We'll be at the @oasis show in NJ tomorrow. If you'll be in GA and want to connect, let me know. We want to make sure we're surrounded by people who are prepared to be ridiculous and who are ready to do the Poznan.
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We'll be at the @oasis show in NJ tomorrow. If you'll be in GA and want to connect, let me know. We want to make sure we're surrounded by people who are prepared to be ridiculous and who are ready to do the Poznan.
y. Your thoughts and prayers may as well be bullets for the next mass shooting. You can think and pray all you want, but until you actually move, you'll be part of this. Don't just leave this in the hands of God. God has given you hands, too. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/thoughts-a...
Hey Republican, Professed Christians, If all you're going to offer in the face of this kind of repeated carnage are "thoughts and prayers", people will continue to die, and you will continue to be an accessory. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/thoughts-a...
'Hey Republicans, It's the Damn Guns. And, It's You.' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/hey-republ...
Western NC! Hope to see you all tomorrow (Saturday) at 7PM at @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social in Marion! We have a lot to talk about!
White, cisgender, heterosexual Conservative Christian men are the single most dangerous and violent group in this country by a God, Guns, and Country mile.
Leave Trans people the hell alone, you phobic, gun-loving, hate-peddling, r*pist-defending, Christian-cosplaying frauds.
The Republican Party is the greatest friend a mass shooter could have.
All this irresponsible talk does is ratify every fear they have about their own self-worth. It forces them further into the shadow places of their minds, and some may not make it out. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/blaming-me...
To suggest a natural tether between depression and anxiety, and with the violent execution of human beings, is to further ostracize and isolate people whose greatest enemy is their own heads. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/blaming-me...
Republicans love guns more than the children killed with them.
Yeah, Republicans, it's the damn guns. You can deny it, but that's simply the truth. And if you won't commit to doing anything about it, then yeah, it's you too. We have a brutal, sickening, heartbreaking gun problem in America—and you’re it. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/hey-republ...
These effin' ghouls are going to try and institutionalize autistic people. We need to stop them.
The basket of deplorables is now a barrel of crackers.
The basket of deplorables is now a barrel of crackers.
Latest in the shop. pavlovitzdesign.com/collections/...
Republicans are bad people.
All that to say, it’s time to give up the myth of normal, to ditch the bucket list, and adopt something more suited to the gravity of the moment: the F*ck It List: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/lose-the-b...
Whatever norms you imagined existing a few months ago are largely gone or are severely endangered. Trusting that things will work out here, simply because they always tended to before, is a fool’s errand...
Our Government is employing Gestapo-esque gangs of masked thugs to intimidate and assault our citizenry and to squash lawful resistance. And our current President is actively seeking a third term by gerrymandering American voters out of their voices and waging open war on our electoral process...
People are being snatched off our streets for the color of their skin, they’re being deported to foreign countries for their political opinions, and they’re being jailed without due process... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/lose-the-b...
WESTERN, NORTH CAROLINA! Headed your way later this week. FRIDAY I'll be at Wild Goose Festival for a 10:00 am and 5:00 pm session. SATURDAY, you can catch me at 7 pm at Bigfoot Books & Brews. I'll be sharing stories, leading a community conversation, and signing books. Hope to see you there!
Trump supporters are choosing their racism and homophobia over a thriving economy, well-paying jobs, affordable healthcare, funded public schools, and personal liberties. Super...
What our government is doing to Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a vile, racist, cruel, and inhumane disgrace. No Christian, let alone, decent human being can justify this. And if you’re trying to, you’re the problem here.
Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo. Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
What ICE is doing right now is historically illegal, immoral, and inhumane. If you voted for Donald Trump and you don’t support it, you cannot remain silent or your regret is cowardly and useless. If you do support it, your humanity is busted.
Ron DeSantis' desecration of the PULSE memorial is a vile example of the Republican Party's efforts to dehumanize and erase the queer community. To hell with them and every one of their voters.
God bless these Americans.
‘Conservative Christians Are Saying, "To Hell With Jesus."‘ johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/when-conse...
Cracker Barrel's stock has fallen after the company rebranded its logo. MAGAs are so irredeemably stupid and spectacularly racist.
If you’re applauding the harassment, fining, and arrest of homeless human beings, and if you’re celebrating the elimination of reduced lunches, food stamp programs, and low-income housing, your religion is short one Jesus. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/when-conse...
MARION, NC! I'll be there on Saturday, August 30th at 7pm at @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social! I'll be speaking, hosting a Q & A, and signing books. Come check out an amazing new hub in the community, connect with your neighbors, and say hello! Gonna be a great night...
I could fall completely prostrate before this belligerent, miserable, felonious rapist messiah of grievance, casting aside all moral, spiritual, or legal standards that I’d had for anyone else. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-wish-i-w...
I could place unwavering trust in him above experts and journalists, above doctors and scientists, above data and facts and objective truth—above even his words and his actions and my own eyes.
If I were a MAGA, I could pin my every hope to a vile, miserable, traitorous, barely literate conman who lacks a single noble impulse; one whose legal and moral crimes I could simply dismiss without reason because I’d decided he was a "good man of God." johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-wish-i-w...
They’re rounding up brown-skinned people like stray animals and throwing them into human kennels. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-republ...
They’re attacking museums and schools for preserving our nation’s racist history. They’re banning books meant to elevate the voices and experiences of the underserved and disregarded. They’re gerrymandering entire states to silence the electoral voices of people of color...
If irony were deadly, every Republican would expire right now. The party that has spent years in performative histrionics decrying the evils of supposed “Cancel Culture” is now literally cancelling culture... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-republ...
'A Thank You to Dr. James Dobson' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-thank-yo...
Please share: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-thank-yo... #JamesDobson
Maybe this was never the place I thought it was. That image is likely just the selective memory or the idealized version as filtered through a younger, more naive, less aware, more optimistic version of myself. Still, the sense of loss is the same. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/an-america...
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That day changed me and pushed me into helping those damaged by him and people like him. Dobson was a reprehensible human being who left a shameful legacy of phobia, violence, and discrimination in the name of a God of love.
James Dobson was the reason I began this journey of speaking out against the Evangelical Church and the GOP. In the immediate wake of the Sandy Hook shootings, he and Mike Huckabee declared it happened because God had been "taken out of schools.
What a relief to see myself as perpetually oppressed, despite my stratospheric privilege; to come to believe that although I have been handed every opportunity and advantage my pigmentation, birthplace, and religion affords, I am fully under siege. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-wish-i-w...
It would be a relief not to have to wade into the deep waters of complexity and nuance and to stay safely in the shallows of prejudice and stereotype; handed an expansive list of my enemies and adversaries; those whose gains I could see as my loss and whose eradication I could believe is necessary.
I imagine how liberating it must be to be a MAGA: to not have to think critically about the events of the day; to cede my opinions on immigration, healthcare, the economy, and every other critical matter to those of a single man and a single network. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-wish-i-w...
...our electoral process is under siege, the Constitution has become increasingly irrelevant, and Conservative Evangelicals are seeding theocracy. Oh, yeah, and this week, we reached the “slavery wasn’t bad” part of the program. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fast-fasci...
Just 8 months in, and already: American cities have been turned into police states, Gestapo-esque gangs of masked thugs are kidnapping innocent people, our thriving economy has been intentionally sabotaged, our global standing in the world has plummeted... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fast-fasci...
I can't respect people who use the word "woke" as an insult. They're announcing their willful or unintentional ignorance.
When an American President stands alongside a murderous dictator and declares to trust that man more than our public servants across the aisle, more than our nation’s Press, he’s stepped out into the stark light of day and revealed himself. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/hey-maga-a...
Hey, Literally Every Media Outlet, It's not a Ukraine-Russian war; it's Ukraine defending itself against Russian occupation and annihilation. Thanks.
BREAKING: Trump vows to eliminate Democracy... essentially.
He's trying to get rid of mail-in votes and voting machines. But sure, the 2024 election was fully legit.
Excited to be back at Wild Goose Festival on Friday, August 29th, for two interactive sessions. If you're planning on attending during the weekend, I'd love to see you! For more info on the festival's amazing lineup: wildgoosefestival.org
President Zelenskyy is a heroic human being by any way such things are measured.
All you had to do was listen to her.
Conservative leaders have worked a remarkable con: convincing their phobia-prone rank and file that their most dire threat isn’t the astronomical cost of healthcare, the erosion of civil rights, or the arrival of authoritarianism—it’s transgender athletes. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-trans-...
He's turning the National Guard into a national scourge.
If there was ever a time when the Church should be visible and vocal, it should be now. If there was ever a moment spiritual leaders were made for, it is this one. But it probably won't happen johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-your-ch...
Our leaders are openly partnering with a murderous dictator and playing with the lives of forty million Ukrainians. People of faith need to hold them accountable. This is not about the marrying of Church and State, but joining faith and moral courage. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-your-ch...
RALEIGH! See you today at 10:30 am at Peace Fellowship!
There are too many members of ICE, the National Guard, and local police forces who are failing their oaths and betraying the trust this nation has in them. I am waiting for conscientious objectors in Trump's war on our citizenry to step up. Where are the people of morality and courage?
I'm manifesting 3 tickets for Oasis at MetLife Stadium on Aug 31 that won't cost me a kidney! Message me if you can help.😄
'Hey MAGA America, Trump is Putin You On' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/hey-maga-a...
I'll be at Peace Fellowship at 10:30 am tomorrow, talking about our Great Depression: "More than three-quarters of U.S. adults are “very” (50%) or “somewhat” (27%) dissatisfied with the country, while just one in five are somewhat (16%) or very (4%) satisfied." news.gallup.com/poll/655493/...
Trump Supporters, Watching Donald Trump literally roll out a red carpet and gleefully applaud Vladimir Putin’s arrival here, it can’t be lost on you, can it? We see it. The world sees it. When are you going to see it? johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/hey-maga-a...
Tens of millions of people have found the reservoirs of hope dangerously low in recent weeks, and they can't seem to shake the profound sense of dread hovering always in the periphery of their daily life. Yes, this is our collective Great Depression. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-men...
RALEIGH! See you this Sunday at 10:30 at Peace Fellowship. We've all heard about those "dark nights of the soul." But what do you do when the dark night of the soul lasts into the morning, when the heaviness lingers, when the sunrise doesn't chase away the sorrow? Let's talk about it.
Guys who never shut up about protecting girls from harm immediately fold when called upon to step up and actually advocate for them. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-pathet...
The Epstein files are exposing how weak MAGA men are. Given the choice between exposing reprehensible men who've committed unspeakable violence against children/young women or protecting a guy they voted for and find identity in, they're choosing the latter johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-pathet...
Crime has been down dramatically in DC in recent years. The National Guard was not sent there for safety but to fuel the narrative of danger so the Trump Administration can assert control, weaponize the Military, and seed the midterm election narrative—and to distract from the Epstein files.
I still can't believe actual adults use the word "woke" as a pejorative, knowing full well they can't even explain what they mean by the term.
Weaponizing ICE indiscriminately. Military takeovers of cities. Destroying vaccine records. Hiding job numbers. Concealing child trafficking files. Again, good people don't support him. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...
Their incessant persecution of people whose relationships, families, and healthcare decisions do not affect them in the slightest isn’t just a lousy thing to do on a human level; it’s also a willful act of rebellion against Jesus. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-sin-of...
They are choosing to revoke the freedoms from others that they already enjoy: the right to marry the person they love, the right to adopt children, the right to body autonomy, the right to define their identity, the right to spousal benefits. #SupremeCourt #MarriageEquality
Christians who oppose marriage equality (or LGBTQ rights of any kind) are ignoring Jesus’ command to love their neighbors as themselves. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-sin-of... #KimDavis #SupremeCourt #MarriageEquality
Traitors. Terrible people.
The thing about Trump sending the National Guard to the National Mall in DC, is that he's a rapist and pedophile who is trying to distract us from the Epstein files.
I'm tired of having to desperately appeal to public servants to do the decent and humane thing and seeing them again flatly refuse. And yeah, I’m tired of hating it, too… johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/im-tired-o...
I'm tired of hatred. I’m tired of waking every morning and seeing that we're in another unnecessary and preventable Constitutional crisis. I'm tired of trying to convince professed followers of Jesus that they're supposed to care about other people. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/im-tired-o...
Hey, good human, I wanted to remind you of some things you might have lost sight of lately: The exhaustion you feel right now? The heavy sadness that you can’t seem to shake? This is all by design. This is intentional. This is the fascists’ master plan. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-fcke...
To all my new Fox News followers after their coverage of this piece, You can call me hateful if you want, but I’m fighting him because he doesn’t give a damn about any of us. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...
I want clean water and air and safer streets for you and your families as much as for mine. And if a Democratic president ever dehumanized or targeted you I wouldn’t have stood for it.
But for the record, despite how I feel about you and your support of a traitorous, amoral monster, I still believe you should be able to marry the person you love, have freedom of and from religion; that you should have affordable healthcare, a living wage, and body autonomy.
To all my new Fox News followers after their coverage of this piece, Your vulgar, vile, and hateful wishes of illness, violence, death, and eternal suffering upon me and those I love have done much to refute the premise of this piece. l johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...
I’m so woke, I believe it’s disgusting to take away healthcare from the old, the poor, and the sick, because no one should suffer needlessly. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/confession...
I’m so woke, I don’t believe people should be rounded up like animals simply for the color of their skin or the language they speak and thrown into concentration camps.
I'm so woke, I want the Epstein files released so rapists face accountability and so all survivors of abuse know they matter. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/confession...
See you tomorrow, Hendersonville, NC!
Sitting in hotel lobby overhearing four people still talking about how “over the line” Seth Meyers was to Trump, how his comments were “mean-spirited and hurtful.” These damn snowflakes…🤣
HENDERSONVILLE, NC! Can't wait to see you all tomorrow (Sunday morning) at First Congregational Church. 9:00 am Community Conversation 10:30 am Service We have a lot to talk about!
I just assume they're trying as hard as I am, and that their lives are already difficult enough and I don't want to make them more difficult. What makes you want other people to feel unnecessary pain? johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-repub...
Republican friend, Maybe we're wired differently. I don't wake up in the morning burdened to be cruel to people; to actively push them to the periphery, place obstacles in their paths, or deny them the things I have been fortunate enough to have received. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-repub...
The President is a r*pist and pedophile. The decent people of this nation, regardless of politics, cannot let this go until he faces accountability. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-the-pre...
So yes, his ascendence has been a raking light illuminating everything hidden, and I am seeing you and so many of those who share this country with me with heartbreaking clarity. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-dont-gri...
With your silence as much as with your volume, you show me you are more with him than you are against him, that you are more like him than different from him, and that you and I are increasingly morally incompatible. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-dont-gri...
