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Beth Arnold Writer

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Writer | FROM THE INSIDE OUT Notes From a Liberal Southern Woman Essays on politics, culture, and American life ⬇️ Subscribe betharnold.substack.com

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 1h

This is beyond revolting and disgusting. Trump and his minions are not just incompetent but corrupt to the core. In this case, literally killing people. -- ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care theintercept.com/2026/09/30/i...

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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care

Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees.

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

WHAT IS GOVERNMENT FOR? Not presidents. Not billionaires. Not corporations. Not political parties. For the people. That question is at the heart of A MODERN DECLARATION. 📕 www.amazon.com/dp/1733936408

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

THE POLITICAL YEAR OF THE WOMAN THE NATIONAL PRESS KEEPS LOOKING NORTH. I KEEP LOOKING SOUTH. 2026 is THE POLITICAL YEAR OF THE WOMAN—some of the races worth paying attention to are happening in places the national political press thinks it understands. betharnold.substack.com/p/the-politi...

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THE POLITICAL YEAR OF THE WOMAN

Will The Democrats Come Through?

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

YOU CAN NOW ORDER A MODERN DECLARATION THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE. I made this little book like a Revolutionary-era pamphlet—to read, carry, argue about and pass along. Ask your bookstore to order it—or ask them to carry it. Amazon: a.co/d/0fclM8ym

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

THE POLITICAL YEAR OF THE WOMAN THE NATIONAL PRESS KEEPS LOOKING NORTH. I KEEP LOOKING SOUTH. 2026 is THE POLITICAL YEAR OF THE WOMAN—some of the races worth paying attention to are happening in places the national political press thinks it understands. betharnold.substack.com/p/the-politi...

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THE POLITICAL YEAR OF THE WOMAN

Will The Democrats Come Through?

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SUMMER IS SLIPPING AWAY. BUT DOWN SOUTH, WE KNOW BETTER THAN TO LET IT LEAVE WITHOUT ONE LAST MEAL. Tomatoes. BLTs. Tomato pie. Okra. Peaches. Blackberries. Southern food is never just food. It’s memory, place, family, history—and love. betharnold.substack.com/p/the-last-g...

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THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

More Southern Food for Thought

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At a family dinner, my older brother, declaring himself a true Brooklyn Dodger fan, insisted Jackie Robinson's regular position was 3B. He began shouting with certitude. Statistics were consulted; the correct answer, 2B, emerged. Like the honorable Sen. Schmitt (R-Magaland), he has yet to apologize.

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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 30/09/2026

Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton once again proved on Monday that he is a generationally bad candidate when he defended a sweetheart deal he gave to a pedophile charged with repeated sexual abuse of a third-grade boy. Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

YOU CAN NOW ORDER A MODERN DECLARATION THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE. I made this little book like a Revolutionary-era pamphlet—to read, carry, argue about and pass along. Ask your bookstore to order it. Better yet, ask them to carry it. Or order on Amazon: a.co/d/0fclM8ym

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don’t want this little book sitting quietly on a shelf. A MODERN DECLARATION was made like a Revolutionary-era pamphlet: read it, carry it, hand it to somebody, talk about it. Read it. Share it. Let’s have a national conversation. a.co/d/0fclM8ym

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

YOU CAN FEEL A SEASON ENDING BEFORE IT’S ACTUALLY GONE. The tomatoes are still coming. So is the okra. But underneath all that late-summer bounty, another kind of weather is gathering. “THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER: More Southern Food for Thought.” betharnold.substack.com/p/the-last-g...

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THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

More Southern Food for Thought

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There are some words you really have to hear a Southern woman say. This begins w/tomatoes, okra, blackberry cobbler—& turns toward political chaos, rising prices, the storms ahead. And yes: “suggin’.” If you like the work, please subscribe—and share it. betharnold.substack.com/p/audio-the-...

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AUDIO: THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

More Southern Food for Thought

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SUMMER MAY BE TAKING ITS LAST GASP, BUT DOWN SOUTH THERE’S STILL BOUNTY. Tomatoes. Okra. Blackberry cobbler. Storms to watch. And Donald Trump throwing tantrums. “THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER: More Southern Food for Thought.” Read, subscribe, share. C'mon in! betharnold.substack.com/p/the-last-g...

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THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

More Southern Food for Thought

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

WHAT IS GOVERNMENT FOR? Not presidents. Not billionaires. Not corporations. Not political parties. For the people. That question is at the heart of A MODERN DECLARATION. 📕 www.amazon.com/dp/1733936408

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

American journalism has reached that point wherein if you cover the White House or opine on national events as a columnist for a major news organization, you must be called "piggy," "sleazebag," or "human scum" by this president. If you are not, you must -- as a gutless and craven cipher -- resign.

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So proud for Americans to NOT have health care. The pox on them. apnews.com/article/vanc... administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims

Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims

Vice President JD Vance and White House officials are announcing plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges.

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

AMERICA NEEDS TO SAY OUT LOUD WHAT WE STILL BELIEVE. That’s why I wrote A MODERN DECLARATION—a little book about democracy, citizenship, power, and what still belongs to us. Read it. Talk about it. Argue about it. Pass it on. 📕 Available on Amazon now and through bookstores next week.

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wow!

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

All of us.

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

YOUR VOTE IS POWER. The most dangerous assumption we can make is that voting doesn’t matter—and our votes don’t count. That is part of why I wrote A MODERN DECLARATION. We still have power. We have to use it. 📕 www.amazon.com/dp/1733936408

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WE STILL HAVE POWER. That’s why I wrote A MODERN DECLARATION. To name what’s happening. Say what we believe. And remember that democracy belongs to us. Watch. Read. Share. Link to buy the book in comments. youtube.com/shorts/oAPk9...

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NO PRESIDENT IS A KING.NO OFFICE IS A THRONE.NO CITIZEN IS A SUBJECT. That's the heart of A MODERN DECLARATION—a little book written in the style/urgency of the original Declaration. Read it.Buy it.Share it. Start a conversation.WHAT DOES AMERICA STILL PROMISE betharnold.substack.com/p/what-does-...

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WHAT DOES AMERICA STILL PROMISE--AND WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO DEFEND?

Why I wrote A MODERN DECLARATION

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“I’m trying to get justice for the Epstein survivors,” he said. “I’m trying to stop a war.” Massie, the Republican from Kentucky, seized control of the chamber for a blistering hourlong speech criticizing Johnson / refusing to hold the Trump administration accountable. apnews.com/article/hous...

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For those of you still waiting for this administration's release of the full Epstein files and the prosecution of those involved in child sexual abuse, consider this moment something of a tell:

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15/09/2026

The country’s highest court has rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict mail-in ballots ahead of November’s midterm elections in a blow to the president. ft.trib.al/P5LIJsz

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15/09/2026

The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican employees as part of the Holy See's COVID-19 cost-saving measures. to.pbs.org/4h4ZTj7

Pope celebrates his 71st birthday but it's Vatican employees who get the gift

The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican employees as part of the Holy See’s COVID-19 cost-saving measures.

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Shame on Norah O’Donnell and Leslie Stahl for staying and going along with this: The Bari Weiss Era of ‘60 Minutes’ Begins www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...

The Bari Weiss Era of ‘60 Minutes’ Begins

The long-running CBS News program returned for a high-pressure 59th season on Sunday. With new correspondents and a refreshed stopwatch, it was more tweak than overhaul.

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

When Wilma Mankiller died, fires were lit around the world to light her path. Gloria Steinem told me about that at Ghost Ranch. Now I keep thinking about the light Gloria spent her life passing to other people — and what we do with it now. GLORIA STEINEM betharnold.substack.com/p/gloria-ste...

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Now Our Minds Are One

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The point being Donald Trump, to this moment, remains refreshingly innocent of the crime of bribery. Attempted bribery, sure. Breach of contract, yes. Fraud? Goes without saying. Grifters gonna grift.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Make Germany Great Again." One must credit the late, great Molly Ivins in noting that it probably sounds better in the original German, at a big open-air rally with a bunch of bright banners and a lot of emphatic saluting.

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JB @jenexpresses.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is worth being reposted. #Blues

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gloria Steinem encouraged me to write from my own political experience. Today I’m telling a story about her—what she taught me at Ghost Ranch, and what she left us to carry forward. 🎧 GLORIA STEINEM: Now Our Minds Are One Please share + subscribe: betharnold.substack.com/p/gloria-ste...

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AUDIO: GLORIA STEINEM

Now Our Minds Are One

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gloria Steinem encouraged me to write from my own political experience.Her encouragement lit a fire in me. She later recommended my Substack.Today I wrote about the Gloria I knew/not only the icon but the woman who listened, taught, encouraged lifted others up betharnold.substack.com/p/gloria-ste...

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Now Our Minds Are One

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Government agencies sound abstract—until people die. A wall of water tore through the Tibet–Nepal border as America was dismantling scientific/humanitarian capacity to help us understand dangers like this. That has consequences. Read it. Share it. Subscribe. betharnold.substack.com/p/the-tibet-...

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THE TIBET – NEPAL CROSSING

THE MOMENT I saw the horrendous footage of the wall of black water crashing through the Gyirong Checkpoint between Tibet and Nepal, I thought, Oh my God, I was there.

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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 09/09/2026

There will be a vigil honoring his life at Delaney Hall on Thursday evening.

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Steve Witkoff slammed for 'humiliating bootlicking' after plans to reminisce with Putin www.rawstory.com/steve-witkof...

Steve Witkoff slammed for 'humiliating bootlicking' after plans to reminisce with Putin

President Donald Trump's envoy sparked outrage for "sucking up" to Russian leader Vladimir Putin with plans to reminisce about their meeting.On Saturday, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Mos...

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Unlike McConnell, Futterman has no fucking excuse. He's not dead or drooling on a pillow. He's just a lazy shit who won't do his job.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I still can’t believe that a nut job exclaimed, “They’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs” and millions of Americans said, “That’s the guy I want as president.”

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

THE TIBET – NEPAL CROSSING They were going about their lives when the mountain came down. Global warming isn’t just melting Himalayan ice. It’s destabilizing the frozen world itself. Climate change isn’t coming. It’s here. Read + share. betharnold.substack.com/p/the-tibet-...

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THE TIBET – NEPAL CROSSING

THE MOMENT I saw the horrendous footage of the wall of black water crashing through the Gyirong Checkpoint between Tibet and Nepal, I thought, Oh my God, I was there.

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Global warming isn’t just melting the Himalayas. It’s making the mountains come apart. At the Tibet–Nepal border, ice, rock, mud, water became a wall of death that tore through villages, bridges, animals, human beings. Share this. Subscribe to support my work. betharnold.substack.com/p/the-tibet-...

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THE TIBET – NEPAL CROSSING

THE MOMENT I saw the horrendous footage of the wall of black water crashing through the Gyirong Checkpoint between Tibet and Nepal, I thought, Oh my God, I was there.

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

AUDIO: THE TIBET – NEPAL CROSSING I walked across the Tibet–Nepal border in 2019. Now I’ve watched a wall of black water erase the bridge I crossed. This wasn’t simply a flood. The mountain itself came apart. I tell the story in my own voice here: betharnold.substack.com/p/the-tibet-...

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AUDIO: THE TIBET – NEPAL CROSSING

If you’d rather listen than read, here’s the audio version of this piece.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 02/09/2026

On Sunday, Trump posted an AI video that showed explosions rip across an oil field on Kharg Island. Kharg Island is real. The war is real. The video wasn't. Here's why that scares me, as the first sitting GOP congressman to call for the 25th Amendment in 2021. (Link below)

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

THE TIBET – NEPAL CROSSING I crossed the Tibet–Nepal border in 2019. Now I’ve watched a wall of black water erase the bridge/buildings I walked through. The most terrifying part? This wasn’t simply a flood. The mountain itself came apart. Read/share/subscribe betharnold.substack.com/p/the-tibet-...

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THE TIBET – NEPAL CROSSING

THE MOMENT I saw the horrendous footage of the wall of black water crashing through the Gyirong Checkpoint between Tibet and Nepal, I thought, Oh my God, I was there.

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Another Queen is dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...

Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Who the fuck knew that a war involving an oil-producing nation could run he risk of raising gas prices? Who could have predicted this?

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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If Paxton is too chicken to debate @jamestalarico.bsky.social why should Texans think he will do anything for them in the Senate?

Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Annie Andrews isn’t waiting for someone to declare her viable. She’s behaving like she is. And people are starting to pay attention. I wrote about Annie, Darline Graham and how political power is actually acquired: betharnold.substack.com #AnnieAndrewsMD betharnold.substack.com/p/annie-vs-d...

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AUDIO: ANNIE vs. DARLINE

The Politics of Power

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