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So, career civil servants?

Yeah, heaven forfend we'd want to preserve any kind of institutional memory. Let's reappoint everybody every two years, that'll make things work well.

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He only provided part of the definition. It also are people who are working against the goals of the executive branch, which they are a part of. If a civil servent is doing their job they wouldn't be part of the deep state.

A civil servant's job is not just to do what the executive branch asks them to do.

I wasn't clear. I am talking about stuff like this

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nps-twitter-account-shut-d...

You should be doing your job not creating hatred towards your boss.

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