Normalization of the Presence of Uniformed Military on our City Streets The decisive question is no longer whether Trump tests constitutional limits, but whether those around him will resist or accommodate expanding executive power. The country is well launched on the road to autocracy, and the President is leading the MAGA faithful and the rest […]
The debate is not fundamentally about architecture or design. It is a debate about whether public institutions reflect democratic values—or increasingly reflect the image and tastes of a single leader. The current controversy surrounding the proposed White House ballroom, the “Trump Arch,” and now the repainting of the Old Executive Office Building has generated intense […]
Host Lauren C. Anderson, former senior FBI executive, sits down with pollster Stefan Hankin of Lincoln Park Strategies and journalist Joel Anderson of The Ringer and Slate to unpack a national poll released in May 2026. Key findings: 54% of Americans say they hesitate to express political views at work, online, or in their communities […]
Today we remember the Americans who gave their lives in service to this country. The best way to honor them is not only with gratitude, but with responsibility. We owe them a republic worthy of their sacrifice: one grounded in truth, accountable government, equal justice, and the steady defense of democracy itself. Memorial Day asks […]
Today we remember the Americans who gave their lives in service to this country. The best way to honor them is not only with gratitude, but with responsibility. We owe them a republic worthy of their sacrifice: one grounded in truth, accountable government, equal justice, and the steady defense of democracy itself. Memorial Day asks […]
The Steady State provides both a warning and a call to action: The greatest threat to the United States is not a sudden collapse of democracy but the gradual normalization of intimidation, institutional erosion, unchecked executive power, and public disengagement. We contend that democratic resilience ultimately depends not only on institutions, but on citizens willing […]
Stephen Colbert mattered because he challenged power without cruelty. If corporations now silence or sideline voices that criticize Trump, citizens still possess leverage of their own: boycott and civic resistance. I stayed up late last night, 21 May 2026, to watch the final episode of Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. I am nowhere close […]
Because my current residence is in Italy, I often watch internationally oriented news broadcasts produced in Europe. There may only be a few democratically minded European Union leaders who do not despair over the continuing absurd, nonsensical, self-serving, and ultimately hazardous decisions made by Mr. Trump. Most seem to consider the man clownish—but clowns are […]
In the latest episode of The Steady State Sentinel, Margaret Henoch (former senior CIA Operations Officer) sits down with Bob Drogin– a 38‑year veteran of the Los Angeles Times who served as a national correspondent, foreign correspondent, and ultimately White House editor during the first Trump administration. Drogin covered intelligence and national security for years, […]
The DOJ’s “anti-weaponization fund: a federally sanctioned mechanism for settling political scores at taxpayer expense. The recent announcement by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that he has established an “anti-weaponization fund” in exchange for the Trump family dropping its collective lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a horrible misuse of authority in its […]