{"id":13040,"date":"2017-02-08T01:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T08:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=13040"},"modified":"2017-02-08T01:23:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T08:23:09","slug":"the-modern-mamluks-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/02\/08\/the-modern-mamluks-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The Modern Mamluks of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not limiting themselves to violent riots or histrionic temper tantrums, the institutional Left is refusing to acknowledge that an outsider at odds with them dares claim <em>their<\/em> power to rule. Bureaucrats have decided to join <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2017\/02\/03\/federal-workers-using-encrypted-apps-to-organize-dissent-against-new-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\">the so-called #TheResistance<\/a> and run their own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/02\/federal-workers-signal-app-234510\" target=\"_blank\">crypto-government<\/a> with secret lines of communication out of range of Trump&#8217;s ears:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Federal employees worried that President Donald Trump will gut their agencies are creating new email addresses, signing up for encrypted messaging apps and looking for other, protected ways to push back against the new administration\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Whether inside the Environmental Protection Agency, within the Foreign Service, on the edges of the Labor Department or beyond, employees are using new technology as well as more old-fashioned approaches \u2014 such as private face-to-face meetings \u2014 to organize letters, talk strategy, or contact media outlets and other groups to express their dissent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Funny how the histrionic Left who whines about &#8220;democratic legitimacy&#8221; have no problem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2017\/01\/california-democrats-advocate-criminal-resistance-to-trump.php\" target=\"_blank\">jumping over the rule of law<\/a> to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/resistance-from-within-federal-workers-push-back-against-trump\/2017\/01\/31\/c65b110e-e7cb-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?utm_term=.4696b1a524a3\" target=\"_blank\">unelected mandarins<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/302817-government-workers-shun-trump-give-big-money-to-clinton-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">continue<\/a> their <em>de facto<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2017\/02\/05\/rogue-federal-bureaucrats-threaten-trumps-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\">rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These bureaucrats <a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/368249.php\" target=\"_blank\">fancy themselves<\/a> modern-day <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mamluk\" target=\"_blank\">Mamluks<\/a>, who were <em>de jure<\/em> slaves in various Muslim regimes throughout history, but were <em>de facto<\/em> the rulers with an elevated status above and beyond the <em>hoi polloi<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13041\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/800px-Mameluke-in-Full-Armour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/800px-Mameluke-in-Full-Armour.jpg 800w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/800px-Mameluke-in-Full-Armour-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/800px-Mameluke-in-Full-Armour-768x944.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Remember, &#8220;democracy&#8221; is only legitimate if the people express the pre-determined &#8220;correct&#8221; policy, which must be instilled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2016\/04\/resolving-the-contradiction-of-progressivism.php\" target=\"_blank\">a vanguard of their betters<\/a> (<em>i<\/em>.<em>e<\/em>. the bureaucrats of the administrative state).<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Modern Mamluks of America\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Not limiting themselves to violent riots or histrionic temper tantrums, the institutional Left is refusing to acknowledge that an outsider at odds with them dares claim their power to rule.  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