TODAY! Bette’s Speakeasy Series with NYT Bestselling Author Craig Unger, Part 3

Bette members—please register for Part 3 of our Sunday Speakeasy series with Craig Unger on a deep dive on his books on Trump-Russia. This event is on Sunday—January 4, 11 am PT

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Just a reminder for paying members to sign up for our Speakeasy series with Craig Unger — part three is our Q&A session, inspired by our previous discussions on his books on Trump-Russia — House of Trump/House of Putin and American Kompromat. This series is open to all levels of paid membership. If you attended the series, bring your questions or email me if you would prefer me to ask:

• Sunday, January 4: Bette’s Speakeasy Series with Craig Unger, Part 3 — A Q&A session

  • 11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern

Registration can be found by scrolling all the way to the end of this post. We have a vibrant chat, and I thank everyone for keeping it a polite, safe space.

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More about Craig Unger:

Craig Unger is the New York Times bestselling author of six books on the Republican Party’s assault on democracy, including House of Bush, House of Saud; House of Trump, House of Putin, American Kompromat, and Den of Spies, a real life political thriller about how master spy William Casey put together a treasonous covert operation in 1980 that hijacked American foreign policy and stole the election for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

A graduate of Harvard University, Craig began his career in journalism as an undergraduate editor of The Harvard Crimson. In 1976, he moved to France as co-owner/editor of The Paris Metro, a celebrated biweekly English-language city magazine in the French capital. In the Eighties, as senior editor at New York Magazine, Craig wrote and edited major features on subjects ranging from medicine to pop culture, architecture, and politics. Over the years, his work has appeared in The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Esquire, The Independent, and many other publications. He also served as a contributing editor for Vanity Fair where he covered national security and foreign affairs for more than 15 years.

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