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 policy-making based on facts and sound analysis. This AI -generated Podcast is based on the following post written by Mark Goodman and published by The […]
According to CNN reporting, the Department of Defense Inspector General has evidence that Secretary of Defense, Peter Hegseth posted information taken from a document marked Secret/NOFORN to a Signal “group chat” in March. At the time of this incident, Hegseth claimed the information in the chat was unclassified. The fact that Hegseth was using Signal […]
Welcome to “National Security for the Dinner Table,” The Steady State’s new series that aims to break down complex national security issues with direct implications for our lives and wellbeing into clear, relevant facts and observations to assist American individuals and families in formulating opinions and decisions. Following the Administration’s high-level visit by a Taiwanese […]
It was encouraging to hear the founder and CEO of a West Virginia solar installation company tell a small group of people interested in residential and commercial solar recently that solar power has become the cheapest and fastest way to meet increased energy demand. Solar can be deployed relatively quickly to meet the anticipated increase […]
By Steven Cash The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act—better known as RICO—was written for mobsters, not presidents. Passed in 1970 to dismantle organized crime, it gave prosecutors, and even private citizens, a way to take down enterprises that abused organizational power for private gain. RICO is not about who wears the wide pinstripe suit […]
The ongoing war in Sudan has displaced millions. (Photo by Safal Karki on Unsplash) During the 2024 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump boasted that, if elected, he would bring an end to the Russian-Ukrainian war even before he took office, and on more than one occasion said that he would end it within 24 hours […]
I retired from the federal workforce after 36 years of service, years filled with opportunity, growth, and a career that exceeded anything I could have imagined when first wondering what path my life would take. I planned for retirement, saved, and invested, hoping to spend these years enjoying the rewards of hard work—my “golden years.” […]
Over the past months, Donald Trump, Tulsi Gabbard, and other government officials have escalated a new wave of misleading rhetoric—amplified by pro-Trump media figures. In public appearances and social media posts, they’ve begun describing the Russia investigation and Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) assessing Russian activities and intentions in U.S. elections not merely as a political […]
When President Donald Trump suggested he might fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over disagreements about interest rate policy, it wasn’t just a breach of political decorum—it was a threat to a cornerstone of American economic stability. The Federal Reserve’s independence has long been a bipartisan norm, respected by presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to […]
We’ve all seen her, the little girl covering her eyes to hide from someone. After all, if she can’t see you, how can you see her? This is the image that popped into my mind when reading about the current US administration’s latest effort to “cook the books” to justify a rollback of US commitments […]