Furthering one's political education is always worth making a thread for, right?

Here's some interesting stuff I've found lately on the US 'Deep State,' the (theorised?) loose network of cooperation between the military-industrial complex, oil companies, Wall Street and intelligence agencies that relies on parliamentary politics for money and legitimacy.

[url=billmoyers.com/2014/02/21/anatomy-of-the-deep-state/]Anatomy of the Deep State[/url] (just what it says on the tin, doesn't put all that much emphasis on party lines)

[url=medium.com/deep-code/situational-assessment-2017-trump-edition-d189d24fc046]Situational Assessment 2017: Trump Edition[/url] (a predictive look at the US culture war as reflected in and influenced by politics; Uses extended metaphor, has elements of 'buy my book' at the end)

[url=http://whowhatwhy.org/2017/02/06/donald-j-trump-deep-state-part-1/]Donald J. Trump and the Deep State[/url] (a two-part, quite specific look at individual characters and groups in the global deep state and their connection to Trump and other parts of the US system, relies on a whole lot of citations which I didn't check)

Anything you guys want to recommend to the ol' reading list (or any criticisms of these suggestions so far)?