DATE-TIME GROUP:221800ZJULY25 FROM: EMBASSY OF FREDONIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. TO: MFA NAGADOCHES CLASSIFICATION: CONEOFSILENCE//FREDONIAN EYES ONLY SUBJECT: SITREP 12: “ THE FREDONIA PROJECT” OBSERVATIONAL DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA IN CRISIS JULY 22 2025 SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH MFA DIRECTIVE 1826-APRIL-1, THIS EMBASSY HAS INITIATED A REGULAR SERIES OF ANALYTICAL DISPATCHES REGARDING THE INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE UNITED […]
DATE-TIME GROUP: 211800ZJULY25 FROM: EMBASSY OF FREDONIA, WASHINGTON D.C. TO: MFA NAGADOCHES CLASSIFICATION: CONEOFSILENCE // FREDONIAN EYES ONLY SUBJECT: SITREP 11: ‘THE FREDONIA PROJECT” OBSERVATIONAL DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA IN CRISIS JULY 13-20 SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH MFA DIRECTIVE 1826-APRIL-1, THIS EMBASSY HAS INITIATED A REGULAR SERIES OF ANALYTICAL DISPATCHES REGARDING THE INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE […]
There was a time when Marco Rubio stood for a very different vision of American leadership. The son of Cuban immigrants, he rose quickly as a senator with eloquence and energy—a Republican who championed democracy promotion, strong alliances, and the moral imperative of U.S. global engagement. Today, as Donald Trump’s Secretary of State, Rubio is […]
Although Elon Musk joked about feeding the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) into the woodchipper back in February, it was not until this month that Secretary Rubio completed the shredding by formally dismantling USAID and absorbing the remnants into the State Department. And Congress has now approved President Trump’s request to rescind $8 billion […]
July 21, 2025 (reposted November 30, 2025) To the Republican Members of the United States Senate: I write on behalf of The Steady State, a nonpartisan organization of more than 300 former senior national security professionals who have collectively served every President of the United States–Republican and Democrat–over decades. Our members include former Ambassadors, CIA […]
Damaging support for U.S. business, jobs, and exports is yet another result of the ill-considered cuts at the State Department. American consumers, workers, farmers, and entrepreneurs across the country are going to suffer as a result. Supporting U.S. exports and American businesses abroad is one of the most basic functions of our embassies and diplomats. […]
Welcome to “The Steady State Deep Dive,” a Podcast series addressing vital domestic, regional and global security issues including rule of law, free and fair elections, political civility and transparent policymaking based on facts and sound analysis. This AI-generated Podcast is based on the following post by Dr. Susan Koch, published on Substack on July […]
America is no longer welcoming to the poor and downtrodden masses (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress) The Trump Administration’s draconian deportation operations continue apace, despite public opposition. While media reports have focused primarily on actions against undocumented immigrants within the Hispanic and Latino communities, one demographic being impacted by the administration’s wholesale and […]
DATE-TIME GROUP: 131800ZJULY25 FROM: EMBASSY OF FREDONIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. TO: MFA NAGADOCHES CLASSIFICATION: CONEOFSILENCE // FREDONIAN EYES ONLY SUBJECT: SITREP 10: “THE FREDONIA PROJECT” – OBSERVATIONAL DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA IN CRISIS JULY 7-13 2025 SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH MFA DIRECTIVE 1826-APRIL-1, THIS EMBASSY HAS INITIATED A REGULAR SERIES OF ANALYTICAL DISPATCHES REGARDING THE INTERNAL DYNAMICS […]
On July 11, over 1,100 Civil Servants and nearly 250 Foreign Service Officers were summarily fired from their domestic jobs at the State Department. Billed as an effort to combat bureaucratic bloat and radical ideology, this mass firing was designed mostly to punish elements of the department that carried out policies of the previous administration […]