Beth Arnold. A Liberal Southern Woman

THE TRANS-ATLANTIC CONVERSATIONS Part 1

I met her on a grand staircase in a Paris salon. She grew up Black and trans between Europe and the United States. Now we’re talking across the Atlantic about race, religion, survival—and a country in serious moral trouble.

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Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on the conflict Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. It demonstrated early GOP support for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no ...

Trump went out and picked a war.
You can count on the GOP to do the wrong thing every time. They are always against the American people. >> Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on the conflict

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DEAR PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN #3 How do you tell a person who died in 2014 what America feels like now?

There are certain actors who feel like part of your inner life.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of those.

This year’s letter became something larger than I expected — about grief, about America, and about how art steadies us when politics doesn’t.

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Fuck this bloated, tin-pot fascist and his threats. No pasaran!

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

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DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

YouTube video by Canada Today Carney REFUSES to Slow Down Against Trump, Billion Dollar Deal Signed

PM @mark-carney.bsky.social held two MAJOR press conferences in #India including a joint appearance with PM #NarendraModi and a high-level address at the #India–CanadaCEOForum announcing a $2.6 BILLION uranium supply agreement and launching a strategic energy partnership 🇨🇦
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Two categories of analysts who might take a step back, away from the microphone or keyboard, this weekend:

—Those who assured us that Trump was the real anti-war candidate.

—Those who assured us that invading Iraq was necessary and would work out great.

DEAR PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN #3 How do you tell a person who died in 2014 what America feels like now?

Movies used to feel like entertainment.
Now they feel like emotional survival.
This letter explains why.

DEAR PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN #3
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AUDIO: DEAR PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN #3 How do you tell a person who died in 2014 what America feels like now?

Who is someone you wish you could explain the present to?

I wrote mine a letter.

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US hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as 'clearly fake' after anti-Canada slur U.S. hockey player Brady Tkachuk says a White House TikTok video falsely paints him as insulting Canadians. Tkachuk calls the clip clearly fake.

The T Regime has done it again--Fake News. >>> apnews.com/article/olym... hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as 'clearly fake' after anti-Canada slur

Scouting America will alter its policies to maintain support from the US military, Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Scouting America will alter several policies to maintain its support from the U.S. military.

Now the Scouts have been attacked by Pussy Boy Hegs*th >> Scouting America will alter its policies to maintain support from the US military, Pentagon says

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A chief judge warns Minnesota’s top prosecutor and ICE: Obey court orders or face contempt The chief federal judge for Minnesota has issued a stern warning to the chief federal prosecutor for the state, as well as to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, warning them that they must...

Boom! >> A chief judge warns Minnesota’s top prosecutor and ICE: Obey court orders or face contempt

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The Trump administration is detaining and questioning refugees already admitted to the US In a break from tradition, refugees admitted to the United States after extensive interviews and vetting are being detained and questioned again.

Domestic Terrorists >> The Trump administration is detaining and questioning refugees already admitted to the US

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A nearly blind refugee is found dead after Border Patrol agents drop him at Buffalo doughnut shop Police in New York state are investigating how a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar died after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a doughnut shop in Buffalo.

MURDER >> A nearly blind refugee is found dead after Border Patrol agents drop him at Buffalo doughnut shop

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Everyone of these powerful people already knew their names were in the Epstein files.

The panic isn’t about the files.
It’s about the public finally getting to see them.

🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD

DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN

TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS & I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared 🔥🔥🔥

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Gov. Walz unveils new anti-fraud legislation package Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday unveiled a suite of anti-fraud proposals he would like to see the Legislature pass this session.

Today I rolled out a comprehensive anti-fraud package that strengthens oversight, improves detection, expands enforcement, and increases penalties to protect taxpayer dollars.

We’ve seen plenty of grandstanding on this issue. It’s time for action.

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How awful. So sorry for your loss. Life can be so bizarre as well as unfair.

Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior Netflix is ditching a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board deemed a revised bid by Paramount to be superior.

This really feels like an Orban/Erdogan situation in which the aspiring dictator is making sure his friendly oligarchs control as much media as possible

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Clinton: It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate. One of the most vile bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet.

Hillary Clinton testifies she has no information on Epstein's crimes and doesn't recall meeting him - NewsBreak The closed-door depositions in the Clintons' hometown of Chappaqua, a typically quiet hamlet north of New York City, come after months of tense back-and-fo

HILLARY CLINTON IS NOT IN THE TRUMP / EPSTEIN FILES

SHE TESTIFIED:

SHE HAS NO INFO ON EPSTEIN'S CRIMES

SHE DOESN'T RECALL EVER MEETING HIM

But we DO KNOW who was BEST FRIENDS WITH EPSTEIN

And we DO KNOW who IS in the Epstein files...OVER 38,000 TIMES

So when are republikkklans going after him?

“It’s no longer a political calculus. It’s a moral and legal and Constitutional obligation of Congress to [impeach]. It would be a violation of the oath of office for a member of Congress not to push for impeachment when it is possible.”

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

DEAR PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN #3 How do you tell a person who died in 2014 what America feels like now?

I realized something writing this:
I wasn’t just writing to Philip Seymour Hoffman.
I was writing to the version of myself who hoped the country could be stable again soon.

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DEAR PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN #3 How do you tell a person who died in 2014 what America feels like now?

And here's my new piece that you might also be interested in since you are who you are: betharnold.substack.com/p/dear-phili...

PETER THIEL’S SEVEN SEEING STONES: The Software Behind America’s Authoritarian Drift Peter Thiel did not just back Trump.

I did it. Great piece. Comprehensive. Here's my recent piece about Thiel and Palantir: betharnold.substack.com/p/peter-thie...

DEAR PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN #3 How do you tell a person who died in 2014 what America feels like now?

What would you say to someone who died in 2014 about America in 2026?
I tried to answer that.
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