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The Steady State Sentinel Podcast

Our Steady State Sentinel Podcast Hosts! Meet them on January 6!!! Founded in 2016, The Steady State is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization of more than 360 former senior national security professionals. Our membership includes former officials from the CIA, FBI, Department of State, Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. Drawing on deep expertise […]

Shattered Trust

The Golden Age of America begins right now,” promised President Donald Trump in his Inaugural Address on January 20 2025. “From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world.” The “crisis of trust” in American leadership that our “corrupt” elites had created was over. On December 5, a […]

The Mass Recall Of Experienced Us

Photo of the former Ambassadorial Residence in Baku, Azerbaijan As we consider the consequences to our national security, well being and prosperity that the Administration’s firing of 30 experienced ambassadors (replacements for whom no candidates have been nominated) has wrought, we cannot set aside the cruelty of this sudden and expedited recall of these ambassadors […]

Fredonia Project Sitrep 21 Us Domestic

DATE-TIME GROUP: 271800ZDECEMBER25 FROM: EMBASSY OF FREDONIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. TO: MFA NAGADOCHES CLASSIFICATION: CONEOFSILENCE // FREDONIAN EYES ONLY SUBJECT: SITREP 021 “THE FREDONIA PROJECT” – OBSERVATIONAL DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA IN CRISIS 8-26 DECEMBER 2025 SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH MFA DIRECTIVE 1826-APRIL-1, THIS EMBASSY HAS INITIATED A REGULAR SERIES OF ANALYTICAL DISPATCHES REGARDING THE INTERNAL DYNAMICS […]

The Steady State Sentinel Podcast C81

Founded in 2016, The Steady State is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization of more than 360 former senior national security professionals. Our membership includes former officials from the CIA, FBI, Department of State, Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. Drawing on deep expertise across national security disciplines including intelligence, diplomacy, military affairs and law, […]

We Are Not Negotiating A Ukrainian

It is ever so difficult to watch the US sit on its hands while the heavily burdened Ukrainian President Zelensky turns himself inside out in repetitive fits of coerced reimagination to reach an agreement acceptable to the US on how the two shall approach Putin. This interminable stretch of US-driven futility is particularly hard to […]

Nspm 7 And The Constitution A Dangerous

On September 25, 2025, the Trump administration issued National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7), “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” The memorandum explicitly identifies anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity, extremism on migration, race, and gender, and hostility against those who hold so-called traditional American views on family, religion, and morality as indicators of domestic terrorism. Unlike […]

Steady State Letter To House Committee

ORIGINAL LETTER LINK December 30, 2025 The Honorable Andrew Garbarino Chair, Committee on Homeland Security United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Bennie Thompson Ranking Member, House Committee on Homeland Security United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Subject: DHS Handling of an Unfavorable Polygraph Involving the Acting CISA Director Dear […]

The Alts Civil Society Digital Dissent

Over the past year, a quiet but notable development has taken shape across social-media platforms, particularly on X (formerly Twitter) and Bluesky: the growing visibility of accounts styled as “Alt” versions of government agencies — Alt DOJ, Alt State, Alt EPA, and dozens of variations beyond. These accounts are often operated by former federal officials […]