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Executive Director, The Steady State; Former: DHS Intelligence Officer; Chief Counsel, Sen. D. Feinstein; CIA Operations Officer; Assistant District Attorney, New York County. Lots of former.
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"We now have our own version of the Soviet KGB, Russian FSB without the name, an East German Stasi, a Serbian MUP without the uniform:...Centralize authority. Blur legal boundaries. Normalize force. Declare opponents dangerous. Treat dissent as disorder."
Watch this (yes, it is me). Understanding the history of DHS will help understand how we are where we are
25.01.2026 21:26 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Ambassador Ray is the kind of level-headed professional diplomat who has seen it all, and lived it. Read and listen...
25.01.2026 21:26 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Ed Apel is not only a 28 year FBI veteran, he is second generation FBI. When somebody like Ed says something like this, we should all listen. And worry.
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1/ “The Steady State unequivocally condemns the fatal shooting earlier today in Minneapolis by ICE paramilitary officers…
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I think we will take "charming, if quaint". And certainly "sober" is good.
23.01.2026 10:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0There is something charming, if quaint, abt these US security old hands creating this movement. They see existential crisis engulfing nation & are speaking out. They don’t yell or hyperventilate. Their craft taught them calm, even in our 5-alarm fire. Worthwhile podcast—Steve Cash is sober voice.
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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."
Join us January 23 for Episode 5 of The Steady State Sentinel! Title: The Country is Suffering
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America Once Knew How to Name Fascism
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"Nearly eighty years ago, the U.S. told its soldiers that the defense of freedom begins with understanding what threatens it. That message was true in 1945. It is no less true today."
NOW LIVE: Episode 1 of The Steady State Sentinel Podcast.
On Jan 6, 2021, experienced national security professionals recognized warning signs that many had missed. In this episode, they explain why accountability matters—and what happens when it disappears.
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U.S. National Security and Globalism Take a Hit open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... "The U.S. has carved out its own neighborhood, leaving Russia and China to carve out theirs, free of unhelpful western influences and able to license their authoritarian satraps to act in the narrowest of interests."
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Venezuela After Maduro: Six Questions That Matter Now
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"Here are six... questions. Together, they will determine what this intervention really is—and whether it is sustainable."
“Don’t kid yourself, this is not just about Venezuela. This is about what amounts to a near-final step in carving a new role for our country, redefining it as a shrunken version of its former self, setting up Washington DC as little more than the local capo for the Western Hemisphere.”
05.01.2026 16:31 — 👍 20 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1Must read and follow this account for qualified national security analysis 👇.
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Congress - what can it do? Here is a primer from Congressional Research Service: "A body of constitutional and statutory provisions provides Congress with perhaps its most important legislative tool: the power to direct and control federal spending."
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Join John Sipher and The Steady State Sentinel co-hosts tomorrow, January 6!
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#StillStandingWatch
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1/ Trump says the cartels are “running Mexico,” not its president, and concludes that “something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
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Trump described the raid as something he watched “like a television show,” turning a lethal operation (one that reportedly killed dozens and put U.S. service members’ lives at risk) into a spectacle. That framing blurs the line between command responsibility and entertainment. #holdfast
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03.01.2026 04:17 — 👍 32 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 1Trump openly frames military force as a commercial acquisition tool. You can’t credibly argue limited self defense, LE action, narrow authorization, or emergency necessity while simultaneously describing infrastructure takeover, profit generation, corporate involvement, and follow-on strikes.
03.01.2026 17:45 — 👍 498 🔁 218 💬 44 📌 10As he continues to ignore the role of Congress and the Constitutional division of national security powers, Trump implies that Cuba may be the administration’s next head target in the administration’s regional strategy.
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Venezuela Shows the Danger of Power Without Restraint: Presidential Authority, Assumptions of Good Faith, and the Breaking Point
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substack.com/@steadystate... Of particular concern is the unwarranted, imperious self-assuredness of the president in stating that the US “will run things in Venezuela until a suitable transition can be arranged.”
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