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/3mu5rnz6ips2t‘And now, here we are’ Marci Shore and Michael MacKay help us process US threats to Canada by understanding Russia’s war in Ukraine https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/and-now-here-we-are https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/and-now-here-we-are?r=1tfo3828 Aug 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5rnz6ips2thttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mtnwgazo2c2jHot Type: ‘Everyone Has to Realise They’re Going to Try to Steal the Elections’ I document the Trump regime’s comprehensive attacks on the November midterm elections and the collective pushback required for its efforts to fail https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-everyone-has-to-realise @bylinetimes.bsky.social https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-everyone-has-to-realise?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web22 Aug 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnwgazo2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mth63xmrgs2vDancing with Dictators While Europe exposes Russian sabotage and shores up data protection, the US increases attacks on international law and “ballroom” official holds court with the Kremlin https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/dancing-with-dictators https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/dancing-with-dictators?r=1tfo3819 Aug 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth63xmrgs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mtekqkzq4k2r'It’s authoritarian regimes’ war against democratic regimes' Spotlighting vital quotes on war from our Speakeasy with Dr. Elena Davlikanova https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/its-authoritarian-regimes-war-against18 Aug 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtekqkzq4k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mtcmemxlus2gFear of a Just Planet As Trump and his loyalists double down on their threats to the International Criminal Court in The Hague it's important to ask why they would do that https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/fear-of-a-just-planet https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/fear-of-a-just-planet?r=1tfo3817 Aug 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcmemxlus2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msxus3hz2c2jInvisible War: Changing Mentality Personal reflections from Kherson: Human Safari filmmaker and war correspondent Zarina Zabrisky https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/invisible-war-changing-mentality https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/invisible-war-changing-mentality?r=1tfo3813 Aug 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxus3hz2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msv4pnar2k2fNot My Department says Wernher von Braun' How an old Tom Lehrer song got me thinking about the complicity of workers in media and tech in the rise of global autocracy https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/not-my-department-says-werhner-von12 Aug 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv4pnar2k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msv4juerjs2f'Not My Department says Wernher von Braun' How an old Tom Lehrer song got me thinking about the complicity of workers in media and tech in the rise of global autocracy https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/not-my-department-says-werhner-von12 Aug 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv4juerjs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msst5m6tzk2mMeanwhile in the Real World Europe and US crime numbers continue to decline, despite rightwing mangling of reality to instill fear of the "other" https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/meanwhile-in-the-real-world11 Aug 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msst5m6tzk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msst32q5xk2mMeanwhile in the Real World Europe and US crime numbers continue to decline, despite rightwing mangling of reality to instill fear of the "other" https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/meanwhile-in-the-real-world https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/meanwhile-in-the-real-world https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/meanwhile-in-the-real-world?r=1tfo3811 Aug 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msst32q5xk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msocfejbnk2wHot Type: 'It is Hard for Many Americans to Discern the Totality of What is Happening' In my latest report, @keirgiles.bsky.social explains the 'crash programme of state capture' outlined in his forthcoming book 'American Overthrow' @bylinetimes.bsky.social https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-it-is-hard-for-many-americans https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-it-is-hard-for-many-americans?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web09 Aug 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msocfejbnk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msfwm4l6m22jSomething's Gotta Give There will come a tipping point, a moment when Trump and his loyalists' cruel and criminal actions turn the tide wholly against them. What happens then? https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/somethings-gotta-give06 Aug 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfwm4l6m22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msbbphiygk2gTrump Fails Money Laundering Investigations Who knew that Capital One closed 385 Trump Organization bank accounts after a lengthy money laundering investigation and that JPMorgan Chase also closed Trump accounts https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/trump-fails-money-laundering-investigations04 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbbphiygk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msarkhgokc2b'AMERICAN OVERTHROW' - A Book Review Russia watcher and author Keir Giles upcoming book, American Overthrow, is a devastating document of US destruction and what the future looks like if people continue to remain passive https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/american-overthrow-a-book-review04 Aug 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msarkhgokc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3msarhnrowk2bAMERICAN OVERTHROW: A Q&A with Keir Giles, Part 2 In Part 2 of my interview with Russia watcher and author Keir Giles, we focus on his upcoming book, American Overthrow, a devastating document of US destruction https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/american-overthrow-a-q-and-a-with https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/american-overthrow-a-q-and-a-with?r=1tfo38&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web04 Aug 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msarhnrowk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3ms6nhy55fs2eAn Awakened France As France expels a Russian propagandist and tightens social media controls, it joins Estonia in shedding light on how foreign influence operations are not journalism but matters of national security https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/an-awakened-france https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/an-awakened-france?r=1tfo38&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web03 Aug 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6nhy55fs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mrs5qhjr7s2vEstonia Shows How to Resist Continuing to update all the ways Estonia defends itself from Russian threats until people finally see pro-Russian agitators who pose as patriots in the West as criminal traitors to their countries https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/estonia-shows-how-to-resist https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/estonia-shows-how-to-resist?r=1tfo3829 Jul 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs5qhjr7s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mrrqm242oc2k"It’s a brief for a predatory state" I am cross-posting an open letter to The Economist from lawyer Victor Rud, who wrote a scathing response to the magazine's editor for publishing a Russian magnate's "subliminal reality reversal" essay https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/its-a-brief-for-a-predatory-state29 Jul 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrqm242oc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mrhzuw6gjs2wHot Type: Reds Under the Bed In my column for @bylinetimes.bsky.social I report on the ‘Freudian projection’ of Trump’s latest boogeyman – the ‘Communist’ https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-reds-under-the-bed25 Jul 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhzuw6gjs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mrfvlkzilc2eMoral Clarity: 'Time to Deal with Collaborators' A post-war clean up of Nazi collaborators and a prison letter from a Polish dissident offers lessons for today https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/moral-clarity-time-to-deal-with-collaborators https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/moral-clarity-time-to-deal-with-collaborators?r=1tfo3824 Jul 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfvlkzilc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mqk5pv6kvs22Collaborator, Puppet, Sycophant A brief review of three Nazi collaborators from World War II offers clarity on the traitors of today https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/collaborator-puppet-sycophant https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/collaborator-puppet-sycophant?r=1tfo3813 Jul 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk5pv6kvs22https://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mqm7b3qfts2nARCHIVING TRUTH: Who Will Write Our History? Intellectual historian Dr. Marci Shore offers historic and current examples of how truth is preserved in authoritarian times https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/archiving-truth-who-will-write-our14 Jul 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm7b3qfts2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mqk5pv6kvs22Collaborator, Puppet, Sycophant A brief review of three Nazi collaborators from World War II offers clarity on the traitors of today https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/collaborator-puppet-sycophant https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/collaborator-puppet-sycophant?r=1tfo3813 Jul 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk5pv6kvs22https://bsky.app/profile/heidicuda.bsky.social/post/3mqfbhwb5e22cHot Type: The Next Phase in the Assault on Truth Political columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda reports that Russians have moved beyond injecting disinformation to a full-scale and pernicious attack on all dependable sources of truth https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-the-next-phase-in-the-assault @bylinetimes.bsky.social https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-the-next-phase-in-the-assault?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web11 Jul 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:ignmo6trxdw766orv4yoruyr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfbhwb5e22c