Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today, a song and more halbrown.substack.com/p/message-to...
I'm a retired psychotherapist writing a free daily political Substack at https://halbrown.substack.com also at https://www.halbrown.org - I appreciate all Blueskyers who check it out.
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view profile on Bluesky Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today, a song and more halbrown.substack.com/p/message-to...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/if-trump-w...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I saw the main page of HUFFPOST where it said "prez breaks silence on health" and for some reason the first thing I thought of was that he broke his silence on the health of the nation. I thought he was going to fire RFK Jr. Silly me! đ« It was re. rumors that he may be in poor or declining health.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/the-trans-...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
First Trump destroying health care with RFK jr. and now saving people from natural disasters. When will it end. Read: The MAGA Supreme Court is letting Trump get away with murder SABRINA HAAKE here. Below: Gen. Russel Honoré sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/the-maga-s...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today... halbrown.substack.com/p/madness-an...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/cabinet-me...
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Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I read this in RawStory www.rawstory.com/trump-dictat... and made this image:
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/the-lesson...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I had to update this Substack after watching Trump in the Oval Office. I mean, really, who knew flag burning was a huge problem? Read: halbrown.substack.com/p/er-surgery...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Newsom, Pritzker, and Moore are three governors who hit back at Trump more effectively than he hits at them. For example, below (click to enlarge)
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: Newsom vs. Trump halbrown.substack.com/p/i-hate-to-...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Unfortunately people, like the two in this photo, (click to enlarge, look at their faces) will continue to be intimidated by the Trump SS for no other reason than they have black or brown skin. Waiting under a bus shelter used to protect you from the elements like rain and snow, not ICE these days.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Bolton: halbrown.substack.com/p/rick-wilso...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today, getting clinical... halbrown.substack.com/p/the-myster...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
For a change, what with nothing remotely original to say aboiut the current political situation, I wrote a very diffrent Substack today: halbrown.substack.com/p/taking-a-b...
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Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today will historic. My Substack: halbrown.substack.com/p/ny-times-h...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/the-woke-j...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I added a couple of cartoons: halbrown.substack.com/p/real-dicta...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
My Substack... a take on the Alaska Trump Putin meeting. halbrown.substack.com/p/real-dicta...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/sabrina-ha...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Trump walked down the stairs getting off the plane like an old man, Putin walked down without even holding the railing, then Turmp walks serpentine down the red carpet. What a contrast.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Here's my take on the Kennedy Center honors halbrown.substack.com/p/i-hope-for...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
@MSNBC, don't tell us that Trump believes that DC is a crime ridden city. We know he knows it isn't. The same goes for much of what he says he believes. He wants you to believe he believes things he knows aren't true.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/cataclysmi...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Trump may not win the Nobel Peace Prize but he may win this one.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
@pkrugman.bsky.social gave me topic today: halbrown.substack.com/p/manic-miss...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
@pkrugman.bsky.social I have Paul Krugman to thank for today's Substack. halbrown.substack.com/p/manic-miss...
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Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Paul Krugman added âDeranged BUMâ to his Substack profile thanks to Trump. Nice! paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-play... He misspelled history. Does Truth Social not have spell check or in his manic rage posting does he ignore it or not know how to use it. X has it. Substack has it. See my reply.
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Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Re: Paul Krugman tears into 'deadbeat' Trump (economic "expert") ally with 'pathological inability' to be honest www.rawstory.com/stephen-moor...
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Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I count on you, Blueskyers, to repost the Substacks which you like, especially now that I've been permanently suspended from Facebook apparently for posting a link to Bluesky there. Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/trumps-son...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
It looks likme I am permanently suspended from Facebok and th eonly reason I can come up with is that I posted a link to BlueSky. Here's a good, albeit dated, article about steps one person took to deal with a Facebook ban: www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-f...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
@michaelcohen212.bsky.social I wrote about Michael Cohen's latest Substack here: halbrown.substack.com/p/did-michae...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I check @rawstory.com often for breaking news related to politics. They do a great job keeping up with and summarzing stories that are on other websites, some of which require a subscription to read. I have a new feature on my Substack where I comment on a few breaking stories. halbrown.substack.com
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/iceland-is...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Will everyone in the FBI Gestapo follow Patel's illegal and unethical orders?
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I don't write about Trump every day. Today, for example, I wrote this about Jeff Bezos' Amazon and Tim Cooks' Apple and how difficult it is to dump them. halbrown.substack.com/p/between-ti...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
@allentien.bsky.social I was at my doctor's today and read an excellent essay in Annals of Internal Medicine (it was in the waiting room). I took photos of it and posted them at the end of my Substack. Here's the first part. Read the rest here: halbrown.substack.com/p/who-at-nbc...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
@nbcnews.com provided the topic for my Substack. I wish I knew whether anyone at NBC News decided that the photo they used in the story about DC and assault on Big Balls could have a snarky apropos caption. halbrown.substack.com/p/who-at-nbc...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Here's a thought exercise. Assume Grislaine Maxwell is pardoned. What kind of life would she have? Does she have enough money to live in the style she was used to? Where would she live? Who would be in her social circle? Would she appear on TV? Would someone hire her to do anything? If so, who?
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today, a small story about Trump and Big Balls: halbrown.substack.com/p/who-at-nbc...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I don't want to keep asking for help on this, but it was a link to BlueSky that apparently got me permanently suspended from Facebook. I mostly use to post links to my Substacks. If you are among the few here who have a FB page I'd appreciate your recommending people read it: halbrown.substack.com
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Feel good about the news regarding GOP and MAGA problems? I don't. Read: halbrown.substack.com/p/if-the-gop...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
My Substack for today: halbrown.substack.com/p/i-was-goin...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Just killing some time watching the 2025 version of "War of the Worlds" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_... and realizing that from the presdient on down there is nobody competent in the US leadership to handle an alien invasion.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Check this out: shophowyouvote.com/index.php
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I can't post a link on Facebook since I've been suspended so I appreciate anyone who has a FB page posting a link to my Substacks there. Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/the-sadist...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I haven't heard that I've been unbanned from Facebook (read here) halbrown.substack.com/p/facebook-w... so if anybody is so inclined and is on Facebook they can help me get my Substack a few hits if they appreciate what I write by posting this link with their recommendation: halbrown.substack.com
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
'Reckless' Trump flirting with a nuclear crisisâ after being trolled www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclea... âUsing the implied threat of nuclear war to pick a fight with one of Red Squareâs most juvenile and odious figures is a convenient distraction. Nuclear-missile submarines are not toys.â Or are they?
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Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Trump engages in torture by proxy. Read: www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today./ 'l[]l halbrown.substack.com/p/the-prevag...
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Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I changed my title as I added to my Substack about being banned from Facebook: halbrown.substack.com/p/facebook-w...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
So long All Things Considered and Masterpiece Theater and so many more shows. It was great knowing you. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Here's my Substack about my two Facebook bans. halbrown.substack.com/p/facebook-w...
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Thanks for the offer Ted. I plan to give up on them. I used them to give a little extra promotion to halbrown.substack.com, and then mostly to read and comment on Sabrina Haake's Facebook page. I still follow her on Substack but she only posts there about once a week. sabrinahaake.substack.com
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My Substack for tomorrow will be about this.
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Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I was suspended from Facebook a second after posting a link to BlueSky. Beofre that I was warned about posting a link to a Substack about the South Park episode about Trump. This was because of so-called nudity, The is because of cybersecurity. So it is goodby to Facebook for me.
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I posted a link to this on Facebook and this is what happened:
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: Even though the new Broadway Cabaret, a show about ordinary Germans being complicit in Nazi atrocities, was being discussed on MSNBC while I was writing this it wasn't what prompted me to write this. It could have been. halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today is a mixed bag: ] halbrown.substack.com/p/todays-sub...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today's Substack: halbrown.substack.com/p/mindboggli...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
@hartmannreport.com My Substack today is mostly a comment I posted on Thom Hartmann's Substack: halbrown.substack.com/p/my-comment...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today's Substack: halbrown.substack.com/p/my-comment...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
This is a small matter but I expect golf aficionados take it seriously. It is not surprising about the arrogant putting putz of a president. www.irishstar.com/sport/golf/d...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I used AI to make this to post as a comment to this article: WSJ reporters smell 'blood in the water' despite Trump's relationship with Murdoch www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
If you have the time watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Rw...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
I may have gone too far with this. What do you think? halbrown.substack.com/p/who-the-he...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Children are supposed to get treatment for oppositional defiant disorder and if they don't ideally they outgrow it. Trump apparently still has it only there are no adults to defy so he defies deceny because he can. This is why I think he'll pardon Ghislaine Maxwell even if MAGA objects.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today as we wait to see how far Trump's chutzpah extends: halbrown.substack.com/p/whats-wron...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Just saying: If Ghislaine Maxwell's offense was serious enough to get a 20 year sentence what possibly would justify a pardon after serving three years?
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
A somehwat different slant on the Epstein story: halbrown.substack.com/p/jeffreys-b...
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Sabrina also wrote: "Up next: Trump golfs naked, then eats a live snake on Fox News" so I used AI to make this:
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Sabrina Haake wrote "Trump could tap dance naked, it wonât make Epstein go away" (here sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/arresting-... ) and I used AI to make this image: Try to keep this family friends I didn't post one of him in the altogther.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Sometimes Ms. Karma seems to be on the job. Here, with this sex abuse story, we have her taking a bigly bloody bite out of bloviating bossman's butt. Ask not for whom Karma makes you bleed, she makes you bleed for thee.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
My response to Charlie Kirk fears world will be 'toxically feminine' after Hulk Hogan's death: The entire world? I mean, the whole damn planet? www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Trump was overheard complaining that âtheyâre going to fâ me anyways.â This was reported in RawStory here: www.rawstory.com/trump-267375... What did Trump actually say? Spell it out. We should be accurate. Did he say "they're going to finagle me?" That would make sense.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
For the first time when I looked at my page on X I got a message that I never posted there (see image). I don't often post since there finding that when I put a link on to my Substack nobody ever looks at it. Considering the screen shows I posted 5,146 times, and have 229 followers, this is weird.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today halbrown.substack.com/p/i-think-of...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
What you can do with AI. This was posted in a comment to this article: www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social column in @salonnewsroom.bsky.social about Trump's age - "The Epstein files give MAGA a post-Trump future Even his loyal followers can see Dear Leader is getting quite old" prompted me to write my Substack this morning: halbrown.substack.com/p/what-did-h...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/once-weird...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Read Human Rights Watch report on Florida detention camps: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/even-with-...
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Who knew? This is by James Paterson who knew him as a Florida neighbor. It is based on his book.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social)
Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/a-chilling...
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I can easily draw a clock with the specified time on the dementia test (reference: www.verywellhealth.com/the-clock-dr... ) I did a little manipulation on the drawing.
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This horror movie trope is hilarious whether Vance made the trip or not. If he really did it, would be great to be a fly on the wall to hear what they talked about.
Hal M. Brown (@halmbrown.bsky.social) reply parent
Not only these photos but the drawings "wrote" by Trump which prove that he lied when he said he didn't write pictures. Read how Murdoch can use this and how it could end up in Vance becoming the 48th president. halbrown.substack.com/p/how-some-o...
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