"Our job wasn't to engage in fact-finding investigations. Our job was to find the facts that would fit the narrative." 200+ attorneys have been fired from the Department of Justice & 1000s more resigned. 60 interviews show a DOJ that is no longer about justice. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is the best takedown I’ve seen to Kelly’s comments. Thanks for your voice, @christabrown.bsky.social. Oh, and #FoxtrotMikeKilo.

There's no greater good or higher cause that justifies turning a blind eye toward sex trafficking, rape, abuse, and pedophilia. Accountability cannot be conditioned on who commits these crimes.

I'm a child rape survivor, and I was NOT the "barely legal type." I was a child. I still wore hairbows! I wore a retainer on my teeth. My column today is an open letter to Megyn Kelly. christabrown.substack.com/p/dear-megyn...

Dear Megyn Kelly: What you're doing is child rape apologetics. It's repugnant & vile. I was groomed & groped at 15, and repeatedly raped at 16, by a married Southern Baptist pastor who quoted scripture & said it was all "God's will." I was NOT "barely legal." #EpsteinFiles #MegynKelly

This entire administration is a national security risk

"Dear White Evangelicals: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.” My column today, quoting @lizcheney.bsky.social @adamkinzinger.substack.com & others. #EpsteinFiles christabrown.substack.com/p/white-evan...

Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it. Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators. Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.

Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.

Why am I not surprised that ICE chooses Nashville for its rat-kids-out call center? Nashville is headquarters for the Southern Baptist Convention, a faith group that is among Trump's most fervent loyalists & a faith group that has long turned a blind eye to the rape of children by clergy.

Thanks, California!

The Trump regime plans to ramp up its child deportation campaign with a call center in Nashville. It expects to receive 6000 to 7000 calls per day regarding the location of minors. This is where we're at -- seeking informants for the targeting of children. baptistnews.com/article/trum...

In Virginia's election last week, 7% of prior Trump voters voted Democrat. This means that 7% of people who voted for Trump just a year ago switched & voted for a Democratic governor. Thanks to @robertpjones.bsky.social for this hopeful bit of data.

"One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver." Among the 60+ people killed since the US military began attacking boats. apnews.com/article/trum...

"The story of Christian nationalists & Trump, of feverish devotion to an authoritarian figure thought to be anointed by God, of a refusal to question that authority...was there all along. It is the story of American evangelicalism..." - @sarahposner.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi...

“The distinct line between the judiciary, the legislature & politics is blurring. And if we don’t preserve that, it’ll be naked power all the way down.” - Charles Geyh, law prof specializing in judicial ethics From @dougbockclark.bsky.social @propublica.org. ⬇️ www.propublica.org/article/paul...

When a GOP comms director warns a reporter to kill a story, citing "our connections," then you know for sure it's a story you're gonna wanna read. Don't miss this powerful piece about "God's Chief Justice" from @dougbockclark.bsky.social & @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/paul...

"Trump says a lot of things, and he reverses course regularly; often, what look like important pronouncements turn out to be random thoughts that have escaped the weak gravity of Trump’s attention span." - @radiofreetom.bsky.social

How many kids will it take? It's the same question for Assemblies of God as for the Southern Baptist Convention. My column today about the explosive @nbcnews.com investigatory report on child sexual abuse & coverups in the Assemblies of God. #ChurchToo christabrown.substack.com/p/how-many-k...

“I feel a responsibility to work towards the things I consider good & right. I don’t know whether I’ll be able to change certain things for the better or not at all... There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.” - Vaclav Havel

The road to hell. It runs through the Southern Baptist Convention. It runs through the Assemblies of God. And now we see it runs through the ACNA, too. It's a road that's paved with religious leaders' abuses & coverups. #ChurchToo #ACNAtoo #ThisistheSBC christabrown.substack.com/p/the-road-t...

Check out my story about "exvangelical" women leaving the church because of politics, patriarchy, abuse and the treatment of LGBTQ people. Some have left the faith; others want to reclaim it. #exvangelicals #evangelicals religionnews.com/2025/10/28/e...

"Even a criminal conviction will not deter the recycling of an abuse cover-upper into another position of trust as a Southern Baptist pastor." My column today. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo baptistnews.com/article/matt...

Women are leaving evangelicalism in droves. Why? Patriarchy, abuse, mistreatment of LGBTQ people, and evangelicalism's fusion with Trumpism. The voices of women shine in this article by @mjfoster6.bsky.social, and I'm proud to be included. #exvangelical religionnews.com/2025/10/28/e...

From "Baptistland" by @christabrown.bsky.social

"If anything, when it comes to 2026, I worry more about the limits of my imagination than about the hazards of speculation." - @dgraham.bsky.social

"When Trump says 'Jump!' Vance says, 'How high — and would you like to see how many air kisses I can blow you as I lift off?'" - @frankabruni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...

When the law prohibits teachers from portraying individuals of a certain race as being racist, then how should teachers explain the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921? It's a dilemma for Oklahoma teachers. Meanwhile, OK ranks near-bottom for student performance. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

"Whatever school tried to say was spiritual, we found a hundred-fold in the wilderness we lived adjacent to." - @mollymckew.bsky.social A moving tribute to the sublime beauty of America and to its sacred spaces. ⬇️

🚨 BOMBSHELL: Federal judges caught the U.S. government lying in over 35 court cases; falsified records, fake declarations, and sworn statements built on fiction. This isn’t clerical error. It’s institutional deceit. Even legal scholars now say it looks intentional. 📺 60 Minutes | 🔗 cbsn.ws/3J8a6yA

ICE raids at domestic violence shelters. Cruel and despicable.

56% of Americans now agree that “President Trump is a potentially dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy.” From @prri.org & @robertpjones.bsky.social baptistnews.com/article/most...

A Southern Baptist pastor who lied to the FBI and falsified evidence in a sexual abuse probe has been returned to leadership in a prominent Southern Baptist church. The message it sends: Sexual abuse coverup? No big deal. My latest: christabrown.substack.com/p/matt-queen... #ThisistheSBC

“Despite how terribly damaged America has been recently, that country and those ideals remain worth fighting for."

What happened to all the art, furniture and priceless historical treasures that were in the East Wing? Did Trump just give it away to his buddies? Is it at Mar-a-Lago? Did Jared and Ivana just help themselves to it? No one knows

“Majorities of Republicans & white evangelical Protestants continue to back President Trump… but most other Americans hold unfavorable views… Notably, 56% of Americans—including two thirds of political independents—view Trump as a ‘dangerous dictator.’” www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-ove...

Oh how I love this for her. 😂

“This is what we’ve become. It’s a shit-show—literally.” But @gregolear.bsky.social offers a roadmap for a path back to normalcy. And even if you think these 10 steps could never happen, this is something we all need to be thinking about: a plan. gregolear.substack.com/p/the-liz48-...

He's Southern Baptist. Biblically- shrouded duplicity is in the DNA. Ditto with the concealment of sexual abuse. #ThisistheSBC

If I were ever elected president, the first thing I’d do is take a sledgehammer to that ballroom.

"Is it possible? Could America really elect a man like Trump?" This is what my international classmates asked 10 yrs ago as Trump was ramping up his candidacy. "Yes, I think it's possible," I said. They were aghast. They sensed the danger. My column: christabrown.substack.com/p/my-interna...

Trump's AI video, showing himself as a pilot dumping shit on Americans, fits right in to a long authoritarian tradition www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

It takes me by surprise to see my book cited in an obituary for former Southern Baptist Convention CEO Morris Chapman. But I'm grateful this aspect of Chapman's legacy was not sidestepped - his betrayal of clergy sex abuse survivors & his keeping of a secret list of clergy abusers. #ThisistheSBC

"Our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction. If you believe in this country now is the time to refuse to ferry its destruction for a tainted livelihood." A powerful reflection by Miles Bruner (via @thebulwark.com). www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

For love of America. For love of the Constitution. For love of our neighbors. For love of our children and grandchildren. #NoKings

A "Patriot's Glossary of MAGAtarian doublespeak." Just what we all need! Thanks to @robertpjones.bsky.social for giving us part 1 of the glossary now, in honor of #NoKings Day. "May we hold onto the truth." Amen. baptistnews.com/article/the-...

"So if you’re wondering where Trump learned the trick of recasting American history as uniquely belonging to him, look no further than the current Supreme Court’s manipulation of the core legal principle of stare decisis." - @matthewwollin.bsky.social www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-scot...

Long term side project. Excited to share first installment of “The Patriot’s Glossary of MAGAtarian Doublespeak” ahead of No Kings Day. May it help illuminate the MAGA attacks on facts and reality, and may hold onto the truth that will keep us free. www.whitetoolong.net/p/the-patrio...

Have you no sense of decency, Ms. Leavitt?