THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JIMMY GOMEZ FOR CALIFORNIA’S 34TH 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. Jimmy Gomez for California’s 34th Congressional District. Jimmy Gomez represents California’s Thirty-Fourth Congressional District, one of the country’s […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JIMMY GOMEZ FOR CALIFORNIA’S 34TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
/in SubstackTHE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JIMMY GOMEZ FOR CALIFORNIA’S 34TH 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. Jimmy Gomez for California’s 34th Congressional District. Jimmy Gomez represents California’s Thirty-Fourth Congressional District, one of the country’s […]
The Intelligence You Don’t See: A Career Analyst Warns about Systemic Weaponization of the Intelligence Community
/in SubstackA former CIA analyst and NSC director on the weaponization of the DNI, the decapitation of the NSC, and why dissent is no longer tolerated. Host Bree Fram, a retired Space Force colonel, sits down with Julia Curlee, a former CIA analyst with 25 years of experience who served as an National Security Council (NSC) […]
Transcript Episode 39: The Intelligence You Don’t See: A Career Analyst Warns about Systemic Weaponization of the Intelligence Community
/in SubstackTHE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JIM COSTA FOR CALIFORNIA’S 21ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
/in SubstackTHE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JIM COSTA FOR CALIFORNIA’S 21ST 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. Jim Costa for California’s 21st Congressional District. Jim Costa represents California’s Twenty-First Congressional District, which includes parts of […]
America First = Trump First, America Last
/in SubstackBehind the slogans lies a consistent strategy: create an enemy, discredit independent institutions, suppress dissent, concentrate authority in one office. The debate is ultimately over whether constitutional limits still matter. The political landscape in the United States has always been marked by diverse ideologies and philosophies. In recent years, the rise of the Make America […]
What Are We Prepared to Do?
/in SubstackIt is easy to catalogue what is going wrong. It is harder—and more important—to decide what we will do about it. This week The Steady State moves from political exhaustion and attacks on expertise to elections, public service, and the enduring responsibility of citizens to defend constitutional government. Democracy survives not because its institutions are […]
Gen Z: It’s not Apathy; It’s Exhaustion.
/in SubstackBy: Author’s Name Withheld From school shootings to climate change, racial justice, and reproductive rights, Gen Z has repeatedly answered the call. The real challenge today isn’t motivating a generation to engage; it’s giving them a reason to believe engagement still matters. There is a different kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES CORY BOOKER FOR SENATE
/in SubstackTHE STEADY STATE ENDORSES CORY BOOKER 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. Cory Booker for Senate. Cory Booker represents New Jersey in the United States Senate and has served since winning a special […]
When Intelligence Becomes an Election Weapon
/in SubstackAddress to the Nation, July 16, 2026 The Trump Administration is not simply arguing for tougher election rules. It is constructing a national security rationale for federal control over election administration—using intelligence products that appear to have bypassed the professional analytical process designed to prevent politicization. Three weeks after President Trump’s July 16 address on […]
FREDONIA PROJECT – SITREP 28: TESTOSTERONE; THE FIX YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED
/in SubstackCABLE ID: 2026-0805-FRED/WASH/SITREP-028 DATE-TIME GROUP: 061800ZAUGUST2026. FROM: EMBASSY OF FREDONIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. TO: MFA NAGADOCHES CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL // FREDONIAN EYES ONLY SUBJECT: SITREP 28 : FREDONIA PROJECT” – OBSERVATIONAL DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA IN CRISIS AUGUST 6 2026 SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH MFA DIRECTIVE 1826-APRIL-1, THIS EMBASSY HAS INITIATED A REGULAR SERIES OF ANALYTICAL DISPATCHES REGARDING […]