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370+ former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution."
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The Steady State Sentinel podcast is coming Jan 6!
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Listen to episode 1 at www.thesteadystate.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts!
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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2/ Russian hardliners are explicitly framing the Russian-flagged oil tanker, Marinera, seizure as an encroachment on Russian territory and floating nuclear justifications. That rhetoric is dangerous, but it is a response to U.S. actions that created the escalation pathway in the first place.
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
2/ Russian hardliners are explicitly framing the Russian-flagged oil tanker, Marinera, seizure as an encroachment on Russian territory and floating nuclear justifications. That rhetoric is dangerous, but it is a response to U.S. actions that created the escalation pathway in the first place.
1/ Trump’s aggressive intervention in Venezuela, combined with expanded sanctions and maritime seizures, has potentially increased the risk of a wider confrontation with Russia.
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Russia sends nuclear WW3 threat to UK and US – 'Do not play games with us'
Russia has issued a direct nuclear threat to the UK and US following the seizure of the Marinera oil tanker in the North Atlantic, which has left Vladimir Putin raging
www.mirror.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
1/ Trump’s aggressive intervention in Venezuela, combined with expanded sanctions and maritime seizures, has potentially increased the risk of a wider confrontation with Russia.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
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NEW: Former senior nat-sec officials sound alarms over Trump's military action in Venezuela.
"Jackassery."
"No process in our foreign policy anymore."
“The worry that we all have ... is the president, the man himself, who is sinking deeper into a dementia." www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
"Jackassery."
"No process in our foreign policy anymore."
“The worry that we all have ... is the president, the man himself, who is sinking deeper into a dementia." www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
‘Jackassery’: Former Senior National Security Officials Rip Trump’s Attack On Venezuela
“The worry that we all have ... is the president, the man himself, who is sinking deeper into a dementia of some sort,” said a former senior CIA executive.
www.huffpost.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:17 AM
NEW: Former senior nat-sec officials sound alarms over Trump's military action in Venezuela.
"Jackassery."
"No process in our foreign policy anymore."
“The worry that we all have ... is the president, the man himself, who is sinking deeper into a dementia." www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
"Jackassery."
"No process in our foreign policy anymore."
“The worry that we all have ... is the president, the man himself, who is sinking deeper into a dementia." www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
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'Jackassery': Former Senior National Security Officials Rip Trump's Attack On Venezuela (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost)
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January 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
'Jackassery': Former Senior National Security Officials Rip Trump's Attack On Venezuela (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost)
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Walz warns the public not to believe DHS’s propaganda machine, noting there will be a full and fair investigation into the incident in Minnesota.
January 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Walz warns the public not to believe DHS’s propaganda machine, noting there will be a full and fair investigation into the incident in Minnesota.
This didn’t age well: Pete Hegseth a month ago: "The War Department will not be distracted by democracy-building, interventionism, undefined wars, regime change…and feckless nation-building."
January 8, 2026 at 11:07 AM
This didn’t age well: Pete Hegseth a month ago: "The War Department will not be distracted by democracy-building, interventionism, undefined wars, regime change…and feckless nation-building."
The President took unilateral action to withdraw US from participation in a number of international organizations. Too soon to unpack it all, but #getsmart on treaties and international agreements (including withdrawal) at www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
January 8, 2026 at 10:56 AM
The President took unilateral action to withdraw US from participation in a number of international organizations. Too soon to unpack it all, but #getsmart on treaties and international agreements (including withdrawal) at www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Click the link in the comments to watch The Steady State's 60-minute Quick Hit: The U.S. attack on Venezuela.
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Click the link in the comments to watch The Steady State's 60-minute Quick Hit: The U.S. attack on Venezuela.
It’s Not Sedition; It’s American
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"If, in the view of Secretary Hegseth, Senator Kelly’s words constitute sedition, then so do mine. And so, I am confident, do the unspoken words of countless other military retirees."
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"If, in the view of Secretary Hegseth, Senator Kelly’s words constitute sedition, then so do mine. And so, I am confident, do the unspoken words of countless other military retirees."
It’s Not Sedition; It’s American
The Steady State | by Michael Eiland
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January 7, 2026 at 11:09 PM
It’s Not Sedition; It’s American
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"If, in the view of Secretary Hegseth, Senator Kelly’s words constitute sedition, then so do mine. And so, I am confident, do the unspoken words of countless other military retirees."
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"If, in the view of Secretary Hegseth, Senator Kelly’s words constitute sedition, then so do mine. And so, I am confident, do the unspoken words of countless other military retirees."
FREDONIA PROJECT - SITREP 22: US DOMESTIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY - January 3-7, 2026
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Hot off the wires! The latest intercept from the Fedonian Embassy in Washington, with unique analysis of "“Operation Absolute Resolve.”
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Hot off the wires! The latest intercept from the Fedonian Embassy in Washington, with unique analysis of "“Operation Absolute Resolve.”
FREDONIA PROJECT - SITREP 22: US DOMESTIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY - January 3-7, 2026
CABLE ID: 2026-0107-FRED/WASH/SITREP - 022
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January 7, 2026 at 10:57 PM
FREDONIA PROJECT - SITREP 22: US DOMESTIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY - January 3-7, 2026
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Hot off the wires! The latest intercept from the Fedonian Embassy in Washington, with unique analysis of "“Operation Absolute Resolve.”
steadystate1.substack.com/p/fredonia-p...
Hot off the wires! The latest intercept from the Fedonian Embassy in Washington, with unique analysis of "“Operation Absolute Resolve.”
4/ Preparing institutional actors and the public before a crisis emerges is one of the few ways to reduce uncertainty, resist normalization, and preserve constitutional guardrails.
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
4/ Preparing institutional actors and the public before a crisis emerges is one of the few ways to reduce uncertainty, resist normalization, and preserve constitutional guardrails.
3/ Equally important is sustained public education about what illegal orders look like, how whistleblower protections function, and what lawful refusal pathways exist for officials confronted with unconstitutional demands.
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
3/ Equally important is sustained public education about what illegal orders look like, how whistleblower protections function, and what lawful refusal pathways exist for officials confronted with unconstitutional demands.
2/ In this environment, proactive outreach to state election officials, prosecutors, congressional oversight bodies, and inspectors general is increasingly critical.
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
2/ In this environment, proactive outreach to state election officials, prosecutors, congressional oversight bodies, and inspectors general is increasingly critical.
1/ Given the number of times Trump has publicly discussed running for a third term or canceling elections, it is prudent to assume that he will use every available lever of power to attempt to remain in office beyond 2028. That makes early, lawful countermeasures essential, not reactive.
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
1/ Given the number of times Trump has publicly discussed running for a third term or canceling elections, it is prudent to assume that he will use every available lever of power to attempt to remain in office beyond 2028. That makes early, lawful countermeasures essential, not reactive.
This is the U.S. government officially reversing reality, referring to an attack on Congress as patriotism, accountability as persecution, and the absolution of violence. Trump’s upside-down authoritarian system seeks to slowly suffocate the truth.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is the U.S. government officially reversing reality, referring to an attack on Congress as patriotism, accountability as persecution, and the absolution of violence. Trump’s upside-down authoritarian system seeks to slowly suffocate the truth.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
Trump is deeply unmoored from reality. NATO doesn’t collect “payments,” there is no 5% requirement, Trump didn’t “end 8 wars,” and Ukraine’s survival wasn’t due to him. He personalizes global security around himself only, which isn’t strength. It’s destabilizing. #holdfast
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Trump is deeply unmoored from reality. NATO doesn’t collect “payments,” there is no 5% requirement, Trump didn’t “end 8 wars,” and Ukraine’s survival wasn’t due to him. He personalizes global security around himself only, which isn’t strength. It’s destabilizing. #holdfast
@pamhemphill53.bsky.social
Thank you, Pam, for your courage and for standing up for history while others try to erase it. #holdfast
Thank you, Pam, for your courage and for standing up for history while others try to erase it. #holdfast
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Thank you, Pam, for your courage and for standing up for history while others try to erase it. #holdfast
Thank you, Pam, for your courage and for standing up for history while others try to erase it. #holdfast
2/ Trump then put him in charge of DOJ’s “Weaponization Working Group,” which critics say exists to punish Trump’s perceived enemies, and that same machinery is now driving retaliatory investigations. #holdfast
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
2/ Trump then put him in charge of DOJ’s “Weaponization Working Group,” which critics say exists to punish Trump’s perceived enemies, and that same machinery is now driving retaliatory investigations. #holdfast
1/ Spoiler alert: Ed Martin doesn’t think this will be “wild” at all. He fully expects Maduro to peddle “evidence” that the 2020 election was stolen. Martin was a top Stop the Steal organizer and Jan. 6 ally who still claims Trump “won” in 2020.
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
1/ Spoiler alert: Ed Martin doesn’t think this will be “wild” at all. He fully expects Maduro to peddle “evidence” that the 2020 election was stolen. Martin was a top Stop the Steal organizer and Jan. 6 ally who still claims Trump “won” in 2020.
3/ The United States also has no lawful title to Venezuelan oil and therefore no authority to sell it. Sanctions law permits blocking or freezing assets, not unilateral seizure and liquidation. Finally, this raises serious War Powers Resolution and international law concerns.
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
3/ The United States also has no lawful title to Venezuelan oil and therefore no authority to sell it. Sanctions law permits blocking or freezing assets, not unilateral seizure and liquidation. Finally, this raises serious War Powers Resolution and international law concerns.
2/ There is no legal mechanism for a president to personally “control” revenues. That alone violates the Appropriations Clause and likely the Anti-Deficiency Act.
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
2/ There is no legal mechanism for a president to personally “control” revenues. That alone violates the Appropriations Clause and likely the Anti-Deficiency Act.
In combination with threats of territorial seizure, a proposed “freedom city” in Greenland backed by politically connected billionaires reflects a familiar authoritarian pattern: the use of state power to advance private interests. #holdfast
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Billionaires dream of building utopian techno-city in Greenland
The 'freedom city' is the latest effort to create stateless cities with minimal corporate regulation.
www.popsci.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In combination with threats of territorial seizure, a proposed “freedom city” in Greenland backed by politically connected billionaires reflects a familiar authoritarian pattern: the use of state power to advance private interests. #holdfast
www.popsci.com/technology/b...
www.popsci.com/technology/b...