The Night Light with Joshua Johnson
The Night Light with Joshua Johnson
Uplifting, nonpartisan analysis of politics, pop culture trends & democracy.
Hey there! I'm Joshua Johnson. I know America feels dark these days. That means it's time for us to shine, and put meaningful connection above petty politics. I live stream three days a week and post video segments from the streams. If you're an independent thinker who wants solutions to our big problems... or if you're just tired of partisanship and want some common sense analysis of what's happening in the world... then The Night Light is for you. Feel free to comment with questions, critiques or ideas. And I hope you'll share your questions and thoughts during a live stream. We keep it civil, smart and fun at all times. Thanks!
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big screen + haptic seating ftw
Love it! When we take care of ourselves and loved ones we Feel Better !❤
This week has absolutely wrung me out--I cannot believe that Democratic leadership has chosen this point in the campaign to create a circular firing squad. Republicans will follow their guy to gates of hell, and we can't get past a genuinely good and decent person having an off night. And the media is breathlessly pushing this narrative. JESUS. The Atlantic is acting like Biden died and NYT has minute-by-minute coverage of what some random intern on Capitol Hill shared off the record. It's bordering on yellow journalism🙄 I used to wake up thinking about my own stuff--now I wake worrying about the election!
Will miss you...have been following since you were on NPR. The Best to You and keep the Faith...
I think You would be an excellent debate moderator! Glad to see you back!
I MISSED IT!? 😭😭😭
Thanks, Joshua. We needed tbis one. Whatever you're dealing with, just know you're great!
Just found this channel in my recommendations but i like it
Thanks very much - glad you like it!
As an independent who is fairly neutral, I like you have more than just "but trump bad", but they seriously need more. I do not fear Donald, because I trust the congress to mess things up, and the government to slow things dow, no matter how much he wants. Give me a reason to vote for someone, because this last year they have given me nothing.
Good analysis. I sometimes wonder if the Democrats deliberately engineer situations where "democracy is at stake" to avoid any real reform of their party.
So lots of red tape bullshit will prevent the Dems from fielding a Candidate that isn't a brain dead corpse? Sounds like cope to me, this country deserves another Trump term,
Appreciate your analysis. Though I can't help but think that when the NYT is calling for Biden to step down, perhaps mountains can be moved. P.S. You were the best 1A host.
Scary--really scary. Thanks Joshua.
Take care of yourself! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you Joshua. You always make it make sense!
Thank you, sir. Even if we could solve the issues around ballot access, the idea that the current SCOTUS wouldn't aid and abet those who would challenge the Dems at every turn is ridiculous on it's face. The guardrails are off, the national press is in the tank, we're on our own.
Thanks, Joshua. Back to work to encourage young folks to vote. It does matter!!!
I may be in the minority--but I have faith in Joe Biden. He's a man of action and integrity. I don't care about one "bad" debate. As Lincoln said, our destruction will only come from within ourselves. I have family who was killed by hitler's henchmen, I'm voting against another dictator
I don't think you're necessarily in the minority. The polling clearly shows concerns over Biden's age, but I'm not sure that means people have written him off or they're simply worried. He's got the CBS News debate coming up soon - we'll see how that goes, and then maybe that'll give us a clearer picture of whether supporters like you will outnumber the skeptics. *sigh* 2024: never a dull moment!
Oooooooooh when did you get this snazzy new intro???? *in my Tiffany Haddish voice* This is niiiiiiiiiiiiioooooooce!!!
🤣 I just love you! Glad you like it: I found it as a template from a stock footage website I subscribe to. Just dropped in my logo, and Presto!
@@nightlightjoshua Oooh nice! I love those stock footage sites. I don't know how people made videos and websites without them. I wish I knew about them back in my college days lol!
I appreciate your commentary today and thank you for showing the messaages that show why the Democrats can't make a change at this point. I'm an Independent, but totally left leaning. What you mentioned about halfway through sounded like the 12 Step mandate, "God girant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
I hear that... and that's why it's a mandate. Very easy to forget! I totally empathize with people who are tearing their hair out over all this - the stakes are amazingly high, obviously - but that makes it even more vital that we pick our battles and not wear ourselves out. Thanks for commenting!
Or like me you could just not bother :)
...I mean, or that! 🤣
For the most part Biden has appeared fully cognizant and capable. At the debate he appeared to be suffering from some neurological problems. He needs to step down now.
Trump never told any lies. JOE did..
And now, so have you.
mine is running. have been a runner my entire life, but I don't really ever feel like going. Discipline. Getting out the door is the hardest part, even in a 20 mile run. Five to ten minutes into a run, the hard part is over--getting out the door and started. I teach at a University and occasionally have students say to me, "I can't get in the habit of running." To which I respond, "Oh--I have to force myself to go every single time." Coming from someone who has run several marathons! Hardest part: getting started.
Dude, that was some pretty reasonable healthy advice just American to American. I appreciate you man…
Thank you! 😊
@@nightlightjoshua you bet. I couldn’t for sure tell who your vote might be for. My support would go for Donald Trump. It seems like he might be leaning more democrat just from the things you were saying. And I don’t care. I was just so excited to see something reasonable. I appreciate you and matter which way you vote we don’t need to yell at each other, I guess that’s what I’m trying to say.
Most of the "lies" trump told were opinions
Trump said Biden "allowed millions of people to come in here from prisons, jails and mental institutions." He said “I gave (Biden) a country with … essentially no inflation. It was perfect." He said Biden "indicted me because I was his opponent." He said Biden “wants to raise everybody's taxes by four times." ALL FALSE. Facts are still a thing.
@@nightlightjoshua Pure propaganda. Check your facts.
Watched you on regular news programs and Love you have your platform. It will increase and I tell my fam to come here.
Love that you say who you are Joshua. I am grateful for this topic that is not spoken; my wonderful ob/gyn told me to push...then I heard her say to the Nurse to get the OR ready. I pushed that 10-pound boy out; it was the worst thing, until I heard his cry and had them lay him on me. Hopefully people will gravitate towards your show. Glad you are back and on KZread.
Thank you for this! I was having my second advanced maternal age c-section, having told the anesthetist that I had a hard time with the injection due to my curved spine. He blew me off. After telling my husband I’d see him in the OR, I laid down on the table expecting to be numb. I told them I could feel it. They insisted it was pressure. Nope. They put me to sleep and I woke alone, not knowing what had happened. I cried and was confused. My husband saw my son before me. It was awful. I ended up with postpartum psychosis and I am convinced this trauma was part of it.
Thank you for this and your sensitivity and emapthy. Not too mention your willingness to admit you don’t know what you don't know. It was a great episode. Having gone through 2 c sections myself, I felt seen and heard with this. Amazing and grateful for this.❤
Hello everyone!
As an educator in TX, this book is needed to be read by parents... but in today's post-truth, it will immediately be pushed off as fake and left-wing lies.
Trump cannot vote, since Florida doesn't allow convicted felons to vote (obviously a voter suppression tactic). Also, there is no mandatory minimum for class E felonies in NY, so Trump could get probation. I'm hoping, at a minimum, it's like 2 years with some split of maybe 60 days with the rest suspended. At least suspended until he violates his release.
Actually, Florida voters passed a law in 2018 that restores voting rights for felons after they serve their sentences. Previously they had to appeal to the state for permission to vote again. If a Floridian is convicted in another state, Florida follows that state’s laws on clemency. New York State doesn’t suspend voting rights until a convict is actually incarcerated, so Donald Trump can still vote during his appeals. Had he been convicted in the State of Florida, he’d be ineligible to vote right now.
Rest up, and feel better soon!
Dude. Wtf you been. Why arent you on nbc. This corner is dank af.. i just found you by accident. I say this with love but you look like hell WHAT HAPPENED????? I dont even watch MSNBC anymore. But you were my guy. And we're both from WPB. Ill subscribe now. But dude we gotta get you on top of tyese searches bro. Youre voice, perspective and broadcasting kills quite frankly worth more than 312 views.
As an educated woman, a Greek Orthodox Christian and a Swiftie I might add, I can unequivocally say Butker is an idiot. This was purely a political speech. A speech based on religion would be much more humble, if it was true to what we believe. Unfortunately, like much of the other hateful rhetoric out there, this helps usher in more idiots like himself to come out of the woodwork and make some very dangerous changes in this country
This is the best discussion I have come across and I deeply appreciate your humor - I literally laughed out loud at multiple points!! The only point I wanted to add was with regard to Harrison’s message to women. He never directly states that women have only one “vocation”, but he does say the following earlier in his speech - “so I have no other choice but to embrace it and preach more hard truths about accepting your lane and staying in it” - before bedazzling his congratulations to the female graduates with the statement that they have been told “the most diabolical lies” and then presents his wife as an example of a woman who… dare I say… stayed in her lane? He also neglects to identify his mother as a woman worthy of praise/recognition and the absence of this is glaring given his own self-stated intentions for the speech. The actual words regarding his view of gender roles may have been ambiguous, but the message is exceedingly clear. Thanks again for such an awesome video. It was excellent!
Hey!,I know that guy!
I loooooove watching movies in a theater. The popcorn, the overpriced sodas, the trailers in the beginning. I love it all!
I have always liked the way you interpret the "extraspeak" to where I can grasp the meanings and the message. Glad to see you here. "You just released me into the wild..."!!!!
Hey Joshua, so glad you are here, will pass the word. My peeps have been looking for you to get back to us. Much Love and Respect...
You just gained a subscriber! This is very balanced.
You’re giving him way too much credit. IMO, he’s been brainwashed by far right ideologies disguised as religion
Ahh, Joshua, excellent as always! Jews or Klingons…I LOVE it.
I love you,Josh and appreciate your intelligent and thoughtful response to this arrogant jerk. But, good grief, he is so far from a way-shower or thought leader. He kicks a football as his career and refers to MTG for crying out loud which puts him right there with Melania’s genius grant.
As a European atheist bisexual man, I cannot understand how one can act like this man, let along live in peace with themselves. I must first adress my issues with the practice of being outspoken about one's religion, especially when it strives to have an impact on other people's life. As I understand it, what the majority of the scripture revolves around is love and respect of the other. With that, one would expect that self-identified devout religious people would vie to be as loving and respectful as possible of the other, including when their behavior goes against one's faith. I find that to extremely rarely be the case, many times instead justifying bigotry with outdated and oppressive scripture, and I believe this is a prime example. He talks about pride, and you touched on it, and made a great parallel with expected humility, however I would like to expand. He assigns LGBTQ+ pride to be sinful (without any explanation btw), but having read up on the subject, I cannot understand how one can see that, except for the use of the same word. As far as I understand how Pride as the original sin is percieved in the christian faith, it would be best described today as Hubris, arrogance, which can be defined as "to claim or seize without justification". No person in a reasonable mindset would precieve LGBTQ+ pride as that, as its whole goal is to seize rights, and claim equality that have been denied for centuries, but with justification. No one can deny that everyone has the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, therefore that LGBTQ+ pride is justified, and christians have no business continuing to slander the community. The whole anti-gay thing is based on Leviticus 18:22, as I said, justifying bigorty with outdated and oppressive scripture. Lastly, and what I think is the most important thing to take out of this whole controversy, you talk about most religions having conventionnal gender roles built into them, and that we might need to start criticizing them for it. I believe we do need to start criticizing these religions, and not just on this point, but on all the oppressive messages build into them. In my view, over the last 150 years, humanity has finally moved past the need for commanding religion to create bonds between people. Instant mass communication has filled the role religion evolved to be, as the great binder between people and communities, a shared culture. We have that in most of the world (and should aspire to bring everyone access to information). Nowadays, the most visible impact of religion in the world has only become war, oppression, genocide, and hatred. In America, it is used to justify bigorty and oppression and enrich televangelists. I believe we must make it a thing of the past. Not by force, but with argument and with denounciation of the inequality built into it.
His flippant "pride" comment and his need to take a shot at his "teammate's girlfriend" tell me at least a couple of the things that he holds in his heart. Those things don't feel consistent with the tenets of the faith in which i grew up.