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THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES AMI BERA FOR CALIFORNIA’S 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
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. It Has No Expiration Date
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 […]
The Day the Institutions Stop Saying No
Photo with thanks to Independent.co The true test of democratic institutions is not whether they obey those in power, but whether they can tell them no. The erosion of professional independence risks turning America’s most important institutions from guardians of the public interest into instruments of political will. The Steady State asks this question: What […]
The Return of War as Plunder
By Steven A. Cash When war becomes a means of acquisition, sovereignty becomes a privilege of the strong. Trump’s transactional foreign policy risks taking America—and the world—back toward the age of conquest and plunder. For more than a millennium, Western political thought has insisted that war requires a cause—a casus belli. The tradition stretches from […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES MADELEINE DEAN FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES MADELEINE DEAN FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Madeleine Dean for Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District. Madeleine Dean represents Pennsylvania’s Fourth Congressional District and is currently serving […]
FREDONIA PROJECT – SITREP 27: CHANGES IN PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS OBSERVED, NOT DIAGNOSED, 1 APRIL THROUGH 30 JULY 2026
DATE-TIME GROUP: 301800ZJULY2026. FROM: EMBASSY OF FREDONIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. TO: MFA NAGADOCHES CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL // FREDONIAN EYES ONLY SUBJECT: SITREP: OBSERVED CHANGES IN PRESIDENT TRUMP (1 APRIL – 30 JULY 2026) 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 […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES TROY CARTER FOR LOUISIANA’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 Troy Carter for Louisiana’s Second Congressional District. Troy A. Carter represents Louisiana’s Second Congressional District, and is a longtime public servant of the state of Louisiana. A graduate of Xavier […]
You Live Differently When the Soldiers Arrive
The presence of armed troops changes behavior—even when they do nothing. In Washington, an unnecessary and open-ended deployment is bad on operational grounds, and is making ordinary freedom of movement, speech, and assembly feel less ordinary. A young friend in Washington, DC, described to me how, on any given Saturday, she and her husband relax […]
The FBI Is Not Yours, Kash Patel
Leading the FBI is a position of extraordinary power and responsibility. The director’s obligation is not to personal ambition, political loyalty, or convenience, but to the mission, the institution, and the American people. That is the meaning of stewardship—and the standard by which every director should be judged. My earliest lessons about public service and […]