Paul Brown
@paulbrown44.bsky.social
Emmy-nominated video producer in Muncie, IN. Christ-follower, husband, father.
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“Your outie shakes hands with pontiffs…”
Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“Your outie shakes hands with pontiffs…”
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Religion note: For years, conservative Christians — particularly evangelicals — heralded the cause of persecuted Christians, insisting the U.S. should aid them.
But since Trump was inaugurated, accepting (virtually) anyone fleeing *religious* persecution as a refugee has stopped altogether.
But since Trump was inaugurated, accepting (virtually) anyone fleeing *religious* persecution as a refugee has stopped altogether.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.
Trump administration limits number of refugees to 7,500 and they're mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Religion note: For years, conservative Christians — particularly evangelicals — heralded the cause of persecuted Christians, insisting the U.S. should aid them.
But since Trump was inaugurated, accepting (virtually) anyone fleeing *religious* persecution as a refugee has stopped altogether.
But since Trump was inaugurated, accepting (virtually) anyone fleeing *religious* persecution as a refugee has stopped altogether.
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The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.
Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.
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Indiana University: Don't print news.
IU newspaper: No.
Indiana University: Okay, then you won't ever print anything ever again.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
IU newspaper: No.
Indiana University: Okay, then you won't ever print anything ever again.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
Indiana University's independent student newspaper.
www.idsnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Indiana University: Don't print news.
IU newspaper: No.
Indiana University: Okay, then you won't ever print anything ever again.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
IU newspaper: No.
Indiana University: Okay, then you won't ever print anything ever again.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
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"Here I am, this middle-aged black man, I'm in my best suit. I actually argued the case at the Supreme Court that we were trying to implement. I've got all these degrees and awards. And I'm still required to laugh at my own humiliation."
Bryan Stevenson with @katiecouric.bsky.social
Bryan Stevenson with @katiecouric.bsky.social
The Exhausting Reality of Being a Black Lawyer - Bryan Stevenson's Truth
YouTube video by Katie Couric
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"Here I am, this middle-aged black man, I'm in my best suit. I actually argued the case at the Supreme Court that we were trying to implement. I've got all these degrees and awards. And I'm still required to laugh at my own humiliation."
Bryan Stevenson with @katiecouric.bsky.social
Bryan Stevenson with @katiecouric.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
A beautiful and moving account of becoming an American citizen in 2025. A great reminder of what makes America truly beautiful. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
American
In 1995, at the beginning of the last week of August, on the afternoon of an inhumanly hot and intolerably humid day, I arrived at Newark Airport to live in the United States. I was twenty two years o...
kieranhealy.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A beautiful and moving account of becoming an American citizen in 2025. A great reminder of what makes America truly beautiful. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
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WON’T SOMEONE THINK ABOUT THE ENSLAVERS!?
August 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
WON’T SOMEONE THINK ABOUT THE ENSLAVERS!?
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August 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
Sugarcane burning is a plague on these Black Floridians
“I like to call it 'structured' racism.”
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
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The guy who has been anti-vax for two decades without any scientific evidence to back it up, promised to Congress that he wasn’t anti-vax, got confirmed, and then immediately started doing anti-vax things
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The guy who has been anti-vax for two decades without any scientific evidence to back it up, promised to Congress that he wasn’t anti-vax, got confirmed, and then immediately started doing anti-vax things
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Elon Musk granted $29 billion in additional shares, which is more than twice as much as all the US foreign aid spent on sub-Saharan Africa last year before Musk took his chainsaw to USAID. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/b...
Tesla Grants Musk $29 Billion in Stock to Keep ‘Elon’s Energies Focused’
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Elon Musk granted $29 billion in additional shares, which is more than twice as much as all the US foreign aid spent on sub-Saharan Africa last year before Musk took his chainsaw to USAID. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/b...
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By all means, let the guy who told the secretary of state of Georgia "I just want to find 11,780 votes" make decisions about whose numbers are wrong.
REPORTER: Why did you fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics?
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
August 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
By all means, let the guy who told the secretary of state of Georgia "I just want to find 11,780 votes" make decisions about whose numbers are wrong.
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There are more direct comparisons, but thinking of the U.S. perspective on conflict:
This estimated number of Palestinian dead now exceeds the number of U.S. troops that died in the Vietnam War (~58k).
Vietnam War lasted ~20 years, vs. 21 months here, and GHM has said ~half are women and children.
This estimated number of Palestinian dead now exceeds the number of U.S. troops that died in the Vietnam War (~58k).
Vietnam War lasted ~20 years, vs. 21 months here, and GHM has said ~half are women and children.
Over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.
Over 60,000 Palestinians have died in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says
Over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
bit.ly
July 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There are more direct comparisons, but thinking of the U.S. perspective on conflict:
This estimated number of Palestinian dead now exceeds the number of U.S. troops that died in the Vietnam War (~58k).
Vietnam War lasted ~20 years, vs. 21 months here, and GHM has said ~half are women and children.
This estimated number of Palestinian dead now exceeds the number of U.S. troops that died in the Vietnam War (~58k).
Vietnam War lasted ~20 years, vs. 21 months here, and GHM has said ~half are women and children.
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the us government spends roughly '$646 billion every single year' on oil and gas subsidies but go on....
Trump: Wind doesn’t work. You need subsidy for wind. Energy should not need subsidy.
July 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
the us government spends roughly '$646 billion every single year' on oil and gas subsidies but go on....
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The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]
Former Afghan interpreter for U.S. military detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment
Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betra...
n.pr
July 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]
"This April, Baltimore saw five homicides. That is the fewest of any month since 1970, when the city began tracking monthly homicide numbers." Incredibly good news. And a great explanation of HOW Baltimore got here. Spoiler: "community–oriented interventions"
popular.info/p/the-secret...
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The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
popular.info
July 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"This April, Baltimore saw five homicides. That is the fewest of any month since 1970, when the city began tracking monthly homicide numbers." Incredibly good news. And a great explanation of HOW Baltimore got here. Spoiler: "community–oriented interventions"
popular.info/p/the-secret...
popular.info/p/the-secret...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?
If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.
newrepublic.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
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Combined.
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
July 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Combined.
Despicable. Infuriating. How long, O Lord, will the wicked be jubilant?
Via @fiona-ndre.bsky.social: For years, persecuted Christians abroad — including Iranian Christians — has been a cause célèbre on the right, including Trump.
But this week, CBP arrested Iranian Christian asylum-seekers as their pastor looked on, despondent. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/p...
But this week, CBP arrested Iranian Christian asylum-seekers as their pastor looked on, despondent. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/p...
Pastor films as masked federal agents arrest Iranian Christian asylum-seekers in LA
(RNS) — The arrests sparked angst in the community and have concerned advocates of Iranian Christians who’ve fled persecution from the Islamic regime.
religionnews.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Despicable. Infuriating. How long, O Lord, will the wicked be jubilant?
8-year-old Trump: “I’m the only one here who can dunk. In fact, I’m going to do it the first day of gym class.”
Everyone: “hahahahaha YOU?!?!? Have you seen how high the rim is?”
MID-OCTOBER
“Hey Donald, why haven’t you dunked yet?”
“Because that rim is higher than people would have any idea.”
Everyone: “hahahahaha YOU?!?!? Have you seen how high the rim is?”
MID-OCTOBER
“Hey Donald, why haven’t you dunked yet?”
“Because that rim is higher than people would have any idea.”
Reporter: “You once said you would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours… You’ve now been in office for five months and five days. Why have you not been able to end the Ukraine war?”
Trump: “Because it’s more difficult than people would have any idea.”
Trump: “Because it’s more difficult than people would have any idea.”
June 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
8-year-old Trump: “I’m the only one here who can dunk. In fact, I’m going to do it the first day of gym class.”
Everyone: “hahahahaha YOU?!?!? Have you seen how high the rim is?”
MID-OCTOBER
“Hey Donald, why haven’t you dunked yet?”
“Because that rim is higher than people would have any idea.”
Everyone: “hahahahaha YOU?!?!? Have you seen how high the rim is?”
MID-OCTOBER
“Hey Donald, why haven’t you dunked yet?”
“Because that rim is higher than people would have any idea.”
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Where is DOGE when you need it?
👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
June 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Where is DOGE when you need it?