Elle Reeve

Be careful trying to decipher the true political beliefs of people wrapped in so many layers of irony they're not sure of their own true beliefs

Good moment to re-up one of the best pieces @ellereeve.bsky.social and I ever did at the Atlantic Wire.

YouTube video by CNN Elle Reeve to Tim Dillon: Do you think you are part of a new establishment?

And here's the long cut of the interview, where we talk about YouTube, Austin, Joe Rogan, RFK Jr, various "Roman salutes"

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Comedian Tim Dillon on interviewing ‘dork politicians’ | CNN Business Elle Reeve talks to comedian Tim Dillon about why he’s “disappointed” in the Trump administration after hosting JD Vance.

An interview with comedian Tim Dillon on how all these comics on YouTube ended up interviewing Republican politicians

www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/b...

They let me and @ellereeve.bsky.social do a thing together!

Watch: www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/u...

Real talk with @ellereeve.bsky.social!

Check out the new ‘Persuadable’ podcast: link.chtbl.com/9zhzPzEO

YouTube video by CNN This area of South Dakota voted for Trump by roughly 70%. Here's what they think now

I'm not personally in favor of us entering the 10th year of endless Trump Safaris, but @ellereeve.bsky.social is uniquely good at doing profiles like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsn1...

The Other Side of Everything (2017) ⭐ 8.0 | Documentary, Biography 1h 40m

came across this when looking up this great doc about the democratic activist Srbijanka Turajlic
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Yugoslavia had an 'anti-bureaucratic revolution' 1988-1989

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I'm at the Tucson Festival of Books this beautiful weekend 🌵

Loved talking to you Lizzie!

From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE After Charlottesville, the far-right receded from the spotlight, but it continued to thrive in the dark corners of the internet.

From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE. How the far right internet gave birth to the second Trump administration. With the brilliant @ellereeve.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/wha...

In the latest episode of “Why Is This Happening?, @chrislhayes.bsky.social is joined by @ellereeve.bsky.social, author of “Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics.”

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

thank you and I hope you find it illuminating

Thank you!!

The other thing that surprised me was that so many people really did buy into the idea that Musk is a genius and therefore uniquely qualified to execute Trump's vision

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We were able to come together for a frank discussion about why people call Trump 'daddy'

YouTube video by CNN Trump supporter walks away from CNN interview when pressed about Musk's actions

When I visited Nahunta, GA before the election, people told me they thought Trump was for them, not the elites. So we went back to see what they made of Elon Musk. It got heated

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Everyone needs to read Black Pill by @ellereeve.bsky.social (the author of the screenshotted piece, who is in the trenches covering the worst people on the right): bookshop.org/p/books/blac...

No closure, no justice. Some catharsis in writing about it and realizing it was more insane than I'd realized at the time

Thank you for reading! It is very strange for me to see the most powerful people in the world ripping off the memes posted by fascist virgins 10 years ago

I have no intel on their motivations but tendies is absolutely correct

If You Want to Understand Why Democracy Is Under Attack, Read This Book In “Black Pill,” the journalist Elle Reeve finds that the once-fringe alt-right is dead — because now it’s mainstream.

A reminder that this weekend, author @ellereeve.bsky.social will be holding a virtual book club via zoom on my website discussing her new book, Black Pill.

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/b...

they don't like it when you talk back

The first line -- 'I spent my entire teen years at war' -- comes from a conversation with a friend several years ago. He was like, oh, that explains everything

A Childhood Neighbor Terrorized My Family. It Prepared Me for Trump’s Takeover. It was psychological warfare.

My essay on the unfortunately very useful lessons I learned as a 13-year-old girl with the neighbor from hell

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thank you!!

Balloon Juice - Zoom with Author and Journalist Elle Reeve on 2/15 and 3/1 Announcing two Balloon Juice zooms with Elle Reeves to talk about her book. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics ...

If you are interested in a zoom bookclub with journalist and author @ellereeve.bsky.social to discuss her book "Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics" you can sign up here.

balloon-juice.com/2025/02/01/z...

We have a panel with @ellereeve.bsky.social at the Tucson Writers Festival this March about how the internet got ... like this. Please come if you're in the area! tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?id=676

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