Phyllis Beal
@phyllisbeal.bsky.social
Mother, grandmother, great grandmother, lawyer. Dogs and cats are necessary. Trump and his minions terrify me.
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… and about a man whose life and example teach others about those things.
So the president and vice president would not have enjoyed it. It would have confused and confounded them; not only would they not have understood it, it likely would have offended them. (2/3)
So the president and vice president would not have enjoyed it. It would have confused and confounded them; not only would they not have understood it, it likely would have offended them. (2/3)
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
… and about a man whose life and example teach others about those things.
So the president and vice president would not have enjoyed it. It would have confused and confounded them; not only would they not have understood it, it likely would have offended them. (2/3)
So the president and vice president would not have enjoyed it. It would have confused and confounded them; not only would they not have understood it, it likely would have offended them. (2/3)
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Here you have Sec Lutnick as Commerce Secretary and his oldest son, Kyle Lutnick, involved in exactly the same AI data center deal. Dad as government official. Son as financial deal maker--earning the family-controlled company millions in fees. Both this summer.
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Here you have Sec Lutnick as Commerce Secretary and his oldest son, Kyle Lutnick, involved in exactly the same AI data center deal. Dad as government official. Son as financial deal maker--earning the family-controlled company millions in fees. Both this summer.
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This is part of a pattern we have documented this year at The New York Times. Dads (President Trump, Steve Witkoff and Howard Lutnick) doing government work. As their sons push ahead with related family businesses, cashing in. (This story from May)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
Trump Sons’ Deals on Three Continents Directly Benefit the President
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November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This is part of a pattern we have documented this year at The New York Times. Dads (President Trump, Steve Witkoff and Howard Lutnick) doing government work. As their sons push ahead with related family businesses, cashing in. (This story from May)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
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Here is a video that we posted today that offers an overview of our reporting. Please read the story and watch the video. Investigative reporting like this only matters if people read it/engage with it.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: Howard Lutnick’s Family Business Is Cashing In on Data Center Deals
The commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, is involved in A.I. data center deals that overlap with work his family is doing. Our investigative reporter Eric Lipton describes what we know about these deal...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here is a video that we posted today that offers an overview of our reporting. Please read the story and watch the video. Investigative reporting like this only matters if people read it/engage with it.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Here's a transcript of the key exchange:
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Here's a transcript of the key exchange:
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Also crucial from Rep Chrissy Houlahan:
One reason she and other Dems did the video about Trump's illegal orders is that they're hearing from inside the military and intel services of actual live fears that they're being given unlawful commands:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
One reason she and other Dems did the video about Trump's illegal orders is that they're hearing from inside the military and intel services of actual live fears that they're being given unlawful commands:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Also crucial from Rep Chrissy Houlahan:
One reason she and other Dems did the video about Trump's illegal orders is that they're hearing from inside the military and intel services of actual live fears that they're being given unlawful commands:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
One reason she and other Dems did the video about Trump's illegal orders is that they're hearing from inside the military and intel services of actual live fears that they're being given unlawful commands:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Rep Chrissy Houlahan also forcefully points out that virtually no Republicans have condemned Trump's call for Democrats' execution. How is that not a bigger story?
I also asked her if Dems should file impeachment articles. Here's the key exchange on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
I also asked her if Dems should file impeachment articles. Here's the key exchange on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Rep Chrissy Houlahan also forcefully points out that virtually no Republicans have condemned Trump's call for Democrats' execution. How is that not a bigger story?
I also asked her if Dems should file impeachment articles. Here's the key exchange on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
I also asked her if Dems should file impeachment articles. Here's the key exchange on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Judge Cobb's strong signal:
"The President wields a powerful tool under Title 10 and the Insurrection Act. ... That expansive Title 10 authority, however, is limited by equally strong restraints."
(President Trump has wrongly claimed "no more court cases" if he were to invoke the Act.)
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"The President wields a powerful tool under Title 10 and the Insurrection Act. ... That expansive Title 10 authority, however, is limited by equally strong restraints."
(President Trump has wrongly claimed "no more court cases" if he were to invoke the Act.)
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Judge halts Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in DC | CNN
CNN’s Erin Burnett talks to Ryan Goodman, former Special Counsel at the Dept. of Defense, about a federal judge ordering President Trump to immediately end his DC national guard deployment.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Judge Cobb's strong signal:
"The President wields a powerful tool under Title 10 and the Insurrection Act. ... That expansive Title 10 authority, however, is limited by equally strong restraints."
(President Trump has wrongly claimed "no more court cases" if he were to invoke the Act.)
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"The President wields a powerful tool under Title 10 and the Insurrection Act. ... That expansive Title 10 authority, however, is limited by equally strong restraints."
(President Trump has wrongly claimed "no more court cases" if he were to invoke the Act.)
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2/3 What Judge Cobb wrote dovetails with Daniel Dale's fact check.
Fact check: Trump’s false claims about the Insurrection Act
Fact check: Trump’s false claims about the Insurrection Act
Fact check: Trump’s false claims about the Insurrection Act | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has made a series of inaccurate claims in recent days about the Insurrection Act, the old law he has mused about invoking to deploy troops to some US cities.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
2/3 What Judge Cobb wrote dovetails with Daniel Dale's fact check.
Fact check: Trump’s false claims about the Insurrection Act
Fact check: Trump’s false claims about the Insurrection Act
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The president and vice president shouldn't be upset about having missed the service. The service was not political, and they weren't in any way mentioned, as it was not about them in any way. It was about duty and honor and integrity and decency and love, … (1/3)
Trump, Vance not invited to Thursday funeral for former VP Dick Cheney www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5n...
Trump, Vance not invited to Thursday funeral for former VP Dick Cheney
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The president and vice president shouldn't be upset about having missed the service. The service was not political, and they weren't in any way mentioned, as it was not about them in any way. It was about duty and honor and integrity and decency and love, … (1/3)
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SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
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However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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If anybody needed more evidence of how politics have changed in America: Rachel Maddow is at Dick Cheney's funeral
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If anybody needed more evidence of how politics have changed in America: Rachel Maddow is at Dick Cheney's funeral
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Michael Fanone has been fighting back against Donald Trump since January 6, 2021. Today, that means demanding transparency for Americans and accountability for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Michael Fanone has been fighting back against Donald Trump since January 6, 2021. Today, that means demanding transparency for Americans and accountability for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
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George Conway got to catch up with Alex Wagner and share the details of our new billboards reminding everyone of Trump's affiliation with Epstein. Check it out:
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
George Conway got to catch up with Alex Wagner and share the details of our new billboards reminding everyone of Trump's affiliation with Epstein. Check it out:
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America’s Deadliest Cancer Has Abysmal Screening Rates www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
America’s Deadliest Cancer Has Abysmal Screening Rates
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November 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
America’s Deadliest Cancer Has Abysmal Screening Rates www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
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Chocolate Grows Up in the Land of Its Birth: the Amazon
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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