The Weekly: Democracy Beyond the Ballot
This week The Steady State focused on the country’s internal polarization and the underlying challenges involving democratic culture, institutional resilience, and the continuing concentration and personalization of political power at a time that the country is facing international instability and strategic risk.
We maintain that democracy’s survival depends not only on elections or constitutions, but on a democratic culture that values truth, expertise, restraint, and citizens willing to defend them.
As political power personalizes and international instability grows, the Steady State argues that democracy’s survival depends not only on elections—it depends on truth, expertise, restraint, and citizens willing to defend them.
THE ESSENTIALS
The Social Media Take-Away of the Week
Trump’s January 6 myth depends on pretending the prosecutions were a sham. But not one case was overturned, and the Department of Justice had 100% jury conviction rate at trial.
You don’t get that from “weaponization.” You get that from evidence..
THE MISSION
“Memorial Day asks us to pause, to mourn, and to remember that freedom is never self-sustaining. It is protected by those who serve, and preserved by citizens who refuse to take it for granted.
May we honor the fallen not just in words, but in how we care for the country they died defending.
#HOLDFAST
Founded in 2016, The Steady State is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization of more than 400 former senior national security professionals. Our membership includes former officials from the CIA, FBI, Department of State, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security. Drawing on deep expertise across national security disciplines, including intelligence, diplomacy, military affairs, and law, we advocate for constitutional democracy, the rule of law, and the preservation of America’s national security institutions.
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