Former pilot, astronaut and now candidate for Congress Terry Virts draws on a lifetime of service to assess the current chaos in our institutions and government. Founded in 2016, The Steady State is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization of more than 360 former senior national security professionals. Our membership includes former officials from the CIA, FBI, […]
The phrase “release the Epstein files” has such rhetorical power because it promises moral clarity. It offers the public a cathartic moment, exposure, accountability, a sense that the powerful can’t hide behind the system. And in a political culture that increasingly treats outrage as both a pastime and a strategy, it can feel especially satisfying: […]
Major NATO Affiliations in Europe (2025) The United States has long led the most successful, enduring alliances in modern history. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has grown from 12 states in 1949 to 32 now. Its attraction to democratic states is well shown by the fact that all former members of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact […]
The world’s longest land border is the over 5000 miles between the United States and Canada. It is also the world’s longest unguarded border. This may be changing. Last week Canada revealed its military is modeling a US invasion. The Canadian response would reportedly involve mimicking the Afghan mujahideen and using Canada’s size and harsh […]
Availability of TikTok in the World Over the past weekend, like many other organizations and users, The Steady State experienced significant disruptions in our TikTok service. For nearly a full day, videos could not be loaded at all. When service appeared to resume, content that would ordinarily reach tens of thousands of viewers was registering […]
Political analyst shares three red flags with The Steady State Sentinel podcast guest host , warning that Iran, attacks on the judiciary, and targeting of U.S. citizens by the government are potentially incendiary threats to U.S. democracy and national security. Listen on Apple Podcasts or your preferred platform. New episodes every Tuesday, special features on […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel further underlined their lack of needed basic training and of competent leadership when ICE agents tried on Tuesday morning to enter the Ecuadoran Consulate in Minneapolis. Trying to do so violates one of the most basic rules of international law and practice and if the shoe were on the […]
“WHEN A SQUAD OF FBI AGENTS marched into a Fulton County Georgia election office on Wednesday and started seizing ballots from the 2020 election, they were accompanied by a cabinet official who almost nobody would have expected: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard… “…It’s “outrageous [and] a significant abuse of power,” said Steven Cash, a […]
Political analyst Jack Hopkins shares three red flags with The Steady State Sentinel guest host Margaret Henoch: warnings of Iran, attacks on the judiciary, and targeting of U.S. citizens by the government. And he offers advice about Americans’ response to these threats and associated stress management. Founded in 2016, The Steady State is a nonprofit […]
Executive Order 12333 is one of the publicly least well known, and most important, documents in American national security. First issued by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and last substantively updated by President Barack Obama, it is the foundational directive that governs what the United States Intelligence Community may, and may not, do. It defines […]