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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 19h

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Yes, the Black Plague was something we totally had under control. A nuisance really. Couple pills, tall cup of juice and go back to bed for a day or so. But lately, the amoxicillin has lost a step. Not easy to be this ass-ignorant of science and history both. To be this stupid demands commitment.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 18h

I want this lying, sundowning grifter to continue speaking off-the-cuff, emptying his hollow soul into microphones in every swing state he can reach in the next month. I want him out there every day, revealing some fresh thread of malignant, fatuous idiocy. I think he's now a political plague.

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 18h

Creepy doesn’t even begin to cover this Big Brother soulsick pedophile boor.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 06/10/2026

An underappreciated part of the two abortion pill cases filed last week: they target not just mifepristone, but also *misoprostol.* That's the second drug in a typical regimen, but it's effective on its own. Louisiana says the cases would prevent mailing "back-up drugs" @autonomynews.co

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Three States Try Express Lane to Supreme Court Over ‘Shield’ Laws: October 5 News Roundup

Complaints filed last week target access to both mifepristone and misoprostol, a back-up abortion pill method.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Old enough to recall when I chose her over the bloated soulsuck that was Roger Ailes. No regrets given that situation, of course. But what's clear now is that years at Fox News molded both Ailes and Megyn Kelly from the same substance into a matched set of colon-clogging fistulas. Same inhumanity.

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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...

THE POLITICAL YEAR OF THE WOMAN

Will The Democrats Come Through?

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Beth Arnold Writer @thebetharnold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I couldn’t be more disgusted. But I feel like that every day.

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

This is one way they're taking over the country. Step-by-step.

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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

Will The Democrats Come Through?

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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...

THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

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

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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."

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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

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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...

THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

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-...

AUDIO: THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

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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

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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...

THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

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

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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.

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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.

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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-...

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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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...

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

GLORIA STEINEM

Now Our Minds Are One

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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

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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...

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-...

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.