Cabinet - appointed by POTUS, and head of the departments
SES - Senior Executive Service - THE DAMN GATEKEEPERS, who prevent, delay, impeded, and fight against the orders of POTUS/Cabinet that they don't like, and stop the orders from the top to actually function down below at the Civil Service employee level; many of these are criminals, actively engaged in sedition at best, treason at worst -- probably taking orders from outside the Chain of Command (think: Soros, etc.)
Civil Service - workers/bureaucrats at the bottom, who carry out the functions of the federal government (unless they are blocked by SES)
"Keystone" would make sense here.
POTUS - at the top
Cabinet - appointed by POTUS, and head of the departments
SES - Senior Executive Service - THE DAMN GATEKEEPERS, who prevent, delay, impeded, and fight against the orders of POTUS/Cabinet that they don't like, and stop the orders from the top to actually function down below at the Civil Service employee level; many of these are criminals, actively engaged in sedition at best, treason at worst -- probably taking orders from outside the Chain of Command (think: Soros, etc.)
Civil Service - workers/bureaucrats at the bottom, who carry out the functions of the federal government (unless they are blocked by SES)