zurl.co/6KLZd Democracy Isn’t a Thing We Have. It’s a Thing We Do.

zurl.co/58jFV A Fourth of July reflection on power, citizenship, and the preservation of the Republic.

Steady State Executive Director, interviewed by The Economist -- "How Worried Should We Be?-- Spoiler -- Very - www.economist.com/podcasts/202...

Is this what we want the #FBI doing? It's not making our country safer. Nor are premature disclosures of investigations making us safer. It all undermines #trust. #NatSec @thesteadystate.org @johnsipher.bsky.social @kensyring.com @muellershewrote.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Steady State member Lynn Northcutt Vega -- former Foreign Service Officer, bringing perspective home to Madill OK www.madillrecord.net/commentary/l...

State State member, and hard-charging national security lawyer, Kevin Carroll -- representing the CIA officers:

Recent rulings from the SupCt. should concern all of us. But they also carry a message worth hearing: if you don’t like how the President or Congress are exercising their powers, the remedy is political as much as legal. Hold them accountable at the ballot box. Vote them out. #holdfast #steadystate

Democratic governments fail when intelligence services, law enforcement, and prosecutors cease serving the law and become instruments of political power. Todd Blanche’s nomination presents this danger. Reject Blanche. steadystate1.substack.com #HoldFast #Democracy #Trump #Blanche #Politics #NoKings

What shaped my life? It wasn't the #FBI. My colleagues @thesteadystate.org recently turned the tables on me and asked about the people and experiences that shaped my life in public service - it was one woman - Rep Millicent Fenwick (R-NJ), the "Conscience of Congress" substack.com/@laurencande...

The Pride flags came down. Today, the American and Virginia flags went up. I've never believed they compete. They fly for the same promise: a work in progress, still unfulfilled, asking each generation to realize it. Here's to the next 250 years of doing the work.

Democratic governments fail when intelligence services, law enforcement, and prosecutors cease serving the law and become instruments of political power. Todd Blanche’s nomination presents this danger. Reject Blanche. steadystate1.substack.com #HoldFast #Democracy #Trump #Blanche #Politics #NoKings

"Trump remains unreliable, unpredictable, and unencumbered by facts." To read the full article, visit our Substack: SteadyState1

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Wednesday Walk & Talk with Steven Cash Steven Cash explains the writ of habeas corpus outside the D.C. District Court, warning that the Trump administration reportedly explored suspending this constitutional safeguard—a power only Congress holds.

"As the 250th anniversary approaches, the question is not whether we can recite the history of resisting tyranny. The question is whether we still mean it." To read the full article, visit our Substack: SteadyState1

FOR ALL AMERICANS - Spread this critical information across partisan lines. Steven Cash is a national security leader, and Executive Director of The Steady State. Follow @thesteadystate.org 🇺🇸📜⚖️🗽🙏🏻⚓️ #HoldFast #GetSmart #HoosierSky youtu.be/n62ehhLR6Ys

Steady State Member Lauren Anderson, said Patel’s rush to publicize the arrests may have bypassed legal restrictions and the bureau’s internal guidelines, violation of which could trigger an inquiry by the office of professional responsibility, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

She Posted that an ICE Agent Should Be Indicted. Federal Agents Came Knocking open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...

She Posted that an ICE Agent Should Be Indicted. Federal Agents Came Knocking open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...

"They're bat-shit crazy." That's the most comfortable thing you can believe right now. It's also the most expensive. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship before the Supreme Court isn’t merely unconstitutional—it rests on false premises. zurl.co/ni73B

Steady State member Kevin Carroll, a retired Army reserve colonel who served in the Office of the Sec. of Defense and on the Joint Staff, said Donahue was “perhaps” the most respected officer in the Army and his retirement will be “demoralizing” to the service branch. thehill.com/policy/defen...

"Authoritarian systems are intensely personal. Democracies are institutional; autocracies are individual.... Over time, the state ceases to represent the people collectively and instead becomes an extension of one man’s preferences, ambitions, image, and ego. " open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...

This is brilliant!

This is brilliant!

Brennan: ODNI orchestrates 18 agencies and runs the NCTC — the no-fly/terrorist screening database. Dropping Bill Pulte in with no IC experience is a national security risk. Worse, NSPM-7 now flags "anti-capitalism," "anti-Christianity," and gender/migration views as domestic terrorism indicators

When Vance says "the deep state took down Richard Nixon," he isn't just defending Nixon, he's attacking the idea that Congress, courts, and a free press can check a president who abuses power. The goal is to normalize presidential impunity. For Trump now. Potentially or Vance later.

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Steady State member Kevin Carroll, a retired Army reserve colonel who served in the Office of the Sec. of Defense and on the Joint Staff, said Donahue was “perhaps” the most respected officer in the Army and his retirement will be “demoralizing” to the service branch. thehill.com/policy/defen...

“If Congress can’t do hard things, the country’s hardest problems don’t get solved.” —Russ Travers For more, check out Russ Travers at the link below or his new book, Common Sense: Take 2, on Amazon. zurl.co/6t8XL zurl.co/BsGbA

Brennan: ODNI orchestrates 18 agencies and runs the NCTC — the no-fly/terrorist screening database. Dropping Bill Pulte in with no IC experience is a national security risk. Worse, NSPM-7 now flags "anti-capitalism," "anti-Christianity," and gender/migration views as domestic terrorism indicators

The Trump playbook, in four steps: Break the law to "prove" the election was stolen Get convicted by a jury Apologize just enough to get out Walk out the door and repeat the lie on Bannon

"Bioweapons are no laughing matter, but neither is cooperating with Ukraine to develop ways to fight avian flu." Read the full article on our Substack: SteadyState1

Miller calls shipping asylum seekers to random third countries "very simple, very elegant." A Senate Foreign Relations report found the program has cost tens of millions for "little measurable impact." Elegant for whom? zurl.co/Hba3o

The SAVE Act and the USPS mail-voting rule point the same direction: fewer eligible Americans able to vote, dressed up as election security.

"The termites in our democratic foundation can still be exterminated, but only if we stop pretending that truth will defend itself." Read the full article on our Substack: SteadyState1

Saw where Peyton Manning debunked the whole halftime adjustment thing. In this case, it is necessary. Plus: I am only halfway done with this starter pack....so gonna make some adjustments. go.bsky.app/HU8CLdx

The Steady State yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for failing to release records about the agency’s monitoring of citizens engaged in constitutionally protected protest and political speech. steadystate1.substack.com/p/lawsuit-se...

Authoritarian leaders systematically attack diversity because pluralism is structurally incompatible with the kind of power they are trying to build: unaccountable, personalized, and absolute power that recognizes no legitimate rival, no independent check, and no truth outside the leader’s own.

Trump just took housing affordability hostage to force the SAVE Act through Congress, branding it a “national emergency.” Combined with his threats to federalize elections and relentless lies about fraud, this is a coordinated push to all but end mail-in voting in America.

Trump moved faster than the system could respond: USAID dismantled, habeas effectively suspended for thousands in detention. However, there is hope. Federal judges have pushed back in 150+ cases, and the administration is now losing far more often than it's winning. zurl.co/CKC2A

In discussing the corruption surrounding the Trump administration, Swan raises a chilling point. He estimates we likely only know "1%, maybe 5%" of what's really going on. zurl.co/ISfeZ

"The measure of a free society is not how it treats friendly voices. It is how it treats those who ask inconvenient questions." Read the full article on our Substack: SteadyState1

Rule of law: 1. Political retaliation: 0. A Bush-appointed federal judge crushed Trump DOJ subpoenas targeting Tim Walz and other Minnesota officials as “blatantly unlawful.” zurl.co/TC8Gl

Steven Cash urges everyone to be rigorously skeptical of all news sources, including The Steady State’s content, and to teach the next generation to verify information for themselves rather than trusting any authority at face value.

Trump's apparent obsession with measuring himself against Mao, Stalin, Hitler, and Genghis Khan tells you everything you need to know about how he sees power. Not as a public trust, but as a personal score to be settled.

A sobering gut check from Steven Cash: “It’s around 50-50 that nobody in this room will ever vote in a free and fair election in the remainder of your life.” But he says there's still hope — here's why.

@thesteadystate.org with a blisteringly strong article today about the dangerous paradox at the heart of authoritarian rule. “Trust is among the most valuable forms of capital a nation possesses. It cannot be manufactured by decree. It cannot be compelled through fear.” substack.com/home/post/p-...