John Pavlovitz
@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Author, pastor, activist, fighter for the common good.
I hate him.
I can and should hate this malevolence.
All decent, loving, compassionate people should.
Every person claiming to care about what Jesus cared about should hate it.
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I can and should hate this malevolence.
All decent, loving, compassionate people should.
Every person claiming to care about what Jesus cared about should hate it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/youre-righ...
You're Right to Hate Him. Good People Do.
Will Rogers was famously quoted as once saying, “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
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January 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I hate him.
I can and should hate this malevolence.
All decent, loving, compassionate people should.
Every person claiming to care about what Jesus cared about should hate it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/youre-righ...
I can and should hate this malevolence.
All decent, loving, compassionate people should.
Every person claiming to care about what Jesus cared about should hate it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/youre-righ...
The Trump Administration murdered Renee Nicole Good twice: first it destroyed her body, then it assassinated her character.
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The Trump Administration murdered Renee Nicole Good twice: first it destroyed her body, then it assassinated her character.
We're gonna end up in a world war, all because Republicans couldn't stand up to a mentally deficient, morally bankrupt, intellectually fetal spray-tanned rapist.
Great work, kids...
Great work, kids...
January 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
We're gonna end up in a world war, all because Republicans couldn't stand up to a mentally deficient, morally bankrupt, intellectually fetal spray-tanned rapist.
Great work, kids...
Great work, kids...
There is a turbulent, terrifying space between ICE agents and immigrants, between prejudice and the Latino community, between a sinful political force and the diverse human beings made in the image of God.
You are called to stand bravely in the space.
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You are called to stand bravely in the space.
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Christians Should Be Standing Between ICE and Immigrants
Every church welcomes everyone.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:12 AM
There is a turbulent, terrifying space between ICE agents and immigrants, between prejudice and the Latino community, between a sinful political force and the diverse human beings made in the image of God.
You are called to stand bravely in the space.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/between-ic...
You are called to stand bravely in the space.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/between-ic...
The only way we protect ourselves from ICE is by winning the midterms.
January 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The only way we protect ourselves from ICE is by winning the midterms.
When are we going to stand as a nation and oppose these monsters?
January 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
When are we going to stand as a nation and oppose these monsters?
ICE are the enemy of the people.
They are antithetical to humanity.
They are profoundly un-American.
The decent people of this nation need to oppose them at every turn.
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They are antithetical to humanity.
They are profoundly un-American.
The decent people of this nation need to oppose them at every turn.
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ICE is a Test of America's Humanity, and Many of Us are Failing.
The last decade in America has been an unrelenting funeral.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
ICE are the enemy of the people.
They are antithetical to humanity.
They are profoundly un-American.
The decent people of this nation need to oppose them at every turn.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/ice-is-a-t...
They are antithetical to humanity.
They are profoundly un-American.
The decent people of this nation need to oppose them at every turn.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/ice-is-a-t...
This Administration is actively committing war crimes, and far too many people aren't doing or saying a thing.
When people ask how Hitler was able to do what he did, this is how.
When people ask how Hitler was able to do what he did, this is how.
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This Administration is actively committing war crimes, and far too many people aren't doing or saying a thing.
When people ask how Hitler was able to do what he did, this is how.
When people ask how Hitler was able to do what he did, this is how.
White Christian nationalism isn’t a Black problem.
It isn’t a Muslim problem,
a queer problem,
a Jewish problem,
or an immigrant problem.
White Christian nationalism is a white-Christians-living-in-America-who-care-about-the-teachings-of-Jesus, problem.
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It isn’t a Muslim problem,
a queer problem,
a Jewish problem,
or an immigrant problem.
White Christian nationalism is a white-Christians-living-in-America-who-care-about-the-teachings-of-Jesus, problem.
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White Christians Must Destroy White Christian Nationalism
I didn’t want to be doing this.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
White Christian nationalism isn’t a Black problem.
It isn’t a Muslim problem,
a queer problem,
a Jewish problem,
or an immigrant problem.
White Christian nationalism is a white-Christians-living-in-America-who-care-about-the-teachings-of-Jesus, problem.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-chri...
It isn’t a Muslim problem,
a queer problem,
a Jewish problem,
or an immigrant problem.
White Christian nationalism is a white-Christians-living-in-America-who-care-about-the-teachings-of-Jesus, problem.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-chri...
We used to rightly call the makers of beautiful, vital work across all disciplines artists: visual artists, performing artists, recording artists. Now we label them content creators. The distinction is revelatory: we’ve cheapened what should be treasured.
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Please, Do Feed the Artists
Valuing Creatives in an Entitlement Culture
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January 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
We used to rightly call the makers of beautiful, vital work across all disciplines artists: visual artists, performing artists, recording artists. Now we label them content creators. The distinction is revelatory: we’ve cheapened what should be treasured.
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I am so sick of organizations, media outlets, corporations, and politicians bending the knee to this POS.
The cowardice is staggering.
The cowardice is staggering.
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I am so sick of organizations, media outlets, corporations, and politicians bending the knee to this POS.
The cowardice is staggering.
The cowardice is staggering.
January 6th was a coordinated attempt to kidnap members of Congress, overturn a free and fair election by the people, and install a president whose criminality is simply unprecedented and whose involvement was complete...
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All Americans Know January 6th Was An Insurrection. The Decent, Patriotic Ones Care.
We all saw it.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
January 6th was a coordinated attempt to kidnap members of Congress, overturn a free and fair election by the people, and install a president whose criminality is simply unprecedented and whose involvement was complete...
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Yes, it was an insurrection.
January 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Yes, it was an insurrection.
January 6th should have been America’s second chance at life; a moment for us to speak unequivocally that no one is above the law and no individual is greater than the whole...
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The January 6th Insurrection Didn't Fail, it Just Took Five Years
Boy, do I feel like an idiot.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
January 6th should have been America’s second chance at life; a moment for us to speak unequivocally that no one is above the law and no individual is greater than the whole...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-januar...
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We are creating multiple unnecessary wars while Americans are dying of starvation, or because they can't afford routine medical care.
You MAGAs are such cultic morons.
You MAGAs are such cultic morons.
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
We are creating multiple unnecessary wars while Americans are dying of starvation, or because they can't afford routine medical care.
You MAGAs are such cultic morons.
You MAGAs are such cultic morons.
Every day here seems to deepen the severity and magnitude of our never-ending national facepalm...
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Living in The United States of Embarrassment
A few months ago, I confessed to a close friend that I’d been imagining myself in a way I never had before in over half a century of living here in America: I’d been imagining myself as an expat.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Every day here seems to deepen the severity and magnitude of our never-ending national facepalm...
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I remember when Republicans used to pretend to value the Constitution.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I remember when Republicans used to pretend to value the Constitution.
In these moments, I am not as terrified of those whose violence seems boundless as I am of those who seem to have exhausted their capacity for outrage in response...
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Praying For The Intolerance of Good People
us There’s a tiny prayer tucked away in the recesses of my heart for the year laid out in front of us; a modest aspiration for myself and for the sleep-deprived, emotionally dysregulated remnant of co...
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January 4, 2026 at 1:17 AM
In these moments, I am not as terrified of those whose violence seems boundless as I am of those who seem to have exhausted their capacity for outrage in response...
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I blame every Trump voter for the horror that is coming.
January 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I blame every Trump voter for the horror that is coming.