John Pavlovitz

THE LION THE BEAST THE BEATGrace Potter and The NocturnalsSteady now, steady nowDon't fear what you can't seeReady now, ready nowI'll hold on to you, you hold on to meI found the heart of a lionIn the belly of the beastAnd I held it in my hand and I could feelI could feel, feel the beatGas up the Easy RiderAnd head out for NevadaCuz somebody let the beast out, babyIt's time to meet your makerMake the road your undertakerCuz somebody let the beast out, babyCan't stop the beat, can't stop the beatRun, but you can't hide, from the heatLife is a record, playing on repeatI'm running

Today Bernie called for a moratorium on evictions, foreclosures and utility shutoffs, as well as lending for small and medium-sized businesses, during the coronavirus outbreak...

You probably already know that the NY Times reported that Trump said he picked Pence to head up the government's coronavirus response because he didn't "have anything else to do." Yesterday the New York Times reported that "Federal health employees interacted with Americans quarantined for possible exposure to the coronavirus without proper medical training or protective gear, then scattered into the general pop

Earlier today we glanced, briefly at DINOs Anthony Brindisi (Blue Dog-NY) and Ben McAdams (Blue Dog-UT) and you may have wondered which of the two is most likely to be the next Jeff Van Drew, formerly a DCCC-Blue Dog and now a Trump-Republican. But there already is a next Jeff Van Drew.

People don't go around saying "Happy Martin Luther King Day" to each other, right? It's not that kind of a holiday. More, though, should do what John Pavlovitz did on his blog this morning, a powerful and compelling meditation on how Martin Luther King's message resonates in him today.

Fascism Comes To America by Nancy OhanianI was born in Brooklyn. I lived in New York City and it's suburbs until I was around 20 and after that lived in Afghanistan and Holland, then San Francisco and Los Angeles. I had never met an evangelical pastor in my life-- until the last few years when I was already in my 60s.

In a recent post, If He Wins Again, on his blog, Stuff That Needs To Be Said, John Pavlovitz wrote that "If he wins, we’re going to do everything we’re doing today: we’re going to speak clearly and advocate for vulnerable people and loudly demand truth, and we’re going to leverage our lives and our platforms and our influence for equality, justice, and decency-- because if he wins again, these things will be far more threatened than they are right now.

How smart could Lara Trump be? After all, she married the dumbest member of the Trump clan, their Fredo. Lara Yunaska was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1982, and has only ever lived in Manhattan and North Carolina... but she's been to the Hampton's frequently enough to have a general idea where Long Island is.

Day One's biggest scumbag-- Congress' shadiest & least patriotic memberWas the whole nation focused on the impeachment hearings in the House Intel Committee yesterday? If so, they saw two very impressive witnesses-- Bill Taylor and George Kent-- about how Trump tried using U.S. foreign policy for his own personal benefit.

One premise of Vote Common Good is that the progressive evangelical group will be able to persuade 10-15% of evangelical Trump voters to not make the same mistake in 2020 that they made in 2016.