x = "b""This doesn't feel like targeted propaganda at all. I mean states\xe2\x80\xa6"
print( x.encode('latin1').decode('unicode-escape').encode('latin1').decode('utf8') )
eCA9ICJiIiJUaGlzIGRvZXNuJ3QgZmVlbCBsaWtlIHRhcmdldGVkIHByb3BhZ2FuZGEgYXQgYWxsLiBJIG1lYW4gc3RhdGVzXHhlMlx4ODBceGE2IgpwcmludCggeC5lbmNvZGUoJ2xhdGluMScpLmRlY29kZSgndW5pY29kZS1lc2NhcGUnKS5lbmNvZGUoJ2xhdGluMScpLmRlY29kZSgndXRmOCcpICAp