There are moments when proposed government action tells us something larger than the action itself. Reports that the Navy is considering removing the name of Doris “Dorie” Miller from the future aircraft carrier CVN-81, with President Donald Trump reportedly among the possible replacement names, is one of those moments. To be precise, the Navy and […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES ZACH DEMBO FOR KENTUCKY’S 6TH 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 Zach Dembo for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District. Zach Dembo is running to represent Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District after a […]
Host Jim Lawler sits down with Jeff Stein, the founding editor-in-chief of Spy Talk and a veteran journalist who has covered the intelligence community for over 40 years — and who earlier this year beat back a $1 million defamation suit brought by a Trump administration official. Stein shares his visceral reaction to being served […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JESSICA KILLIN FOR COLORADO’S 5TH 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 Jessica Killin for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. Jessica Killin is running to represent Colorado’s Fifth Congressional District after a […]
Paul Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda (1933-1945) The most disturbing thing about the elderly German woman I met wasn’t that she admired Hitler. It was that she otherwise seemed perfectly ordinary. Educated. Articulate. Rational. Her devotion was a reminder that authoritarianism doesn’t require irrational people. It requires people who have been persuaded that their […]
Freedom isn’t self-sustaining. It requires institutions with integrity, public servants with courage, voters with skepticism, and citizens willing to do the unglamorous work of holding power to account. The Steady State has been busy again this week; essays, political endorsements and legal action. We maintain that democratic erosion begins when power is no longer held […]
For decades, U.S.-South Korean exercises have communicated readiness, resolve, and mutual commitment. Abruptly weakening them—without clear strategy or allied consultation—risks telling North Korea, South Korea, and China something Washington may not intend: that American reliability is conditional. The United States has provided South Korea with extended deterrence for decades, since the two countries signed the […]
PDF VERSION AVAILABLE HERE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 28, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Steady State, an organization of more than 430 former national security officials, today transmitted a formal criminal referral to the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Defense Office of […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JOHNNY OLSZEWSKI FOR MARYLAND’S 2ND 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 the Hon. Johnny Olszewski for Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District. Johnny Olszewski represents Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District, covering much of […]