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Steven A. Cash
@cashsteven.bsky.social
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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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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · Jul 13
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 9h
"A Free Press is as essential to a democracy as State Controlled Media is essential to a dictator. President Trump has been raging against our free press since before he became president, and has continued to rage until this day." -- by @hgrit70.bsky.social

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American Samizdat
The Steady State | By Margaret Henoch October 8, 2025
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 11h
We at The Steady State have studied the indicators of authoritarianism for decades — usually dry words in intelligence reports. But sometimes, a single photograph says it all.

Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive all at once. It creeps in under cover of “order,” cloaked in uniforms, justified by fear.
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jon @virtuallyonline.bsky.social · Aug 14
Steven Cash has entered the chat. www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496...
Pro Hac Vice – #159 in Newsom v. Trump (N.D. Cal., 3:25-cv-04870) – CourtListener.com
Pro Hac Vice
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Ric Fouad @ricfouad.bsky.social · 3d
Excellent. Steven Cash states it perfectly: we are slouching towards authoritarianism.
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We Are Stardust We Are Golden @yo-momma.bsky.social · Aug 7
"But what's so scary is, what's happening here is what my organization and what intelligence officers and diplomats have seen overseas, which is a democracy sliding into an autocracy."
— Steven Cash, Former State Prosecutor and veteran within the CIA and DHS.
Former prosecutor questions legitimacy of Bondi’s Russia probe
Attorney General Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation into accusations that members of the Obama administration manufactured intelligence about Russia’s 2016 ele...
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Vassar @vassar.bsky.social · 1d
The country is facing the gravest threat to its constitutional democracy since the Civil War. That was the assessment of the current political situation from former national security official Steven Cash ’84, who spoke with students.
https://bit.ly/4pNBkeg
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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · 12h
Honored to have spoken to an amazing group of Vassar Students on behalf of @steadystatevets.bsky.social
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Vassar @vassar.bsky.social · 1d
The country is facing the gravest threat to its constitutional democracy since the Civil War. That was the assessment of the current political situation from former national security official Steven Cash ’84, who spoke with students.
https://bit.ly/4pNBkeg
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Margaret Henoch @hgrit70.bsky.social · Aug 8
This is a great starter pack. These people really know their stuff.
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · Aug 8
Looking for organizations, like @steadystatevets.bsky.social that focus on national security AND care about our Consitution? Check this out!!!

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Margaret Henoch @hgrit70.bsky.social · 1d
The quote from Faber is something that Trump & Co. could never post.
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d
“Knowledge is Good.” — Emil Faber

Democracy depends on facts -- the Congressional Research Service is a treasure — nonpartisan, deeply researched analysis to Congress (and, to the rest of us).

It’s free. It’s factual. A reminder that knowledge still is good.

🔗 crsreports.congress.gov
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d
Translation: If the governor or courts don’t cooperate, we’ll do whatever we want—authoritarianism in plain English.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Q: Are you planning to invoke the Insurrection Act?

TRUMP: Well, it's been invoked before. If you look at Chicago -- Chicago is a great city where's a lot of crime and if the governor can't do the job, we'll do that job.
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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · 12h
Proud to be a member of @nycbarassociation.bsky.social
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d
Please consider following the @nycbarassociation.bsky.social Even if you are not a lawyer. Indicator of authoritarianism? Go after the lawyers. The Bar defends!
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New York City Bar Association @nycbarassociation.bsky.social · 2d
Only by acting promptly can Congress bring our nation into compliance with the Constitution and international law, reduce the risk of hostilities with neighboring countries and assure that similar abuses of Presidential power do not expand to American shores. bit.ly/3KVqX84
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 17h
A great article from Bill Piekney: There is something wrong with the man in the White House—and everyone around him knows it. What we’re watching are the reflexes of a disordered mind, filling silence with nonsense while dragging the nation toward militarized rule.

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OUR COUNTRY IS DEBILITATED
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND EVERYONE AROUND HIM KNOWS IT
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 13h
OPB reported that, in court filings opposing the Guard deployment, police noted the night before Trump’s post that the ICE facility protest had “8–15 people at any given time,” mostly “sitting in lawn chairs and walking around,” with “energy…low, minimal activity.”
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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · 1d
Please take a read -- and if you are at a college or university, attended one, have kids at one... please send along...
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d
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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · 1d
Learn about the Hatch Act! drive.google.com/file/d/1HqkM...
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 2d
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Steady State Statement Condemning President Trump’s Executive Order Designating ANTIFA as a Domestic Terrorist Organization and National Security Presidential Memorandum-7
October 6, 2025
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 3d
We are closing in on 10K followers, but we depend on social media to get our message out -- so please help us out and spread the word --

youtu.be/QiJgZxs95Ak?... via @YouTube
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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · Jul 13
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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · 4d
Thanks!
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Worth tagging!
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 6d
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Inspectors General provide important oversight and investigate fraud, waste, and abuse. Democracies need oversight to prevent abuses in power. Removing the watchdogs is one more aspect of authoritarianism.
Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group
The decision marks the latest example of the administration’s push to limit government oversight activities.
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 6d
$18B in NYC infrastructure frozen—not because the tunnel or subway aren’t needed, but because shutdown politics paused DEI reviews. Infrastructure sacrificed to anti-“woke” crusades.
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 5d
Universities would be required to prohibit anything that would "punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas" and "commit to defining 'male,' 'female,' 'woman,' and 'man' according to reproductive function and biological processes.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d
The Trump regime has ordered nine top universities to agree to its demands or lose access to federal funds.

Reminder for any school dealing with Trump's extortion: You can't appease a tyrant.
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