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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 16d
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...
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
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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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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
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November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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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
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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
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November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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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
www.bettedangerous.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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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
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November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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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...
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
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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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

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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
www.bettedangerous.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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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 with @dietmarpichler.bsky.social and @moniquecamarra.bsky.social
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
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November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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...
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
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October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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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...
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
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October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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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

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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
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October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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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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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
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October 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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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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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
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October 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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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...
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
www.bettedangerous.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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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

www.bettedangerous.com/p/we-fight-a...
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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October 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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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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Oui Shall Overcome
Inspiration from the Paris Metro
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October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reposted by Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous
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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
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20d
The silver lining is the Professor still has his faculty job, but this is explicitly viewpoint discrimination, a message that there is no such thing as faculty governance.
All admin must be aligned with a political party. For all the talk of leftist indoctrination, this is no different from China.
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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“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...
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
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October 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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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
www.bettedangerous.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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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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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
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October 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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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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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
www.bylinesupplement.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Orbán Bagman and ‘Other Loyal Servants of Organized Crime’

A brief conversation with Alex Alvarova about Hungary etc.

www.bettedangerous.com/p/orban-bagm...
Orbán Bagman and ‘Other Loyal Servants of Organized Crime’
A brief conversation with Alex Alvarova about Hungary etc.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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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

www.bettedangerous.com/p/media-crea...
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
October 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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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...
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
www.bettedangerous.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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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

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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
www.bettedangerous.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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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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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
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM