Paul Ryan Refills the Swamp--Joins [DS] Stink Tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Which Was Responsible for the US Shadow Government [CoG] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/paul-ryan-joins-dc-think-tank AEI and Brookings were the two stinktanks that came up with THE BIG IDEA to destroy America from within, called the Continuity of Government.  The COG plan was effectively a 'secret martial law' plan that created the defacto shadow government within the US.  This is the thesis of Professor Peter Dale Scott, author and geopolitical professor and analyst, who suggested that COG was THE REASON behind the false flag of 9/11/2001^[1][2] If you are interested in this subject, the soundcloud link above to the Guns and Butter podcast of PDS discussing 9/11 and COG will quite literally change your life.  I know this first hand.  It is the most plausible explanation for 9/11 as a false flag, saying nothing about how it was done.  It was a massive powergrab (rights grab) for the deepstate, enabling the patriot act, secret law and everything that followed since that fateful day 18 yrs ago. Continuity of Government [CoG] The COGC Proposal The "Continuity of Government Commission" (COGC), spearheaded by the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute, recently issued proposals for the operation of Congress following a catastrophic terrorist attack. Specifically, COGC advocates a constitutional amendment calling for the appointment of individuals to the House of Representatives to fill the seats of dead or incapacitated members, a first in American history. An examination of the proposal reveals that it is both unnecessary and dangerous. Note that COGC is "self-commissioned," its members being neither elected nor appointed by any government body. The biographies of the commissioners demonstrate that COGC is made up mostly of professional lobbyists. Of course COGC is well-intentioned, but the nation should know exactly who is trying to substitute their wisdom for that of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and other framers of the Constitution. I think most Americans would prefer that proposals to amend the Constitution come from elected lawmakers or grassroots efforts, not from think tanks and lobbyists. One reading the COGC proposal cannot help but sense the familiar Washington conceit at work, a conceit that sees America as totally dependent on the workings of Capitol Hill. It is simply unthinkable to many in Washington that the American people might survive a period in which Congress did not pass any new laws. But the truth is that the federal state is not America. The American people have always been remarkably resilient in the face of emergencies, and individual states are far more equipped to deal with emergencies and fill congressional vacancies than COGC imagines.