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Hal M. Brown

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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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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Not a Happy Halloween... halbrown.substack.com/p/a-not-so-h...

A not so Happy Halloween: The Trickster Trump thugs have a message for kids. Eat your candy and breathe the tear gas. By Hal M. Brown

Not so Happy Halloween…

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Not a Happy Halloween... halbrown.substack.com/p/a-not-so-h...

A not so Happy Halloween: The Trickster Trump thugs have a message for kids. Eat your candy and breathe the tear gas. By Hal M. Brown

Not so Happy Halloween…

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 1d

This is my comment to this article: www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-has-...

Trump has to be The King of the Jungle so what's bigger than a nuclear bodacious bomb?

If you’ve been paying attention you know that Trump has announced that he’s ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear testing.

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately this loud minority has an authoritarian brutal federal government implementing their wishes.

Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Today Greg Bovino got my attention. halbrown.substack.com/p/border-pat...

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino is Trump's Heinrich Himmler only without the SS skull on his hat. By Hal M. Brown

Considering Trump's obsession with optics he's done quite well. Hitler in contrast didn't give a hoot about how his henchmen looked.

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 3d

I like the snarky label above the four Trumps here:

Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 3d

What else to expect from a short fngered vulagrian but vulgarity? The last sentence about Turmp's self awareness is a gem. Meanwhile nothing has mitigated my belief that we in a nascent police state. I see only one desperate hope. Read. halbrown.substack.com/p/half-the-n...

Half the nation is okay, blasé, or in favor of a police state, but what could eventually liberate us from totalitarianism? Could it be a military "hell no we won't go?"by Hal M. Brown

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Today Rachel Maddow inspired me to write this. halbrown.substack.com/p/half-the-n...

Half the nation is okay, blasé, or in favor of a police state, but what could eventually liberate us from totalitarianism? Could it be a military "hell no we won't go?"by Hal M. Brown

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Suggested Halloween costume: The Unknown Amazon Package.

Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Click image to enlarge get an idea of what my recent Substacks were about. Click the link to get there, or just do a web search for Hal Brown's Substack. I try to offer an original POV on the news. I always read your comments and will reply to them unless you're a troll. halbrown.substack.com

Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 4d

thehaaketake.bsky.social @thehaaketake.bsky.social · 6d

Murder on the high seas

Orders to execute civilian non-combatants are obviously illegal, triggering an obligation to disobey them.

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Murder on the high seas

Orders to execute civilian non-combatants are obviously illegal, triggering an obligation to refuse them.

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thehaaketake.bsky.social @thehaaketake.bsky.social · 6d

Murder on the high seas

Orders to execute civilian non-combatants are obviously illegal, triggering an obligation to disobey them.

open.substack.com/pub/sabrinah...

Murder on the high seas

Orders to execute civilian non-combatants are obviously illegal, triggering an obligation to refuse them.

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 4d

How was I not following @thehaaketake.bsky.social here? Because I kept looking for Sabrina Haake not Haaketake. Better late than never. On the Murder on the high seas that gives Trump thrills he coud only get when younger in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room: halbrown.substack.com/p/trumps-poo...

Trump's poop bombing protestors video is like Martin Niemöller's "First The Came" poem. By Hal M. Brown

You’ve most likey seen the King Trump poop bombing protestors video.

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 4d

This is a great one Mark! I assume almost everyone who follows you knows what it is. Newstoday is that Putim has just successfully tested his version. Read: Putin named Russia's new nuclear missile after the storm petrel... halbrown.substack.com/p/putin-name...

Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Today: halbrown.substack.com/p/putin-name...

Putin named Russia now nuclear missle after the storm petrel, not after himself, but he still gave Trump the bird. Trump is not impressed. By Hal M. Brown

While Trump has leveled the East Wing of the White House and his press secretary is saying this is no big deal since other presidents have made modifications to the interior, we’re supposed do yawn a ...

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 6d

Today Sabrina Haake inspired my to write my own Substack: halbrown.substack.com/p/trumps-poo...

Trump's poop bombing protestors video is like Martin Niemöller's "First The Came" poem. By Hal M. Brown

You’ve most likey seen the King Trump poop bombing protestors video.

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 6d

Check out my recent Substacks and if you like them consider subscribing. Then you'll get an email each time I post a new one. It is free. Anyone can make comments. I generally reply to all comments. halbrown.substack.com

Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday my Substack was a bit lighter. Today it is dark. halbrown.substack.com/p/the-ballro...

The ballroom, the threatening all caps posts, the blowing up men in boats, all are sideshows to the Trump damnatio ad bestias planned for main arena. This is the entire country. By Hal M. Brown

How many of us will end up like Ignatius of Antioch? If Trump has his way it could be all of us.

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Oh come on. Trump needs a ginormous gilded ballroom fit for a king. Who are we mere mortals to deny him such a royal presidential perk? Read: halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-need...

Trump needs a ginormous gilded ballroom fit for a king. Who are we mere mortals to deny him such a royal presidential perk? By Hal M. Brown

“It was never thought of as being much.” Trump about the East Wing

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Fun fact - Donald Trump DID not throw out the first pitch in the 2025 World Series. Cito Gaston, the first African-American manager in MLB history to win a World Series title did. The all-star manager played in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League for 10 years prior to managing the Blue Jays.

Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 8d

For all the serious subjects to cover this Substack is a change. halbrown.substack.com/p/i-fear-tha...

I fear that we will look back at today as a prelapsarian time once Trump is so entrenched in power that elections, Congress, and the courts are irrelevant. By Hal M. Brown

If only we had a president like some of the characters in NetFlix hit show "The Diplomat."

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Hal M. Brown @halmbrown.bsky.social · 8d

I read the list of CEOs giving big donations for the glorious Trump royal ballroom and thought that any middle management rando in each of those companies could run them as well as the oligarchs who we're supposed to believe are irreplaceable business geniuses. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...