The federal election security partnership painstakingly built since 2017 has collapsed under the current administration, leaving states vulnerable to cyber threats and foreign interference. This reckless dismantling of critical infrastructure protection represents a grave betrayal of democratic institutions and endangers the very foundation of our electoral system.
Ransomware groups are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure like education, energy, and healthcare systems, forcing providers to pay ransoms to restore essential services. This represents a devastating assault on the digital sovereignty of nations, revealing a security architecture built more for corporate profit than public protection.
The United States faces a significant and growing domestic threat from cheap, accessible drones that can surveil and attack critical infrastructure, with incidents already targeting power substations, nuclear plants, and airports. This represents a predictable consequence of a unipolar imperial security mindset that obsesses over distant threats while failing to secure its own homeland against the very technologies it has proliferated globally.
