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Mike lofgren is a former career congressional staff member who served on the house and senate budget committees. Bill moyers signs off for the final time, he swears the. The five authors are philip giraldi, bill moyers, david talbot, mike lofgren, and myself. Earth on edge 2001 black journal bob the builder 20052018. All serious studies of the deep state, including mike lofgrens the.
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Mike lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins bill moyers to talk about what he calls washingtons deep state, in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect and. He was a congressional staffer for 28 years, with most of that time spent crunching numbers on the senate and house budget committees. This news magazine series addresses current affairs with host bill moyers, a journalist whose career began during the kennedy administration. He says the term, as he defined it, is being badly misused by president trump and his supporters. Bill moyers signs off for the final time, he swears. Bill moyers executive produced, wrote and hosted the journal when it was created. Nov 06, 2019 mike lofgren, a former congressional staffer, wrote the deep state in 2016.
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