The Real Deep State

Just because Trumpistas like to whine about the Deep State doesn't mean there isn't a national security apparatus that can seriously ruin your day.

So far we know of three whistleblowers.  There is apparently one with complaints about the handling of Trump's tax returns, but that one is largely being ignored in the blizzard of revelations over Ukraine.

We now have a second whistleblower on the Ukraine phone call.  While we don't know the identity of the first whistleblower, yet, these are both apparently intelligence officers.  In other words, they work for the CIA, DIA or NSA.  These are serious people who usually only act when they have a plan.  Getting the first whistleblower out there has laid the ground for subsequent revelations.  (That Trump can't stop himself from doing crimes on TV is probably more than they expected.)

Trump's phone calls have been hidden - possibly illegally - on a secret server.  The idea that there are additional, damning phone calls is real.  The other reality is that there are therefore likely to be more whistleblowers, perhaps on calls to other countries. 

This has made Republicans very reluctant to defend Trump in public.  There are some efforts to shift the conversation AWAY from the Ukraine calls, but no effort to defend the actual calls themselves.  Any smart Republican - I assume there are some - will want to stay away from the microphones as long as possible. 

The shoes are dropping like crazy, and no one has an umbrella.