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Bryan Fichter

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Retired intelligence analyst. Russian speaker. Arabic speaker. Democracy enthusiast. Publisher of the Intelligencer newsletter on Substack.

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Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 4d

We can do this, people
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Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

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Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 16h

I'll just keep sayin git- this is not how confident authoritarians talk. Johnson is begging people to stop doing democracy.

Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 18h

He can read polls.

Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 18h

If you view today's GOP not as a party but as a counterrevolutionary movement dedicated to restoring bygone racial and gender hierarchies then its actions make a lot more sense
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Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?

What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 19h

Looking forward to when Trump addresses the Knesset and tells them about Sleepy Joe Biden, the dangers of windmills, and how he has to flush the toilet five times
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Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 20h

Confident authoritarians do not behave like this, nor do they constantly scream WE ARE SO POWERFUL WE WILL CRUSH YOU like Stevie Miller does

Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 20h

Guy couldn't win an Emmy but thinks he's gonna get a Nobel

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 21h

There was never going to be a moment when everyone—everyone in government, everyone in media, everyone in the population—was roused to action at the same time. We're turning a battleship. And Pritzker understands that.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 20h

New pope coming in hot !

Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 21h

Are they not aware there are something like 2,400 No Kings rallies next week ?

Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 21h

The golden age is almost here !

Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 21h

The Nobel committee should at least give Trump a participation trophy

Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 21h

wow, wait until he sees how many America haters show out on the 18th

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 21h

Epstein files, dude. That's the reason.

Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 21h

Hmmmmmmmmmm

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 1d

For the fourth time in eight days, Pope Leo has taken direct aim at Donald Trump's abuse of migrants in the United States.

In a new letter sent to Catholic Charities USA, he calls immigrants to the United States “witnesses of hope” and encourages Catholics to do all we can to welcome them.

Fourth Rebuke in Eight Days: Pope Leo Intensifies Clash with Trump Over Migrants

In his latest rebuke of Trumpism, Pope Leo praises immigrants as “agents of hope” and tells Catholics their faith is tested by how they welcome the stranger.

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Bryan Fichter @bryanfichter.bsky.social · 21h

Someone at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is going to be very frowny today

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 23h

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

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