THE 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 […]

It 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 […]

THE 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 […]

CABLE 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 […]

History offers a hard lesson: public outrage without electoral victory rarely changes governments. Madison and Hamilton understood that lasting reform requires winning the institutions where constitutional power actually resides. “We The People” are without the power of government. The crises are different from those of our founding, but the political mechanics are strikingly similar. Hamilton […]