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What You See at the End of the World
A book report on The Essential Anna Politkovskaya, the reporter who documented the rise of a KGB snoop, the Second Chechen War, and the 'age of the oligarchs' before being murdered on Putin's birthday
www.bettedangerous.com/p/what-you-s...
I can't shake the feeling that my apocalyptic nightmares--the kind your therapist always assures you are just inside your head and would never happen in real life--are playing themselves out in the real world.
Hot Type: How The US-Israel War in Iran Is Also Targeting European Democracy
In @bylinetimes.bsky.social I investigate a key target in the US-Israel war in Iran: European democratic leaders who are damned if they do support the war and damned if they don't
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-h...
Unbroken
A deep and meaningful conversation with Dr. Marci Shore on the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from RadPod Ep 161, on a world run by gangsters and how history can help inform @marcishore.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heidicud...
‘The desire to not have a stain on your soul…’
More brilliant and motivating words from Professor Jason Stanley, from an interview with Perry Bacon Jr. of The New Republic‘s Right Now podcast
www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-desire... @perrybaconjr.bsky.social
Democratic Assassins in the Great Propaganda Wars
I wrote yesterday that a Putin-Trump regime objective in the warfighting in Iran was to target European leaders and today, I wake up to headlines confirming
Indirect Targets of Crazy Making
As the US becomes a drunken brawler, we can see a real goal emerge - to weaken Western leaders with shock events and so-called wars
Does Dugin write her scripts? Or Kirill?
'Clickbait Fascism: When War Becomes a Show' -- My Interview on Radio Free America
An interview I did with Radio Free America, Prague, on the day the Trump regime invaded Venezuela just dropped yesterday, the day the Trump regime invaded Iran
www.bettedangerous.com/p/clickbait-...
Silence of the Grave
Republishing my tribute to Russia’s last best hope — Boris Nemtsov — on the 11th anniversary of his assassination
'So What Am I Guilty Of? Nothing But the Truth'
Twenty years after the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow on Putin's birthday, I am posting a letter published after her death that warns of the threat of journalist-clowns
www.bettedangerous.com/p/so-what-am...
Visualize The Hague
As Duterte's hearing gets underway on the fourth anniversary of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, I want you to visualize accountability for Putin and Trump
www.bettedangerous.com/p/visualize-...
Spot the Op: Controlled Opposition
Third in a series exposing Russian hybrid warfare operations
Hot Type: How Russia Weaponises Scandal So You Forget to Defend Democracy
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TRUMP’S MENTOR: ROY COHN — American Monster
As Trump works multiple prebuttal references to handsome kissing men into his act, I’m re-releasing my Roy Cohn report—third in a series about US criminals who accelerated global authoritarianism
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From Rybolovlev with Love: How Trump's DHS Funnels Cash to Russian Oligarchs
As DHS overpays for concentration camp shells, it's worth revisiting the failures of US intelligence agencies who were supposed to protect us from organized crime, and why we need to push on
UPDATE: The Epstein Ties to Execs and Profiteers of the 2008 Financial Crisis
An update to my report on the execs behind the 2008 financial crisis, which crushed the American dream for millions, and how they're thriving in Trump's America -- updated now to include their ties to Jeffrey Epstein
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REMINDER: Bette's Speakeasy with Slavenka Drakulić on War Criminals on Trial in The Hague
Bette members—please register for our Sunday Speakeasy with author Slavenka Drakulić, who documented the trials of Yugoslavian war criminals in her book They Would Never Hurt a Fly
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
America is being ruled by people who took money from gangsters and while the truth might not set them free, it could save the world
Sleazy Glitz Delirium
It's tempting to go down the rabbit hole of scandal and stay mired there, but we know enough about the organized crime ring of deviant freaks to know our main focus should be getting them out of power
Thank you kindly
Don't Worry - the Men Who Stole the American Dream Are Doing Just Fine
I decided to take a look at executives involved in the 2008 financial crisis, which crushed the American dream for millions of families, only to find out, most of them are thriving in Trump's America
Bette In the News: Growing the Pro-Democracy Intelligentsia
My new intervu on Thom Hartmann; the film I executive produced—Kherson: Human Safari—directed by Zarina Zabrisky, screens at Munich Security Conference 2/12; Zarina joins us Tues; plus Unger on RadPod
www.bettedangerous.com/p/bette-in-t...
Spot the Op: Othering
Part 2 in the new Bette Dangerous series ‘Spot the Op’ — identifying autocrat operations
www.bettedangerous.com/p/spot-the-o...
High praise from a talent such as yourself xo
