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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous
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Emmy award-winning investigative reporter, filmmaker, best-selling author https://www.bettedangerous.com Bette Dangerous Substack Byline Supplement RADICALIZED https://ko-fi.com/heidicuda https://ko-fi.com/heidicuda/shop
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · Jul 19
HOT TYPE: Musings from the Green Room

Behind the scenes at the ⁦Byline Festival🤍

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Hot Type: Musings from the Green Room
Heidi Siegmund Cuda offers some behind-the-scenes reflections from last weekend's Byline Festival at Keele University
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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 19h
"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
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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.
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 1d
“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

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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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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 2d
It’s a super great question and I personally think each time we lower ourselves to the level of these sadists by regurgitating their cruel and disgusting rhetoric and imagery we lose another piece of our democratic soul — we need agencies that help inoculate and protect us from the propaganda wars
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 2d
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
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 3d
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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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 3d
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
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 5d
Orbán Bagman and ‘Other Loyal Servants of Organized Crime’

A brief conversation with Alex Alvarova about Hungary etc.

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Orbán Bagman and ‘Other Loyal Servants of Organized Crime’
A brief conversation with Alex Alvarova about Hungary etc.
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 14d
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

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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
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 17d
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

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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
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 18d
‘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
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 19d
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
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 20d
Merci
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 20d
The monsters are back.
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Who Went Nazi? A Compilation
Here is an updated compilation of my reports highlighting lessons from World War II and beyond for clues on how to defeat this global assault on democracy
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 21d
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”
‘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”
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 24d
‘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

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‘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
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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · Sep 22
"I just feel like there's got to be a way where we can make facts sexy again."-- @heidicuda.bsky.social
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 27d
Keep up the amazing work!
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 27d
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
emmalbriant.bsky.social Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 27d
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 👇
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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 27d
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 👇
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 29d
Make Facts Sexy Again

A suggested slogan to break the spell of conspiracy and possibly save the world
Make Facts Sexy Again
A suggested slogan to break the spell of conspiracy and possibly save the world
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · Sep 18
Of Treason and Martyrs

When we look further over the waves, we can see the possibilities

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Of Treason and Martyrs
When we look further over the waves, we can see the possibilities
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · Sep 17
Thinking About What Agency We Have

Scattered notes from Jeff Sharlet, Marci Shore, and Peter Pomerantsev remind us to keep living in truth
Thinking About What Agency We Have
Scattered notes from Jeff Sharlet, Marci Shore, and Peter Pomerantsev remind us to keep living in truth
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · Sep 13
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.
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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · Sep 11
Yes—I’m also very worried that this is our Horst Wessel moment.
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · Sep 11
Nazi Martyr Horst Wessel

Beware the mobilizing martyrdom by American fascists

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Nazi Martyr Horst Wessel
Beware the mobilizing martyrdom by American fascists
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