Episode

America’s “Strategic Self-Immolation”

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The Steady State Sentinel
Published
Feb 20, 2026
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1932
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Summary

National Security reporter and author Tim Weiner and host Jim Lawler discuss how the Trump Administration’s politicization of our national security institutions, attacks on our constitution and rule of law, and betrayal of our allies are putting us in danger of losing our civil liberties at home and increasing our national security threats abroad.