Authors’ Names Withheld Photo By Scott Carter/Medium “When Fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” Sinclair Lewis, 1935 Authoritarianism rarely announces itself. It arrives incrementally—one norm broken, one institution weakened, one opponent demonized, one loyalist installed at a time. The pattern is now manifest in the United […]
The Steady State follows America’s cascade to authoritarianism. Reversing it begins with restoring what authoritarianism erodes: truth, expertise, due process, institutional independence, historical memory, public trust, and the active citizenship that makes democracy possible. What we have witnessed: The leader demands loyalty and independent expertise becomes disloyalty; institutions become targets; history becomes malleable; dissent becomes […]
Canadians can be extraordinarily gracious. But behind the courtesy is a country with formidable national pride, military history and strategic importance. Geography, history, economics and national security all point to the same conclusion: antagonizing Canada is not a display of American strength. It is an exercise in strategic stupidity. It is difficult to impossible to […]
PDF AVAILABLE HERE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2026 Washington, D.C. — The Steady State, a nonpartisan organization of more than 430 former national security officials, today asked the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate whether Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel violated the Hatch Act by appearing, under their […]
Renaming a Great Lake by executive order may change a label on some American maps. It cannot change history, geography, or the diplomatic damage caused by turning a place name into a political taunt. The naming, and especially renaming, of geographic features typically follows a deliberative process, taking into account history, indigenous peoples, and the […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES SEVEN CANDIDATES IN NEW JERSEY FOR THE 2026 MIDTERMS WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, is today announcing seven endorsements for candidates running for Congress in New Jersey. The Steady State today is announcing […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2026 PDF AVAILABLE HERE Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) closed a Hatch Act complaint against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just one day after receiving it, and a subsequent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has produced no records showing how OSC reached that decision. The […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES KWEISI MFUME FOR MARYLAND’S 7TH 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 Kweisi Mfume for Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. Kweisi Mfume represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District and has dedicated his career […]
Robert H. Jackson, at Nuremberg “Procedural fairness and regularity are of the indispensable essence of liberty.” —Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Attorney General, Supreme Court Justice and Chief U.S. Prosecutor at Nuremberg Democracy is not tested when the process gives us what we want. It is tested when it doesn’t. As voters evaluate candidates this fall, […]
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 […]