Joel for Kentucky
@joelforkentucky.bsky.social
Kentucky born and raised
From Army and CIA to CEO
Running for Senate to fight like hell for everyday Kentuckians.
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From Army and CIA to CEO
Running for Senate to fight like hell for everyday Kentuckians.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jw_bs
Pinned
Tulsi Gabbard revoked my security clearance after learning I'm considering a Senate run.
Laura Loomer and right-wing trolls unleashed a wave of attacks. Then came death threats.
The Trump machine wants to shut me up. But I won't:
I'm running to be Kentucky's next senator.
Laura Loomer and right-wing trolls unleashed a wave of attacks. Then came death threats.
The Trump machine wants to shut me up. But I won't:
I'm running to be Kentucky's next senator.
Having been a target of Trump’s retribution, I’m convinced these actions aren’t just aimed at people like Sen. Kelly or myself.
It’s squarely aimed at those still serving and it sends one, unmistakable message: comply.
It’s squarely aimed at those still serving and it sends one, unmistakable message: comply.
SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Having been a target of Trump’s retribution, I’m convinced these actions aren’t just aimed at people like Sen. Kelly or myself.
It’s squarely aimed at those still serving and it sends one, unmistakable message: comply.
It’s squarely aimed at those still serving and it sends one, unmistakable message: comply.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Kentucky: imagine if Donald Trump had half of the level of care for you as he does for ginning up bogus prosecutions of his political enemies.
Today, a federal judge found that interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan lacked authority to bring the indictments against NY Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey, dismissing them. Read the orders from Olivia Manes and Mari Lemmie. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fede...
Federal Judge Dismisses Comey and James Indictments
Judge Currie found that interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan lacked authority to bring the indictments, rendering them invalid.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Kentucky: imagine if Donald Trump had half of the level of care for you as he does for ginning up bogus prosecutions of his political enemies.
“Trump’s” peace plan for Ukraine is what you get when a U.S. president is co-opted by a foreign leader, or is so easily manipulated by a foreign leader, or is too ignorant and possibly demented to know the difference.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“Trump’s” peace plan for Ukraine is what you get when a U.S. president is co-opted by a foreign leader, or is so easily manipulated by a foreign leader, or is too ignorant and possibly demented to know the difference.
My wife says our Friday night date officially makes us old: 530 dinner followed by Ken Burns The American Revolution. I have no rebuttal.
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My wife says our Friday night date officially makes us old: 530 dinner followed by Ken Burns The American Revolution. I have no rebuttal.
The pro-wrestling lady continues to wreak havoc on our education system, this week restricting loans for Graduate-level nursing programs.
This is yet another broadside in the war on women and working families’ access to healthcare. Here are the dominos that will fall: 1/x
This is yet another broadside in the war on women and working families’ access to healthcare. Here are the dominos that will fall: 1/x
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The pro-wrestling lady continues to wreak havoc on our education system, this week restricting loans for Graduate-level nursing programs.
This is yet another broadside in the war on women and working families’ access to healthcare. Here are the dominos that will fall: 1/x
This is yet another broadside in the war on women and working families’ access to healthcare. Here are the dominos that will fall: 1/x
A lot of Kentuckians - including my dad - have been lost to fentanyl. They deserve justice, not more violence in their names. But Trump is using their deaths to justify lawlessness and extrajudicial killings in the Carribean.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DEqTAT/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DEqTAT/
We need justice for the lives lost to fentanyl, not more lawlessness and violence in their names.
TikTok video by Joel for Kentucky
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November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A lot of Kentuckians - including my dad - have been lost to fentanyl. They deserve justice, not more violence in their names. But Trump is using their deaths to justify lawlessness and extrajudicial killings in the Carribean.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DEqTAT/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DEqTAT/
I’m running for the U.S. Senate for all those Kentuckians who don’t have a cool $500m in bitcoin laying around.
These people are not on your side.
These people are not on your side.
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m running for the U.S. Senate for all those Kentuckians who don’t have a cool $500m in bitcoin laying around.
These people are not on your side.
These people are not on your side.
“There are a lot of similarities between my life story and JD Vance’s. But there is a major difference: I didn’t turn into a giant asshole at the end of mine.”
Thanks @chucktoddd.bsky.social for having me!
Thanks @chucktoddd.bsky.social for having me!
Interview Only w/ Joel Willett - How Democrats Can Win In Appalachia
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“There are a lot of similarities between my life story and JD Vance’s. But there is a major difference: I didn’t turn into a giant asshole at the end of mine.”
Thanks @chucktoddd.bsky.social for having me!
Thanks @chucktoddd.bsky.social for having me!
Call me old fashioned, but back in my day when we had meetings in the Situation Room, it was to protect the country - not predators.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Exclusive: Trump administration holds Situation Room meeting over House effort to force release of all of DOJ’s Epstein files | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials met Wednesday with a key GOP lawmaker about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, accordin...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Call me old fashioned, but back in my day when we had meetings in the Situation Room, it was to protect the country - not predators.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Happy Veterans Day to all who served. My service in uniform concluded a long time ago, but I hope we all as citizens remain committed to ensuring the sacrifices our veterans have made weren’t in vain.
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Happy Veterans Day to all who served. My service in uniform concluded a long time ago, but I hope we all as citizens remain committed to ensuring the sacrifices our veterans have made weren’t in vain.
Had a great time speaking with the Henderson County Democrats tonight. Kentucky is ready to turn the page on 42 years of Mitch McConnell.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Had a great time speaking with the Henderson County Democrats tonight. Kentucky is ready to turn the page on 42 years of Mitch McConnell.
Thanks to the @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social crew for having me!
Shared my convictions around maintaining a robust, non-partisan civil service and getting this government to try as hard for the working class as it does for the ultra wealthy .
Shared my convictions around maintaining a robust, non-partisan civil service and getting this government to try as hard for the working class as it does for the ultra wealthy .
LGM Podcast: Ditching Mitch in '26 with @joelforkentucky.bsky.social and @dhnexon.bsky.social www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/lgm-... @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social
LGM Podcast: Ditching Mitch in '26 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
On the latest LGM podcast Dan and I had the opportunity to interview Joel Willett, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Kentucky’s 2026 US Senate seat. We talked about: Joel’s donation page is ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thanks to the @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social crew for having me!
Shared my convictions around maintaining a robust, non-partisan civil service and getting this government to try as hard for the working class as it does for the ultra wealthy .
Shared my convictions around maintaining a robust, non-partisan civil service and getting this government to try as hard for the working class as it does for the ultra wealthy .
Thanks for saying this, @velshi.com
I’ve said it often when folks ask me why I’m running for the U.S. Senate. My generation of elder millennials has to get off the sidelines and in the game.
I’ve said it often when folks ask me why I’m running for the U.S. Senate. My generation of elder millennials has to get off the sidelines and in the game.
Democracy is not a spectator sport www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Velshi: Democracy is not a spectator sport
Ali Velshi comments on last week’s vote results: “‘Democracy is not a spectator sport’… You can’t just watch from the sidelines, and expect democracy to succeed. You have to participate and work at it...
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thanks for saying this, @velshi.com
I’ve said it often when folks ask me why I’m running for the U.S. Senate. My generation of elder millennials has to get off the sidelines and in the game.
I’ve said it often when folks ask me why I’m running for the U.S. Senate. My generation of elder millennials has to get off the sidelines and in the game.
Went to bed mad. Woke up mad. Working families deserve so much better than what the ode 8 senators gave them last night.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D4DqdM/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D4DqdM/
Call it what it is: a betrayal. I’m running for a U.S. Senate so working families in Kentucky aren’t invisible to this system any longer.
TikTok video by Joel for Kentucky
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November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Went to bed mad. Woke up mad. Working families deserve so much better than what the ode 8 senators gave them last night.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D4DqdM/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D4DqdM/
Call it what it is: A betrayal. Working families just last week showed up all over the country for democrats because they believed democrats were fighting for them. And tonight, 8 senators threw in the towel on that fight in exchange for empty promises
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Call it what it is: A betrayal. Working families just last week showed up all over the country for democrats because they believed democrats were fighting for them. And tonight, 8 senators threw in the towel on that fight in exchange for empty promises
Nothing says you’re looking out for working people like appealing a court order forcing you to feed the hungry.
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Trump administration asks for emergency pause on judge's order to fully fund SNAP — NBC News
The administration has said it cannot draw from money set aside for child nutrition programs, known as Section 32 funding, to pay for SNAP during the government shutdown.
apple.news
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nothing says you’re looking out for working people like appealing a court order forcing you to feed the hungry.
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apple.news/AwqDoDGinSaO...
“Wealth continues to accumulate at the top, leaving most of the population behind. Everywhere in history where fascism grows, it does so in the fertile fields of wealth inequality.”
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
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WCPT Candidate 820 Interview: Joel Willett - Chew's Views with Richard Chew
Richard Chew is joined by Joel Willett, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/p...
omny.fm
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Wealth continues to accumulate at the top, leaving most of the population behind. Everywhere in history where fascism grows, it does so in the fertile fields of wealth inequality.”
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
You can’t run as a democrat in red state pretending to be a republican…voters see through that…they don’t like it.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
WCPT Candidate 820 Interview: Joel Willett - Chew's Views with Richard Chew
Richard Chew is joined by Joel Willett, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/p...
omny.fm
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You can’t run as a democrat in red state pretending to be a republican…voters see through that…they don’t like it.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
“There is no greater to our national security and national cohesion than the economic war being waged on working families…”
Thanks to Richard Chews and @chewsviews.bsky.social for having me this morning.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
Thanks to Richard Chews and @chewsviews.bsky.social for having me this morning.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
WCPT Candidate 820 Interview: Joel Willett - Chew's Views with Richard Chew
Richard Chew is joined by Joel Willett, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/p...
omny.fm
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“There is no greater to our national security and national cohesion than the economic war being waged on working families…”
Thanks to Richard Chews and @chewsviews.bsky.social for having me this morning.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
Thanks to Richard Chews and @chewsviews.bsky.social for having me this morning.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
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Good morning to these future governors!
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good morning to these future governors!
This administration’s policies continue to fail working families across Kentucky and the country. Voters will hold it accountable. Last night’s election results were just the beginning.
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This administration’s policies continue to fail working families across Kentucky and the country. Voters will hold it accountable. Last night’s election results were just the beginning.
Congrats to my former CIA colleague Abigail Spanberger and to Mikie Sherrill on their election wins tonight - unmistakable victories for working families and those who want calm, steady leadership.
And because some democrats have trouble saying it, congrats to New Yorkers and Zohran Mamdani!
And because some democrats have trouble saying it, congrats to New Yorkers and Zohran Mamdani!
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Congrats to my former CIA colleague Abigail Spanberger and to Mikie Sherrill on their election wins tonight - unmistakable victories for working families and those who want calm, steady leadership.
And because some democrats have trouble saying it, congrats to New Yorkers and Zohran Mamdani!
And because some democrats have trouble saying it, congrats to New Yorkers and Zohran Mamdani!
My thoughts are with the families of the flight crew, airport workers, and our first responders who are working in dangerous conditions to protect the community.
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My thoughts are with the families of the flight crew, airport workers, and our first responders who are working in dangerous conditions to protect the community.