LEE SMITH, Media Columnist, Tablet Magazine, Contributor, New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Wired, Real Clear Investigations and the Federalist, Author, "The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted The American President," @LeeSmithDC

• Lee Smith: “We’ve entered a stage where the ruling class…[is] destroying the idea of citizenship that binds this country together…we are seeing a decaying regime”

ROBERT JOSEPH, Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy, Former Under Secretary of State, Arms Control and International Security and Special Envoy for Nonproliferation (2005-2007), Former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council (2001-2004)

• Robert Joseph: China’s build-up of enhanced nuclear weapons runs counter to the arms control community’s narrative of “no first use”

SAM FADDIS, former Clandestine Operations Officer, CIA, former Congressional Candidate, Editor, ANDMagazine.com, Author, “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA,” @RealSamFaddis

• Sam Faddis: If you are perpetuating anything that Joshua Geltzer labels as, “misinformation,” you can be denoted as a violent, domestic extremist