The "Deep State" is a murky, dark cabal of like-minded Leftists, all rowing in the same direction without a stated or deliberate conspiracy. They don't need a conspiracy, because they all think alike. It consists of unelected Leftist government bureaucrats, Leftist thinktanks and NGOs, the Democrat/Media Complex, most of high-level academia, most of the legal profession (the kind that rotates between government and BigLaw firms), and assorted hangers-on. When the American electorate elects a Presidential administration (I'll call such an administration the "Good Guys") that stands in stark and well-stated opposition to the Deep State, that same affiliated cabal acts like white blood cells when they encounter an infection--they swarm in a fight to the death. If the Good Guys call on a private citizen to assist in the fight against unelected tyranny, anyone who answers that call is not the "Deep State." Instead, they are patriots who are as far removed from the actual Deep State as is possible. Discernment matters.