Can America Survive The Cancer Of MAGA?

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Aug 25, 2026 · 6m

Some days I wonder if this nation can be saved.

I know what I’m supposed to believe.

I’m supposed to believe that America is still in its infancy, that it is a beautiful but complicated idea, that we simply haven’t become what we can and will become.

I’m supposed to remember that history is cyclical, that all barbaric regimes are temporary, and that every evil empire invariably falls.

I’m supposed to hold fast to the dream that we will emerge from this scalding present crucible, transformed and made better by the conflict.

I know that I’m supposed to believe that we have still not seen our…