John Patrick Pullen
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Founding editor of @longlead.com, an award winning journalism studio publishing features that make an impact. Formerly: @Fortune.com, and @TIME.com. Yup, they call me JPP.
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The presentation and art direction on this piece are fantastic, as is the excellent reporting.
In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a devastating advisory about the persistent loneliness epidemic, declaring social isolation and lack of connection to be a public health crisis. twins.longlead.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The presentation and art direction on this piece are fantastic, as is the excellent reporting.
The percentage of time the emoji button on Mac keyboards works: 0.0%.
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The percentage of time the emoji button on Mac keyboards works: 0.0%.
This is so bad, I couldn't believe it someone could be this devoid of cultural awareness as a journalist. I had to watch the video myself.
Warning, it's 3:44 long but FEELS like eons of her saying absolutely nothing of substance, while simultaneously saying something incredibly, stunningly dumb.
Warning, it's 3:44 long but FEELS like eons of her saying absolutely nothing of substance, while simultaneously saying something incredibly, stunningly dumb.
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is so bad, I couldn't believe it someone could be this devoid of cultural awareness as a journalist. I had to watch the video myself.
Warning, it's 3:44 long but FEELS like eons of her saying absolutely nothing of substance, while simultaneously saying something incredibly, stunningly dumb.
Warning, it's 3:44 long but FEELS like eons of her saying absolutely nothing of substance, while simultaneously saying something incredibly, stunningly dumb.
This field is on land that was given to the federal government in 1888 specifically to house veterans. Meanwhile, in 2025, Los Angeles is the homeless veteran capital of America.
UCLA hasn't paid rent for its baseball facilities on the West Los Angeles VA property, despite the rent already being massively under market. The lack of payment is the university’s latest in decades of alleged wrongdoings on the Veterans Affairs campus.
homeofthebrave.substack.com/p/ucla-didnt...
homeofthebrave.substack.com/p/ucla-didnt...
UCLA didn't pay its baseball stadium rent to the West LA VA for 14 months
The lack of payment is the university’s latest in decades of alleged wrongdoings on the Veterans Affairs campus, which involve radioactive waste dumping and underwhelming veterans programs.
homeofthebrave.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This field is on land that was given to the federal government in 1888 specifically to house veterans. Meanwhile, in 2025, Los Angeles is the homeless veteran capital of America.
The party of Lincoln
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The party of Lincoln
Long Lead's mission is to produce journalism that is equal parts art and impact. These Anthem Awards show that our work is making an impact in sustainability, equity, and technology.
Links below to the features and podcast — this is the good stuff, people!
Links below to the features and podcast — this is the good stuff, people!
@longlead.com is excited to announce that our work has been honored with three 2025 Anthem Awards.
The winning features are:
-THE AGE OF INCARCERATION
-LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET
-THE LAST DROPS OF MEXICO CITY
Dig into the features on longlead.com today.
The winning features are:
-THE AGE OF INCARCERATION
-LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET
-THE LAST DROPS OF MEXICO CITY
Dig into the features on longlead.com today.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Long Lead's mission is to produce journalism that is equal parts art and impact. These Anthem Awards show that our work is making an impact in sustainability, equity, and technology.
Links below to the features and podcast — this is the good stuff, people!
Links below to the features and podcast — this is the good stuff, people!
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You probably run into twins in your day-to-day life but they're probably not dressed alike. Yet during the annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, OH, twins celebrate their sameness, walking in the parade and competing in costume contests.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You probably run into twins in your day-to-day life but they're probably not dressed alike. Yet during the annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, OH, twins celebrate their sameness, walking in the parade and competing in costume contests.
You just know if the president actually saw this, his thoughts would be that if they could make something called Trumpcare, it would have a 94% favorability.
A Fox News poll this week found Obamacare is more popular than Trump, either party and congressional leaders. Only 3 points below Fox's all-time high for the law reached in 2023 static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
You just know if the president actually saw this, his thoughts would be that if they could make something called Trumpcare, it would have a 94% favorability.
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
BUZZ GRAMBO FOR PRESIDENT
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. ... They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. ... They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
BUZZ GRAMBO FOR PRESIDENT
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. ... They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. ... They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
There's a lot of bad news out there today. How about some feel-good journalism? This piece by @sarahnrogers.bsky.social is an absolute delight.
And I'm not just saying that because I edited it. I'm saying it because it's a feast for the eyes, and a salve for the soul.
Read it ! twins.longlead.com
And I'm not just saying that because I edited it. I'm saying it because it's a feast for the eyes, and a salve for the soul.
Read it ! twins.longlead.com
Every year, twins of all backgrounds gather in the city of Twinsburg, OH to celebrate their uniqueness in being a multiple. In the quaint town square, under big white tents and within each other’s embrace, pairs and sometimes trios gather to celebrate being the same, but different.
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
There's a lot of bad news out there today. How about some feel-good journalism? This piece by @sarahnrogers.bsky.social is an absolute delight.
And I'm not just saying that because I edited it. I'm saying it because it's a feast for the eyes, and a salve for the soul.
Read it ! twins.longlead.com
And I'm not just saying that because I edited it. I'm saying it because it's a feast for the eyes, and a salve for the soul.
Read it ! twins.longlead.com
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Fascinating piece
Every year, twins of all backgrounds gather in the city of Twinsburg, OH to celebrate their uniqueness in being a multiple. In the quaint town square, under big white tents and within each other’s embrace, pairs and sometimes trios gather to celebrate being the same, but different.
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Fascinating piece
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Every year, twins of all backgrounds gather in the city of Twinsburg, OH to celebrate their uniqueness in being a multiple. In the quaint town square, under big white tents and within each other’s embrace, pairs and sometimes trios gather to celebrate being the same, but different.
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Every year, twins of all backgrounds gather in the city of Twinsburg, OH to celebrate their uniqueness in being a multiple. In the quaint town square, under big white tents and within each other’s embrace, pairs and sometimes trios gather to celebrate being the same, but different.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
As an editor, if this draft hit my desk:
1. I'd make this edit: "Olivia Nuzzi SAYS SHE loved him." It's literally a journalism cliche that if your mother says she loves you, check it out. We don't KNOW she loved him. She said it — that's it.
2. Then I'd throw the file in the trash.
1. I'd make this edit: "Olivia Nuzzi SAYS SHE loved him." It's literally a journalism cliche that if your mother says she loves you, check it out. We don't KNOW she loved him. She said it — that's it.
2. Then I'd throw the file in the trash.
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As an editor, if this draft hit my desk:
1. I'd make this edit: "Olivia Nuzzi SAYS SHE loved him." It's literally a journalism cliche that if your mother says she loves you, check it out. We don't KNOW she loved him. She said it — that's it.
2. Then I'd throw the file in the trash.
1. I'd make this edit: "Olivia Nuzzi SAYS SHE loved him." It's literally a journalism cliche that if your mother says she loves you, check it out. We don't KNOW she loved him. She said it — that's it.
2. Then I'd throw the file in the trash.
Triggered by this:
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Triggered by this:
I really think people should be paying for journalism but I’m having a hard time stomaching the past 24 hours of editorial decisions by @nytimes.com.
Why would you think people would want this news alert?
Why would you think people would want this news alert?
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I really think people should be paying for journalism but I’m having a hard time stomaching the past 24 hours of editorial decisions by @nytimes.com.
Why would you think people would want this news alert?
Why would you think people would want this news alert?
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It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...