Illegal independence
Since I focused on independent sources in previous item, here's an immediate misuse and corruption of the term independent.

When Trump fires or gives orders to Deepstaters, the Deepstaters protest that they are independent of executive authority.

The NY attorney made the claim yesterday. Earlier the Department of Energy claimed to be independent when Trump's admin was trying to SEE their work.

How do they get away with this nonsense?

US Attorneys are explicitly political appointees. They are W2 employees of the government, not 1099 contractors. They can be hired and fired and commanded by the elected government. This is NOT MYSTERIOUS.

The Energy DEPARTMENT is a DEPARTMENT within the executive branch. Its employees are W2 employees of the Executive branch. They can be hired and fired by THEIR EMPLOYER, which is the EXECUTIVE BRANCH. All of their work product is PUBLIC DOMAIN, open to public inspection and certainly open to inspection by THEIR EMPLOYER, which is the EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

For 200 years the criminals illegitimately posing as "Federal" "courts" have been asserting their independence, claiming absolute authority over the entire country. Again nonsense. Federal courts are created by Congress and thus subservient to Congress. Congress can delete them at any time. Their independence is an explicit and prima facie CRIME OF INFINITE TREASON which nobody has ever bothered to prosecute.

There are plenty of ways to be independent. A lawyer who wants to be independent can set up his own practice. An energy researcher who wants to be independent and secret can work for Greenpeace. When you work for the government you are NOT independent. You are supposed to help the government implement its agenda. That's why the government employs you.

In the spirit of previous item, you can LOOK UP THESE FACTS for yourself. You shouldn't take my word for it. Read the constitution and find laws.
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