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Christa Brown

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Author of BAPTISTLAND | Exposing the truth about systemic abuse & coverups in the Southern Baptist Convention | retired appellate attorney | #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo | christabrown.substack.com

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · Dec 29

Hello! If you want to learn more about me, here's a start: www.vice.com/en/article/t... Then check out my memoir BAPTISTLAND, illuminating how faith can be twisted for domination & control. Fits with the times, eh? It's also about resistance & resilience. #Baptistland www.amazon.com/Baptistland-...

Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation

Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation [Brown, Christa] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 4h

"When we don't call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it." - @timothysnyder.bsky.social ⬇️

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 1d

"She kneels down, and from the quietness of copper reaches out."

This is Portlandia, the 2nd largest copper repousse statue in the US, after the Statue of Liberty.

I ❤️ Portland.

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 1d

"The conventions of political reporting today are poorly suited to capturing this naked use of sheer pretexts & the bottomless bad faith they rely upon." - @gregsargent.bsky.social

A thoughtful analysis of how mainstream media is failing to capture the bad faith that drives Trumpist propaganda. ⬇️

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 1d

But if she had said no, she could have made herself subject to an eventual perjury prosecution. I think she didn't want to risk that, so instead she attacked.

Jeremy Gibson Brown PhD @jeremygibsonbrown.bsky.social · 1d

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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 3d

EXCLUSIVE SATIRE My sources in ICE leaked an internal handbook on how agents are instructed to confront the costumed protestors in Portland. @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org

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How to arrest a T-Rex (satire)

An ICE handbook + Friday "Fun," 10 October 2025

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 3d

Survey of 50 legal experts reflected "almost universal fear & anguish over the transformation of the Justice Department into a tool of the White House" and a "collectively grim state of mind" about how Trump's presidency threatens the rule of law. (gift link)

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‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mhairi Forrest🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🤟🤟🤟 @mhairiforrest.bsky.social · 5d

I hope everyone sees how completely horrific it is that they are conflating armed masked men assaulting a residential building in the middle of the night with a religious revival.

My white evangelical brothers & sisters, aren't you horrified yet?

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 5d

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 8d

"This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law." - U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.

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MummyUnit of Beach Therapy @mommyunit.bsky.social · 9d

What a read and connects to where we find ourselves today.

Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 9d

“The SBC mirrors Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son, consuming the innocent under terror of losing power… This is the banality of evil in evangelical America: violence so normalized, so bureaucratically managed, so Christianized, that it no longer shocks... "
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The Southern Baptist Betrayal: From Sexual Abuse to White Christian Nationalism

Gems from the Rick Dale series

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 9d

The Southern Baptist Betrayal: From Sexual Abuse to White Christian Nationalism

Gems from the Rick Dale series

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 10d

"I have this song, Land of Hope & Dreams...That's how many people around the world still see our country. Not as a land of fear, not as a land of divisiveness, not of government censorship, not of hatred...That's an America that's worth fighting for." - Bruce Springsteen

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 10d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 11d

"Nowadays, Caesar is Christian. Very Christian. Intimidatingly Christian." - @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social

This is such a powerful speech. (It was delivered at a seminary, but I refuse to think of it as a "sermon.") Have a listen. Thx to @rickpidcock.bsky.social!
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Podcast Episode · Highest Power: Church + State · 09/29/2025 · 35m

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 11d

Inspired by Jane Goodall, in graduate school, I observed vervet monkeys with binoculars & kept data on their behaviors & kinship structures. At first the task seemed impossible - they all looked alike. But quickly, I saw their individual personalities.

Jane was right.
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Jane Goodall, famed primatologist and conservationist, dies at 91

Her research on chimpanzees changed the understanding of our closest relative.

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 11d

Jane Goodall was a hero to so many of us... and always an inspiration. RIP.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11d

Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.

Jane Goodall reaches out and touches a small monkey.

Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 12d

"MAGA is just plain weird. Most supporters are firmly ensconced in the world of white evangelicalism, which is famously alienating to most everyone outside it. That fact is a primary reason why their numbers keep declining despite decades of aggressive proselytizing." ⬇️

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 12d

That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.

On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.

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MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why

The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13d

Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 13d

Feeling grateful today for top military leaders -- serious people who take seriously their oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 15d

"At the heart of evangelical faith is ecstatic worship of a king & adherence to the word of his earthly representatives. Obeisance & obedience are built into this structure... Authoritarianism harmonizes here like a choir carol." - @swordsjew.bsky.social

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 16d

Evangelicals represent only about 2.5% of the population of Europe. So, their influence is greatly less. And European evangelicals don't want to be identified with the type of evangelicalism that's in the U.S.

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 17d

Yay! Congratulations! Can't wait to read it!

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 19d

Nearly 7 million views for ABC's official YouTube video of Kimmel's 28-minute monologue overnight. It is already the most-viewed Kimmel clip of the year on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 20d

For every #ChurchToo survivor who has felt the bludgeon of "forgiveness" theology, this book is for you.

In NOT SO SORRY, Kaya Oakes talks of how "forgiveness" is often tied to the preservation of power & of the need for more nuanced models.
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On Forgiveness... and on Freeing Ourselves to Not Forgive

Not So Sorry: the book that #ChurchToo survivors need

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 21d

"As Bondi makes her daily decisions about whether to abuse her powers to please Trump, she has to begin with one big political assessment: Will Trump ultimately retain the power to reward and punish her?" - @davidfrum.bsky.social

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Trump Might Be Losing His Race Against Time

The president is gambling that he can consolidate authority before the public turns too sharply against him.

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