History offers a hard lesson: public outrage without electoral victory rarely changes governments. Madison and Hamilton understood that lasting reform requires winning the institutions where constitutional power actually resides. “We The People” are without the power of government. The crises are different from those of our founding, but the political mechanics are strikingly similar. Hamilton […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JON OSSOFF FOR SENATE WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Sen. Jon Ossoff for Senate. Jon Ossoff represents Georgia in the United States Senate and is currently serving his first term. He […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES FRED WELLMAN FOR MISSOURI’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Fred Wellman for Missouri’s Second Congressional District. Fred Wellman is running to represent Missouri’s Second Congressional District after a […]
The Trump administration says taxpayers deserve a return on their investments. But when Washington subsidizes companies, regulates them, awards their contracts, and then takes an ownership stake, the government stops being a referee and starts becoming a player. That is not communism. It is something potentially more familiar and more dangerous: state capitalism shaped by […]
Pool Photo By Saul Loeb, AFP Via Getty Images and USA Today The “Letter of 51” did not declare the Hunter Biden laptop Russian disinformation. It warned that its emergence bore the “hallmarks” of a Russian information operation. That is an intelligence assessment; not a claim of certainty. The question is whether professionals should be […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JEFF MERKLEY FOR SENATE WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Sen. Jeff Merkley for Senate. Jeff Merkley represents Oregon in the United States Senate and is currently serving his third term. He […]
Host Jim Lawler sits down for the latest Sentinel podcast with his former CIA colleague Mark Fowler, a decorated case officer and one of the most experienced Iran operations officers of his generation. Fowler explains what makes Iran such a uniquely demanding target — not because Iranians are hard to recruit, but because the U.S. […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES AMI BERA FOR CALIFORNIA’S 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Hon. Ami Bera for California’s 3rd Congressional District. Ami Bera represents California’s Sixth Congressional District and has served in […]
We took an oath to defend the Constitution—not to serve a president, a political party, or a personal agenda. That promise did not end when we left the government. Today, more than 430 former national security professionals are speaking out because we believe that protecting America’s democracy, institutions, and rule of law remains a lifelong […]