The Power of Real Life

Thank you for supporting my summer workation

We have become so accustomed to this virtual world we interact in daily, but the mana is found in real life. That spiritual life force with its healing power is cranked up to 11 when we interact with people face to face.

After the weekend I spent in St. Petersburg, Florida, I came away with the realization that what doesn’t fit in Florida is Ron DeSantis. He’s gotta go.

I also came away inspired by the power of people who show up to school board meetings and show up in the halls of injustice to reclaim what rightfully belongs to them — their humanity.

That’s awesome.

Just a quick thank you to everyone who made my reader-funded life a reality. I have multiple travels coming up for work, and your support of my writing has allowed me to focus exclusively on meaningful projects.

I will be sharing my reporting from Florida this weekend. There are brave and brilliant people who created a strategy to fight back against oppression that is not only incredibly effective, but their strategy can be duplicated throughout the US.

I will be on a writing bender for the next few days, and if you are able to do so, I am hoping to encourage any of the following:

• Upgrade to Paid Member

• Upgrade to Founding Member

• Gifting memberships

• Share my reporting with allies

• Buying my ebooks — here’s a promo code: Birthday-Special

• Donating to the ko-fi fund or directly to venmo

A paid membership offers access to all archives and invites to our community events, where we meet global experts in this fight for the very survival of democracy.

I turn 60 at the end of this month, and all I want for my birthday is to defeat fascism.

It’s doable if we don’t underestimate our own power.

A Bette member just asked me when I sleep — there will be time for rest after we defeat the monsters.

American Monsters: And Then There Were 13

Thank you as always for your support.

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More info about Bette Dangerous - This magazine is written by Heidi Siegmund Cuda, an Emmy-award winning investigative reporter/producer, author, and veteran music and nightlife columnist. She is the cohost of RADICALIZED Truth Survives, an investigative show about disinformation and is part of the Byline Media team. Thank you for your support of independent investigative journalism.

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Begin each day with a grateful heart.

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(My favorite tree in St. Pete)