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. Joaquin Castro for Texas 20th Congressional District. Joaquin Castro represents Texas’s 20th Congressional District, which includes much of San Antonio and Bexar County. A graduate of Stanford University […]
A court created three decades ago to handle the most sensitive terrorism-related immigration cases has never heard a case—until now. Its sudden revival, amid an expanding campaign that increasingly blurs the line between terrorism, political dissent, and national security, raises questions that go far beyond immigration enforcement. Last week, the government filed an application before […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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. Bennie G. Thompson for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District. Bennie G. Thompson represents Mississippi’s Second Congressional District and was first elected to Congress in a special election in […]
In her debut as co-host of the Steady State Sentinel, retired Space Force Colonel Bree Fram joins Lauren Anderson to interview retired Lieutenant Colonel Jessica Ruttenber, a senior pilot with over 3,000 flight hours. Their conversation explores the effects on combat readiness of hidden barriers, the importance of data over anecdotes, the chilling effect of […]
The erosion of democratic institutions is not just a government story. As expertise yields to loyalty, constitutional checks weaken, and public trust declines, the consequences ripple through national security, diplomacy, business, and the economy—and we ignore the costs at our peril. The Steady State warns of the present and projected consequences of the steady erosion […]
The U.S. Constitution according to Trump: “There’s this thing called Article II.” (Art by Charles A. Ray) Long before Project 2025, immunity rulings, and sweeping executive orders, Donald Trump claimed Article II gave him powers “at a level nobody has ever seen before.” That wasn’t a stray remark—it was an early blueprint for the presidency […]
PDF VERSION AVAILABLE HERE For Immediate Release: July 17th 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials–whose careers traditionally required political neutrality–will be announcing endorsements in the upcoming November midterm elections. “In normal times members of the national […]
Congress was created to check presidential power. Instead, it is quietly surrendering its own. Photo with thanks to Medium, March 2026 The most dangerous constitutional failure in America today is not simply an increasingly powerful presidency. It is a Congress that has abandoned the oversight, independence, and institutional courage the Framers expected from the first […]
Executive Summary We assess with high confidence that accelerating authoritarian dynamics in the United States are already generating direct and growing risks to American businesses, both abroad and at home. This risk environment is defined less by episodic shocks than by a structural shift away from rules-based governance toward personalized, discretionary power, in w […]