Steady State
Organization of former intelligence, military, diplomatic, and national security officials. Known for applying intelligence-community analysis to democracy and governance while asking what happens when democratic erosion, authoritarian trends, and threats to constitutional norms are ignored until it's too late.
This is exactly how it was designed to be under Project 2025. MAGA have installed their Caesar as wa
When people in Washington lower their voices and say, “Please don’t use my name. I’m afraid he’ll come after my...
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Fmr. Prosecutor Brendan Ballou exposes the degradation of the White House. He confirms Trump is plas
This isn’t just bad optics. National monuments belong to the public and shouldn’t be monetized by Trump, his allies, or...
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Unclear how much WH fight will cost taxpayers
If you built a case study on how an authoritarian hijacks public power for private gain, you would get exactly...
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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin- “We want to make sure that every vote actually counts, that we’re no
The administration’s scam is to point to something already illegal, pretend it’s rampant, and demand sweeping powers to “fix” it....
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Hegseth- The document says Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, won’t seek one, won’t buy one, won
This is the danger of replacing diplomacy with domination. The JCPOA had inspectors, limits, and verification. This administration offers threats,...
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BRENNAN- Given that the US military just carried out this operation in Venezuela, should Americans u
They can call it a doctrine. They can give it a fancy name. They can wrap it in Monroe Doctrine...
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#BREAKING- Hayes- “According to the NYTimes, the USPS has proposed a new rule that would allow it to
If the federal government can condition mail ballot delivery on state compliance with its voter-roll demands, then the Postal Service...
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More than half of the companies that donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project have collected
Trump called it a “gift to the American people.” Then the companies that paid for it collected $50 billion in...
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One of the most astonishing attempts at projecting grandiose delusions I’ve ever seen—“so [Obama] tr
This is a greatest-hits reel of misinformation.Trump’s message is simple. Diplomacy is weakness, escalation is strength, and any agreement made...
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The Bob Mueller Standard: Justice, Integrity, and Public Service
Two former federal prosecutors on what the job is supposed to represent at its best, why Bob Mueller was the...
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