Remember how Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer taunted President Trump for challenging the spies who nominally work for him? “Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.” Let that sink in for a moment. Here we have one of the most powerful men in the United States, a pillar of the ruling class, a titan within our government, openly bragging that our most powerful, secretive, and unaccountable agencies mete out private vengeance—including against elected presidents—to serve their institutional interests.
