Ethan Joella

If you’re an ICE agent or other local authority committing these unwarranted abductions, fuck you, you’re not just doing your job, you’re failing a moral test. May you never sleep peacefully again

Absolutely love this. When I heard people enthusing about the Taylor Swift essay in the Nat 5 English paper yesterday I had no idea it was by one of my authors @joellawriting.bsky.social @muswellpress.bsky.social V proud!

Chicago is on to something.

i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

THREE co-equal branches of government. Stop allowing ONE branch to supersede the other TWO.

His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.

FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”

Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.

Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.

Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.

The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Guy who doesn’t even respond to the mothers of his children: reply to my email or you’re fired

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

I should just give up, but…

Democrats should imagine what
Republicans would have said and done if Merrick Garland had gone to, like, Netroots Nation, called Don Jr a crackhead, and mused about fabricating criminal charges against Joe Biden's enemies, and then say and do that.

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

We’ve become used to right wingers throwing tantrums every time black people are on tv in something everyone is watching (the olympics, superbowl, ect) but it’s actually fucking weird and we shouldn’t act like that’s a normal reaction

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

I think Musk is the kryptonite. No one likes him. I don’t think even Trump, or a good portion of Trumpers, like him. Focus all the negative messaging on him, channel the negative coverage on him.

As an added bonus he is super insecure and fragile and he will lose his mind

People in government doing legal things do not do them with zero oversight behind locked doors in the dead of night outside of established oversight channels and with inexperienced, unvetted henchmen. This is so basic and so obvious yet so many in the media seem to think it’s unclear

Does it feel weird to Trump to be serving in Elon Musk's administration?

My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.

They are so freaking weird. Why can't daddy come home and do normal stuff like give his kids a hug, go outside and play, take em out for ice cream, do chores, go over their homework, build a Lego set.

You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What? For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.

this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

i was told that this sharp and powerful mind will get us back on track

At the time, everyone, including Republicans, understood how bad it was. Then, brick by brick, they built a foundation of lies to justify doing what they know, deep down, to be wrong. Trump betrayed the country. And so do they.

Congress Certifies Trump’s Election Victory in Quick Session: Live Updates Vice President Kamala Harris announces Donald J. Trump’s win in a quick session without drama, a stark contrast from 2021 when a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol.

In a peaceful, orderly process, Congress certifies Trump's victory as Harris presides over her own defeat. Unlike Trump four years ago, she accepted the verdict of the voters. The contrast between Jan. 6, 2021, and Jan. 6, 2025, could hardly be starker. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:

Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.

One of the things I find weird about the way Trump is covered is that no one ever asks “how trump would do this or that?”

Do not put a period where a comma should be.

President Elon Musk wants to shutdown the government so he can pave the way for massive tax cuts for him and his billionaire insiders while your fucking grandma pays the bill out of her social security check.

People voted for a fictional Trump they made up in their heads and the question is whether the massive propaganda apparatus behind him can maintain that fiction while he does all the things many of his voters told themselves he wouldn’t do bsky.app/profile/carl...