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Paul Glickman
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Freelance troublemaker. Retired journalist. Editor-in-Chief of Leaving MAGA.
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Here's the latest edition in my series on people who left MAGA: pglickman.substack.com/p/unlearning...
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To all my fellow Dodger fans in SoCal, please sign this and share it widely: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation!
The Los Angeles Dodgers have always been more than a baseball team - they’re part of the spirit of who we are as a city. The team represents our neighborhoods, our families, and our shared love for ou...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Breaking With Her Devout Mormonism Led Her Out of MAGA
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Breaking With Her Devout Mormonism Led Her Out of MAGA
Jennie Gage once loved Donald Trump so much he was her profile picture on social media. Now she sees him as "the Grand Wizard of every Christian Nationalist group in the United States."
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November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good news for democracy watchers in today's CNN poll:
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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This Halloween, the real horror isn’t in haunted houses — it’s in Trump’s ICE camps.

While families across America are trick or treating tonight, thousands of others are living a nightmare.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
As more and more MAGA Americans question why Donald Trump is sitting on the information about Jeffrey Epstein, it’s more important than ever that we amplify the voices of those who have left the movement. pglickman.substack.com/p/now-free-o...
August 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Here's my latest Substack featuring someone who left MAGA. These stories are crucial in the age of Trump's Epstein Betrayal, as more and more folks in MAGA wonder, what's up with this guy?
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July 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy Father's Day and day after No Kings Day. Here's the latest installment in my series, They Left MAGA.
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Once Hard Core MAGA, He Now Sees Trump as a Wannabe Dictator
Danny Collins joined a white nationalist gang while in prison. Ironically, a Black friend he made behind bars laid the groundwork for his leaving MAGA.
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June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The latest installment in my series, They Left MAGA, showcases a woman whose fealty to the cause was grounded in her general disengagement from politics. pglickman.substack.com/p/learning-t...
May 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Here's the latest in my series, They Left MAGA. pglickman.substack.com/p/propaganda...
May 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Greetings, fellow Blueskyers. Here's the latest edition in my series, They Left MAGA. Meet David Remington, who now understands that Trump is a direct threat to our democracy. pglickman.substack.com/p/this-forme...
April 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here's the latest in my They Left MAGA series. Read how the movement's toxicity reaches all the way to Africa. pglickman.substack.com/p/even-in-af...
April 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hello all! Here's the latest in my series, They Left MAGA. This time I spoke with a man who participated in the January 6 assault on the Capitol. Now he rejects Trump -- and his pardon.
pglickman.substack.com/p/this-j6er-...
March 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fellow Blueskyers! In these dire times, Rich Logis is the kind of American we need to push back against the Potemkin Village that is MAGA. pglickman.substack.com/p/he-was-a-m...
March 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Good morning, my friends. Here is the latest installment in my series, They Left MAGA. Please subscribe to my Substack! (It's free!) pglickman.substack.com/p/being-in-m...
March 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here's the latest installment in my series, They Left MAGA. pglickman.substack.com/p/she-left-m...
She Left MAGA and 'De-Programmed' Herself
After quitting the movement, PattyAnn Giles wondered: "In what other ways have I been lied to?" That led to "a journey of self discovery."
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March 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here is the latest installment in my series, They Left MAGA. pglickman.substack.com/p/love-opene...
February 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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He nails it.
February 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Good morning, everyone. Here is the latest installment in my series on people who have left MAGA. While you're at it, please check out our website, Leaving MAGA. pglickman.substack.com/p/this-forme...
This Former MAGA Member Came To See She Was 'Brainwashed'
Donald Trump's bungling of the pandemic drove Courtney Rae away from MAGA. Her research led her to conclude she had been brainwashed into being "a misogynist against myself."
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February 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important

Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone

Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Let's all sign this petition. sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
Reinstate Meteorologist Sam Kuffel!
Sam Kuffel expressed criticism of Musk and his salute on her personal Instagram account. Her employer, CBS 58, was alerted to the post and she was swiftly fired from her position as a meteorologist. A...
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January 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Here's my latest post on someone who left MAGA. Erica's story is particularly amazing. open.substack.com/pub/pglickma...
She Found MAGA Through QAnon. That's Also How She Got Out
An unexpected twist in Erica Roach's life set her on a path that brought her out of QAnon and MAGA.
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December 4, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Here's the next installment in my series of posts about people who left MAGA. pglickman.substack.com/p/this-war-v...
November 27, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Here's the latest installment in my series of posts on people who have left MAGA. open.substack.com/pub/pglickma...
November 24, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Here's my vignette from the DNC, about my MAGA odyssey; why I left MAGA; and why I accepted a co-chair role with Republicans for Harris in FL.

What's your MAGA story? Have you left MAGA? Having doubts? Have a friend or relative in MAGA? Let's talk.

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Rich Logis - Former DJT Voter | 2024 Democratic National Convention
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November 21, 2024 at 1:47 PM