Craig Unger
@craigunger.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of 6 books on the GOP’s assault on democracy, including American Kompromat. Apple Books says my latest,Den of Spies, about the 1980 October Surprise, is "the scariest political thriller you've ever read." www.craigunger.com.
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Craig Unger
@craigunger.bsky.social
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2004 Paul Manafort's Griftapalooza
Wonder how Trump's nonstop grifting will end? It helps to remember that Viktor Yanukovych, Paul Manafort's pro-Putin candidate in Ukraine, was ousted by the Orange Revolution and EuroMaidan protests.
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Trump Russia Timeline: Paul Manafort's Griftapalooza
Wonder how Trump's nonstop grifting will end? It helps to remember that Viktor Yanukovych, Paul Manafort's pro-Putin candidate in Ukraine, was ousted by the Orange Revolution and EuroMaidan protests.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Wonder how Trump's nonstop grifting will end? It helps to remember that Viktor Yanukovych, Paul Manafort's pro-Putin candidate in Ukraine, was ousted by the Orange Revolution and EuroMaidan protests.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Thanks!
Only partway through this but this is why I regularly read @craigunger.bsky.social - it helps to demist the fog of (hybrid) war a lot to have an extensive, detailed historical into its origins.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Thanks!
Trump Russia Timeline #32
Missteps on the Steppes of Central Asia
After franchising his name in Azerbaijan and Georgia for projects that flopped, Trump continued to ransack the other remnants of the former Soviet Union. Next stop: Kazakhstan.
Missteps on the Steppes of Central Asia
After franchising his name in Azerbaijan and Georgia for projects that flopped, Trump continued to ransack the other remnants of the former Soviet Union. Next stop: Kazakhstan.
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Trump Russia Timeline #32
Missteps on the Steppes of Central Asia
After franchising his name in Azerbaijan and Georgia for projects that flopped, Trump continued to ransack the other remnants of the former Soviet Union. Next stop: Kazakhstan.
Missteps on the Steppes of Central Asia
After franchising his name in Azerbaijan and Georgia for projects that flopped, Trump continued to ransack the other remnants of the former Soviet Union. Next stop: Kazakhstan.
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If you want to know where a country is heading, watch how it treats its teachers and its public schools.
If they are supported, democracy strengthens.
If they are attacked, democracy erodes.
This editorial from the @nytimes.com is a must-read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
If they are supported, democracy strengthens.
If they are attacked, democracy erodes.
This editorial from the @nytimes.com is a must-read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If you want to know where a country is heading, watch how it treats its teachers and its public schools.
If they are supported, democracy strengthens.
If they are attacked, democracy erodes.
This editorial from the @nytimes.com is a must-read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
If they are supported, democracy strengthens.
If they are attacked, democracy erodes.
This editorial from the @nytimes.com is a must-read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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These contiguous posts in my timeline show how companies, both big and small, can either devote themselves to the trivial and evil or the substantive and good.
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
These contiguous posts in my timeline show how companies, both big and small, can either devote themselves to the trivial and evil or the substantive and good.
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A new federal lawsuit alleges detained people are suffering from “horrific and inhumane” conditions at the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview and that the federal government is concealing that mistreatment by blocking elected officials, attorneys and the press from accessing the facility.
Lawsuit Alleges 'Horrific And Inhumane' Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility
The federal lawsuit says detained people are being denied water, food, medical care and hygiene: "They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that."
blockclubchicago.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A new federal lawsuit alleges detained people are suffering from “horrific and inhumane” conditions at the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview and that the federal government is concealing that mistreatment by blocking elected officials, attorneys and the press from accessing the facility.
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If you have GOP MoCs (either House or Senate), call their office TODAY and tell them it is a grave disservice for them to let Trump send them to a war of conquest w/o the least legal cover, much less any attempt to get bipartisan support.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you have GOP MoCs (either House or Senate), call their office TODAY and tell them it is a grave disservice for them to let Trump send them to a war of conquest w/o the least legal cover, much less any attempt to get bipartisan support.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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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...
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
www.bettedangerous.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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...
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...
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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@craigunger.bsky.social wow, that's... Something..
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@craigunger.bsky.social wow, that's... Something..
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I found @craigunger.bsky.social at my untouched/no bans library. In his substack he calls our mythological lies about US history, America's original sin.
Slavery is a foundational crime against humanity. The conundrum was, had Washington's army not been supported by ALL 13 states, there may hv
1/2🧵
Slavery is a foundational crime against humanity. The conundrum was, had Washington's army not been supported by ALL 13 states, there may hv
1/2🧵
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I found @craigunger.bsky.social at my untouched/no bans library. In his substack he calls our mythological lies about US history, America's original sin.
Slavery is a foundational crime against humanity. The conundrum was, had Washington's army not been supported by ALL 13 states, there may hv
1/2🧵
Slavery is a foundational crime against humanity. The conundrum was, had Washington's army not been supported by ALL 13 states, there may hv
1/2🧵
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Reposted by Craig Unger
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Remember the Alamo?
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
I do. But the GOP's ongoing war on wokeness is making sure the rest of the world forgets that its "heroes"--Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, etc--were really fighting for slavery--not Texas's independence.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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Trumpy loves the farmers, just ask him!!
October 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Trumpy loves the farmers, just ask him!!
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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House of Putin
House of Trump
~by Craig Unger, 2018~
American Kompromat
~Craig Unger, 2021~
America, you have to read.
When billionaires can buy nationa, build pvt armies & privatize human resources, capitalism has gone too far.
@craigunger.bsky.social
House of Trump
~by Craig Unger, 2018~
American Kompromat
~Craig Unger, 2021~
America, you have to read.
When billionaires can buy nationa, build pvt armies & privatize human resources, capitalism has gone too far.
@craigunger.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
House of Putin
House of Trump
~by Craig Unger, 2018~
American Kompromat
~Craig Unger, 2021~
America, you have to read.
When billionaires can buy nationa, build pvt armies & privatize human resources, capitalism has gone too far.
@craigunger.bsky.social
House of Trump
~by Craig Unger, 2018~
American Kompromat
~Craig Unger, 2021~
America, you have to read.
When billionaires can buy nationa, build pvt armies & privatize human resources, capitalism has gone too far.
@craigunger.bsky.social
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Things have not gone well for Trump's fmr partner Mikheil Saakashvili. After years of suffering in a locked hospital, he gets 9 more years in prison. (3/25) www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
Georgian court hands former president Saakashvili nine more years in prison
Georgia's opposition forces claim the ruling reflects regime's fear of the former pro-Western leader.
www.aljazeera.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Things have not gone well for Trump's fmr partner Mikheil Saakashvili. After years of suffering in a locked hospital, he gets 9 more years in prison. (3/25) www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Having become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, Trump took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, it was a disaster. open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Having become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, Trump took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, it was a disaster. open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, the project flopped. And once again, Trump cashed in.
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Having become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, Trump took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, it was a disaster. open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Having become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, Trump took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi. Once again, it was a disaster. open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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Russian-linked oligarchs are holding Georgia politically hostage, including repressive measures against protests that remain defiant. Trump enjoys a greenlight expanding his corruption there:
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Russian-linked oligarchs are holding Georgia politically hostage, including repressive measures against protests that remain defiant. Trump enjoys a greenlight expanding his corruption there:
Reposted by Craig Unger
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#31. Georgia on his Mind(2011)
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Now that Trump had become the Colonel Sanders of luxury condos, he took his new franchising model to the Georgian port city of Batumi.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...