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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social
@nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social
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Historian by training. Have been covering the Ukraine war since February of 2022. At times engage in climate change as well. I do this at both Medium and Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/nadinabbott?r=9kta6&utm_medium=ios
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · Jan 23
Authoritarians use manufactured crisis to consolidate power. This is exactly what we are watching take shape in the United States. Once you understand this, crashing the economy makes sense.

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The Closing of the United States
If there is a thing that is predictable in authoritarian spaces, it is that their leaders follow a well-trodden path.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 17h
Yes. Since 2022 I have thought this.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 20h
You and my husband are discarded ammo. I will get mine at CVS
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 20h
They are multiplying
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 20h
And we are off?
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 1d
Yup
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 1d
I wish it worked. Because the data is at best mixed
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 1d
I have gotten a few. They are extraordinary.
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Nadiia Omelchuk🇺🇦 @ukrainianart.bsky.social · 1d
Beadwork has become my therapy and my way to continue living and creating.This is a new bracelet woven with faith in Victory!🇺🇦
Sincere thanks to everyone who orders my jewelry and gives me the opportunity to work during the war.💔
Want to order and support?
My work here:
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 1d
A follow-up to what? Aldo he got the shots they are telling Americans not to.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 1d
We intend to be out there.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 1d
Vlad is asking good questions. But.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 1d
So the ISW reached the same conclusion we all have

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ISW: Russia is entering "phase 0" of war with NATO
YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chat
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 1d
We are going to see more of this.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 2d
Getting closer everyday
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 2d
A lot of people outside the US really don't get thid.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 2d
Well. Well

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Joe Rogan CALLS OUT Trump’s Cruel Immigration Crackdown
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 2d
Russians grrr. Glad to see ya kid
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 2d
Today let’s explore morale in the Russian Army. It is pretty bad and desertion is significant. I wish it were ideological, but we will take it. It still reduces the combat potential of the army.

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Desertions Within the RuAF and Supplies
There is a story that is not well covered outside the OSINT space.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 3d
Or just point and laugh.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 3d
Not yet…we are close, but not there yet

And lets hope we can get away from that.

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Portland
Let me address something that is happening in Portland, Oregon.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 3d
This goes with this

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Portland
Let me address something that is happening in Portland, Oregon.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 3d
We may be heading to something major here as well. Watching MAGA fracture may be the prelims
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 3d
You welcome. I use the pen
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 3d
And the Substack is free
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 3d
Humor and political theater goes a long way into disarming authoritarians. Portland is offering a textbook example of this. Laugh, but this is a serious way to attack the state.

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Portland
Let me address something that is happening in Portland, Oregon.
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nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social @nadinbrzezinski.bsky.social · 3d
The fuel situation is getting worse for Russia. But we also may have splinters forming in the top of the elite. Talking of war crimes during the Chechen wars is new at that level.

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The Fuel Situation, the Draft, and Other Stories
First, I would like to begin today’s piece with the fuel situation.
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