I have a very bad feeling about this...

3 reasons why itt's hard for people of faith to write things like this [GIFT LINK]

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

Watch it here with audio

www.youtube.com/live/0n77NFj...

Good advice for the Americans. Here are a few:
• Do not obey in advance.
• Stand out. Do not just go along.
• Believe in truth.
• Investigate.
• Learn from peers in other countries.
• Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
• Be as courageous as you can.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...

My dad didn't serve 20 years in the U.S. Navy for us to become Putin's puppet now by way of the orange menace. Stop the coup!

This!

I’ve said goodbye to another friend today. I truly believe that our country and the people in it are at a crossroads. I’m choosing one path. She is choosing the other. The Divided States of America

From @yepicurus on instagram

I saw the first on a bumper sticker today. My immediate thought was the second. I'm so disgusted by the rise of "Christian" nationalism.

I think I've decided on my inspirational word(s) for 2025: "tragic optimism."

Over recent weeks, I've realized how many of the previous sacred givens and accepted truths are now up for debate in my heart and how much grieving this reality has yielded.

Maybe you’re in the same place of uncertainty and instability.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/things-im-...

Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.

I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:

2015. That should have been the end of it. So many moments like that. And yet, here we are.

This is a Constitutional crisis and it’s a family emergency.

Yes, our Democracy is in peril, but our most treasured relationships with people are in tatters too.

We are trying to salvage both and it’s exhausting.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/yes-world-...

New here. Decided to start with a feel-good post.