Laura Brown
@decolonialpsychdoc.bsky.social
Psychologist, activist, author
I was a VA intern 50 years ago. Even then the VA was the health agency best equipped to assist vets with the complex set of health and mental health problems engendered by military service. The administration is punishing those who served, and here's one vet's experience.
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I was a VA intern 50 years ago. Even then the VA was the health agency best equipped to assist vets with the complex set of health and mental health problems engendered by military service. The administration is punishing those who served, and here's one vet's experience.
Head Start was created to give poor kids the kind of cultural capital that middle class kids like me got at home; books, art, exposure to the world. To say that these programs may no longer tell little kids about the achievements of marginalized people who they look like is to defeat the purpose.
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Head Start was created to give poor kids the kind of cultural capital that middle class kids like me got at home; books, art, exposure to the world. To say that these programs may no longer tell little kids about the achievements of marginalized people who they look like is to defeat the purpose.
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If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
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I'm in Tasmania hiking amidst echidnas & wallabies. It is far from Trump regime cruelty and dysfunction - but the internet.
Happily there is a lot to celebrate too. Grand jury says no; polls show Trump sinking; the resistance remains strong.
Courage rocks.
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/push-to-im...
Happily there is a lot to celebrate too. Grand jury says no; polls show Trump sinking; the resistance remains strong.
Courage rocks.
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/push-to-im...
Dem Rep. Moves To Impeach Hegseth, Grand Jury Refuses To Re-Indict Letitia James, and NY Times Sues Pentagon To Regain Access
Onward!
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm in Tasmania hiking amidst echidnas & wallabies. It is far from Trump regime cruelty and dysfunction - but the internet.
Happily there is a lot to celebrate too. Grand jury says no; polls show Trump sinking; the resistance remains strong.
Courage rocks.
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/push-to-im...
Happily there is a lot to celebrate too. Grand jury says no; polls show Trump sinking; the resistance remains strong.
Courage rocks.
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/push-to-im...
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This is what courageous leadership looks like. And because Mayor Frey can speak for his government, this is what institutional courage looks like.
www.institutionalcourage.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmB...
www.institutionalcourage.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmB...
Mayor Frey speaks to Somali community amid ICE focus: 'We love you, we stand with you'
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is what courageous leadership looks like. And because Mayor Frey can speak for his government, this is what institutional courage looks like.
www.institutionalcourage.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmB...
www.institutionalcourage.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmB...
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"Will we stop to notice these wins big and small, so that our minds can be filled, even if temporarily, with something other than the awful?"
"It matters deeply to our fight that we savor these victories, so that we build and maintain the strength to fight for new ones."
-@jesscraven101.bsky.social
"It matters deeply to our fight that we savor these victories, so that we build and maintain the strength to fight for new ones."
-@jesscraven101.bsky.social
Extra! Extra! 12/7 🎉🎉
Yes! Good things DID happen this week!
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"Will we stop to notice these wins big and small, so that our minds can be filled, even if temporarily, with something other than the awful?"
"It matters deeply to our fight that we savor these victories, so that we build and maintain the strength to fight for new ones."
-@jesscraven101.bsky.social
"It matters deeply to our fight that we savor these victories, so that we build and maintain the strength to fight for new ones."
-@jesscraven101.bsky.social
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"The lower courts’ and voters’ refusal to be cowed amounts to a calamity for a narcissist whose grip on power depends on fear and an aura of invincibility."
True. And the brave pro Democracy movement of activists and everyday Americans bolsters the courage of these judges.
@jenrubin.bsky.social
True. And the brave pro Democracy movement of activists and everyday Americans bolsters the courage of these judges.
@jenrubin.bsky.social
Trump Faltering in Face of Lower Courts
The rule of law is proving to be stronger than he thought
contrarian.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"The lower courts’ and voters’ refusal to be cowed amounts to a calamity for a narcissist whose grip on power depends on fear and an aura of invincibility."
True. And the brave pro Democracy movement of activists and everyday Americans bolsters the courage of these judges.
@jenrubin.bsky.social
True. And the brave pro Democracy movement of activists and everyday Americans bolsters the courage of these judges.
@jenrubin.bsky.social
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I especially hope we can all appreciate the enormity of the Epstein-Maxwell survivors’ wins this past week. Such courage and determination!! Onward!!
"I’m truly proud to be in the presence of so much courage, determination, and resilience."
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 11/23 🎉🎉
So. Much. Excellent. News.
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I especially hope we can all appreciate the enormity of the Epstein-Maxwell survivors’ wins this past week. Such courage and determination!! Onward!!
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I am so grateful for our veterans and for their courageous defense of our country and constitution.
"Veterans from every branch are standing up for what makes America strong: loyalty to the Constitution, not to power."
"Honor your oath. Defend democracy. Don’t give up the ship."
"Veterans from every branch are standing up for what makes America strong: loyalty to the Constitution, not to power."
"Honor your oath. Defend democracy. Don’t give up the ship."
Defend the Oath, Not the President
YouTube video by Save America Movement
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I am so grateful for our veterans and for their courageous defense of our country and constitution.
"Veterans from every branch are standing up for what makes America strong: loyalty to the Constitution, not to power."
"Honor your oath. Defend democracy. Don’t give up the ship."
"Veterans from every branch are standing up for what makes America strong: loyalty to the Constitution, not to power."
"Honor your oath. Defend democracy. Don’t give up the ship."
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"I’m truly proud to be in the presence of so much courage, determination, and resilience."
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 11/23 🎉🎉
So. Much. Excellent. News.
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"I’m truly proud to be in the presence of so much courage, determination, and resilience."
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
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"Trump’s legal endeavors are buckling under scrutiny, and he may receive a wave of court losses in the coming weeks. That would undermine his bid to wield the government against his enemies and use the military as a police force."
Our care & courage fuels legal resistance.
Rejoice & keep at it.
Our care & courage fuels legal resistance.
Rejoice & keep at it.
Is Trump's legal strategy collapsing before our eyes?
newsletters.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Trump’s legal endeavors are buckling under scrutiny, and he may receive a wave of court losses in the coming weeks. That would undermine his bid to wield the government against his enemies and use the military as a police force."
Our care & courage fuels legal resistance.
Rejoice & keep at it.
Our care & courage fuels legal resistance.
Rejoice & keep at it.
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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...
I just shared the brave video made by members of Congress who are veterans of the military or CIA reminding those currently serving that they are bound by their oath to refuse illegal orders. "Just following orders" was the Nazi excuse. Please share this video widely.
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I just shared the brave video made by members of Congress who are veterans of the military or CIA reminding those currently serving that they are bound by their oath to refuse illegal orders. "Just following orders" was the Nazi excuse. Please share this video widely.
Creating a new identity happens more often than we think; it challenges the Western notion that one should have a fixed self. Embracing #disability and my emerging identity as a person with a disabled accent challenges me to walk my talk about #decolonizing my constructions of reality. 2/2
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Creating a new identity happens more often than we think; it challenges the Western notion that one should have a fixed self. Embracing #disability and my emerging identity as a person with a disabled accent challenges me to walk my talk about #decolonizing my constructions of reality. 2/2
I just finished a series of classes with Chinese feminist therapists, focus on identity development and identity change. #disability, Developing a speech disorder after a lifelong identity as speaker and teacher has been a huge identity change. 1/2
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I just finished a series of classes with Chinese feminist therapists, focus on identity development and identity change. #disability, Developing a speech disorder after a lifelong identity as speaker and teacher has been a huge identity change. 1/2
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Some argue that politics is downstream of culture. If true, what is happening to South Park's ratings is interesting indeed.
More good news this week from @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Below, gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
More good news this week from @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Below, gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
‘South Park’ Takes On Trump and Wins Bigly
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Some argue that politics is downstream of culture. If true, what is happening to South Park's ratings is interesting indeed.
More good news this week from @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Below, gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
More good news this week from @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Below, gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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"From the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein
COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository."
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...
COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository."
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...
Pinpoint - From the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein
journaliststudio.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"From the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein
COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository."
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...
COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository."
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...
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I posted here about the minimizing language regarding Trump & Epstein's crimes
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have also asked others not to trivialize with "Epstein scandal" and the like. Some might consider this persnickety.
Thank you @jenrubin.bsky.social for explaining the problem so well:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have also asked others not to trivialize with "Epstein scandal" and the like. Some might consider this persnickety.
Thank you @jenrubin.bsky.social for explaining the problem so well:
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I posted here about the minimizing language regarding Trump & Epstein's crimes
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have also asked others not to trivialize with "Epstein scandal" and the like. Some might consider this persnickety.
Thank you @jenrubin.bsky.social for explaining the problem so well:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have also asked others not to trivialize with "Epstein scandal" and the like. Some might consider this persnickety.
Thank you @jenrubin.bsky.social for explaining the problem so well:
Reposted by Laura Brown
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From Annie Farmer, brave victim of Epstein, earlier today, as reported by the BBC (live update 6:50 AM): www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
This is not a partisan issue, she says, it is "institutional betrayal".
We have researched the harm of institutional betrayal:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
This is not a partisan issue, she says, it is "institutional betrayal".
We have researched the harm of institutional betrayal:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
From Annie Farmer, brave victim of Epstein, earlier today, as reported by the BBC (live update 6:50 AM): www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
This is not a partisan issue, she says, it is "institutional betrayal".
We have researched the harm of institutional betrayal:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
This is not a partisan issue, she says, it is "institutional betrayal".
We have researched the harm of institutional betrayal:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
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"[W]e actually are dealing with insane levels of institutional betrayal and cowardice over and over and over every time this
keeps getting delayed."
@ms.now
Research indicates institutional betrayal is associated with measurable harm:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
keeps getting delayed."
@ms.now
Research indicates institutional betrayal is associated with measurable harm:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
Survivor of Epstein's abuse condemns 'insane levels of institutional betrayal' over delayed files
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"[W]e actually are dealing with insane levels of institutional betrayal and cowardice over and over and over every time this
keeps getting delayed."
@ms.now
Research indicates institutional betrayal is associated with measurable harm:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
keeps getting delayed."
@ms.now
Research indicates institutional betrayal is associated with measurable harm:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
#disability. I am now going into the end of my second year with Spasmodic Dysphonia. My new disabled accent, after a lifetime of professional speaking. I'm curious to hear from other folks w/late in life speaking disabilities, esp anyone else using AI to talk.
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#disability. I am now going into the end of my second year with Spasmodic Dysphonia. My new disabled accent, after a lifetime of professional speaking. I'm curious to hear from other folks w/late in life speaking disabilities, esp anyone else using AI to talk.