Paul Bass
@paulbass.bsky.social
Lifelong local news reporter, based in New Haven, Connecticut. Love journalism and political debate from all perspectives. Observant egalitarian Jew. Vegan.
Whose streets: Our streets? Or cars' streets? That question drives the latest opinionated #vlog #news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnuq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnuq...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Whose streets: Our streets? Or cars' streets? That question drives the latest opinionated #vlog #news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnuq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnuq...
Dig, baby, dig! And while we’re at, build, baby, build; monitor, insure, dig some more, and stop to give thanks: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipK...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Dig, baby, dig! And while we’re at, build, baby, build; monitor, insure, dig some more, and stop to give thanks: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipK...
A window on windowless #localgovernment, power-tripping "history" enforcers, and tiny boxes, in the latest opinionated #vlog news summary from the #newhaven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-C...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A window on windowless #localgovernment, power-tripping "history" enforcers, and tiny boxes, in the latest opinionated #vlog news summary from the #newhaven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-C...
How one politician won big by thinking big -- in New York -- while our politicians continued pursuing office by thinking small. The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. #election #vlog
youtu.be/DNFmnfoLV8Q
youtu.be/DNFmnfoLV8Q
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
How one politician won big by thinking big -- in New York -- while our politicians continued pursuing office by thinking small. The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. #election #vlog
youtu.be/DNFmnfoLV8Q
youtu.be/DNFmnfoLV8Q
Who's looking out for us? Not alders, #utility regulators, tax appraisers, #foodstamps budgeters, or fired #eastwing architectural assessors: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. youtu.be/hmWkE0tYRmc
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Who's looking out for us? Not alders, #utility regulators, tax appraisers, #foodstamps budgeters, or fired #eastwing architectural assessors: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. youtu.be/hmWkE0tYRmc
Safe and unsafe streets and ports, in the latest opinionated vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb5x...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb5x...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Safe and unsafe streets and ports, in the latest opinionated vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb5x...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb5x...
Latest immigration grab in town gives other immigrants new reason to avoid reporting crime to the police www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/10/21/f...
Feds Seize Immigrant On Green; Girlfriend Shaken - New Haven Independent
A Fair Haven woman watched from a distance on the New Haven Green as a group of federal immigration agents arrested her boyfriend of 10 years on Tuesday. She was too afraid to come closer, as she too ...
www.newhavenindependent.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Latest immigration grab in town gives other immigrants new reason to avoid reporting crime to the police www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/10/21/f...
An #ICE melt, a #Detroit invasion, a two-way traffic pivot, a campaign chatbot ... the latest opinionated #vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compostheap
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpx1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpx1...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
An #ICE melt, a #Detroit invasion, a two-way traffic pivot, a campaign chatbot ... the latest opinionated #vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compostheap
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpx1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpx1...
Enough "Apizza" events already! ... But bring on the #aijobs (and training) and the spotted lanternflies ... The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compostheap youtu.be/KwwB9SxAlDg
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Enough "Apizza" events already! ... But bring on the #aijobs (and training) and the spotted lanternflies ... The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compostheap youtu.be/KwwB9SxAlDg
I was so pleased to hear from the state's insects czar that there's no reason to go around squashing those #spottedlanternflies to death. #TreesAreSafe #TheRobinsHaveThis www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/10/01/y
You Don't Need To Squash This Spotted Lanternfly - New Haven Independent
Top state bug expert offers reality check on the latest insect panic.
www.newhavenindependent.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I was so pleased to hear from the state's insects czar that there's no reason to go around squashing those #spottedlanternflies to death. #TreesAreSafe #TheRobinsHaveThis www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/10/01/y
What next? A David Duke "Forever" stamp? USPS, Dem primary, Yondr, 2-way street news broken down in the latest opinionated vlog summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. #WilliamFBuckley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXXz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXXz...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
What next? A David Duke "Forever" stamp? USPS, Dem primary, Yondr, 2-way street news broken down in the latest opinionated vlog summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. #WilliamFBuckley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXXz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXXz...
Lula doesn't play #RoleModel Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Lula doesn't play #RoleModel Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
The New Haven Independent turns two decades years old -- and other 20-related news in the latest opinionated vlog summary from our assignment desk -- er, compost heap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cthm...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The New Haven Independent turns two decades years old -- and other 20-related news in the latest opinionated vlog summary from our assignment desk -- er, compost heap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cthm...
"History" criminalizes a sign, while an odd rent increase looms on Winchester Avenue: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh_X...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"History" criminalizes a sign, while an odd rent increase looms on Winchester Avenue: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh_X...
Of bribes and bunnies: Mayoral politics gets bizarro while a #leporine #compost heap visitor feathers her nest. The latest edition of the opinionated New Haven Independent #vlog news summary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3io...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3io...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Of bribes and bunnies: Mayoral politics gets bizarro while a #leporine #compost heap visitor feathers her nest. The latest edition of the opinionated New Haven Independent #vlog news summary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3io...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3io...
An example of how his stuff is still state of the art IMHO. Political scientists and operatives will be studying this body of work for years www.instagram.com/reel/DNnuhtA...
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
www.instagram.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
An example of how his stuff is still state of the art IMHO. Political scientists and operatives will be studying this body of work for years www.instagram.com/reel/DNnuhtA...
The mayor of New England’s biggest city on Tuesday delivered a message to the Trump administration: Hands off.
August 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The mayor of New England’s biggest city on Tuesday delivered a message to the Trump administration: Hands off.
Slumlord Mail, the Ghost of Jane Jacobs, and AI in the schools: the latest opinionated vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIvd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIvd...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Slumlord Mail, the Ghost of Jane Jacobs, and AI in the schools: the latest opinionated vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIvd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIvd...
Takes on a car wash grab and the Board of No Cred's latest transparency-punt. from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkz...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Takes on a car wash grab and the Board of No Cred's latest transparency-punt. from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkz...
Looks like fast footwork may have stopped ICE from getting the Wilbur Cross student on a plane to Guatemala without a hearing . Tom Breen got the story www.newhavenindependent.org/article/esdr...
Attorney: ICE Cancels Detained Teen's "Expedited Removal" Flight To…
Esdrás R., an 18-year-old Wilbur Cross student who was grabbed by federal immigration agents during a workplace raid of a car wash 10 days ago, was…
www.newhavenindependent.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Looks like fast footwork may have stopped ICE from getting the Wilbur Cross student on a plane to Guatemala without a hearing . Tom Breen got the story www.newhavenindependent.org/article/esdr...
I enjoyed knowing and interacting with this guy. Good man. Especially when you disagreed with him. www.newhavenindependent.org/article/prin...
Principled Prosecutor Michael Dearington Dies
Just between us, Michael Dearington died.He was 83. …
www.newhavenindependent.org
July 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I enjoyed knowing and interacting with this guy. Good man. Especially when you disagreed with him. www.newhavenindependent.org/article/prin...
Running for office, whitewashers and NIMBY. Running from the cops. … And running at the mouth on the latest opinionated vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WLA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WLA...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Running for office, whitewashers and NIMBY. Running from the cops. … And running at the mouth on the latest opinionated vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WLA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WLA...
The story about the Afghan interpreter abducted by ICE is going national ... Sen. Blumenthal promises to "use every power we have" to get him released www.newhavenindependent.org/article/zia_...
"Zia, We Have Your Back"
An ICE abduction of a local Afghan immigrant who risked his life for the U.S. military prompted a multistate call Tuesday for his release in the name of…
www.newhavenindependent.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The story about the Afghan interpreter abducted by ICE is going national ... Sen. Blumenthal promises to "use every power we have" to get him released www.newhavenindependent.org/article/zia_...
In ICE, Avelo, Board of Ed We Don’t Trust: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz2c...
Newz From The Compost Heap
YouTube video by Paul Bass
www.youtube.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In ICE, Avelo, Board of Ed We Don’t Trust: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz2c...
There are no words www.newhavenindependent.org/article/35_y...
Afghan Interpreter Seized By ICE
Federal immigration officials on Wednesday seized an Afghan immigrant -- a father of five who had served as an interpreter for the U.S. military -- in the…
www.newhavenindependent.org
July 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
There are no words www.newhavenindependent.org/article/35_y...