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/shophttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mlephupbek2fJailer In Chief If you run Trump's qualities through the lens of The Gulag Archipelago, you would see that he was put into power for what he lacks and that's precisely why he must be removed from power now https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/jailer-in-chief https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/jailer-in-chief?r=1tfo3808 May 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlephupbek2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mleapsuej225COMPLICIT Musk and fascist normalizer Linda Yaccarino are being investigated by French prosecutors for complicity in possessing and distributing child sexual abuse images and illegally collecting personal data www.bettedangerous.com/p/complicit https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/complicit?r=1tfo3808 May 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleapsuej225https://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3ml4cqe2dgk2lThe Inevitable Fate of All Tyrants A report in the OCCRP indicates Putin's paranoia of assassination by drone or coup attempt has him implementing extreme security measures, Is elite defection imminent? Bette experts weigh in https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-inevitable-fate-of-all-tyrants https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-inevitable-fate-of-all-tyrants?r=1tfo3805 May 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4cqe2dgk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mkxg6nejqc2oHot Type: 'Justice Keeps on Happening' — Russian Aggression Tribunal Gains Momentum Byline Times' political columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda reports on how the formation of a new Special Tribunal to prosecute Russia could be a turning point https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-justice-keeps-on-happening https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-justice-keeps-on-happening?r=cfim4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web03 May 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxg6nejqc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mkv6n34vsk2hMedici White House and the Pseudopropheta In an interview with Dr Matthew Taylor we learn about the competing religious extremists using Trump to achieve their often conflicting goals and how pro-democracy forces can use this opportunity to pitch a bigger tent https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/medici-white-house-and-the-pseudopropheta https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/medici-white-house-and-the-pseudopropheta?r=1tfo3802 May 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv6n34vsk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mkqpla3shs2vRussia Poisons Wikipedia How state-sponsored actors exploit the crowd-sourced platform to skew reality, create 'foreign digital interference' and what that means for the future of facts https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/russia-poisons-wikipedia https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/russia-poisons-wikipedia?r=1tfo3830 Apr 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqpla3shs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mknnihdnhk2bOne Bastard Down, More To Come Rodrigo Duterte will stand trial for crimes against humanity, as ICC prosecutors showed in pretrial evidence that words kill. Now, the ICC is investigating Lukashenko. Trump's knees should be watering https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/one-bastard-down-more-to-come https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/one-bastard-down-more-to-come?r=1tfo3829 Apr 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknnihdnhk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mkkwahyxak23America Has Chosen to Destroy Itself’ — So Now What? As I see other countries fight back against disinformation, I am reposting this Q&A from Russian propaganda expert Peter Pomerantsev to encourage U.S. to take responsibility for its inaction and push on https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/america-has-chosen-to-destroy-itself-693 https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/america-has-chosen-to-destroy-itself-693?r=1tfo3828 Apr 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkwahyxak23https://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mkiiqxrut22tThree Beautiful Things Now that we know the recipe - how the Trump regime does three awful things a day to fog our memory - it's time to follow the Pope and put beauty and goodness above the fold https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/three-beautiful-things?r=1tfo3827 Apr 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiiqxrut22thttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mkff4a26ic2zKGB Charm School Grads Community Theater Group Presents… The Russian influencers in the White House will always lie https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/kgb-charm-school-grads-community https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/kgb-charm-school-grads-community?r=1tfo3826 Apr 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkff4a26ic2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mkcqgjtmic2iFor those new to Bette Dangerous, I offer my American Monster series — the first 15 reports on a network of criminals accelerating global fascism https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/american-monsters-the-first-15-33c https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/american-monsters-the-first-15-33c?r=1tfo3825 Apr 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcqgjtmic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mk655q43k222Turning Fascism Into Entertainment Once we understand Trump and his flunkies will do three awful things a day, we can return the focus on how to stop his criminal regime https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/turning-fascism-into-entertainment https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/turning-fascism-into-entertainment?r=1tfo3823 Apr 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk655q43k222https://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mk4j7jtkjs2gIn case you need a refresher on how truly venal Tucker Carlson is… American Monster — Tucker Carlson Twelfth in a series on US criminals accelerating global fascism https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/american-monster-tucker-carlson-59f?r=1tfo3822 Apr 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4j7jtkjs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mjzrtrvq4s2yWhy Media Loves Fascism Because we have a global billionaire problem https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/why-media-loves-fascism https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/why-media-loves-fascism?r=1tfo3821 Apr 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzrtrvq4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mjyqln3rys24Alex Jones — American Monster With The Onion poised to takeover InfoWars, I am reposting the eleventh in my American Monster series about US criminals accelerating global fascism https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/alex-jones-american-monster https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/alex-jones-american-monster?r=1tfo3821 Apr 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyqln3rys24https://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mjtskmdq422kTrumpMania: The World's First Kayfabe War How a cynical scheme by a Putin friendly producer to fake that Trump was a successful businessman led to the rise of clickbait fascism and the world's first made-for-tv war https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/trumpmania-the-worlds-first-kayfabe?r=1tfo3819 Apr 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtskmdq422khttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mjr2mpmvxs2nHOT TYPE—'False Prophets Are Making False Messiahs Out of Tyrants' After 'Trump Jesus' and JD Vance 'popesplaining' the theory of a just war to the Pontiff, I interview @TaylorMatthewD on defying the real 'antichrists' of Christian supremacy https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-false-prophets-are-making https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-false-prophets-are-making?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web18 Apr 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjr2mpmvxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mjidbs4pdk2pDeep and Meaningful Beans A Q&A with Anne Abberton, the CEO & Founder of the greatest coffee company in Europe, Dublin-based FiXX, on coffee's evolution from 'caffeine hit' to one of the most 'incredibly complex' beverages https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/deep-and-meaningful-beans https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/deep-and-meaningful-beans?r=1tfo3814 Apr 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjidbs4pdk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mjchzpscz22x‘Billionaires, Bagmen, and Thieves’ — My Hot Type column from January The plot to install Trump as President was the greatest success of foreign espionage in history, and how an Orbán loss could trigger the start of global dePutinization https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/billionaires-bagmen-and-thieves-my-233 https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/billionaires-bagmen-and-thieves-my-233?r=1tfo3812 Apr 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjchzpscz22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mj7sg7pfpk2hDemocracy Vampire — Peter Thiel 13th in my American Monster series on the network of US criminals accelerating global fascism. Reposting in light of growing interest in my archives https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/democracy-vampire-peter-thiel-848?r=1tfo3811 Apr 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7sg7pfpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mixuh2h6rc2aAs JD Vance interferes in Hungary’s elections, reciting Russian talking points with a Hitler haircut, it’s worth revisiting Viktor Orbán’s history as a Kremlin bagman. Should Hungary rid itself of Orbán’s grip, the EU is immediately strengthened.—hsc https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/orban-bagman-and-other-loyal-servants-d1f?r=1tfo3808 Apr 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixuh2h6rc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mixu4x77wk2aTrump posts of nuclear genocide as if he’s a supervillain in a ring of choreographed kayfabe, only to postpone the threat so Putin can keep making more money. Watching Congress members post ‘Oh no! Trump is threatening genocide!’ is to miss the mass murder that’s already occurred.—hsc https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/before-the-final-stage-america-is-aae?r=1tfo3808 Apr 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixu4x77wk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mioy4nr3y22gHot Type: 'Your Hands Are Full of Blood' — Pope Leo's Smackdown to the Trump Regime Byline columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda talks to veteran reporter and religious liberty campaigner @thcarter123.bsky.social about the wildest standoff in the West, Pope Leo vs Donald Trump @bylinetimes.bsky.social https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-your-hands-are-full-of-blood?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web04 Apr 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioy4nr3y22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mihs4gsnds2fThe Show Must Go On: The 2019 NATO Slide That Predicted Today Despite tech gremlins, I was able to share a key 2019 NATO slide on The Thom Hartmann Program today that explained in one screenshot my thesis on how 'Trump Is Putin's Fixer' https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-show-must-go-on-the-2019-nato https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-show-must-go-on-the-2019-nato?r=1tfo3801 Apr 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihs4gsnds2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mibq5zbb6c2vCRIME PAYS: The Greatest Smash and Grab Fraud of All Time We've never had data privacy or protection in any meaningful way, because crime pays, until it doesn't https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/crime-pays-the-greatest-smash-and https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/crime-pays-the-greatest-smash-and https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/crime-pays-the-greatest-smash-and?r=1tfo3830 Mar 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibq5zbb6c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mia73sf6gs25Trump Is Putin's Fixer With Trump's every move benefitting Vladimir Putin, I turn to countries like Estonia for ideas on how to prosecute traitors https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/trump-is-putins-fixer https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/trump-is-putins-fixer https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/trump-is-putins-fixer?r=1tfo3829 Mar 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia73sf6gs25https://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mhrnht2tm225My report from 2024 reveals sheriff Chad Bianco to be a grave danger to the nation. https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/update-radicalized-and-lawless-a-6aa?r=1tfo3824 Mar 2026 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrnht2tm225https://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mhnaiveuis2jMy Mueller Reports A decade of reporting on an American hero, including a side by side comparison of the lives of Mueller and Trump; and 4 times Mueller took on the mob and won https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/my-mueller-reports https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/my-mueller-reports?r=1tfo38&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web22 Mar 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnaiveuis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mhm2wy7m3c2dMy Mueller Reports A decade of reporting on an American hero https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/my-mueller-reports https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/my-mueller-reports?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web21 Mar 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhm2wy7m3c2d