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Elle Reeve
@ellereeve.bsky.social
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
September 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Good moment to re-up one of the best pieces @ellereeve.bsky.social and I ever did at the Atlantic Wire.
Mission Hypothetical: Our Plan to Rescue Dennis Rodman from a North Korean Prison Camp
What if, instead of leaving North Korea today, Dennis Rodman didn't make it out and was instead thrown into a prison camp by the country's erratic young dictator Kim Jong-un? And wha...
www.theatlantic.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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...
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.
www.cnn.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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They let me and @ellereeve.bsky.social do a thing together!

Watch: www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/u...
April 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Real talk with @ellereeve.bsky.social!

Check out the new ‘Persuadable’ podcast: link.chtbl.com/9zhzPzEO
May 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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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...
This area of South Dakota voted for Trump by roughly 70%. Here's what they think now
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yugoslavia had an 'anti-bureaucratic revolution' 1988-1989

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-bu...
March 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm at the Tucson Festival of Books this beautiful weekend 🌵
March 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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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...
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.
slate.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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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.
March 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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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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

youtu.be/89aB6SX2y40?...
Trump supporter walks away from CNN interview when pressed about Musk's actions
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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

youtu.be/89aB6SX2y40?...
Trump supporter walks away from CNN interview when pressed about Musk's actions
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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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...
February 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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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...
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.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
My essay on the unfortunately very useful lessons I learned as a 13-year-old girl with the neighbor from hell

slate.com/news-and-pol...
A Childhood Neighbor Terrorized My Family. It Prepared Me for Trump’s Takeover.
It was psychological warfare.
slate.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Elle Reeve
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...
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 ...
balloon-juice.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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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
January 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm considering having a personality on the internet again. Is this the place to do it?
January 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Funny how people are blaming Musk's Nazi salute on autism

In @ellereeve.bsky.social's book 'Black Pill,' she explores how terminally online young men (many on the spectrum) were blackpilled into cyber neo-Nazism

And if you're another female #gamedev, you NEED to read her chapter on GamerGate...
January 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Once again I am asking you to read @kateconger.com and @rmac.bsky.social’s Character Limit. And @ellereeve.bsky.social’s Black Pill.

Incredibly helpful context for this moment.
January 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Looking for a last-minute gift? Consider my book, Black Pill, the story of the incels and extremists who made the memes and ideas billionaires share today.

Too dark for the holidays? Wrong. There are jokes in it
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1982...
December 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
It's Craig's birthday
December 13, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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"As her trenchant observations accumulate, the book’s value becomes clear, as does Reeve’s willingness to put herself in harm’s way to chronicle the alienation and hatred animating her subjects."
Paul Barrett reviews “Black Pill” by @ellereeve.bsky.social.
Behind the Scenes With the Alt-Right
A Review of Elle Reeve’s “Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics” (Atria Books, 2024)
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM