aarongell
@aarongell.bsky.social
Writer at New Republic, Guardian, Businessweek, Economist, Fast Co and Baffler.
AI: If you'd like I can do the exact thing you've already asked me to do three times. Do you want me to build that list now?
Me: Yes, please, and destroy the world while you're at it
Me: Yes, please, and destroy the world while you're at it
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
AI: If you'd like I can do the exact thing you've already asked me to do three times. Do you want me to build that list now?
Me: Yes, please, and destroy the world while you're at it
Me: Yes, please, and destroy the world while you're at it
deep breaths, andrew
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
deep breaths, andrew
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I was really excited to get this from thrift books… until I opened it
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I was really excited to get this from thrift books… until I opened it
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Count me one those parents of a trans child who is furious with the complete lack of moral courage in a large chunk of the Democratic Party.
I do not exaggerate when I say that many of the most FURIOUS and incredibly EFFECTIVE and DEVOTED activists I know are parents or relatives of trans kids.
These fucking "moderates" are alienating MILLIONS and are bound to lose along with the loser fascists they're emulating.
These fucking "moderates" are alienating MILLIONS and are bound to lose along with the loser fascists they're emulating.
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Count me one those parents of a trans child who is furious with the complete lack of moral courage in a large chunk of the Democratic Party.
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Trinidad and Tobago defense minister: “The strike took place in international waters, so the government … has no jurisdiction to investigate.”This is false. What he’s really saying is sovereignty and citizens’ lives are worth less than maintaining deals with Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
Trinidadian Family Says U.S. Military Killed Relative in Boat Attack
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Trinidad and Tobago defense minister: “The strike took place in international waters, so the government … has no jurisdiction to investigate.”This is false. What he’s really saying is sovereignty and citizens’ lives are worth less than maintaining deals with Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
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Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Just published a big piece about insurance, climate collapse, and how McKinsey turned a system based on mutal aid into another way to pick our pockets.
The result is a zombie industry that is doomed to fail & take down the economy along with it. In @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...
The result is a zombie industry that is doomed to fail & take down the economy along with it. In @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...
How McKinsey and Climate Change Wrecked Insurance
A secret report shows that Florida underwriters were banking massive profits while stiffing customers. Welcome to insurance in the era of climate collapse.
newrepublic.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just published a big piece about insurance, climate collapse, and how McKinsey turned a system based on mutal aid into another way to pick our pockets.
The result is a zombie industry that is doomed to fail & take down the economy along with it. In @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...
The result is a zombie industry that is doomed to fail & take down the economy along with it. In @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...
Just published a big piece about insurance, climate collapse, and how McKinsey turned a system based on mutal aid into another way to pick our pockets.
The result is a zombie industry that is doomed to fail & take down the economy along with it. In @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...
The result is a zombie industry that is doomed to fail & take down the economy along with it. In @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...
How McKinsey and Climate Change Wrecked Insurance
A secret report shows that Florida underwriters were banking massive profits while stiffing customers. Welcome to insurance in the era of climate collapse.
newrepublic.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just published a big piece about insurance, climate collapse, and how McKinsey turned a system based on mutal aid into another way to pick our pockets.
The result is a zombie industry that is doomed to fail & take down the economy along with it. In @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...
The result is a zombie industry that is doomed to fail & take down the economy along with it. In @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1997...
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Recommended: deep dive on the insurance industry in an era of climate-fueled catastrophes. @aarongell.bsky.social @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/1997...
newrepublic.com/article/1997...
How McKinsey and Climate Change Wrecked Insurance
A secret report shows that Florida underwriters were banking massive profits while stiffing customers. Welcome to insurance in the era of climate collapse.
newrepublic.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Recommended: deep dive on the insurance industry in an era of climate-fueled catastrophes. @aarongell.bsky.social @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/1997...
newrepublic.com/article/1997...
no idea what this guy's ranting about (sometimes clicking is just too much effort) but the title gave me a chuckle
September 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
no idea what this guy's ranting about (sometimes clicking is just too much effort) but the title gave me a chuckle
can @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social go a day without showing his ass?
this guy has been performing sagacity so hard he's forgotten how to think. take a little break, pal, we'll save your seat
this guy has been performing sagacity so hard he's forgotten how to think. take a little break, pal, we'll save your seat
September 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
can @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social go a day without showing his ass?
this guy has been performing sagacity so hard he's forgotten how to think. take a little break, pal, we'll save your seat
this guy has been performing sagacity so hard he's forgotten how to think. take a little break, pal, we'll save your seat
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Rep. Ronny Jackson calls to forcefully mass institutionalize trans people and calls them a cancer.
www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...
www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Rep. Ronny Jackson calls to forcefully mass institutionalize trans people and calls them a cancer.
www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...
www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...
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At this point, if you’re a journalist at the Washington Post who *hasn’t* been forced out by the new idiots in charge, you should probably take a hard look at your work to see what you’re doing wrong
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
At this point, if you’re a journalist at the Washington Post who *hasn’t* been forced out by the new idiots in charge, you should probably take a hard look at your work to see what you’re doing wrong
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Great analysis on how the media took a bad situation and made it worse — and threw trans people under the bus — by @newsjennifer.bsky.social.
eapmstyleguide.org/9-14-2025-me...
eapmstyleguide.org/9-14-2025-me...
The media made a bad situation even worse
At a time when serious people are calling for calm and reconciliation, the media’s failure to follow the most basic rules of good journalism made America less safe.
eapmstyleguide.org
September 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Great analysis on how the media took a bad situation and made it worse — and threw trans people under the bus — by @newsjennifer.bsky.social.
eapmstyleguide.org/9-14-2025-me...
eapmstyleguide.org/9-14-2025-me...
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Gift article. Venezuelan speedboat not the 1st but apparently the 3rd time Trump's reckless military actions resulted in failed missions and civilian deaths.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Gift article. Venezuelan speedboat not the 1st but apparently the 3rd time Trump's reckless military actions resulted in failed missions and civilian deaths.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
“You need to run for president”- Joe Rogan anoints new progressive superstar. My interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social in @guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Joe Rogan anoints a new progressive star – can James Talarico triumph in Texas?
The state house member seemed like an unlikely aspirant for the US Senate battle, but an appearance on Rogan sparked the question: can he turn Texas blue?
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“You need to run for president”- Joe Rogan anoints new progressive superstar. My interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social in @guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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In a powerful first-person account, Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up for the first time about her shocking arrest and 45 days in an ICE detention center.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
In a powerful first-person account, Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up for the first time about her shocking arrest and 45 days in an ICE detention center.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
My interview with author @tim-weiner.bsky.social is doing numbers on @theguardian.com! Can we make it to three?!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
July 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My interview with author @tim-weiner.bsky.social is doing numbers on @theguardian.com! Can we make it to three?!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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I wrote a My Favorite Murder spec script
August 24, 2023 at 8:02 PM
I wrote a My Favorite Murder spec script
I think Epstein is to MAGA what Gaza was to the Harris campaign, i.e. unmistakable evidence of complete moral bankruptcy.
July 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I think Epstein is to MAGA what Gaza was to the Harris campaign, i.e. unmistakable evidence of complete moral bankruptcy.
Legacy of Ashes author @tim-weiner.bsky.social has never been a big defender of the CIA. But in a recent interview about his new book, The Mission, he expressed genuine horror at Trump’s anti-Langley revenge crusade.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
CIA historian Tim Weiner: ‘Trump has put national security in the hands of crackpots and fools’
The longtime chronicler of the spy agency on his Legacy of Ashes follow-up and what keeps him up at night
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Legacy of Ashes author @tim-weiner.bsky.social has never been a big defender of the CIA. But in a recent interview about his new book, The Mission, he expressed genuine horror at Trump’s anti-Langley revenge crusade.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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@aarongell.bsky.social profiled Francesca Albanese for us back in February
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
The U.N. Expert on Palestine Who Captured the World’s Attention
AIPAC hates her. Social media loves her. Amid a bitter war, Francesca Albanese became an unlikely star.
newrepublic.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@aarongell.bsky.social profiled Francesca Albanese for us back in February
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
newrepublic.com/article/1914...