Christina Phillips
@tischrissyp.bsky.social
Editor @nhpr.org. She/her.
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On Hannity tonight, Fox News’ National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports that it’s not clear whether the U.S. was able to destroy Iran’s nuclear site at Isfahan—despite Trump’s claim that all three sites have been “completely and totally obliterated.”
President Trump: “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.”
June 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
On Hannity tonight, Fox News’ National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports that it’s not clear whether the U.S. was able to destroy Iran’s nuclear site at Isfahan—despite Trump’s claim that all three sites have been “completely and totally obliterated.”
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reminder that the us did a coup in iran in 1953 when the cia and mi6 deposed the democratically elected prime minister of iran because he was nationalizing the oil fields which was bad for the predecessor to bp, who had been in charge since the end of wwii
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Ir...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Ir...
1953 Iranian coup d'état - Wikipedia
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June 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
reminder that the us did a coup in iran in 1953 when the cia and mi6 deposed the democratically elected prime minister of iran because he was nationalizing the oil fields which was bad for the predecessor to bp, who had been in charge since the end of wwii
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Ir...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Ir...
Sometimes, you really just need a clear headline. I don’t know why this word salad is what we got, but the story is “Musk wrongly claims migrants take advantage of Social Security. Now, the administration is declaring thousands of living people as ‘dead’ to strip them of financial freedom.”
April 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sometimes, you really just need a clear headline. I don’t know why this word salad is what we got, but the story is “Musk wrongly claims migrants take advantage of Social Security. Now, the administration is declaring thousands of living people as ‘dead’ to strip them of financial freedom.”
Undercover boss except it’s the heads of every federal agency, and they have to spend a week doing the lowest paid customer service job at their agency.
April 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Undercover boss except it’s the heads of every federal agency, and they have to spend a week doing the lowest paid customer service job at their agency.
I work on a show about civic participation and how our democracy works, so it’s my duty to remind everyone that your congressional representatives serve everyone on their district, not just the people who voted for them. So you have every right to show up to their town halls, and be listened to.
March 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I work on a show about civic participation and how our democracy works, so it’s my duty to remind everyone that your congressional representatives serve everyone on their district, not just the people who voted for them. So you have every right to show up to their town halls, and be listened to.
There is no federal domestic terrorism law. Unfortunately, that information didn’t come until the 5th paragraph in this NYTimes story.
March 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
There is no federal domestic terrorism law. Unfortunately, that information didn’t come until the 5th paragraph in this NYTimes story.
The words I think about every day: “anticipatory obedience.” Executive orders are for federal departments only. They are not directives to the public. They are not directives to businesses. www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...
On anticipatory obedience and the media
Trump's campaign against the Fourth Estate has been unfolding before our eyes—far more effectively than some in the press would like to believe.
www.cjr.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The words I think about every day: “anticipatory obedience.” Executive orders are for federal departments only. They are not directives to the public. They are not directives to businesses. www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...
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Of course data lies. Data is like people: if you torture it enough, it’ll tell you whatever you want to hear.
February 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Of course data lies. Data is like people: if you torture it enough, it’ll tell you whatever you want to hear.
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NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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www.wired.com/story/treasu...
If you’re curious about how NPR and PBS operate, we made a whole episode back in June where we, public media journalists, tried to understand and explain our funding, including some mythbusting. We all learned a lot. @civics101pod.bsky.social www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-e...
The CPB and the Politics of Public Media — Civics 101: A Podcast
What is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or the CPB? How does it all work? And why is it SO political? In this episode, senior producer Christina Phillips explains it all. She first spoke wit...
www.civics101podcast.org
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you’re curious about how NPR and PBS operate, we made a whole episode back in June where we, public media journalists, tried to understand and explain our funding, including some mythbusting. We all learned a lot. @civics101pod.bsky.social www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-e...
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Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
February 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
The recording academy inviting the first responders to thank the recording academy for inviting them to be thanked by Hollywood celebs for doing their jobs is a REAL CHOICE.
February 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The recording academy inviting the first responders to thank the recording academy for inviting them to be thanked by Hollywood celebs for doing their jobs is a REAL CHOICE.
Okay here’s my Grammy (aka award show) beef - why do they not lavalier mic the interviewers on the red carpet? Though I do kinda like watching a celeb almost get clocked in the mouth because the interviewer is flipping the mic back and forth… never mind I’ve convinced myself we shouldn’t do it.
February 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Okay here’s my Grammy (aka award show) beef - why do they not lavalier mic the interviewers on the red carpet? Though I do kinda like watching a celeb almost get clocked in the mouth because the interviewer is flipping the mic back and forth… never mind I’ve convinced myself we shouldn’t do it.
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During Trump's first term, the USDA gave hundreds of expert agricultural economists and researchers an ultimatum: Relocate across the country on a few weeks' notice, or lose your job. The results were devastating – a generational brain drain. Trump's not done.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Trump Has A Plan To Sabotage The Government — And It Worked Perfectly His First Term
The first Trump administration's strategy caused a "brain drain" and a generational blow to American agricultural research. And Trump’s not finished.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
During Trump's first term, the USDA gave hundreds of expert agricultural economists and researchers an ultimatum: Relocate across the country on a few weeks' notice, or lose your job. The results were devastating – a generational brain drain. Trump's not done.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
If there’s 1 thing I’ve learned from working on a show about how our democracy works, it is this: A president doesn’t have to prove they can do something before they do it. Most do. Trump doesn’t. The burden is on the courts, states, Congress, and the public to enforce the limits of the job.
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If there’s 1 thing I’ve learned from working on a show about how our democracy works, it is this: A president doesn’t have to prove they can do something before they do it. Most do. Trump doesn’t. The burden is on the courts, states, Congress, and the public to enforce the limits of the job.
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The Department of Homeland Security estimates the Laken Riley Act would cost $26.9 billion to implement in its first year.
Opponents of the bill note that data shows immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than those born in the U.S., and say the act would deprive immigrants of due process.
Opponents of the bill note that data shows immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than those born in the U.S., and say the act would deprive immigrants of due process.
January 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The Department of Homeland Security estimates the Laken Riley Act would cost $26.9 billion to implement in its first year.
Opponents of the bill note that data shows immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than those born in the U.S., and say the act would deprive immigrants of due process.
Opponents of the bill note that data shows immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than those born in the U.S., and say the act would deprive immigrants of due process.
Listen, the Senate Confirmation Hearings (it’s Hegseth for DoD right now) are like a study guide for all the civics stuff you thought you knew. Sit there with a search bar open, we’re talking pardons, Geneva convention, JAG, nuclear triad, etc. Also good time to see/hear the senators you elected.
January 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Listen, the Senate Confirmation Hearings (it’s Hegseth for DoD right now) are like a study guide for all the civics stuff you thought you knew. Sit there with a search bar open, we’re talking pardons, Geneva convention, JAG, nuclear triad, etc. Also good time to see/hear the senators you elected.
I’m a journalist, and I’m really really ready for us to stop referring to people like Anita Bryant as “anti-gay activists,” as though advocating for policy that is intolerant and discriminatory against an identity or group is in the same category as other kinds of activism. The word is bigotry.
January 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’m a journalist, and I’m really really ready for us to stop referring to people like Anita Bryant as “anti-gay activists,” as though advocating for policy that is intolerant and discriminatory against an identity or group is in the same category as other kinds of activism. The word is bigotry.
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This right here. There are a lot of reporters who would not make good influencers for the exact reasons why they are good reporters.
If you are popular enough on social media and making content that is actually profitable enough to sustain your job and others, you’re not going to be drawn to the traditional structure of a newsroom. It would be a lose-lose situation. You’re going to exist as an independent entity
January 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This right here. There are a lot of reporters who would not make good influencers for the exact reasons why they are good reporters.
Rewatching episodes of The Crown as I’m wont to do around the holidays, because I have a different interpretation each time I watch it. This time, my read on this show is that it is deeply scathing and cynical in every single beat. Season 3 Philip midlife crisis, anyone?
a man in a tuxedo and a woman in a tiara are looking at each other and the answer is no is displayed
Alt: Screenshot of The Crown where Prince Philip shakes his head at Queen Elizabeth as he says “the answer is no”
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December 15, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Rewatching episodes of The Crown as I’m wont to do around the holidays, because I have a different interpretation each time I watch it. This time, my read on this show is that it is deeply scathing and cynical in every single beat. Season 3 Philip midlife crisis, anyone?
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At Voice of America and its parent agency, Trump and his allies launched a twin attack on the professionalism of the civil service and the independence of US journalism
Some of my past coverage:
www.npr.org/series/10541...
Some of my past coverage:
www.npr.org/series/10541...
www.npr.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:34 AM
At Voice of America and its parent agency, Trump and his allies launched a twin attack on the professionalism of the civil service and the independence of US journalism
Some of my past coverage:
www.npr.org/series/10541...
Some of my past coverage:
www.npr.org/series/10541...
I once spent a week using the “unusual deaths” Wikipedia as my nighttime reading material, and now everyone I love must live with me micromanaging the location of knives in their dishwashers.
December 6, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I once spent a week using the “unusual deaths” Wikipedia as my nighttime reading material, and now everyone I love must live with me micromanaging the location of knives in their dishwashers.