The 400+ members of the Steady State are former national security and intelligence officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
They continue to promote democracy, rule of law, and national security based on the values shared by most Americans.
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Tulsi’s Final Intelligence Failure
When truth and propaganda can occupy the same briefing
The Termites of Authoritarianism
A quiet war on truth, expertise, and critical thinking.
Is Putin Winning Without Firing a Shot?
The Kremlin never needed Americans to love Russia. It only needed them to distrust democracy, despise institutions, and turn against one another.
Lawsuit Seeks DHS Records on Tracking of Americans’ First Amendment Activity
For immediate release: June 25, 2026
When Questions Become Enemies
Attacks on journalists are teaching Americans to stop defending democracy’s first line of accountability.
It’s a Free Country … Isn’t It?
One emigrated from Russia in 2013 as a teenager. One spent three decades serving the United States. Both are asking the same unsettling question: Is it still a free country?
