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BREAKING NEWS: “Kherson: Human Safari” airs on Ukrainian national TV On the third anniversary of the city’s liberation, the Zarina Zabrisky-directed documentary, Kherson: Human Safari, airs Tuesday on Ukrainian national TV—on heels of Angelina Jolie’s visit to the city

BREAKING NEWS—“Kherson: Human Safari” airs on Ukrainian national TV

On the third anniversary of the city’s liberation, the @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social film, Kherson: Human Safari, airs Tue on Ukrainian national TV—on heels of Angelina Jolie’s visit to the city
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“It is disappointing … Britons who voted chose to surrender a precious right they had gained: freedom of movement within the European Union. Also disappointing was the absolute refusal of Labour-Conservative political elites to take seriously Brexit as a Russian active measure.”
–Michael MacKay

Why Was Brexit Bad: 4 Points of View Nearly a decade after the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, I invited journalists, authors, and activists to offer their POVs on Brexit, as we do some 2016 soul searching

Why Was Brexit Bad: 4 Points of View

Nearly a decade after the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, I invited journalists, authors, and activists to offer their POVs on Brexit, as we do some 2016 soul searching

Every day I do my best not to hate. Wisdom from a mini meditation retreat

Every day I do my best not to hate.

Wisdom from a mini meditation retreat

How the Unbanning of Nazis Became Corporate Policy In this investigation, I highlight the damage of Elon Musk’s reinstatement of venal accounts, and how YouTube considers doing same — reinstating conspiracists under the guise of conservative voices

How the Unbanning of Nazis Became Corporate Policy

In this investigation, I highlight the damage of Elon Musk’s reinstatement of venal accounts, and how YouTube considers doing same — reinstating conspiracists under the guise of ‘conservative voices’

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Why Musk Is Spreading Fear About Immigrants and Rape I am reposting my report from 2024 — “Sonder Kommission Nr. 3: ‘The Horror On the Rhine’ — how the Nazis weaponized racist fake news” — to explain how Musk is using the Nazi playbook to create fear

Why Musk Is Spreading Fear About Immigrants and Rape

I am reposting my report from 2024 — “Sonder Kommission Nr. 3: ‘The Horror On the Rhine’ — how the Nazis weaponized racist fake news” — to explain how Musk is using the Nazi playbook to create fear

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REGISTER: Bette's Tuesday Happy Hour with Dietmar Pichler’s update on Europe increasing prosecutions of ‘throwaway agents’ — hosted by Heidi & Mo’ Bette members: please register for Bette’s Happy Hour, where Mo’ & I will be joined by Vienna-based disinformation analyst Dietmar Pichler, noon Pacific, Tuesday, November 4, on breakers from EU & US

REGISTER—Bette's Tuesday Happy Hour with Dietmar Pichler’s update on Europe increasing prosecutions of ‘throwaway agents’—hosted by Heidi & Mo’

Bette members: please register for Bette’s Happy Hour with @dietmarpichler.bsky.social and @moniquecamarra.bsky.social

American Kompromat: A Sweeping Conversation with Craig Unger New York Times best-selling author Craig Unger joined Bette’s Founder’s Day for an epic conversation on Russian hybrid warfare, Epstein’s Russian ties, and US traitors committing genocide on reality

American Kompromat: A Sweeping Conversation with @craigunger.bsky.social

The NY Times best-selling author joined Bette’s Founder’s Day for an epic conversation on Russian hybrid warfare, Epstein’s Russian ties, and US traitors committing genocide on reality

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Why Democrats Still Play “Normal” — A Guest Post By Matthew Pearce To create a democratic immune system, NAFO founding member Matthew Pearce does a proper deep dive on the Opposition Dilemma, Newsom, NAFO, and why Democrats must abandon the slow lane

Why Democrats Still Play “Normal” — A Guest Post By @mattppea.bsky.social

To create a democratic immune system, NAFO founding member Matthew Pearce does a proper deep dive on the Opposition Dilemma, Newsom, NAFO, and why Democrats must abandon the slow lane

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To Catch a Spy Ukraine’s SBU exposes and detains a UK citizen who was working as an agent for Russian FSB, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General

To Catch a Spy

Ukraine’s SBU exposes and detains a UK citizen who was working as an agent for Russian FSB, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General

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When the KGB Weaponized ‘Peace’: A Q&A with Dietmar Pichler — Bette Dangerous Podcast Ep91 — from the Bette Dangerous Archives Rebooting from July 23, 2024, disinformation analyst and Dietmar Pichler explains the KGB origins and infiltration of the peace movement, and how for Russia ‘peace’ is an anti-Western operation

Reposting 2024 intervu with ⁦‪@DietmarPichler1‬⁩ as Kremlin stooges promote ‘peace’ ...

When a Putin stooge meets with a former strip club employee to talk peace, what they’re really doing is Kremlin propaganda, KGB style.

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PARTY ON! Bette’s Hair-raising Halloween Costume Party with Dr Marci Shore Bette members: Please register for Bette’s Hair-Raising Halloween costume party with Dr Marci Shore October 28, noon Pacific

PARTY ON! Bette’s Hair-raising Halloween Costume Party with @marcishore.bsky.social

Bette members: Please register for Bette’s Hair-Raising Halloween costume party with Dr Marci Shore October 28, noon Pacific

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Before the Final Stage: America Is On the Edge of Genocide — A Q&A with Matthew Pearce NAFO founding member Matthew Pearce led me to the work of Dr. Gregory H. Stanton on the Ten Stages of Genocide. This interview with Pearce shows we still have time to prevent the worst if we act fast

Before the Final Stage: America Is On the Edge of Genocide — A Q&A with @mattppea.bsky.social

NAFO founding member Matthew Pearce led me to the work of Dr Gregory Stanton on the 10 Stages of Genocide. We still have time to prevent the worst if we act fast

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We Fight As We Breathe: A Q&A with Mamuka Mamulashvili A thoughtful conversation with the commander of the Georgian National Legion Ukraine on Putin’s attempts to reanimate the corpse of the Soviet Union and why supporting Ukraine is the West’s best play

We Fight As We Breathe: A Q&A with Mamuka Mamulashvili

A thoughtful conversation with the commander of the Georgian National Legion Ukraine on Putin’s attempts to reanimate the corpse of the Soviet Union and why supporting Ukraine is the West’s best play

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Oui Shall Overcome Inspiration from the Paris Metro

GET A GRIP: When I’m in Paris, I ride the Metro, gripping the vertical handrail in the center of each car.

I look at the hands — young and old, black, brown, and white, all holding on for safety, making room for more hands as people enter the train.

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"There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science." George Orwell, 1984

Virginia Giuffre’s memoir details a lifetime of abuse—and the powerful efforts to silence her. Prince Andrew, power, and the price Virginia Giuffre paid

“There is a lucrative industry in character assassination for hire.”— @emmalbriant.bsky.social

Smearing Virginia Giuffre: What New Allegations Against Prince Andrew Reveal About Power and Silence

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It’s a super great question and I personally think each time we lower ourselves to the level of these sadists by regurgitating their cruel and disgusting rhetoric and imagery we lose another piece of our democratic soul — we need agencies that help inoculate and protect us from the propaganda wars

PROJECT 2030: A New Democratic Agenda to Defeat the ‘Madness in the Air’ The co-founder of Open Democracy Anthony Barnett offers fixes for a better future and explains why China, the US, Russia see Europe as a spectre — a shared enemy due to its strong democratic values

PROJECT 2030: A New Democratic Agenda to Defeat the ‘Madness in the Air’

The co-founder of Open Democracy Anthony Barnett offers fixes for a better future and explains why China, the US, Russia see Europe as a spectre — a shared enemy due to its strong democratic values

The Tactical Error of Quote Tweeting Douchebags A quick reminder on the ongoing tactical failure of promoting propaganda videos by quote tweeting them, and therefore delivering their emotional payload

The Tactical Error of Quote Tweeting Creeps

A quick reminder on the ongoing tactical failure of promoting propaganda videos by quote tweeting them, and therefore delivering their emotional payload

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Hot Type: How to Fight the Autocrat Contagion As the 'No Kings' protests erupt all over America, Heidi Siegmund Cuda reports that good journalism, repetition, and a culture of mockery are still the best tools to break the autocrats' spell

Hot Type—How to Fight the Autocrat Contagion

As the No Kings protests erupt all over America and the world, I report that good journalism, repetition, and a culture of mockery are still the best tools to break the autocrats' spell @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Orbán Bagman and ‘Other Loyal Servants of Organized Crime’ A brief conversation with Alex Alvarova about Hungary etc.

Orbán Bagman and ‘Other Loyal Servants of Organized Crime’

A brief conversation with Alex Alvarova about Hungary etc.

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Media Creatures and the Theater of Nihilism Many of the most democratically destructive politicians worked as journalists and ‘media creatures’ and are using their training to make nihilistic theater

Media Creatures and the Theater of Nihilism

Many of the most democratically destructive politicians worked as journalists and ‘media creatures’ and are using their training to make nihilistic theater

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Saving the Cradle of Democracy with Mamuka Mamulashvili — Bette Dangerous Podcast Ep93 I asked Mamuka Mamulashvili - Commander of the Georgian National Legion in Ukraine - to diagnose the Hegseth-Trump military spectacle from the point of view of an officer who understands the stakes

Saving the Cradle of Democracy with Mamuka Mamulashvili

I asked Mamuka Mamulashvili - Commander of the Georgian National Legion in Ukraine - to diagnose the Hegseth-Trump military spectacle from the point of view of an officer who understands the stakes

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‘Conspiracy Theorists, Extremists, Noise and Fury’ — Macron Takes on the Internet Finally, the speech we’ve been waiting for from a leader of the free world who diagnoses ‘democratic fatigue’ and offers a path forward

‘Conspiracy Theorists, Extremists, Noise and Fury’ — Macron Takes on the Internet

Finally, the speech we’ve been waiting for from a leader of the free world who diagnoses ‘democratic fatigue’ and offers a path forward

www.bettedangerous.com/p/conspiracy...

Feel Good Friday: Or Why I Love the Irish Award-winning Irish comedian and author David Nihill reminds us of the power and duty of the individual to help oppressed people everywhere

Feel Good Friday: Or Why I Love the Irish

Award-winning Irish comedian and author David Nihill reminds us of the power and duty of the individual to help oppressed people everywhere

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Merci

Who Went Nazi? A Compilation Here is an updated compilation of my reports highlighting lessons from World War II and beyond for clues on how to defeat this global assault on democracy

The monsters are back.
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‘A Book for Our Own Troubled Times’ A historic look at how conspiracies poison democracy, as detailed in Richard J. Evans book, “The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination”

A Book for Our Own Troubled Times’

A historic look at how conspiracies poison democracy, as detailed in Richard J. Evans book, “The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination”

‘Hot Russian Trash’ As Russian agents of influence in Europe are convicted and exposed, I’m revisiting my archives for a fact-based refresher on how Western traitors are doing the greatest damage and how we undo it

‘Hot Russian Trash’

As Russian agents of influence in Europe are convicted and exposed, I’m revisiting my archives for a fact-based refresher on how Western traitors are doing the greatest damage and how we undo it

www.bettedangerous.com/p/hot-russia...