Reckless Power: Steering America Toward a Deeper Middle East Quagmire The Steady State | by Bill Piekney

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WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A FAILED STATE LOOKING FOR A SUMMATION OF ALL THE THINGS DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE OR IS DOING TO LAUNCH THE ONSET OF OUR NATIONAL COLLAPSE—COPIED MOVES THAT HAVE WORKED ELSEWHERE T

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TRUMP, HIS CABINET, AND THE AGE OF UNSCHOOLED DILETTANTES WE ARE BEING SWAMPED WITH AMATEURS IN AN AGE OF OPEN COMMUNICATIONS

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WHERE DO WE FIND THOSE WHO WILL SAVE A COLLAPSING REPUBLIC? In October of 2025 I wrote an essay in which I reflected on a then worsening national emergency and whether some kind of resolution could conceivably come down to the actions of a handful of American ...

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Open Letter to General Dan Caine, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The Steady State | William R. Piekney

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A TALE OF TWO WOMEN, TRUMP HARPIES KRISTI NOEM AND PAM BONDI THESE TWO WOMEN, EACH GIVEN IMMENSE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS, ARE CORRUPT IN THEIR SERVICE TO A FIDDLING NERO AND WILLFULLY SHARING OWNERSHIP OF HIS BELLIGERENCE.

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WITH OR WITHOUT THE INSURRECTION ACT CONTINUING TROUBLE FOR MINNEAPOLIS AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN IN THE BATTLE TO STOP DONALD TRUMP

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WITH OR WITHOUT THE INSURRECTION ACT CONTINUING TROUBLE FOR MINNEAPOLIS AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN IN THE BATTLE TO STOP DONALD TRUMP

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WE ARE FAST BECOMING A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC ON PAPER ONLY Outrage still roars inside me over the shooting of Renee Good and for the silence of institutional reproach from any official quarter. The January 7 execution of Good will carry the historical weight ...

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A NEW GANG OF SHERIFFS IN TOWN I hope that what we are seeing is a nationwide spring of peaceful protests of the Killing of Renee Good and that it takes deep root and spreads.

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U.S. National Security and Globalism Take a Hit The Steady State | by Bill Piekney

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Going to Venezuela, a Policy Patchwork The Steady State | by Bill Piekney

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BILL PIEKNEY (@wrp6849) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/03/us-venezuela-strikes-trump-maduro/ This morning’s operation in Caracas puts two of the main elements in conflict: the first is the superb planning, coo...

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HOW THE GROWTH OF HIS POWER ATE WHAT LITTLE SOUL TRUMP HAD LEFT TRUMP IS A NEAR-PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A TRACEABLE, STEP-BY-STEP TRANSITION FROM ASPIRATIONAL STRONGMAN TO FULL CEASAR, FIDDLING IN PERSONAL GRATIFICATION AS HUNKS OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT BURN

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We Are Not Negotiating a Ukrainian Peace: Repeated Failures of Emissaries are not Attempts to Reach a Respectable End to War but a Dishonorable Effort to Wear Zelensky Down The Steady State | by Bill Piekney

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We Are Not Negotiating a Ukrainian Peace: Repeated Failures of Emissaries are not Attempts to Reach a Respectable End to War but a Dishonorable Effort to Wear Zelensky Down The Steady State | by Bill Piekney

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A PRESIDENTIAL DIAGNOSIS? ONLINE AI SOURCES ARE NOT OFFICIAL OR RELIABLE DIAGNOSES AS THOSE ISSUED BY A MEDICAL EAXIMATION, BUT THEY SURE SOUND ABOUT RIGHT

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A SORDID AMERICAN CONFESSIONAL THAT’S WHAT IS ERRONEOUSLY BEING CALLED A NEW AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

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HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP STRETCHES IT TAKE A LAW, MISINTERPRET IT, MANUFACTURE A CRISIS FROM A PROBLEM AND THEN MISAPPLY THE LAW TO JUSTIFY ILLEGAL ACTION IN ITS NAME. CORRUPTION OF US LAW AS STEPPING STONE TO AN AUTOCRATIC PRESIDENCY

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IF THIS ISN’T RACISM, IT BEARS AN UNMISTAKEABLE RESEMBLANCE SO MANY OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S POLICIES, FORMERLY CLOTHED IN PAEANS TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, WERE THINLY VEILED RACIST.

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KEEP BEN FRANKLIN’S REPUBLIC, FIXATE ON 2026 OUR BEST HOPE IN DEFEATING THE POWERFUL OLIGARCHICAL ELEMENTS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND ITS MAGA SUPPORTERS IS TO CRUSH THEM IN 2026 AND RETURN AT LEAST ONE CHAMBER TO DEMOCRATIC CONTROL, AND PE...

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WE ARE JUST MUDDLING THROUGH IN THE FACE OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AND AN INCHOATE EUROPEAN RESPONSE WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE

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DEMS ARE ON THE MARCH, BUT… DESPITE DEMOCRATIC SUCCESSES AT THE POLLS, WE’D BE FOOLISH TO IGNORE REPORTS OF PLOTTING.

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WELL GENERAL, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? IT IS FAIR AND REASONABLE TO WONDER ABOUT THE STATE OF WORRY AMONG OUR SENIOR OFFICER CORPS, AND WHERE THEY THINK THE COUNTRY IS HEADED.

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REMAKING AMERICA IN TRUMP’S HANDS AMERICA HAS ALREADY BECOME A DIFFERENT NATION, WITH A GOVERNMENT THAT LIVES APART FROM THE PEOPLE, IN UNHEALTHY LEAGUE WITH WEALTH, AND OPEN HOSTILITY FOR FRIENDS.

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PATRIMONIALISM AS AN AUTHORITARIANISM VARIETAL WE CONSTANTLY REFER TO WHAT TRUMP IS DOING AS AUTHORITARIAN; IT IS, BUT AS IMPORTANT IT IS ALLIED WITH AND SERVING THE INTERESTS OF PATRIMONIALISM.

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A WHITE HOUSE IN LEAGUE WITH AVARICIOUS TITANS WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE ARRIVING AUTOCRACY, BUT NOT ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT THE AUTOCRACY WANTS TO DO WITH US

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THE CIA IS A TARGET—OF THE PRESIDENT THE US INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS THE TARGET OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY SERVICES, BUT NOW ALSO OF THE US PRESIDENT

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SURRENDERING PART OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE THE GOVERNMENT IS DISABLING OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT AGAINST INFORMATION WARFARE AND VICIOUSLY ATTEMPTING TO STRONG-ARM THE OTHER PARTY INTO POLITICAL IRRELEVANCE

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A SASSY, BACK-TALKING AG WALKS OFFSTAGE UNSCATHED IT’S NO WONDER THE DEMOCRATS ARE WIDELY PERCEIVED AS NOT UP TO THE FIGHT

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