Justin Ellis

I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

The Cruelty of Nice Folks A revelatory look at one of America’s most progressive cities—Minneapolis—as journalist Justin Ellis returns to his hometown to grapple with the quiet histo...

Never imagined I would be saying this: but My book is coming out in June and you can now preorder it wherever you buy books! This was a project I could never have dreamed of and I feel wildly lucky to have done it. Turns out there might be a lot to learn about our country from my hometown

Look, bullying get a bad rap, HOWEVER…

There is so much to say about Dan, his friendship and his work, and it’s been incredible seeing all the stories people are sharing. Some have asked how to help Dan’s family, you can find out more here everloved.com/life-of/dan-...

many thanks to @brandyjensen.bsky.social and @defector.com for letting write about two passions: my love of 'The Traitors' and my hatred of Michael Rapaport

A CNBC Reporter Ruined My Lunch Plans: A Visit To The N.J. Deli Worth $100 Million | Defector Paulsboro is small. It’s a borough of about six thousand people along the Delaware River in New Jersey, and yes it is named after a long-dead guy named Paul. Philadelphia International Airport is just...

One of my all time favorite Dan blogs, he could pull string on a financial scam with the best reporters but really wanted to know how if this $100 million deli actually made a good sub defector.com/a-cnbc-repor...

The Trump Presidency Ended Next To A Porno Shop | Defector PHILADELPHIA — Rudy Giuliani was speaking in the back lot of a landscaping company in an industrial zone of the Holmesburg section of the city, under a hazardous materials sign. Things were not going ...

One of the earliest blogs to put Defecfor on the map was pure Dan. He was always game to jump in a car and be on scene for a story, then goddamn he would deliver defector.com/the-trump-pr...

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...

It feels impossible to think about Dan not being around. Defector as it is today would not have been possible without so much of what Dan did, from our shirts to our videos, he ran the damn merch table at the earliest Normal Gossip live shows. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

Federal Agents Kill Again; Gunmen Still At Large | Defector On Saturday in Minneapolis, federal agents surrounded 37-year-old Veterans Affairs intensive care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who’d been filming them in the street with his phone camera as they conduct...

Federal agents kill again; gunmen still at large: defector.com/federal-agen...

How Do You Justify Abducting A Child? | Defector On Tuesday, some number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents camped out near Liam Conejo Ramos’s home in the Twin Cities suburb of Columbia Heights and waited for him to return with his fathe...

Wrote about what it takes for grown men in tactical gear, working under the blessing of the federal government, to ambush a 5-year-old kid in a bunny hat and a Spidey backpack who only wanted to come home from school defector.com/how-do-you-j...

Bari Weiss Is The Symptom | Defector Who says Bari Weiss doesn’t know how to run a newsroom? “My general view here,” the CBS News editor-in-chief wrote in a memo before shelving the now-infamous 60 Minutes report on El Salvador’s CECOT c...

There are Bari Weisses everywhere for those with the eyes to see defector.com/bari-weiss-i...

When Everyday Life Becomes Domestic Terrorism | Defector People are back out on the streets of Minneapolis again, they are barricading the roads and tending curbside memorials, and they are asking for someone to make sense of a reckless and unnecessary deat...

wrote a little bit about my hometown, ICE, and what happens when everything becomes "domestic terrorism" defector.com/when-everyda...

Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.

well, archivists gonna archive. torrents remain undefeated

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who calls the shots where you get your news? defector.com/products

The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector [Opens front door while holding a toy corgi in one arm] Merry Christmas! Oh my God, you made it! I thought you might be stuck at the airport for weeks! Well, because it’s such madness out there. Piper...

Tis the happiest season of all defector.com/the-2025-hat...

Big announcement! We've got TWO new podcast collabs between Radiotopia and @defector.com, hosted by @redford.bsky.social and me!

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The Witch Hunt | Defector At the beginning of January the president sat impatient on a Zoom call from his garish, gilded estate in Florida, slumped and flustered as his lawyer idled next to him. Even his makeup reflected the m...

It’s been brought to my attention I am terrible at posting my own work. Wrote about Our Great Mess earlier this week

It’s intern time

It’s a good question! This one is specifically for a full time staff writer. That said, if you have an idea for a regular column or series we have made arrangements for that in the past

We’re hiring. Now is the time to shoot your shot! (Open to any and all beats/coverage areas/ideas) defectormedia.recruitee.com/o/staff-writ...

Maybe I’ll like this app after all