Fox News Orphans, MAGA Refugees, and the Relational Casualties of This President

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Mar 21, 2025 · 4m

I'd just finished a speaking event with some progressive writers and activists and we were meeting with people who'd stayed after to say hello, have a book signed, or share some thoughts about the evening.

After saying goodbye to the man I'd been talking to, I lifted my head and my eyes locked with a middle-aged woman who'd been standing behind him. Her wide smile dissolved almost immediately, and tears welled up in her eyes as she leaned in to speak.

"I am a Fox News orphan." she blurted out as she grabbed my wrist, her voice trembling.

She continued, now sobbing loudly, "My family no longer…