Chicago, Illinois, October 3, 2025 The non-partisan, non-sectarian Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), which has been taking opinion surveys for sixteen years, announced October 22 a stark conclusion: “Fifty-six percent of Americans agreed with the proposition that ‘President Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy’ (up from […]
Bombing of Boat in the Caribbean off the Coast of Venezuela Rodrigo Duterte was President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. His focus during his presidency was his “war on drugs,” which was characterized by extrajudicial killings of people suspected of involvement in the narcotics trade. Had he not been term-limited he might still […]
Argentina’s Javier Milei and Elon Musk Why is Trump meddling in the internal affairs of neighbors and allies? Is this meddling just Trump’s support for people he likes? Or is there a strategic logic at work? To get clarity we should look back to early in the Trump presidency. Trump raised eyebrows by frequently suggesting […]
Since the moment Donald Trump returned to the White House, the world has been watching, bewilderedly, by his abrupt swings in policy toward the Ukraine war. Most recently, after voicing confidence that Ukraine could win the war against Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Trump now says he does not believe it will. The U.S. could offer Tomahawk […]
Steven Cash, who formerly served as senior advisor to the undersecretary at the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence & Analysis, talks about his group’s “Assessment of U.S. Democracy,” which warns the Trump administration’s consolidation of executive power, weakening of institutional checks and balances, politicization of justice and intelligence, and deliberate erosion of civil […]
Americans are among the most fortunate people on earth. Our standard of living, our quality of life, the freedoms provided by our constitution and democratic institutions are (under normal times) the envy of the world. So are our natural resources, and our geopolitical, diplomatic, and military influence are unmatched. Unlike countries I served in as […]
PDF LETTER AVAILABLE AT LINK Dear Chairpersons, Vice Chairman and Ranking Members: I write on behalf of The Steady State[1], to express deep concern regarding recent reporting that suggests the existence of an “Interagency Weaponization Working Group” (“IWWG”), composed of officials from across the federal government—including elements of the Intelligence Community—and apparently tasked with pursuing […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 14, 2025 in Washington, DC, provided by MSN The Trump administration continues to up the ante on its naval combat operations in the Caribbean against alleged drug-smuggling operations, which administration officials and the president himself claim are carrying fentanyl to the United States. Since September 2, there have been […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2025 The Steady State Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Opposing Chicago National Guard Deployment Washington, D.C. — The Steady State, a network of more than 340 former senior U.S. national security, diplomatic, intelligence, and defense officials, today announced the filing of an amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme […]
“Is Donald Trump permanently compromising US national security? The question is worth asking in light of the overhaul of major agencies, internal purges, and the demand for absolute loyalty. Supporters of the president praise his boldness, which led him, for example, to authorize strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites in June, while ruling out a […]