining me here to talk about this quite important topic are three fantastic historians all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly gauge of yale. And balker of duke and p professor allen of Northwestern University. Im going to set the stage with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and then introduce each panelist individually before they speak 15, 20 minutes apiece and then well open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. Were here today to talk about the ore ethic origins and effects of what we call the deep state. This is not really new. Today we call it the deep state, in earlier eras activists spoke about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and even the military Industrial Complex. Even though those terms varied throughout the ages they usually share a lot in comment so the arguments that typicall
Establishmentoth parties, democrat and republican, into larger institutions, including my profession, still have a hard time wrestling with understanding who this coalition is, how it is formed, and that donald trump did not cause it, he is the result of it. Host lets take a deep dive into your reporting. You write the following the concrete notion of a donald Trump Presidency did not uniformly crystallize until the wee hours of november 9, 2016. In many ways, there has been no other sunrise in american politics since as the American Public remains stuck in the moment that they served surprise notice that guest that sums it up. If you voted for donald trump, didnt about for him, most people recognize that that is where we are today. Not much has moved from that moment. I tell people all the time when they say what has changed . What is going to happen . Do people still like him . I say it is sort of like groundhog day. Nothing much has changed since november 9, 2016. You woke up that m
Tonight, Charity Begins at court. And the cast of star wars answers just one question. Plus, stephen welcomes mark harmon and comedian Caitlin Weierhauser featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hey happy friday nice to see you beautiful you audience Stephen Stephen Stephen Stephen stephen good to see you. Happy friday hello, my friends thank you so much. Wooo wooo got that friday feeling. Got that friday feeling in this room. Welcome to the late show, everybody. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. It is friday, and everybody is ready for the weekend. Trumps had another rough week on the impeachment front, but hes got something to look forward to this weekend. On saturday, hes going to the annual armynavy football game. Now, this is one sporting event where trumps got a pretty good chance of not getting booed. laughter and even if he is, the booing will be highly regimented sir
A series of tweets on saturday in which he said key iranian landmarks could be targeted if the country seeks revenge for the assassination of its top general kasim silly money bars on tuesday trouble said washington will abate International Law. We are according to various laws supposed to be very careful with their Cultural Heritage and you know why if thats what the law is i like to obey the law i mean while the Iranian Parliament has unanimously passed a bill that ignites new u. S. Armed forces as a terrorist organization. Was. Full those who ordered this is well as the perpetrators of this crime the killing of general kassim son the money to go with the pentagon and their military i counted as terrorists hamas and earlier the body of Major General so he was taken back to his home town for burial and its reported dozens of people were crushed to death in a huge crash i gather that with hundreds injured. Meanwhile the Iranian Foreign minister has accused washington of violating u. N.