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370+ former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution."
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On the web: https://www.thesteadystate.org
On Substack: https://steadystate1.substack.com/
1/ Emperor Trump’s Board of Peace appears as an attempt to build a personalized one‑world government around his lifetime chairmanship with unchecked veto, and sweeping interpretive authority.
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Trump launches Board of Peace that some fear rivals UN
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace, initially designed to cement Gaza's rocky ceasefire but which he foresees taking a wider role worrying to other global powers, alth...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:47 PM
1/ Emperor Trump’s Board of Peace appears as an attempt to build a personalized one‑world government around his lifetime chairmanship with unchecked veto, and sweeping interpretive authority.
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1/ Trump cannot expand his secret police to include NATO no matter how much he might like to. NATO has no domestic policing role. NATO forces are not authorized to perform U.S. law-enforcement or border-patrol duties.
January 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM
1/ Trump cannot expand his secret police to include NATO no matter how much he might like to. NATO has no domestic policing role. NATO forces are not authorized to perform U.S. law-enforcement or border-patrol duties.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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"The world is not abandoning the United States. It is adapting to an America that no longer has a plan beyond the fantasies of a wannabe dictator. And once countries learn to live without American leadership, they may not feel compelled to invite it back."
"The world is not abandoning the United States. It is adapting to an America that no longer has a plan beyond the fantasies of a wannabe dictator. And once countries learn to live without American leadership, they may not feel compelled to invite it back."
America Last: Trump’s Trade Tantrums are Weakening U.S. Influence, and the World is Moving on Without Us
The Steady State | by Bruce G. Berton
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January 22, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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"The world is not abandoning the United States. It is adapting to an America that no longer has a plan beyond the fantasies of a wannabe dictator. And once countries learn to live without American leadership, they may not feel compelled to invite it back."
"The world is not abandoning the United States. It is adapting to an America that no longer has a plan beyond the fantasies of a wannabe dictator. And once countries learn to live without American leadership, they may not feel compelled to invite it back."
Join us January 23 for Episode 5 of The Steady State Sentinel! Title: The Country is Suffering
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January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Join us January 23 for Episode 5 of The Steady State Sentinel! Title: The Country is Suffering
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Jack Smith’s testimony is powerful. Trump was charged not for politics but because the evidence proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump broke the law, and no one, not even a former president, is above it.
Jack Smith: "President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke the very laws he took an oath to uphold. Grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions as alleged in the indictments they returned."
January 22, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jack Smith’s testimony is powerful. Trump was charged not for politics but because the evidence proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump broke the law, and no one, not even a former president, is above it.
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"[In this updated assessment,]We assess with high confidence that ... democratic backsliding continues. While some institutional resistance exists...the trajectory poses both immediate and long-term risks to constitutional order and national security."
"[In this updated assessment,]We assess with high confidence that ... democratic backsliding continues. While some institutional resistance exists...the trajectory poses both immediate and long-term risks to constitutional order and national security."
Democracy SITREP - Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline - A Periodic Update
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January 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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"[In this updated assessment,]We assess with high confidence that ... democratic backsliding continues. While some institutional resistance exists...the trajectory poses both immediate and long-term risks to constitutional order and national security."
"[In this updated assessment,]We assess with high confidence that ... democratic backsliding continues. While some institutional resistance exists...the trajectory poses both immediate and long-term risks to constitutional order and national security."
1/ This question is for Kristi Noem, Donald Trump, Greg Bovino, and Stephen Miller. When you send ICE paramilitaries to violate the Constitutional rights of those living here in America;
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January 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
1/ This question is for Kristi Noem, Donald Trump, Greg Bovino, and Stephen Miller. When you send ICE paramilitaries to violate the Constitutional rights of those living here in America;
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The Steady State Auxiliary is up and running, and this afternoon we will be hosting, at 7 pm, an "Ask-Me-Anything" for members (see below). @stevencash.bsky.social will be in the hotseat. Still time to join the Auxiliary and participate today!
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Announcing: The Steady State Auxiliary
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January 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The Steady State Auxiliary is up and running, and this afternoon we will be hosting, at 7 pm, an "Ask-Me-Anything" for members (see below). @stevencash.bsky.social will be in the hotseat. Still time to join the Auxiliary and participate today!
1/2 Republican members of Congress know the strategic and constitutional dangers Trump poses. They’re just trapped in a system where fear, short‑termism, and selective resistance still outweigh those dangers.
John Brennan: We really have reached this real inflection point where America's leadership on the world stage is not just in question, but also is now being seen as being absent. Many of us are appalled and ashamed.
January 22, 2026 at 1:21 PM
1/2 Republican members of Congress know the strategic and constitutional dangers Trump poses. They’re just trapped in a system where fear, short‑termism, and selective resistance still outweigh those dangers.
Referring to his keynote address at the World Economic Forum, Trump told the audience that sometimes “you need a dictator.” To be clear, this is the President of the United Staes telling the world (including us) that we need a dictator, and HE is that dictator.
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Referring to his keynote address at the World Economic Forum, Trump told the audience that sometimes “you need a dictator.” To be clear, this is the President of the United Staes telling the world (including us) that we need a dictator, and HE is that dictator.
1/3 In a post featuring a photo of a U.S. flag planted on Greenlandic soil, Trump claims that after a “very productive meeting” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte they “have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland.”
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January 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM
1/3 In a post featuring a photo of a U.S. flag planted on Greenlandic soil, Trump claims that after a “very productive meeting” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte they “have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland.”
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"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy
The Steady State |by Steven A. Cash
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January 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
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Had a great time chatting with @adamkinzinger.substack.com
Episode 4 of The Sentinel is live!
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January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Had a great time chatting with @adamkinzinger.substack.com
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Listen to Episode 4 of The Sentinel today with Adam Kinzinger!
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January 22, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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Listen to Episode 4 of The Sentinel today with Adam Kinzinger!
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"This administration’s federal criminal justice system commentaries point to no prosecution, or even admonishment, of Jonathan Ross for Renee Good’s death. But federal law affords an alternative course that may produce some measure of justice."
"This administration’s federal criminal justice system commentaries point to no prosecution, or even admonishment, of Jonathan Ross for Renee Good’s death. But federal law affords an alternative course that may produce some measure of justice."
Administration Cover-up: The Shooting of Renee Good
The Steady State | by George Croner
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January 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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"This administration’s federal criminal justice system commentaries point to no prosecution, or even admonishment, of Jonathan Ross for Renee Good’s death. But federal law affords an alternative course that may produce some measure of justice."
"This administration’s federal criminal justice system commentaries point to no prosecution, or even admonishment, of Jonathan Ross for Renee Good’s death. But federal law affords an alternative course that may produce some measure of justice."
1/ Trump continues the disgraceful rhetoric that NATO wouldn’t be there for us if we were attacked (again forgetting about 9/11 and all the sacrifices our NATO allies made after that) and repeatedly mistakes Greenland for Iceland.
Trump repeatedly confuses Greenland with Iceland during a low-energy, slurring appearance at Davos
January 21, 2026 at 8:08 PM
1/ Trump continues the disgraceful rhetoric that NATO wouldn’t be there for us if we were attacked (again forgetting about 9/11 and all the sacrifices our NATO allies made after that) and repeatedly mistakes Greenland for Iceland.
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A crucible of decision that can decide our republic’s immediate fate seems to loom.
A crucible of decision that can decide our republic’s immediate fate seems to loom.
Open Letter to General Dan Caine, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Steady State | William R. Piekney
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January 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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A crucible of decision that can decide our republic’s immediate fate seems to loom.
A crucible of decision that can decide our republic’s immediate fate seems to loom.
1/ Lavrov’s claim that Crimea is “Russian security” reads as an echo of Trump’s language about Greenland. When security claims are allowed to override the sovereignty of other states, sovereignty becomes conditional rather than absolute. This is a core feature of spheres-of-influence logic.
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
1/ Lavrov’s claim that Crimea is “Russian security” reads as an echo of Trump’s language about Greenland. When security claims are allowed to override the sovereignty of other states, sovereignty becomes conditional rather than absolute. This is a core feature of spheres-of-influence logic.
