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The "Big Beautiful Bill" is not something that is going to help the average citizen. In fact, it's not a bill. It's a very large invoice. What a sham!
July 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Heat wave coming; How hot, how long
This is going to be a fairly long stretch of hot days, at least for about half of Michigan.
dlvr.it
June 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
@maddow.msnbc.com Thank you for that exquisite piece on the Hands Off protests.
April 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
America Chose the Monster
We all make mistakes.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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“Anybody who would have access to these systems is in a position to turn off funding selectively"
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge—and It’s a Scary One
Did Musk’s alleged effort to access the government’s payment systems have Trump’s blessing? Or was he going rogue? Either scenario is bad, but one’s a little worse.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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"Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant... more than five times the $853 cost of a one-way first class ticket on American Airlines from El Paso, Texas, the departure point for the flight..."

www.reuters.com/world/americ...
US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class
U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This
January 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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I appear on @CNN often. And if saying this means my days at CNN are over, then fuck it. CNN, removing @Acosta.bsky.social from his am show is cowardly bullshit. Acosta is an independent, unafraid host. To demote him to appease the crybaby in the White House is pathetic. Shame on u CNN. Don’t do it.
January 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Republicans can use all sorts of theological gymnastics, pseudo-piety, and performative religiosity to fashion something out of God and the Bible to build a theocratic order and fool their rank-and-file.

But they can’t f*ck with Jesus.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/republican...
Republicans' Jesus-less Christianity
The MAGA reboot of an entire faith tradition
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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While I’ve gratefully watched Bishop Budde's act of bravery remind us of the power of a single voice, my greatest fear is that she will be the only one of her kind; that in a few days she will prove to be an outlier, just a beautiful aberration.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
Don't Let Bishop Budde Stand Alone: A Challenge to Every Minister in America.
To the Ministers in America,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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There’s nothing I could say about him here, that you don’t already know.

But as this next chapter of our nation begins, I just want you to know something I feel about you:

I am going to hold you responsible.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
To The People I Know Who Voted for Him,
To the people I know who voted for him,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Pete Buttigieg gave his farewell address — his final speech as Transportation Secretary — earlier today.

It's definitely worth a watch.
Pete Buttigieg's CHILLING FAREWELL ADDRESS (Full Speech)
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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December 24, 2024 at 2:12 AM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.

They run them bc people react to them the most.

If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.

It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Trump is reportedly preparing an executive order to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military.

This would medically discharge 15,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines.

This is un-American and will make us less safe. But hey, a bunch of civilians on X love it.
November 25, 2024 at 2:04 PM
It turns out rock-bottom has a basement.
November 15, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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Should I tell Twitter I’m here? I don’t want to inadvertently cause an influx of all the worst accounts on the internet.
November 11, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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We're here. Give us a follow! #news #michigan
a black seal is sitting on a white board in front of a body of water
ALT: a black seal is sitting on a white board in front of a body of water
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Nice to see everyone here on 🦋. Appreciate the follows. We’ll need a little patience to fine tune this feed so please stick around while we tinker.
November 12, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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Who are the good journalist and local news accounts we should follow here on the 🦋?
November 12, 2024 at 1:27 AM