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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/breaking-n...

“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

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’ www.bettedangerous.com/p/how-the-un...

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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/why-musk-i...

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 @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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/american-k...

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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/why-democr...

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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/to-catch-a...

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. www.bettedangerous.com/p/when-the-k...

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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/party-on-b...

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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/before-the...

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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/we-fight-a...

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. www.bettedangerous.com/p/oui-shall-...

"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

“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 www.marieclaire.co.uk/opinion/prin...

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 Creeps A quick reminder on the ongoing tactical failure of promoting propaganda videos by quote tweeting them, and therefore delivering their emotional payload www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-tactic...

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 www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-h...

Orbán Bagman and ‘Other Loyal Servants of Organized Crime’ A brief conversation with Alex Alvarova about Hungary etc. www.bettedangerous.com/p/orban-bagm...

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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/media-crea...

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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/saving-the...

‘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 www.bettedangerous.com/p/feel-good-...

The monsters are back. www.bettedangerous.com/p/who-went-n...

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

"I just feel like there's got to be a way where we can make facts sexy again."-- @heidicuda.bsky.social

Great stuff by @emmalbriant.bsky.social in WaPo As @sulliview.bsky.social pointed out — headline’s screaming “Big Win” for Trump rather than Another Big Loss for democracy sure are looking at the bright side

Happy to be interviewed this week on how the US TikTok takeover reveals a concerning pattern Trump building a monopoly of supportive media, one captured media organisation at a time, to keep power and manage public criticism. Read more in the @washingtonpost.com with @drewharwell.com below 👇

Make Facts Sexy Again A suggested slogan to break the spell of conspiracy and possibly save the world

Of Treason and Martyrs When we look further over the waves, we can see the possibilities www.bettedangerous.com/p/of-treason...

Thinking About What Agency We Have Scattered notes from Jeff Sharlet, Marci Shore, and Peter Pomerantsev remind us to keep living in truth

By predicting the Nazi playbook used by MAGA-Russia to mythologize Kirk, it minimizes the utility of turning him into a martyr. Knowing history can deflate the potency of their moves and allow pro-democracy factions to regain control of the narrative, ie truth.

Yes—I’m also very worried that this is our Horst Wessel moment.

Nazi Martyr Horst Wessel Beware the mobilizing martyrdom by American fascists www.bettedangerous.com/p/nazi-marty...

Hot Type: The Sickening Nature of It All As Vladimir Putin glad-hands Narendra Modi and Xi Jin Ping, I report in @bylinetimes.bsky.social that, like the recent Alaska summit with Trump, the point of these events is to reputation wash Putin www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-t...

ICYMI: The entire PREVAIL 850 SPECIAL is here. Thanks to my guests @thelisagraves.bsky.social, @heidicuda.bsky.social, @ninaburleigh.bsky.social, @nadinesmith.bsky.social, @5gw.bsky.social, @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social, @dianaspechler.bsky.social, @whynownews.bsky.social & @lincolnsbible.bsky.social!

Hot Type: Journalist Genocide In my latest column for @bylinetimes.bsky.social I report that the killing of journalists is another genocide occurring in the Gaza war, the deadliest conflict for journalists in history www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-j...

HOT TYPE: How Acts of Terror Help Information Warfare Triumph In my weekly column for @bylinetimes.bsky.social I report on the ingrained links between terrorism and Russian disinformation www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-acts-o...

'The British conspiracy guru building a sovereign micronation in Appalachia' - Known for wild theories & extreme views Sacha Stone is selling his followers on a refuge from state power. Locals aren’t buying it. My article with Alexander Beunder @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91358928/the...

A Bette Op-Ed: Sergei Lavrov & the Russian Leitmotif Retired IRS criminal investigator Martin Sheil’s latest op-ed in Bette follows the offshore money with a plan to stick it to the oligarchs; plus, RadPod in the news and your Gareth Gore reminder www.bettedangerous.com/p/a-bette-op...

🔴'Europe Has to Give Up Its Freudian Denial About What's Happening in the United States and Mobilise' @heidicuda.bsky.social speaks to Professor of Intellectual History Marci Shore on where Europe finds itself amid the aggression of Vladimir Putin www.bylinesupplement.com/p/europe-has...

The Two Caesars: Bad Theater A critical review www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-two-ca...

🔴 Hot Type: Murderers Don't Want Peace As Trump meets Putin in Alaska @heidicuda.bsky.social turns to a Berlin diary published in 1941 to warn that history shows you can’t appease, capitulate, or treaty your way out of war with fascists www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-m...

🔴 Hot Type: Murderers Don't Want Peace As Trump meets Putin in Alaska @heidicuda.bsky.social turns to a Berlin diary published in 1941 to warn that history shows you can’t appease, capitulate, or treaty your way out of war with fascists www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-m...

The Death of Emperors A study of Roman history reveals the gory endings of emperors www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-death-...

"Throughout Shirer’s diary posts and dispatches from the 1930s, he is continually hopeful that France, Britain, America, Austria, the Poles, and the Czechs will pull themselves together and fight Nazi aggression.He is increasingly glum after each missed opportunity (...)" History not learnt, alas.

Who Went Nazi? Originally published Jan 29, a compilation of my reports highlighting lessons from World War II and beyond for clues on how to defeat this global assault on democracy www.bettedangerous.com/p/who-went-n...