US former spies are worried.

"The report, titled #AcceleratingAuthoritarianDynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline, was released on Thursday by the #SteadyState, a network of more than 340 former officers of the #CIA, #NSA, state department, and other national-security agencies." [1]

"We wrote it because the same tools we once used to assess foreign risks now show unmistakable warning signs at home." [1]

#BackslidingDemocracy #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/trump-authoritarianism-warning