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Former CIA Officer Bryan Dean Wright is back! The Wright Report is a morning news podcast, with updates from America and around the world. Bryan tracks down current events that others don't, and helps us understand why these developments are so important. Plus, he provides analysis based on his experiences as an Intelligence Officer, leaning on facts and data. As always, he leaves listeners with the ultimate decision of what to think about the issues -- and what we ought to do about them.
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down how Texas Republicans are using their final ten weeks of legislative control to pass lame duck laws aimed at blocking the incoming Democrat majority. Bryan covers a growing rift between President Trump and Vice President Vance over whether the Iran war sank the GOP in Tuesday's midterms, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis blasting Senate Republicans while positioning for 2028, and Democrats signaling plans for a wave of subpoenas targeting Big Tech and President Trump once they take control in January. Plus, Bryan covers a widening DOJ probe into Alaska's Senate race fraud scheme, a Supreme Court case that could grant religious exemptions to Catholic parishes in Colorado, and a disturbing wave of violent attacks targeting white farmers in South Africa. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Texas, lame duck, midterms, JD Vance, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, 2028, Big Tech, Alaska Senate, voter fraud, Marc Elias, Supreme Court, Colorado, religious freedom, South Africa
Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down the historic midterm election wipeout that handed Democrats control of the US House and Senate and turned Texas blue for the first time in decades. Bryan covers President Trump's reaction to the loss, including his admission that the Iran war's economic fallout helped sink the GOP and his vow to keep striking Iran regardless, plus new Democrat talk of mass investigations and a possible impeachment push now that they control both chambers. Plus, Bryan covers a Trump administration push to secure rare earth minerals from Myanmar to break China's grip on the supply chain, negotiations for a permanent US troop presence in Venezuela, and new intelligence suggesting Iran may be preparing to use chemical weapons. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, midterms, Democrats, Texas, Senate, House, Donald Trump, Iran, impeachment, Myanmar, rare earth minerals, Venezuela, chemical weapons, Israel
Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down what voters should weigh on Election Day 2026, starting with a strong jobs and manufacturing picture clouded by Iran war driven inflation at the pump. Bryan covers fresh ICE arrest numbers out of Texas, the Trump DOJ's continued push against Deep State figures like John Brennan and James Comey plus newly charged Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a Supreme Court ruling leaving California's contested voter rolls in place for now, and hospitals closing gender affirming care centers for kids under mounting GOP pressure. Plus, Bryan covers fresh US strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, a new wave of cyberattacks on European grocery store freezers, a brewing constitutional crisis in Poland after its prime minister ousted the chief justice of the nation's high court, and El Salvador's President Bukele deploying troops to Haiti to recover missing soldiers. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Election Day, midterms, inflation, Iran, immigration, ICE, Deep State, Brett Sylvia, voter fraud, California, DEI, gender affirming care, Poland, South Africa, Haiti, Bukele
Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down an NPR investigation showing AI chatbots are unwittingly spreading fake, Democrat-run local news sites to voters just one day before the midterm elections. Bryan covers new early voting data showing Democrats gaining ground with low propensity and Hispanic voters while young Republicans stay home, a fresh wave of DOJ subpoenas in Alaska's Senate race voter fraud investigation, and new evidence that the Obama and Biden administrations found proof Ilhan Omar married her brother for immigration fraud but let the case lapse. Plus, Bryan covers confirmed cyberattacks on US military base food supplies, a race discrimination lawsuit against the city of Seattle over anti-white workplace policies, and Pope Leo becoming the first pontiff to vote in a US election. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, AI, fake news, midterms, early voting, Alaska Senate, Dan Sullivan, voter fraud, Ilhan Omar, immigration fraud, Pentagon, cyberattack, Seattle, Pope Leo, election day
Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, for a quick note from The Wright Report. There's no Headline Brief today. Bryan is heads down on a special project he'll be sharing with you in the coming weeks. In the meantime, if you've got questions, head over to wrightreport.substack.com. Bryan will be back Monday with the facts, intel, and analysis you count on, and he's grateful for your patience. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, special announcement, no episode today
Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down a bombshell New York Times investigation into an alleged Democrat plot to recruit a fake "Dan Sullivan" to run against Alaska's real Senator and confuse voters into tipping the race to Democrats. Bryan covers new DOJ findings that more than 400 noncitizens are illegally registered to vote in Washington State, a federal judge's reversal in California's voter rolls lawsuit, and a growing debate over Catholic Bishops defending ICE "neighbors" while ignoring the victims of migrant crime. He also reports on fresh evidence that Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's father sat on the board of an NGO that funneled money to Saddam Hussein before the first Iraq War. Plus, Bryan covers why governments around the world are warning citizens to prepare for emergencies, a tentative ceasefire helping evacuate starving residents of Oleshky, Ukraine, and Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro surfacing in Miami after a CIA and State Department assisted escape from Lula's incoming government. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Alaska Senate, Dan Sullivan, voter fraud, Washington State, California, Catholic Bishops, immigration, Abdul El-Sayed, Saddam Hussein, Ukraine, Oleshky, ceasefire, Brazil, Bolsonaro, Lula, CIA, Netanyahu, Iran
Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Wednesday Q&A of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down Senator Elissa Slotkin's CIA background and how her training in propaganda and covert action operations shapes her political attacks on Trump and the military. Bryan answers listener questions on Palmer Luckey's plan to build the first Made in America laptop in decades, the Trump administration's move to suspend visa-free travel to the Northern Mariana Islands to shut down a Chinese birth tourism scheme, and the Supreme Court's decision to let stand a ban on the "administrative closure" tactic used to stall asylum cases for years. He also fields questions on SOCOM's human intelligence capabilities compared to the CIA's, and on how political bias is supposed to be trained out of CIA analysts and officers. Plus, Bryan tackles listener questions on how Americans should prepare for potential civil unrest, his definition of "operational thinking and judgment," and whether a future president might someday need Article 1 Section 9 powers to suspend habeas corpus. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Elissa Slotkin, CIA, Palmer Luckey, Anduril, Northern Mariana Islands, China, birth tourism, Supreme Court, asylum, immigration, SOCOM, HUMINT, operational thinking, civil unrest, habeas corpus, Lincoln, Color Revolution
Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down new federal charges against former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly using a hired law professor to leak classified information to the press, and a judge's ruling ordering his daughter reinstated at the DOJ. Bryan covers a former CIA contractor charged with leaking top secret intelligence to his journalist girlfriend, new Gallup polling showing Democrats rank patriotism last among national values, and the Pentagon's new FORTRESS initiative to harden US military bases against cyberattacks and civil unrest. Plus, Bryan covers a 5th Circuit ruling that illegal aliens have no constitutional right to bond hearings, Microsoft's plan to cut 60,000 jobs as it pours billions into AI, and Brazil's seizure of opposition leader Jair Bolsonaro's passport after a contested election win by President Lula. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, James Comey, FBI, DOJ, Maureen Comey, CIA, espionage, Gallup, Pentagon, FORTRESS, immigration, 5th Circuit, Microsoft, layoffs, artificial intelligence, Brazil, Lula, Bolsonaro, Abdul El-Sayed
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Former CIA Officer Bryan Dean Wright is back! The Wright Report is a morning news podcast, with updates from America and around the world. Bryan tracks down current events that others don't, and helps us understand why these developments are so important. Plus, he provides analysis based on his experiences as an Intelligence Officer, leaning on facts and data. As always, he leaves listeners with the ultimate decision of what to think about the issues -- and what we ought to do about them.
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